Ariana Brown - Ode to Thrift Stores

Performing at Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis.

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[aurorabowman]

I love her voice it works so beautifully with the poem

[erikaclark]

This was so beautiful and tender. It made me think of my own mom and childhood spent in thrift stores with her. I still rarely spend more than $10 on ANYTHING thanks to her lessons.

[aubreyprettyman]

A beautiful poem. I was taught this too.

[ydxkqpd]

How exquisitely beautiful. Thank you. It's wonderful.

[sharibrennan]

turning blouses around and rolling up the sleeves. We shopped in thrift stores and felt like queens and princesses. Thank you for the warm memories

[lulani]

"can you imagine something better than what you have, then make the thing you have, better?"

i love that so much.

[alanalopez]

the way her voice breaks i’m so emotional

[jillianprociuk]

Whoever disliked this needs to square up. This is a beautiful piece of poetry

[sanjivanimandloi]

This poem warmed my heart and now I feel all squishy and cuddly and marshmallow-y aaahhh

[antemeridian]

this rings home for me. about thrift stores in general and the women, my grama in particular, but I really appreciate this poem.

[emilieisaacs]

I felt tears in my eyes cause she was practically crying!
15% IS NOT A SALE!
ONE MOMENT SHE WAS LAUGHING THE NEXT SHE IS CRYING.

[platinumrubies]

I will always love thrifting not how much money I have. I love all my gems that I've got from thrift stores.

[Vaelkyr]

Such a humble subject to write about, but all of this poem is true. Gorgeously expressed. Thank you!

[dejahatchett]

This made me so emotional. Going thrift shopping with my Mom is something I hold very close to my heart.

[DarkSerena]

I love it! I wasn't taught these lessons sadly, I learned them from a lack of guidance that turned into a need to be thrifty but also a need to be creative.

[lcurrant]

That was amazing. Tone, pause and emotion. Effortless.

[saudadevemcorrendo]

and now the rich suburban girls shop in thrift stores. . .

[rleyby]

I cried when I first heard and saw this, everything my my Mom, and the women in my Texas family taught me as well.

[pamelahollingsworth]

...oh, this wise and insightful and eloquent young woman...what a voice....what an important voice....

[lu]

Never throught a poem about thrift stores would hit my heart as much as it has. Thank you x