Below is the poem "To This Day" by Shane Koyczan. It is dedicated to "the bullied and the beautiful". When good poetry is read and performed it can take on much greater texture and meaning. Shane delivers this poem, his own creation, with remarkable depth of feeling, humour, and hope. He creatively fuses words, animation, music, symbols, and stories. It illustrates the incredible resiliency of kids who face bullying and is a welcome contribution to the plethora of information on bullying. Based on his experience, he illustrates how facile the "sticks and stones can break my bones but names will never hurt me" really is. At the same time, he never falls prey to victimization although he was victimized.
He shows what is is like to be different and all I can say is vive la différence.
He shows what is is like to be different and all I can say is vive la différence.
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