Poetry in the morning

[scarlettina]

Here's another piece from Taylor Mali (with a tip of the hat to sleightgirl for the link), this one about keys.

And this one here (which is not "What Teachers Make" but a different one on teaching) is for gaelfarce and twilight2000 and all the other teachers on my flist. I have got to see this man perform live.

In fact, generally speaking, I have got to get more spoken word poetry into my life.

Comments

[girasole.livejournal.com]

I love his piece about teaching. I use a line of his as a sig file for my grad students in my work email: "Let me teach like the first snow, falling."

He is awesome. And funny.

Wow.

[robespierrette.livejournal.com]

That guy is good.

I tend toward somber Irish poetry mostly, or - God help me - stuff that rhymes. But, like, wow. ;)

[gaelfarce.livejournal.com]

I wish he'd spit a little more fire...he is damn clever but it's the power he can project which moves me.

[kistha.livejournal.com]

It's not quite song, and it's not quite spoken word poetry but you might want to check out Meryn Cadell. It's one of those artists I have that fall into the "acquired taste" section. It's worth a try, but not for everyone. I'd recommend the CD Angel Food for Thought - I think it's the best, even though there are some other tracks that are fantastic on her other CD's. The Cat Carol is so beautiful, yet so sad - you can find it here http://www.catcarol.com/ for purchase.

Meryn's most popular work was The Sweater which you can listen (and watch) here via You Tube.