Eliza Writes Things Eliza Metts
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Listen to poetry rooted in Christ to activate empathy and justice. Join me, Eliza Metts of @elizawritesthings, as I reads aloud my original spoken word and offers commentary on the stories, context, and structures behind each piece.
Find the rest of my poetry ad writing pieces on my faith-based Instagram page, @elizawritesthings, and on my blog website, elizawritesthings.squarespace.com!
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SPECIAL: Live Poetry Performance at Wofford College
Listen to my live poetry performance at the Wofford College JJR Auditorium before family and friends, also broadcast on Instagram live! I read and offered the context of my favorite handful of poems from my writing in the past year, covering topics ranging from the romantic nature of Jesus' relationship with me, my anti-pornography stance and story behind it, racism in the American south, and the Charleston Emanuel AME Nine.
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Poem: "Black Coffee" - finding the courage to live as our true selves
Join me for a reading of my original poem, "Black Coffee," and discussion on how we as women can learn how to live as our true selves, celebrating all that we bring to the table.
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Music: "Beer Belly Blues" by John Deley -
Poem: "Electric Chair Blues" - a rebuke of capital punishment
CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault, white supremacy, and capital punishment
Join me for a reading of my original poem, "Electric Chair Blues," and discussion of how the death penalty is informed by white supremacist narratives, racist history in America, worship of pride and power, and a misunderstood ethic of what law and order should be. I cite Bryan Stevenson's "Just Mercy" and the studies of his legal counsel nonprofit, the Equal Justice Initiative, for information on why the death penalty is unhealthy for our country.
Buy the book: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
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Music: "Beer Belly Blues" by John Deley -
Poem: Wednesday of Holy Week -- the Holy Spirit's ache for Judas
CONTENT WARNING: mention of Judas' suicide
Join me for a reading of my original poem for Wednesday of Holy Week about the Holy Spirit's relationship with Judas the Apostle. I discuss how this poem is meant to color in Biblical characters to help us better see ourselves in them and understand our relationship with Christ by example.
Remember, Christ aches for you to simply open yourself to relationship with Him. You do not have to prove anything to Him, all He asks is that you receive His love and respond with love in return.
Thriftbooks link: Bible Basics for Catholics by John Bergsma
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Music: "Beer Belly Blues" by John Deley -
Poem: "Asylum Song" -- institutionalized mental illness and hope after mass shootings
CONTENT WARNING: mention of severe mental illness, behavioral hospitals, and the most recent mass shootings.
Join me for a reading of my original poem, "Asylum Song," and my discussion on how this poem is informed by the unfortunate sub-human treatment mental health patients receive in institutions that cannot and do not truly regard them as human, our need to bother caring about things that harm the human dignity of every person, and where I find hope in the wake of enormous tragedies.
Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Stetson here. I'm serious--please read it.
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Music: "Beer Belly Blues" by John Deley -
Poem: "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" -- putting women on pedestals
CONTENT WARNING: mention of body dysmorphia and bulimia
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Join me for a reading of my original poem, "Manic Pixie Dream Girl," and my discussion of the destruction against women behind the trope the poem is named after. I also touch on men's insecurity, how harmful it is to put women on pedestals, and the ways in which men try to control women in bad relationships.
Manic Pixie Dream girl definition on tvtropes.org
The Young Catholic Woman: "Idolizing Virginity" post
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