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Bisharo Dahir and Ikhlas Abdi perform at Cafe Steam in downtown Rochester in February for Black History Month. (Echo Photo by Munira Alimire)<\/p><\/div>\n
Bisharo Dahir, an aspiring health sciences professional and RCTC freshman, has a talent in poetry \u2013 both written and spoken word. She\u2019s been performing for four years and writing for six.<\/p>\n
\u201cI loved to write,\u201d she said. \u201cI used to keep journals when I was little. It\u2019s a major part of who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dahir is Somali American and says spoken word is like an oral tradition, which is in her blood and her culture. Her poetry has been published as well as performed at high-end events with Rochester Mayor Ardell Brede, Nobel Peace Prize winners and President Jimmy Carter in attendance.<\/p>\n
But she hasn\u2019t forgotten her roots. \u201cI still perform at Stem events when I can,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She graduated from Rochester Stem Academy last spring and feels a connection to them, even adding, \u201cThey gave me the foundation to do these things. Without them, I wouldn\u2019t have ever made it this far.\u201d<\/p>\n
And whenever she performs at Stem, it is to an audience that loves her.<\/p>\n
Dahir wants to move people with her words. She is aware that people may forget what she says or does, but they can\u2019t ever forget how she makes them feel. Thus, she wants people to feel the poetry. She believes that it is a special way of reaching people\u2019s hearts. She aspires to be more like her inspiration, Maya Angelou, a woman with strength, compassion, and a lot of talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes it can tough for us to express ourselves verbally, but with writing, it\u2019s easy,\u201d Dahir said. \u201cIt\u2019s easier for us to share our own personal feelings. When we write, we write with all our heart. It gives us the power to speak, and it makes us feel outstanding. Then, when we read out loud, we are not scared because our feelings are the world as we see it. It starts a lot easier when we first write it.\u201d<\/p>\n
She considers the Rochester spoken word community to be very strong, despite it being very small. Other poets in Rochester, such as Ikhlas Abdi and Sagal Mizuno, have given her a lot of insight on her performances.<\/p>\n
When asked about RCTC\u2019s community, she confessed there weren\u2019t many resources or groups, but she would be interested in starting one on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be interesting and wonderful to see people from different backgrounds bond together over spoken word,\u201d she said. \u201cHaving all the voices of Rochester represented would be a great reminder to everyone that they are worthy, and their existences will not be ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Munira Alimire Staff Writer Munira.alimire1651@mbrctc.edu Bisharo Dahir, an aspiring health sciences professional and RCTC freshman, has a talent in poetry \u2013 both written and spoken word. She\u2019s been performing for four years and writing for six. \u201cI loved to write,\u201d she said. \u201cI used to keep journals when I was little. It\u2019s a major […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}