The billions of people who were about to listen to him deliver his poem, "We Are More," while preaching from a platform raised high in the air.
For a moment, he had to consider his options.
"There's 60,000 people there, there's 3.5 billion people watching around the world--that's a lot," [Shane] Koyczan told The Canadian Press.
"And that thought didn't really occur to me until I was there and the curtain was about to drop. And I was like, 'Oh, wait a minute.' But then it was too late.
"I was, like, 'You either go for it, or jump.'"
from The Daily Gleaner: Poet becomes overnight sensation after reading at Olympic ceremony
also Winnipeg Free Press: Text of Shane Koyczan's opening ceremonies poem, "We Are More"
also CTV Vancouver 2010: 'We Are More' poem strikes a chord
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