Lino Anunciacion - 'What Makes a Good Person' @WANPOETRY

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Lino Anunciacion performing "What Makes a Good Person" at Write About Now Poetry at AvantGarden in Houston, Texas.

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WANPOETRY is a community-oriented collective of poets that meet at AvantGarden in Houston, Texas every Wednesday at 7:30 PM with the purpose of providing a multimedia platform for poets to share their work.

[TheBajaBabe]

"My friends are fallen raindrops.
They sit on my windshield.
I never wipe them off,
I love to look at them too much
and I might just crash this car in doing so,
but at least I will be with them."
This literally took my breath away. Absolutely beautiful.

[baileypayne]

One time he read this and as soon as he said "falling raindrops" rain started falling from the fucking sky.

Just thought I'd share with the internet that this man is a magician.

[MrSWweTheRockChick]

0% the terrible things that has happened to them and 100% loved

[mutesik]

"My friends are falling raindrops.
You see they wanted to be clouds but they're not very good at moving on.
I tell them that's ok,
I tell em sometimes you gotta sit in the storm.
...
My friends are falling raindrops.
They sit on my tongue and I swallow them whole, I know that sounds bad.
But listen, I used to think I was a cactus that didn't need water, or friends, or love,
But dammit I'm thirsty and my friends are falling raindrops"
Looove this

[travishatchet]

shout out to the people that make this world Better.

[aniafuchs]

I just came back to this after 3 years

[florakode]

Everytime I listen to this poem, I am grateful again.

[juliea]

he's my favorite poet and this was the first of his poems i ever heard

[tyreemiller]

I’ll never stop coming here when I need reassurance

[kyramckenzie]

Loving you is practice for loving myself

[jacquelinewright]

I watched this poem for years. I get choked and teary eyed every time. If there was ever something that spoke so clearly to who I am and how I love ... this is it. It allows me to feel human not emotionally deformed. Lino thanks for these incredible words. Your art is doing numbers and embedding itself into souls ❤️

[emilyhow]

I've watched this so many time I literally have every word memorised

[brdsng]

Up until this moment I had never known about Lino or this poem. But in the midst of feeling immense pain and sadness pouring out of my chest and my stomach through gaping wounds caused by vicious words and cold eyes, by someone I love and I thought loved me.... I know this was the perfect moment to experience Lino for the first time.
3 minutes of gentle raw beauty was enough to make the pain worthwhile.
Thank you Lino

[ayasameh]

This is one of the most beautiful poems on the earth

[Shadowangel]

just what i needed. beautiful, powerful, true. thank you

[erikavenegas]

This is one of my favorite spoken words

[aaronkioshi]

He looks like if Lip from Shameless was black and wore glasses and I love it

[tada]

Sometimes I forget there are good people out there.. This is a good reminder.. Sending love to all of you good hearted people. Hope you’re alright.

[adamlaxmusic]

I’ve never been so perfectly explained.

[lillymirembe]

"My friends are not statistics..." Shout out to all those who were left behind because of the statistic you fit into...you are more than that and you are still lovable