Old Poem, New Life

I've been writing and performing poetry for about 7 years now, ever since 2015 when my best friend FORCED me to join a writing club.

About 5 years ago, I wrote a poem called PSA 150, partly based on Psalm 150 found in the Bible. I started performing it, and that could have been that, especially since I "retired" from poetry about 4 years ago.

Fast forward to 2020, and I get the itch to perform again. I started writing music, but more importantly, I started writing poetry again.

But in my eagerness to get back onto the stage, I started reviewing and rerunning my old poems and wondered to myself whether or not these pieces had a place in the world now.

Finding New Life in Old WorkMy first show back was an open mic with a really close friend. I pull out some old pieces to perform and it's like MAGIC.

The people listening gave a great reception (much to my surprise) and gave the encouragement needed to not only reuse and reimagine old pieces, but to continue writing new ones.

The lesson?

Your story....your expertise....your testimony is important. And you may feel tired of resharing the same thing over and over again. But evey audience is a new opportunity to make a connection. If you are an artist like i am, continue sharing your work! And if you are in another field, don't be afraid of sharing your story to a new group of people. Or even an old group. You never know how the words or the art will hit this time around. 

What about you? Do you have any stories of sharing old work to new audiences? How did they react? Let me know?

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