Taylor Mali (taylormali.com), one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement and one of the few people in the world to have no job other than that of poet., gives his mind on what teachers make. Mali is a vocal advocate of teachers and the nobility of teaching, having himself spent nine years in the classroom teaching everything from English and history to math and SAT test preparation. He has performed and lectured for teachers all over the world, and his New Teacher Project has a goal of creating 1000 new teachers through "poetry, persuasion, and perseverance." Please visit http for more on Mali and his New Teacher Project. taylormali.com

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Clip for Def Poetry Season 2 talking about the use of like and you know in today's society

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Performed at the very first Page Meets Stage pairing at the Bowery Poetry Club on November 12, 2005

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Taylor Mali's inspirational poem cleaned up a bit (aka censored) for a teacher's inservice audience.

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Taylor Mali, who was on the NYC-Urbana's championship 1997, 2000 and 2002 teams (among others), performs his spoken word piece "Undivided Attention - What all teachers want, but few of us get" at the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam's 10th Anniversary Party @ the Bowery Poetry Club, Oct. 2007. For more information on the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam, please see www.bowerypoetry.com

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John Murillo, as part of Taylor Mali's Page Meets Stage Series performs "Into the Dragon" on a stage shared with Matt Gano. April 20 2011. The Bowery Poetry Club

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Karen Finneyfrock, as part of Taylor Mali's Page Meets Stage Series performs "14" on a stage shared with Karen Finneyfrock. Jan 2011. The Bowery Poetry Club

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Another one of my anthemic poems for teachers, this 2007 performance comes from Bowdoin College (my alma mater).

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"I'll Fight You For The Library" performed by Taylor Mali as part of the Page Meets Stage Series at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City on April 29, 2009

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From a performance at the University of Connecticut at Torrington some time in 2008.

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Performed as part of Page Meets Stage at the Bowery Poetry Club on February 22, 2007.

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"Why Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog" performed by Taylor Mali Mali who is the author of What Learning Leaves and the Last Time as We Are (Write Bloody Publishing). Mali has been on seven National Poetry Slam teams; six appeared on the finals stage and four won the competition. He has appeared in the documentaries "SlamNation" (1997) and "Slam Planet" (2006) and also in the HBO production, "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Mali has recorded four CDs.

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Performed at the very first Page Meets Stage pairing at the Bowery Poetry Club on November 12, 2005

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Performed as part of a Page Meets Stage pairing at the Bowery Poetry Club on February 22, 2007.

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Filmed at the Bowery Poetry Club on 11/12/2005 as part of a reading with Billy Collins called Page Meets Stage.

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"Porn Star Name" performed by Taylor Mali as part of the Page meets Stage Series at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City on April 29, 2009.

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Taylor Mali performs "Any Language, Much Less English" at the book release party for "The Last Time As We Are" at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. September 2009.

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Marie-Elizabeth Mali & Taylor Mali performs "Love Sonnet 17", by Pablo Neruda at the book release party for "The Last Time As We Are" at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. September 2009.

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Taylor Mali performing What Teachers Make at the SOS Rally on July 30, 2011.

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"An Apple a Day Is Not Enough" is a powerful poem written and performed by Taylor Mali (a well-known spoken word artist and teacher) about the importance of health education. It's done in the style of kinetic typography. We must get the word out about the importance of health education and its ability to get this country's health back on track—but we can't do it alone. Please share this video: Forward it, blog about it, like it on Facebook and send it to your Twitter followers. We'd also love to hear your thoughts on the issue in the comments below.

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Lots more poetry and all our movies and videos at DevlinPix bit.ly Taylor Mali www.taylormali.com performs his poem "Like Totally Whatever" from Paul Devlin's http SlamNation. Slam Poetry melds the art of writing and the art of performance in the context of a good old fashion brawl. SlamNation bit.ly is the seminal film of this literary movement. SlamNation DVD: bit.ly SlamNation Trailer: bit.ly

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This is the poem that August will have bad dreams about. From "The Last Time As We Are" (Write Bloody 2009), which is available at writebloody.com

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Performed as part of the very first Page Meets Stage pairing at the Bowery Poetry Club on 11/12/2005.

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Performed at the very first Page Meets Stage pairing at the Bowery Poetry Club on November 12, 2005

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Taylor Mali performs his Spoken Word poem,"An Open Letter to the Staff Copywriter of the Federal Aviation Administration," in the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam's 2009 MegaQuasiSemiFinals. For more information on the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam, please visit: www.bowerypoetry.com

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"Entire Act of Sorrow" performed by Taylor Mali as part of the Page meets Stage Series at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City on April 29, 2009.

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From a performance at Bowdoin College in April of 2007.

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Lots more poetry and all our movies and videos at DevlinPix.com bit.ly Guest post by Taylor Mali! bit.ly The poem was the first of a series of "parody poems" I have written that got me into a lot of trouble. I mock poets in general and specific poets in particular to throw them off their game, to make them worry about other things besides the best poem to send up in the slam. Notice how w...READ MORE: bit.ly Distributed by Tubemogul.

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TAYLOR MALI performing on Sage Francis', "Sick of Waging War".

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Taylor Mali performs "Ars Poeticar" at the book release party for "The Last Time As We Are" at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. September 2009.

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Taylor Mali performs "What Teachers Make" with Fellow Poet and Hype-Man Connor Dooley at the book release party for "The Last Time As We Are" at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. September 2009.

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Taylor Mali performs his Spoken Word Poem "The Apologia Of Hephaestus" during the Urbana team finals night at the Bowery Poetry Club, NY. May 2007

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WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com Taylor Mali describes how to write a political poem. Very humorous but great points to use for instruction

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Taylor Mali performs "King Comforter" at the book release party for "The Last Time As We Are" at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. September 2009.

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Poetry@Tech Presents: Taylor Mali with Roger Bonair-Agard and Marty McConnell December 6, 2008 www.poetry.gatech.edu Produced by the Georgia Tech Cable Network

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I get asked this question a lot, and this is one time that I gave a rather entertaining answer.

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Taylor Mali reading "Undivided Attention" @ The Bowery Poetry Club

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A skewering of academic poets whose work is abstruse and recondite. Performed at the Bowery Poetry Club.

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Second Episode of DEF Poetry's first season with Taylor Mali and his famous poem 'What Teachers Make'. Disclaimer: I do not own any of this content nor do I take credit of it.

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Taylor Mali explains his goal of creating 1000 new teachers and what he will do once he finally does.

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"The Waking" by Galway Kinnell performed by Taylor Mali as part of the Page Meets Stage Series at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City on April 29, 2009.

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