As soon as I watched this I felt compelled to continue.
The line "Dear Stranger, If you hear this and think it could be about you, please don't stop listening" instantly draws you in and to question yourself "Will this poem relate to me" "will it speak to me as a person".
In addition, the speaker pleads with the listener to just listen which builds anticipation of the possibilities of the subject matter.
It soon becomes clear that she is talking about love, something which many people feel that they have experienced to a degree and can most definitely understand.
I feel that her techniques are very knowledgeable since performance poetry is presented to an audience, who need to want to listen to what you're saying - whether it's because it's what they believe in or because they know you, reeling them in is extremely important.
In this piece, Carrie owns the stage. She is small in frame and were she to walk past me in the street I probably wouldn't give her a second glance, but the inflections in her voice accompanied with her ability to know when to pause caused me to tune in and be unable to take my eyes off her.
In terms of my own poetry this is something that I will aim to achieve in the future.
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