Alyssa Delatore

Here is a brief video of Alyssa Delatore, a Robert Morris University student. There should be more videos of her soon.

Poetry out Loud: Chauncey Alexander

Being the youngest of four children is not easy; therefore, to be heard Chauncey Alexander would write his thoughts down on paper.
Alexander is a college student at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania, studying Communications/advertisement. Nevertheless, one of his most precious dream is to become an actor.
He started writing at a very young age, but he would keep all his poems to himself (hidden from everyone, including his family) until, one day, his mother accidently found one of his work. She was very amazed by Alexander's talent and would encourage him to share his work.
"She would bring it up in conversations, and offer me to read my poems," said Alexander.
The first time Alexander actually perform was in the fall of 2011 at an open mic night at his university.
"When I heard about open mic night, I was very excited and told myself to do it," added Alexander.
He also explained that he was very nervous the first time he performed. Nonetheless, as he became more of a regular performer, doing poetry out loud became more relaxing and easier to him.
He focuses his poems on soul-searching and redefinition and has for role models Nikki Giovanni and Joshua Bennett. The first poem that I actually saw him perform depicted him through the eyes of an outsider.
To learn more about Chauncey Alexander, please visit his blog, that-boysimba.tumblr.com