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[Brody]

I am very confused by this idea i am of the belief that objects do not have thoughts. It perhaps will be very confusing to the reader

[Sevania]

Well, we don't KNOW they don't have thoughts.

[Isaac]

Nikolas wrote: "I am very confused by this idea i am of the belief that objects do not have thoughts. It perhaps will be very confusing to the reader"

It's just an experiment with personification.

[Brody]

that is a very silly belief

[Sevania]

Hey- don't disparage others' beliefs :P

[Brody]

some beliefs are wrong although

[Sevania]

Anything is possible.

[Brody]

that is not true you must educate yourself

[Brody]

Emily wrote: "Nikolas wrote: "I am very confused by this idea i am of the belief that objects do not have thoughts. It perhaps will be very confusing to the reader"

It's just an experiment with personification."

english not being my first language this is very confusing to me

[miriam]

Where are you from?

[Brody]

Russia

[Sevania]

Nikolas wrote: "that is not true you must educate yourself"

You can't say that anything is not true. I believe that anything is possible, but we just don't have the knowledge to access all that is possible.

[Brody]

i do not believe it is possible for objects to have thought sorry

[Sevania]

I respect your beliefs, but I still believe it's possible (I'm not saying its true, just that it is possible)

[Colby]

Personification's a huge part of American literature, bro. The idea isn't that a pencil can think, it's what a pencil would think if it could, or so on. It's not like the writer is saying that the pencil actually can think. The whole debate going on here is ridiculous.

[Brody]

all i am saying is that objects do not have thoughts and that is all

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Okay! I think it's probably time to end this discussion. I think Colby summed it up nicely. Nikolas you are entitled to your beliefs of course, but Sevania has creative license so ... she can do what she wants.

[Brody]

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Okay! I think it's probably time to end this discussion. I think Colby summed it up nicely. Nikolas you are entitled to your beliefs of course, but Sevania has creative license so ... she can do wh..."

i think the story is fine i was just confused at first. my opinion on the other thing was to sevania not the story.

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Okay.

[Brody]

okay let us all be friends then!

[Isaac]

Yay friends!

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Woooohooooo.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "Headed out in a little bit to perform my poetry. Y'all should totes buy the book (see topic in poetry section) and watch the YouTube videos I'll put up tonight or tomorrow.

Now if my hands would j..."

TAYLOR TAYLOR TAYLOR WHAT'S IT CALLED I WANNA READ IT AND VIEW YOUR AWESOMENESS

[Isaac]

He read "My Own Shade of Normal." It's really good. :3

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

HOW DO I FIND IT AND READ IT.

[Isaac]

IT'S IN THE POETRY SECTION

[Taylor]

Peoples like my poetry? *melts into magical puddle*

It makes me laugh that so many people loved "My Own Shade of Normal," because that was the first performance poem I wrote. I was hesitant to perform it because I thought it would fall flat. :D

[Isaac]

You got great feedback it seemed.

[Taylor]

That's great to hear. :) I want to reach out to people with my poetry, and it seems like I'm off to a good start.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

ASDFGHJKL; I AM GOING TO FIND IT RIGHT NOW AND READ IT. AND THEN CRY ABOUT MY OWN WRITING BECAUSE YOURS IS JUST SO AMAZING AND I'M SUPER JEALOUS. AND THEN BE SPEECHLESS FOR A WEEK BECAUSE OF ITS AMAZINGNESS.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

read/viewed it.
duudee you are so freakin' talented.

*stands up and applauds*

[Brody]

taylor you poetry is very inspirational to me

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

yupps. also, i hope you're not weirded out by me liking and commenting on all of your videos on youtube haha:)

[Taylor]

@Sam
Not weirded out at all. I'm really appreciative, actually. I'm relatively new to the poetry scene -- my buddies have been doing it for years, and they have so much more to write about because their lives are tough. But to hear that my poetry is touching other people really makes me happy. I want people to find themselves in my poetry, and I do the best I can to convey that.

I'm performing again next month for a function at school. I'll put up videos from that. But the guy who is in charge of this all might be backing out for awhile, so my public poetry work might stop for some time.

If you really want this to continue, buy our book. For realz. If he sells all the copies, he won't lose any money. If you support SFYS, we'll be able to continue rocking your world with our poetry. :)

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "@Sam
Not weirded out at all. I'm really appreciative, actually. I'm relatively new to the poetry scene -- my buddies have been doing it for years, and they have so much more to write about because..."

YES YES YESYESYESS.
i really wanna do this. even though i'm kinda broke. but yeah. i shall do it. 'cause this is super awesomee.

dude where do you perform this stuff?

[Elliott]

My music teacher is starting a slam poetry team at my school. He's pretty amazing.
He showed us this last night. He preformed at The Blue Room, this jazz club in Kansas City.

If anyone cares:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DSns9...

[Taylor]

@Sev
It's so worth the money. There are something like a hundred poems thrown in there -- some slam, some not. All good.

I started performing at my school, and then the dude who put it all together graduated and started doing some open mics and slams at a little café about a half-hour away. It's a really sweet gig. We get total strangers who come in and just fall in love with our work.

@Lav
I love this poem. Very very powerful. The more…political pieces are excellent and have a special place in my heart. I myself want to write about some of those harder issues, but those pieces are far from performable.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "@Sev
It's so worth the money. There are something like a hundred poems thrown in there -- some slam, some not. All good.

I started performing at my school, and then the dude who put it all togethe..."

i'm guessing you were talking to me, not sev, unless she deleted her comment or something (?).
lav i can't view videos right now but when i can i'm totally going to see your teacher's! so cool!

i am so jealous. would i have one of these near me too? where do you guys live? (how cool would it be if i lived really close to you guys?:D)

[Taylor]

@Sam
Whoops! Autocorrected to the wrong name. I was talking to you.

I dunno…what state do you live in? There's usually an underground poetry community at least somewhere. Might take a bit of driving (the next-nearest big venue I know of is 2 hours away), but you can usually find poets wherever.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

connecticut. the opposite side of the country from most of the people on here:(

[Taylor]

Actually, most the people I know on here are back East. :) Um…Connecticut. I can see if I can find some venues, but it'll take me awhile. I'll message you when I've got some info.

In the meantime, look up "IndieFeed: Performance Poetry." It's a podcast that I find a lot of poems through. There are some biiiiiiiig names on there and some absolutely phenomenal poems. I'll post some favorites in a separate post.

[Taylor]

This is the list of poems. Ones with (E) at the end have explicit language or subject matter. (EE) indicates extremely explicit material. Ones with a dash are highly recommended.

Ernie Cline -- Nerd Porn Auteur (EE)

-Buddy Wakefield -- Older People (E)

-Mike McGee -- Graveyard Shift (E)

-Sarah Kay -- Hand Me Downs

-Gus Wood -- Dear Santa

Phil Kaye -- Hip Hop Lullaby (E)

-Anis Mojgani -- In My Library There Are 16 Books

-Lauren Zuniga -- Girl:Exploded (E)

-Scott Woods -- The Poem I Shall Recite at My First British Open Mic (E)

Louise Robertson -- These Are My Pants (EE)

Mike McGee -- I'm not...But if I Were (EE)

-Andrea Gibson -- Crab Apple Pirates

Nick Macedo -- Phantom Father

Gus Wood -- An Open Letter from Count Dracula to Edward Cullen

Louise Robertson -- She Studies Clock

-Phil Kaye -- The Geico Gecko (E)

Rick Lupert -- Postcard to Myself, Syracuse, New York, 1979

Phil Ginsburg -- Talking to the Wall

-Anis Mojgani -- Sock Hop

Nathan Say -- An Open Letter to my Future Caregivers (E)

-Matt Mason -- The Long Dark Night of Your Dating Life

Jade Sylvan -- On Breathing (EE)

-Shane Koyczan -- Remember how we Forgot

-Harry Baker -- Dinosaur Love

I need to update the list. Also, look up Roah Biesinger on YouTube. He is our poetry head honcho around here and he has work from all of us on there. :)

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

really? all the people i've met on here seem to be on the west coast as far as i know. WHO ARE THESE EAST COASTERS?! haha.

also, i have a list of poems and quotes and things that i like. would you mind if i put one of yours on it? (feel honored hehe.)

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "Actually, most the people I know on here are back East. :) Um…Connecticut. I can see if I can find some venues, but it'll take me awhile. I'll message you when I've got some info.

In the meantime..."

nicee thanks. i shall look these uppp:D

[Taylor]

@Sam
I do indeed feel honored. Any poem in particular that speaks to you?

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Sam wrote: "really? all the people i've met on here seem to be on the west coast as far as i know. WHO ARE THESE EAST COASTERS?! haha.

also, i have a list of poems and quotes and things that i like. would yo..."

I am on the east coast. Just for the record. :P

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

My Own Shade of Normal.:)

it just... wow. i can't even begin haha.
like i can totally relate to a lot of it. and "feel" it, too. i think it's cool how you were able to say a lot of stuff that a)i could never ever find the words to say and b)even if i did, i would be extremely afraid of saying or even admitting.

so yeah. *applauds again*

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Sam wrote: "really? all the people i've met on here seem to be on the west coast as far as i know. WHO ARE THESE EAST COASTERS?! haha.

also, i have a list of poems and quotes and things that i li..."

AHHH WHERE?!

[Brigid ✩, No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.]

Sam wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "Sam wrote: "really? all the people i've met on here seem to be on the west coast as far as i know. WHO ARE THESE EAST COASTERS?! haha.

also, i have a list of p..."

Massachusetts.

[Sam~~ we cannot see the moon, and yet the waves still rise~~]

asdfghjkl; so you're pretty close to me! whoaa.
*mind blown*
:)