Margot Wehrle is visibly excited about her newfound passion for slam poetry.
The Grade 9 student at Oak Bay High already had a voice, as an active musician. She plays violin, guitar, bass and ukulele B次元官网网址� though she suggests that latter isnB次元官网网址檛 a real instrument B次元官网网址� sings in three choirs and is in the orchestra and R&B band at school.
A voracious reader, the 14 year old enjoys writing her own music, poetry and creative writing.
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SheB次元官网网址檚 enjoying high school English, learning beyond basic grammar, delving into new structures and ways of analyzing writing.
It holds her interest.
The excitement is palpable in her voice as Wehrle retells how a couple of months ago, her English teacher assigned poetry with a prompt B次元官网网址� identity.
She wrote half the poem that class.
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Identity was finished the next day when she was bored B次元官网网址� her words B次元官网网址� while the math teacher explained trinomials.
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Wehrle is blind.
At school, she uses a cane to navigate the hallways and a refreshable braille display to take notes and read.
But thereB次元官网网址檚 so much more to her, that Identity explains.
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I get to know people, so in a way I get to see.
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So how does Wehrle identify?
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SheB次元官网网址檚 performed the piece several times now, and attended her first youth open mic night in December.
Wehrle left inspired and impressed by the room full of talented people with something to say.
Identity is the first spoken word sheB次元官网网址檚 written, but it garnered a lot of attention and even a mentor in Victoria artist Marie Metaphor.
B次元官网网址淚 love being able to make people feel something. I love that I can do it in this cool, beautiful wayB次元官网网址� Wehrle said.
Music is still No. 1 B次元官网网址� thereB次元官网网址檚 that being the next Taylor Swift dream to chase B次元官网网址� but sheB次元官网网址檚 looking to create a slam poetry club at Oak Bay High. She already has a teacher sponsor in place.
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