"It's important to see where you started and where you are because if you don't you will never be able to celebrate the success that you've had in the in-between. Nothing will ever feel like it's enough and if nothing feels like it's enough, you will never find home because you will never stop wandering." Egypt wraps up her album "Wanderer" exploring how far she's come so far in her journey. She doesn't want to lose sight of what's important and sees that continuing in the growth of her character is more valuable than perceived success. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

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Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 15: March 25, 2019

"We're Gonna Be Ok" is the last poem on "Wanderer" and Egypt considers this track a thank you. This poem is a thank you to all of the people in her life who are there for her through the good and bad times in her journey. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 14: We're Gonna Be Ok

Egypt explores the idea of having things in life to reach for that bring hope while recognizing that grasping those goals is not always what it's cracked up to be.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 13: Montana

Egypt explores some of her fears associated with relationships in this poem. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 12: To My Future Husband

The coordinates of Egypt's grandmother's home, this poem explores detailing going back to your foundation, going back to your roots, going back to the home that made you who you currently are.  Remembering where you came from and remembering the struggles you've overcome.  Though hardships may define your circumstance, they don't have to define who you are. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 11: 41.795961 -71.409946

"I can tell you that I'm feeling something really badly... is different than vulnerability which is how can i find help, how can i move forward. being stuck in that rut is honest, but being vulnerable is willing to empower yourself or others to continue to push on and move through that honesty to find hope." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 10: Honest

"I wanted to... create this track not so much as an open letter to the church but as an open letter to the people  the church shunned." "I didn't want to blame God for the shortcomings of His people." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 09: I Wouldn't Call It Hate

Egypt shares about the discomfort she's experienced when people have looked at her as a hero, as a role model. "It's never what I set out to do... I would rather have friends than fans." "There had been instances where I had idolized figures in music and I met them and it crushed me." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 08: Don't Meet Your Heroes

We talk about the struggle of being open and honest with others in a way that invites them to share about how they truly are. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 07: How Are You?

Egypt shares about the importance of being open and transparent with those areas of our lives that are embarrassing and shameful.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 06: Kitchen Fires

"A pawn shop isn't a place where dreams go to die, it's a spot where those things that symbolize those defeats and those valleys that you've been through have a chance to be used again, to be whole again, to be new again... I want anyone hearing it to know that there is still hope for them." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 05: Pawn Shop Poem

"I'm talking in this poem, about wandering with intent and a purpose" Egypt sets the tone of the album with the title track, sharing about the struggle of finding purpose while on the road, trying to find a sense of home while being away from home. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 04: Wanderer

"If I am gonna write a record talking about wanting to find home, I needed to start from the place that I left. And if I didn't leave home, where did I start from, and why am I doing this?" The first track from Egypt's album "Wanderer" was recorded 5 years before its release. "October 1, 2014" was recorded on a phone by one of Egypt's friends. It's served as a reminder of why Egypt started writing and where she hopes to head with her art. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 03: October 1, 2014

" none of the situations had changed, but I had..this record forced me to - you can't write something like this and not change as a person." Egypt shares about her writing process for this album and how she grew through the process. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 02: Wanderer album

"I learned protest poetry simply by trying to get out of doing chores" Egypt shares about how she starting to write poetry in elementary school and how that has led to her current pursuits with poetry today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support

Season 05 - Egypt Speaks - ep. 01: Writing since elementary school

Each season, we delve into a spoken word poet's album, track by track. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hollerinpoets/support