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Jack Kerouac on The Steve Allen Show
March 26, 2010
A clip from the 1985 documentary “Kerouac, the Movie.” Jack Kerouac interviewed by Steve Allen in 1959.
More footage from this interview in these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXakFbIvXaA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrd05aK78y4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IItv-lZXvMw
Duration : 0:5:45
The White House Unplugged Poetry Jam Esperanza Spalding Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
March 21, 2010
The White House Unplugged Poetry Jam Esperanza Spalding Performs at the White House poetry Jam
Musician and rising star Esperanza Spalding performs Tell Him on the double bass at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word on May 12, 2009.
Duration : 0:4:4
Columbine: The Musical (live)
March 11, 2010
A reading of the first 6 pages of the short story, Columbine: The Musical, from the book, Newsworld by Todd James Pierce. Miami Book Fair International. The story explores the way that the American public has begun to view national news stories as a type of on-going entertainment. www.toddjamespierce.com & www.columbine-the-musical.com
Duration : 0:16:30
Love poem – Shy
March 3, 2010
Here is one of my The Dark Night of the Soul
February 21, 2010
Lyrics are a poem by the Spanish mystic Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)
“Dark Night of the Soul,” like much of John’s poetry, is based on “Song of Songs” from the Biblical Old Testament, and also on much of the romantic poetry and lyrics of Spanish popular balladry of that time, i.e., 16th century. The “secret stair” has less to do with a staircase in a monastery, and more to do with the popular theme of lovers meeting for a late night romantic tryst. In order for this to be possible, the young maiden of the song or poem would have to sneak out of the house, by the “secret stair.”
John uses this as a metaphor for the soul in prayer who, by means of contemplation, steals away from the world unnoticed, to meet in loving relationship with God. The dark night refers to the soul’s search for God, beyond the confines of the human definitions we have put upon God.”
lyrics and more on this here
http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/lm/lorecd53.html
*All Music by Loreena McKennitt*
Fan video by me, various arts from wikimedia commons.
Duration : 0:6:45
Poem
January 24, 2010
Here’s a little poem I wrote over 11 years ago. Before you ask, it was inspired by a girl, but the actual events that took place don’t match the poem exactly.
Anyway, I was trying to go to sleep one night and kept tossing and turning with these words running through my head. I couldn’t get to sleep until I got up and put the words down on paper.
I have written other poems, but I am most proud of this one.
The music over this video is by Enya and it is titled “March of the Celts”.
With writing poems and listening to Enya, I guess I should also let you guys know that I am completely straight. (Just thought I’d add that in)
For you my love’s been growing
from the day that we first met.
You have always had my heart,
but your heart I could not get.
We became the best of friends
but I kept my love inside,
because I didn’t want to take the chance
of having it denied.
And then one day I got the nerve
to tell you how I feel
’cause all the love I had for you
could no longer be concealed.
To my surprise you told me
that you wanted more yourself,
but as friends we grew too close
to take a chance at something else.
You said that I was like your brother
knowing secrets from your past
and if we took a chance as lovers,
then our friendship wouldn’t last.
I listened to your words,
but to me they made no sense.
So to try to stop the pain inside
I took up a defense.
I told myself that there are
other fish in the sea,
and a girl would have to be a fool
to deny a guy like me.
I thought I could forget you
in another woman’s bed,
but no matter who I slept with
you were always in my head.
And I noticed that no matter
how much I slept around
the love you got so easily
was nowhere to be found.
I couldn’t care for anyone
the way I cared for you
and it seemed to me another girl
was never gonna do.
So without a heart to love with
it makes me quite annoyed
that the friendship that you tried to save
was totally destroyed.
I know you’re bound to give your heart
to someone else someday,
so I choose to keep my distance
so I won’t stand in your way.
Plus I know that if I were around
I couldn’t stand to see
the love that I knew deep inside
should have belonged to me.
So now I can’t help wondering
if telling you was wrong.
Should I not have said a thing,
or did I just wait way too long?
I think that if we took a chance
then things could have been great,
but I don’t think I should take the blame
because I chose to wait.
To say anyone was wrong or right,
I guess that it depends,
but I think that if you’re lovers
then you should start off as friends.
But now we’ve lost our friendship
and we’ve gone our separate ways.
I have learned to live without you
and I guess that I’m okay.
However I’ve forgotten
how to let my feelings show,
and if I’m still in love with you
I guess you’ll never know.
Duration : 0:3:16
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