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SON-JA (Grandson) Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 39 seconds A si-jo for my new grandson Related: poetry, si-jo, grandson Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Bukowski Dawn Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 28 seconds Will somebody remind me why I used to think it fun to get knee-walking drunk? My mouth feels like the bottom of a bird cage and my hair hurts. And who is that woman in my bed? And did we get it on? I hope we didn't. And I hope she drove her own car here. Related: poetry, minimalist, drinking, remorse, hangovers Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Re: The Writer at Work Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 20 seconds A si-jo. Related: random, writers, block, frustration Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Bringing the Djinn to Heel Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 68 seconds Memories are sometimes not worth keeping. Related: poetry, mythology, ptsd Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Songs of Nobility and Depravity Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 54 seconds There is no person of so little consequence that he cannot inspire art. Related: poetry, humanity, fraternity, equality, respect Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Public Health Warning Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 113 seconds In light of recent shortages of some food items, brought on in part by subsidies to large Texas landowners to encourage them not to plant rice, we bring you the following Public Health Warning. Related: poetry, political, satire, ecconomics Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Re-invention Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 22 seconds Thoughts on why I write poetry, written shortly after i had learned the Korean si-jo form. Related: poetry, inspiration, introspection Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Disturbance Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 18 seconds A tanka, written as a challenge piece for admission to a members-only web site. Related: poetry, japanese, tanka Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Loving in an Empty Nest Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 106 seconds Thoughts on aging and marriage Related: poetry, free, verse Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Contemplating Mount Rainier Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 57 seconds A little hicup in the creative process. Related: poetry, free, verse, writers, block Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Erato Wields a Swaggerstick Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 130 seconds A total REMF reflects on how his military service shapes his attempts at poetry. Related: poetry, free, verse, war, allusion Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Blank Space Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 36 seconds Bloody writer's block! Related: poetry, frustration, writers, block Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Beaten Down Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 61 seconds This is part of a larger work in progress. The goal is to stage a Greek-style tragedy as a hip-hop opera. This piece represents the prologue, with me playing the part of the chorus. Related: poetry, rubaiyat, hip-hop, tragedy Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Greybeards Reflecting Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 81 seconds Early on in my exploration of poetry, I fell in with an ecclectic mix of poets on a hip-hip-themed web site. It broadened my perception of what modern poetry was becoming. Related: poetry, hip-hop, protest, generational Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Destination Desolation Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 40 seconds On a night when it just didn't seem to be happening, I decided to play around with monoryhms. Related: poetry, monoryhm Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Adventure in Gardening Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 41 seconds Thoughts on the creative process and our hobbies. Related: poetry, free, verse Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Healing Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 22 seconds A si-jo. Related: poetry, short, forms, ecconomic, justice Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Day Laborers Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 27 seconds A random thought on grubbing for a living in hard times in the form of a si-jo. Related: poetry, labor, poverty Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Electronische Nachbarschaft/Electronic Neighborhood Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 24 seconds My only attempt, so far, at a senryu. Why I chose to write it in German puzzles me as well. Wir shen uns nicht Die Woerte am Monitor Sind Freundestimmen. Related: poetry, senryu Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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The Job That Ate My Brain Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 55 seconds Ever have a job that you hated, even if it paid well? Related: humanities, poetry, discontentment Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Raccoon Recon Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 29 seconds More critters in my yard. Related: poetry, free, verse, minimalist Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Glitch Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 50 seconds Reflecting on writer's block. Related: poetry, free, verse, writers, block Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Uncertain Identity Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 46 seconds Clearing some cobwebs early in my venture into wrotong poetry. Related: poetry, free, verse, self-image Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Filters and Lenses (Commentary on writing) Posted by: leftysergeant
Video duration: 282 seconds A brief apologia concerning how I came to write poetry and the natue of what I write. Related: writing, life, experiences, multi-culturalism Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
Latest comments made on this video:
By: TheGreatPerformances. on 12 Mar 12, 02:41:51
Very nice ????
By: Hollo4ever. on 26 Sep 11, 19:23:20
Sub? to my channel
By: 888CSC. on 22 Jul 11, 08:31:43
Cheers Robert, Awesome writing and a belated congratulations on a new life arriving and sparking? grand hope for a brighter future ! Thumbs up and Infinite************stars and many Blessings to You and Yours ! Peace Always ! Chaz
By: Bidyyy. on 05 Jun 11, 07:28:38
* * * VERY? NICE !!! * * *
By: leftysergeant. on 20 Mar 11, 23:37:49
Es freut mich sehr,? dass Du Besuch hier gemacht hast.
By: bassman44357. on 20 Mar 11, 20:26:44
sehr? schönes Video, super... herzliche Grüße aus Dortmund, bassman
By: giorgiovigo. on 29 Jan 11, 05:04:22
Congratulations on your new arrival, which if I remember correctly? it should now be 3 years. Up.
By: cogermax91. on 12 Aug 10, 12:58:02
soooooooooooooooo lovely !!?
By: andrewnorris1. on 12 May 10, 12:18:20
A proud? Grandfather, indeed. Nice to watch this
By: DewaMusic. on 30 Apr 10, 15:56:27
Congratulation to? u my friend and so happy to see new generation add to your family tree :)
By: Maysey1. on 24 Apr 10, 16:58:51
Congrats? on the grandson Robert, I bet he's much bigger now. I have one grandson and one granddaughter and they are definitely the joy of our life's. So many memories and so many years....LIFE HAS BEEN GOOD TO US!!! Mark
By: JohnnyCriptic. on 11 Apr 10, 10:16:10
...less is more...three clear concepts are perfect...love the 'weight' of time...and? annotations of 'triumph'......wishing son-ja all the best...
By: LeighFeatherstone. on 13 Feb 10, 09:18:57
I want to thank u for viewing my audition tape and giving words advise I would know u again... unless u sd them... Thank you and I will work on it... Man? thank u! By the ingenious work here....
By: tomvband. on 25 Jan 10, 21:54:33
Very well done! And congratulations!?
By: blastedgoat. on 12 Jan 10, 17:52:00
very cute! great idea :D?
By: reVerse2bfree. on 22 Jul 09, 15:32:04
He? is lovely - Blessings to you and yours
By: jcvilleres. on 03 Jul 09, 14:55:14
You? have a very handsome grand son! Congratulations!!! JC
By: lulutips. on 29 May 09, 09:57:10
Thankyou? for this. Very enjoyable.
By: no2hate. on 29 Dec 08, 12:36:38
What? a handsome guy! CONGRATS! Peace.
By: arkgunslinger. on 20 Dec 08, 01:09:31
Congrats Lefty!?
By: dashpoet. on 05 Dec 08, 17:17:09
I am subscribed to RogerStevensPoet - a channel for children's poetry, with an increasing group of his poetry videos, and others by such as Michael Rosen. I'm not the one to say if it? is good, but I am also gradually adding to my 'Poetry for Children' playlist. Best wishes to all, Mark.
By: boloboffin. on 02 Dec 08, 06:55:18
Congratulations, lefty!?
By: leftysergeant. on 01 Dec 08, 15:10:45
Thanks for stopping by, friends. Now, if any of you come across some? particularly good children's poetry sites, I think i need to broaden my repetoire a bit...
By: leftysergeant. on 01 Dec 08, 15:08:50
I think for once there is reason for me to let my? wife think that I am so incompetent at a certain task that she has to brush me aside and take over.
By: leftysergeant. on 01 Dec 08, 15:05:40
Luckily,? other than his dad's Korean eyes and my oddly-shaped head, he seems to look more like his mother's side of the family. I do hope that I can guide him in apreciating the cultural heritage of all the lines that crossed to bring him into the world, and to respect the differences.