May 19, 2005
Former Kansas University football player Travis Watkins recites his poem "Tsunami Economy" during a monthly poetry slam competition. When he wasn't running the event Saturday at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union, he recited some of his own works.
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A man of his words
Ex-Jayhawk Watkins making impression as poet
The message is clear, yet hidden. Debatable yet convincing. His 6-foot-4, 290-pound frame only adds to the power in which he tells it. With his mind, his mouth, his emotions and, most of all, his beliefs, Travis Watkins has stayed front-and-center in the spotlight, even though his Kansas University football playing days are done.
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