Spoken word poetry is a type of poetry that focuses mostly on the meanings of its words. It accentuates the tone in which the words are spoken as well as facial expressions and gestures. It incorporates different art forms such as music, theatre, and dance to make the poem come alive more than it would if it was just read from a page. An inspirational spoken word poet, Shane koyczan, explores his struggles throughout his life through his poems such as in "To This Day". He depicts how "when [he] was a kid [he] hid [his] heart under [his] bed because [his] mother told him that if [he] [was] not careful someday somebody is going to break it." He explains how hard it is to stand up for yourself in a world that teaches you to hate yourself, and in a world that asks you what you want to be but then tells you what not to be. This poem is reflectful of his childhood and all the things he thought he was going to be. Another spoken word poet, J Ivy depicts his struggles with his father leaving when he was very young in his poem "Dear Father". In the poem he asks his father "why couldn't [they] be together" and states that "Ma could've found a man, but I wasn't going to find no dad" which really depicts his confusion and guilt of his father leaving them. This poem is very forgiving, despite all the pain his father caused him and his family he still loves him and forgives him for what he did. Amir Sulaiman is another spoken word poet, and in his poem "She Said, I Prefer A Broken Neck", he explores how a woman feels about love and about men as a whole. He cites that "[he] knows that being a man is more than just being a male" which is very powerful and shows that he is very empathetic to how she feels about love. This poem is very sympathetic to the perspective of love to a woman who has had her heart broken.