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Mary Lambert There have been many great poets in the past, but I think that it’s good to also recognize the great poets of the modern day. Different types of poets are special in different ways. Each writer has their own way of writing, but originality can seem hard to find these days. Though, I think one poet has introduced originality in a new, raw sense. Mary Lambert, a singer-songwriter and poet, is a one of a kind artist who is truthful with her words and doesn’t hold back. Mary Lambert is a poet of this generation. She was born on May 3, 1989 in Everett, Washington and is now twenty-six years old. During her childhood, she suffered from many hardships. At a very young age, she was abused by her father and other family members. In her family, she was raised as Pentecostal, …show more content…

Mary is known to be very revealing in her poetry and music. She mostly writes of her childhood traumas, the abuse she suffered from, body image and positivity, her bipolar disorder, her sexuality, and love. Her writing, in her words, “has a lot of darkness, and sadness, and grief.” She lets everything she’s experienced flow out onto the page and readers can really tell the pain and hurt that is underlying beneath the written words. The tone of most of her work is very dark, truthful, and can be controversial at times.
Mary Lambert is mostly known for her lyrics and voice in the chorus of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Same Love,” which is a song about equality and homosexuality. The song was nominated from “Song of the Year” at the 56th Annual Grammy’s. In 2013, she released a book titled 500 Tips for Fat Girls, which humorously titled, features many serious poems that focus on body image, abuse, and sexuality. Two examples of some of her poems include “Dear One,” and “Epidemic.” “Dear One” is a heartfelt homage about her love for someone, while “Epidemic” is a brutally honest, controversial poem about sexual

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