The spike in young female performance poetry champions suggests that visible role models can have real impactOllie O'Neill, wearing a checked shirt and standing in front of a stark white brick wall, introduces her poem 'Dyke'. Glancing out from beneath a sweeping red fringe, she says: "The first time I heard this word I was 11-years-old and it was cold against my skin."Her words are part of a performance posted on Yo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:11AM on November 7, 2013