Elevator Pitch
The first: on losing innocence
By speaking at a conference
On trials of taking to the stage
And fretting how your words are gauged
The last: on coming to the end
Relinquishing your mic and then
Not knowing what they’re going to say
We stand and suffer Q & A…
Description
A reading of two light-hearted poems written from the perspective of a conference speaker. The first of these is an exploration of how it feels to submit, write and perform a talk. The second is simply titled, “This is more of a comment than a question…”