Ocean is so beautiful in soul and just- everything. Their voice evokes such emotion that can pull at even the tightest of heartstrings. Ocean makes me want to write again and keep writing and then write some more until I cease to be nothing, but what I have written.
@@xinner8098 In what way are you insulted? Should you not find being called a bot honorable? I understand that in your culture the title of "Bot" is taken with great renown.
@@lilbyte3 in case this is a genuine misunderstanding, being called a bot is not a good thing at all. Any time I’ve seen that phrasing, it’s used to discredit someone’s abilities in some way. If you didn’t intend any ill, I retract my original response and I bid you a good day.
Listening to this reduced me to tears. The way he reads the line "Peter, Peter..." with such force and intention and need... it really cracked me up. Thanks Ocean
music and meter are essential parts in poetry and without them a poem lacks perfection to say the least and what is a poem if not a living manifestation of perfection. Salahaddin Hashim Alhusam
Really wanted to see how a recipient of the T.S. Eliot award sounds like. I wouldn’t call him bad, but I don’t think T.S. Eliot would even allow his volumes to be published, nevermind him winning awards for them. The guy can paint a picture, true, but his technical ability is lacking, and his philosophical (as it were) punch lines are mere instagram aphorisms written beautifully. The poems are better read than listened to. His cadence sounds like a dying engine.
@@zzzxx1474 I honestly have no idea. I’m inclined to favor the lyrics of artists such as Alex Turner or Grian Chatten (Fontaines D.C.) over 21st century poetry. Contemporary poetry really seems to have strayed from the technical aspects of the art to an absurd degree. I found, though, plenty of good poems in journals such as The Paris Review or Poetry Foundation. But I doubt those authors have a good time when it comes to selling their volumes.
this guy's net worth is $5 million for this type of shit? Mind-blowing, in capitalism people will buy and pay for everything. Shitty poety writers like Rupi Kaur also do something very similar make some aesthetic book these young kids love to put on a shelf and tiktok about....... sad reality indeed Dostovesky would be committing suicide watching this.
You two remind me of that saying - 'those that can't do, teach'. In your case, you'd make terrible teachers. Not sure why you'd even comment on this 😂. You're criticism of him is like a jealous child watching his mother breastfeeding the world's population. Get used to it guys that can't do anything 😅😅😅
I used to cry in a genre no one read ...... This line opens a realm of new and unexperienced pain and sorrow...
Ocean is so beautiful in soul and just- everything. Their voice evokes such emotion that can pull at even the tightest of heartstrings. Ocean makes me want to write again and keep writing and then write some more until I cease to be nothing, but what I have written.
And?
I am touched like I was over 30 years ago studying, reading, and teaching poetry, for the first time in years, by this poem!! I’m now speechless.
Darn it, I can’t cry enough, I feel most alive in the presence of Ocean’s poetry
are you a bot?
@@lilbyte3
What a great use of your intelligence, insulting a stranger online and wasting your own time while at it. Who’s a good boy?
@@xinner8098 In what way are you insulted? Should you not find being called a bot honorable? I understand that in your culture the title of "Bot" is taken with great renown.
@@xinner8098 Tell me more about the tears you shed basking in the peerless majesty of Ocean Vuong.
@@lilbyte3 in case this is a genuine misunderstanding, being called a bot is not a good thing at all. Any time I’ve seen that phrasing, it’s used to discredit someone’s abilities in some way. If you didn’t intend any ill, I retract my original response and I bid you a good day.
Ocean is Truly a master of his Craft
Ocean Vuong, Thank you for sharing your beautiful gift of writing! I love and admire your work very much.
I didn't know I needed to hear this. ❤
People like this comment more often so that I could be reminded of this gem every now and then.
Love your voice Ocean. Brought me to tears
Listening to this reduced me to tears. The way he reads the line "Peter, Peter..." with such force and intention and need... it really cracked me up. Thanks Ocean
his voice is so sweet❤
Moving ...had me in tears..🥲🤗
best unintentional asmr
Thank you
Beautiful. I love Ocean Vuong's work.
first time i cried from poetry
i love him so much...
So beautiful and captivating.
music and meter are essential parts in poetry and without them a poem lacks perfection to say the least and what is a poem if not a living manifestation of perfection. Salahaddin Hashim Alhusam
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It’s amazing
beautiful
A Masterpiece! 💗
lovely
Gripping ❤
why an i crying?
WOW!
Wow
This makes me feel something
nice!
❤️❤️❤️
So sweet
That last line gagged me
OMYGOD
Wow 😲
EVERY FLAKE ON MY COAT HAS A LIFEEEEEEEE!!!! ocean vuong is so banal he makes the sound of a grinding blender sound like Dvorak.
His voice is so damn sexy. 🧡
If I was in the audience, I'd be thinking- "Okay, so where can I hang myself?".
This is voice of women.
Jfc
What does jfc mean? I knew, but I forget.
Really wanted to see how a recipient of the T.S. Eliot award sounds like. I wouldn’t call him bad, but I don’t think T.S. Eliot would even allow his volumes to be published, nevermind him winning awards for them. The guy can paint a picture, true, but his technical ability is lacking, and his philosophical (as it were) punch lines are mere instagram aphorisms written beautifully. The poems are better read than listened to. His cadence sounds like a dying engine.
So which contemporary poets would you suggest to read today?
@@zzzxx1474 I honestly have no idea. I’m inclined to favor the lyrics of artists such as Alex Turner or Grian Chatten (Fontaines D.C.) over 21st century poetry. Contemporary poetry really seems to have strayed from the technical aspects of the art to an absurd degree. I found, though, plenty of good poems in journals such as The Paris Review or Poetry Foundation. But I doubt those authors have a good time when it comes to selling their volumes.
this guy's net worth is $5 million for this type of shit? Mind-blowing, in capitalism people will buy and pay for everything. Shitty poety writers like Rupi Kaur also do something very similar make some aesthetic book these young kids love to put on a shelf and tiktok about....... sad reality indeed Dostovesky would be committing suicide watching this.
I respectfully disagree.
@@melissa.9694 Understandable.
this guy's net worth is $5 million for this type of shit? Mind-blowing, in capitalism people will buy and pay for everything.
Wait till this dude find out Poem has been around since forever, thousands of years before capitalism.
You two remind me of that saying - 'those that can't do, teach'. In your case, you'd make terrible teachers. Not sure why you'd even comment on this 😂. You're criticism of him is like a jealous child watching his mother breastfeeding the world's population. Get used to it guys that can't do anything 😅😅😅
capitalism has finally figured out how to commodify poetry, and the consumer, having little or no exposure to the art form in its glory, sucks it up.