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“Miles from Any Shoreline” | Sarah Kay | TED

Sarah Kay shares “Miles from Any Shoreline,” a poem about “wandering the streets of Bewilderville” and “picking up when the universe calls.” If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become a TED Member to support our mission of spreading ideas: Follow TED! Twitter: Instagram: Facebook: LinkedIn: TikTok: The TED Talks channel features talks, performances…

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Sarah Kay shares “Miles from Any Shoreline,” a poem about “wandering the streets of Bewilderville” and “picking up when the universe calls.”

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54 Comments

  1. classic white bread

    October 15, 2023 at 7:12 am

    Okay

  2. Tim W.

    October 15, 2023 at 7:16 am

    Really cool, I’d like the Starfishs’ number…

  3. Tim W.

    October 15, 2023 at 7:16 am

    Jokes aside, this was beautiful

  4. Ashish Rohilla

    October 15, 2023 at 7:17 am

    Is she on Instagram?

  5. 𝖿᥆𝖿᥆¥•¥

    October 15, 2023 at 7:24 am

    Free Palestin 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

  6. DY

    October 15, 2023 at 7:34 am

    Listened and watched this 4 times consecutively… Standing firm on the very same spot, but moving, racing miles, while taking us all along, with Her words, Her facial expressions and waving signaling arms and hands… WHAT A NATURAL AND WONDERFUL POET!!! I’m mesmerized…❤❤❤

  7. Zero Cartwright

    October 15, 2023 at 7:34 am

    True what one YT said. Beautiful and elloquently stated. The universe hasn’t called me. I’ve called the universe…. with no answer.

    I’d need to be able to be around humans without them hurting me before I could ever do a Ted Talk. I have no problem showing up though. I’ve served.

  8. 3LEV888

    October 15, 2023 at 8:20 am

    So bad

  9. Bob Blue

    October 15, 2023 at 8:41 am

    Ok is this a coffee shop and where are the bongos to add to her dramatic stops

  10. ASTA LIFE

    October 15, 2023 at 8:52 am

    Greetings Sarah Kay Thank you 💞🎇

  11. Tree Life

    October 15, 2023 at 8:52 am

    Greetings Sarah Kay Thank you 💞🎇

  12. m kk

    October 15, 2023 at 9:17 am

    Ok what’s the story?

  13. Crusty_Breads

    October 15, 2023 at 9:30 am

    This was, by far, the biggest and most non-educational waste of time that TED has ever put out. This presentation belongs in a Starbucks.

    • Lynsey Ricci

      October 15, 2023 at 2:32 pm

      At least you were honest about it going over your head 👏🏼

    • Crusty_Breads

      October 15, 2023 at 3:02 pm

      @Lynsey Ricci lol… if I wanted to hear bad poetry, I’d go look for the Bad Poetry Channel, not a TED talk.

    • Prajwal D'Souza

      October 16, 2023 at 12:10 pm

      A reminder what TED is. Technology Education and Design. 🙂

  14. James R

    October 15, 2023 at 9:50 am

    Does anyone else find poetry agonisingly pretentious and cringeworthy? The stereotypical cadence is like an awful failed drama student who works in a bookstore and pretends to live in a fairytale.

    • Google User

      October 15, 2023 at 12:55 pm

      came here to say the same thing lol this was some TEDx level stuff

    • Bongani Mhlanga

      October 15, 2023 at 2:57 pm

      Touch grass

    • Dogs With Attitude

      October 22, 2023 at 11:45 pm

      A lot of people that perform poetry just won’t let go of that forced way of saying things and allow themselves to use scripted words with more natural expression.

      I guess they call it slam poetry because you want to slam your head or something into it.

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    October 15, 2023 at 10:07 am

    Don’t do drugs kids.

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      October 15, 2023 at 12:09 pm

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    October 15, 2023 at 10:13 am

    Wtf has Ted talks become. This kind of cringe just keeps being posted

  18. PrettyWitty

    October 15, 2023 at 10:24 am

    Creative writing propaganda, show the dislikes. This bullshit has to stop

  19. Nico Ocin

    October 15, 2023 at 12:10 pm

    When Sarah met Patrick…

  20. Tom Williams

    October 15, 2023 at 5:09 pm

    Beautiful

  21. Charli Conradi

    October 15, 2023 at 7:23 pm

    ❤❤❤

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    October 15, 2023 at 8:01 pm

    Take a look at what is happening in Palestine.

  23. Natewatl

    October 15, 2023 at 9:00 pm

    45 seconds and I give up

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    October 15, 2023 at 11:06 pm

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    October 16, 2023 at 4:59 am

    Beautiful!🧡

  27. natalia jans

    October 16, 2023 at 5:03 am

    Poor effort to sell this verbal vommit for poetry. What a shame

  28. Om Shiva

    October 16, 2023 at 6:03 am

    Loved it❤

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    October 16, 2023 at 7:48 am

    0:24 ivy up? What does that mean

    • Peter D

      October 17, 2023 at 12:28 am

      Ivy is a plant that grows on things

  31. Andy Tuberider

    October 16, 2023 at 10:57 am

    Well I just fell in love ♥️

  32. History Hub

    October 16, 2023 at 11:26 am

    As a english learner, she just poured bunch of new vocabulary at me to learn!

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    October 16, 2023 at 3:45 pm

    Beautiful. Thank you.

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    October 16, 2023 at 9:51 pm

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  35. Dogs With Attitude

    October 22, 2023 at 11:53 pm

    This reminds me of my favorite poem of all time: “Stick A Sock In It” by God.

  36. Dogs With Attitude

    October 22, 2023 at 11:56 pm

    I apologize to the YouTube algorithm for accidentally letting it play to the end while I struggled to cram half of my arms into my ears and press the exit button with my left butt cheek.

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