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[citizenwind]

"mein kampf" by david lerner

Comments

[aria_muse]

all i want to do
is have some fun

[citizenwind]

new trier, huh? you guys had a monster chess team.

[aria_muse]

...where are you from?

[citizenwind]

i went to lincoln park, in chicago.

[acreofbones]

I'm not entirely sure if I like it.

[acreofbones]

Hah.

I'm sure it's a lot better preformed. I've read a slam poem, and not been moved, then see it, and really adored it.

It would be terribly rude to say that "all slam poems" look like crap on paper, but in my experience, they never stir up too much emotion in me, adoration or disgust.

[citizenwind]

there's a ton of amazing, well-written stuff that scores fantastically and lays well on the page. you just haven't found it.

[obliterati]

The line breaks at the end are way too derivative of Buk but I liked it a lot up until then. Why the weird title I wonder?

[wanton_wonton]

If you're Alvin, I love your slam poetry.

[citizenwind]

yes, I'm alvin. and thanks.

do we know each other?

[wanton_wonton]

Just a fan. Recognized the name from your UTube account. =]

[citizenwind]

wow, small world.

[zagzagael]

Blah blah blah.

Slam does not always translate well to paper...same for rock lyrics.

[citizenwind]

who says this is slam or performance based at all?

[zagzagael]

I do. Lerner was a slam/performance reader in SF. I've seen him.

[citizenwind]

I know who he is. But that doesn't mean all his work should instantly be pigeonholed.