"Medicine's First Prescription Was A Kiss"

I found this one interesting because he made a speech at an important event to support Heart and Stroke Foundation. To think that he made a spoken word poem for this event amazes me, not to mention the whole poem relates to what the foundation supports. I love that certain parts of the poem are faded in and out. I also love the first few lines of the poem "who diagnosed their patients asking 'can you show me where it hurts?'" I love it because it's a question that is always asked when you walk into a hospital or a doctors office with any type of pain. The pure visualization that is given from this poem leaves me astonished and awe struck. I noticed, however, that Shane Koyczan is looking down the whole time, I don't think he memorized all of it, but it was still amazing that he stood up and made a speech for this.

"Less To Do With Pain and More To Do With Beauty"

This is the animation version of the first spoken word poem I posted, I liked this because it gave me a visual with unique artwork that matched. However, there was no introduction or jokes like there was when he did it live for TedTalks. It also different because it's not just a violin playing like when he was on stage there is also a piano and someone singing slightly. The artwork left me sadder than when I saw the one on TedTalks it made everything more real and left me more shaken. Some of the artwork was shown on the screens when Shane Koyczan was sharing it on stage. I also noticed that there were some areas that he messed up when he was performing it live, but he still made it work. I also feel that the animated video left a bigger impact because certain words and phrases where "highlights" in the video leaving more of an impact than just speaking them. They both, however, made sure to leave the lasting impact of the word "Beauty".  

"If Oprah Winfrey Farts in a Bathtub And No Bubbles Come To The Surface is There An Alternate Universe Where Gas is Cheap?"

This is "Atlantis" performed live, I decided to another version of this to get see two different versions of the same poem. This one opened with a cough rather than the sound of music. Certain parts of this one was sped up when he was talking, I feel like there was more emotions behind this one. I love his facial expressions during certain jokes and his hand movements. He was able to pause with the jokes because the audience was laughing. However, I still like the other version better, it was kind of like reading a book and seeing it a certain way then watching the movie only to realize it was nothing like you pictured after all. I always enjoy that in Shane Koyczan poems they always involve body language, which makes everything easier to picture. In this version the poem no longer seems like a love poem to me it just seems like another one of his pieces of amazing work.

"Love Can be Demonstrated in Giving"

The music is very calming and when Shane Koyczan voice comes on it relaxes me even more. I love that there are things that I know in this poem, for example "Scientist say my efforts would be better off trying to find where the wild things went". I like that this video has nothing to watch, instead it allows me to close my eyes and just listen to it completely relaxed. I love the little comic relief about Oprah Winfrey farting in a tub. This poem seemed like the whole time he was trying to prove that he loved this girl. This whole poem makes me happier, in a way a little light weight, I felt loved after listening to the whole thing. If someone wrote this poem for me I would probably end up marrying them.

"I Took Lessons From Jesus Christ Lizards"

The first thing I notice is the white chalk like texture on a black blackground for the animation, I like this I find myself more drawn to it, excuse the pun. I like how the two became one in the art work. I enjoyed that he said "I took lessons from Jesus Christ lizards" it left me with such a visual, even without the artwork. I enjoyed that he said "the doctor filled our head with things like privacy"because normally people usually crave things like privacy and when they don't have it they don't have it they become angry. I love the ending too "I was running to find you" because it left me knowing that there was a connection between the two of them that no one would be able to understand.

"We Didn't Just Say It We Made It Be"

I find it amazing that this poem was written specifically for Canada. It shows how popular he is in his country. I never would have thought that Shane Koyczan would be so well known, maybe it's because not many people know him here in the United States. He makes Canada sound like an amazing place to visit and like the people there are inspiring like his poem. I love everything about this poem and how each line is something that everyone in Canada is proud of. I like that the whole idea is that Canada is more than what you would think, such as skiing and hocky.

"Sara's Heart isn't Actually Sara's Heart it's Just Another Way to Tell Time"

This poem opened up with an amazing piano, it immediately set the mood to be a sad one. I was not let down when he went on to say that he doesn't have use of his right arm it goes on to sound like he has a drinking problem. I love that later on the violin is added, however it doesn't lighten the mood in anyway. Sara, the person he is writing to, sounds broken and she is always expecting to be hurt in someway and that Shane Koyczan hasn't yet and therefore he isn't trying enough. She sounds as if she is battling depression and that she always put herself down and this poem is Shane Koyczan's way of proving his love to her and that he never second guessed her. However I found that the music became to busy and it was harder for me to concentrate on the words. I wasn't expecting the ending, I felt like crying myself in the end, I feel like I could hear Shane Koyczan crying too.