Why we still need poetry — and how it saves us | Kwame Alexander | TEDxMidAtlantic

[Music] So, last night at my house for Halloween, my 17-year-old daughter, who's a senior in high school, and I had a bet. The bet was that I would have candy and I would have copies of my poetry books and we'd see which one the kids wanted most. Dad, you're not that cool.The kids are not going to want your books. They're going to want candy. Probably about an hour into the night, kids were lined up out the door.Is this the author's house. We want poetry books. So, I won the bet and I got the last crumble c ...