Spoken Word Poetry - Forty Percent Off (The 3Speak Remix)

This poem is currently under consideration and submitted to Rough Diamond Poetry Journal.

First of all, I would like to say a big hello to everyone on the threespeak network. I have been creating content on steem (now on hive only) for nearly 4 years, but this is my first post on 3speak.

One of my main passions in life is creative writing. Short stories, poetry, novel writing, TV series pitches, comic books, graphic novels and script writing all fall under the category of creative writing.

Here on hive I post mainly cryptocurrency news, market analysis, tutorials, project reviews and opinion pieces on Leofinance. The shift to crypto-centric content came about organically. I know as a freelance writer that you need to write for an audience, and that is primarily the market on hive right now. But I wanted to pay homage to my creative writing beginnings, and post something as an introduction that reflects my creativity while fitting in with 3speak’s ethos of free speech.

I spent some time this morning re-editing and adding new video and music to a spoken word performance of my poem, forty percent off.

Forty Percent Off explores disruptive themes highlighting the hidden costs of consumerism, the exploitation of 3rd world countries by the corporate west and the apathy of society toward these injustices. It is a wake up poem, expressing my anger specifically with how the fashion industry capitalizes on poverty and exploits people.

Threespeak is the platform of free speech, so this seemed like an appropriate poem for my first post here.

I hope you enjoyed the poetry performance.

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https://pixabay.com/en/child-sad-cry-help-hand-scared-1307653/
https://pixabay.com/en/letter-child-africa-poverty-2473799/
https://pixabay.com/en/bombed-building-destruction-war-932108/
https://pixabay.com/en/smoke-smoking-chimney-fireplace-258786/

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