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- A.D. Quig
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- "Found Letters to My Granddaughter by Walter Payton College Prep's Poetry Team"
- Summary: "Found Letters to My Granddaughter" is a team piece performed by the poetry team of Walter Payton College Prep: junior Kamaria Woods, 17, senior Max Bouvagnet, 18, senior Henry Nash, 17, and junior Morgan Aranda, 17. This was the second year of competition for Max, Henry and Morgan, and the first for Kamaria. Their piece is about a veteran and his wife struggling to cope with the effects of his illness.
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Review of Found Letters to my Granddaughter by Walter Payton
A.D. Quig
Posted on April 13, 2013 at 08:00 PM
This is a heartbreaking piece whose twists and turns I don't want to give away. It's the first time I've heard such combination of music as poetry, and a team of voices telling one story in this style. Beautifully performed and simple, it tells the story of a veteran, his wife, and how (what seems like) PTSD is affecting their post-war life. The difficulties of the subject matter are eased by the tune, sang just as loud as the spoken word -- it's sometimes background, it's sometimes equal to the dialogue. It's tense and jagged and important to listen to, because it's legs are long enough to extend into a generation of soldiers far past Okinawa. Well mixed, no recording issues, and the perfect amount of time and story to hold my attention. It would fit nicely into any poetry hour or slam, and is definitely worth a couple listens.