Shane Koyczan
Shane Koyczan
Shane L. Koyczanis a Canadian spoken word poet, writer, and member of the group Tons of Fun University known for writing about issues like bullying, cancer, death, and eating disorders. He is most famous for the anti-bullying poem To This Day which has over 18 million views...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 May 1976
CountryCanada
distance people outcast
Having seen TED from a distance, I always thought if ever there was a place for someone like me, the outcasts, people who maintained who they are despite being told what they were, it was TED.
dream silence intimacy
You see, the deaf have an intimacy with silence. It’s there in their dreams.
meant-to-be
I was never meant to be this thing...
country cities voice
You, me, this city, this country, we will always have a choice.When you stand up to be counted, tell the world, THIS IS MY VOICE. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
hurt cutting heartache
Don't tell me that [broken heartstrings] hurt less than a broken bone, that an ingrown life is something surgeons can cut away, that there's no way for it to metastasize - it does.
art flower opening-up
I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up
heart ribs my-heart
My heart is a protest that I let rally against my ribs.
addiction drug becoming
Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity.
stand-up-for-yourself hard ifs
That’s what we were told—stand up for yourself. But that’s hard to do if you don’t know who you are.
reflection mirrors looks
Look directly into every mirror. Realize our reflection is the first sentence to a story, and our story starts: We were here.
effort twins
Effort is the siamese twin of success
thinking dots size
Someone once told me that the finer points of devotion are about the size of a pinhole, and there are millions of them. And if you could connect each dot, then you’ve got a diagram of what you think you thought you knew, and if you’re willing to admit that you know nothing…you have the blueprint for a breakthrough.
travel luggage
Don't let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.
dark sky clouds
Scrape the grey sky clean, realize that every dark cloud is a smokescreen meant to blind us from the truth