Sophie Priceman – “How Teenage Girls Are Like Poetry” (500K Views!)

“Like good poems, teenage girls are sharp. Our wit cuts deeply like the scissors we use to cut crop tops out of everything and anything.”

Congratulations to Sophie Priceman for topping 500,000 views on this marvelous poem! Watch more from the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam here and here.

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Sophie Priceman – “How Teenage Girls Are Like Poetry” (250K Views!)

“At fifteen you need to fall in love with your own voice because nobody will ask you to speak.”

Congratulations to Sophie Priceman for topping 250,000 views on this amazing poem! Watch more GET LIT here.



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Sophie Priceman – “How Teenage Girls Are Like Poetry” (Get Lit)

Performing at the 2018 Get Lit Classic Slam.

“Like good poems, teenage girls are sharp. Our wit cuts deeply like the scissors we use to cut crop tops out of everything and anything.”

Don’t miss this awesome poem from Sophie Priceman, performing during the 2018 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam, the largest youth poetry tournament in Southern California. Order Get Lit Rising today at simonandschuster.com, and join the #LiteraryRiot at getlit.org.

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