"The Giant" by Tom O'Bedlam (poetry reading)

[2003CharlieThe]

Excellent :}

[39373077]

Hope you write and recite many more of your own sonnets. This one respects a tradition and then shows what the loosing of a few fetters can do.

I also hope you don't trouble yourself with envious dummies who can't write but do anyway.

Thanks for a fine place to YouTube!

[aspokenpoetsverse]

what a wonderful piece..enjoyed this allot----millssy1---is a very jealous person..and is someone whom posts poetry on you tube..i'm sure..their channel is a clone account.sissy1....is just trying to run you off..you should be flattered that a half wit like this has nothing better to do..and again..this was a great poem..i'm fond of darker material..and i hope you post more of your own work

[billyl2012]

Great sonnet you authored - very dark - To me, it conveys that unsure temptation towards drugs or alcohol for the first time. However, congratulations reaching 1,000 posts! I think I can speak for most who follow your channel that because of your hypnotic readings, I am more familiar with writers who I may have never known existed (what a tragedy it would have been to have never heard a poem by Larkin).

Thank you for your readings and to a 1,000 more!

[mercop14]

I love this! I hope you will upload more of your own work, and congradulations on the 1000 video mark!

[bunnycatch3r]

I would have taken his hand.

[erydiam]

It's a great poem..., but how do you know about the forest...?

Best Regards

[ArchhereticK]

Very nice.

[Hallbergrussy]

impressing!

[AL15BQMA]

Lovely Tom, well done!

[SpokenVerse]

@millssy1

You're right, a thousand readings takes determination

And venturing my own verse is risking humiliation

My cleverer critics can be so caustic, witty and biting,

And when they're not wrong it's hard to keep on writing.

Believe me, not every listener is invariably admiring:

Some days it's not much fun and I think about retiring

But not all days are the same, today is one of the Good Days

- Just some envious young jackass, filled with spite and cliches.

[PaganGlade]

Beautiful :) Happy 1000 Brother ~PG~

[johnalanhale5]

I think I understand now, the giant is "stretched out on the rack" and that he "knows the land" meaning a coming of age for girls to find an experienced man, im guessing?

[SpokenVerse]

@johnalanhale5 Well, a poet shouldn't try to explain his work, just in case people find meaning and wisdom in it that he never intended. But yes, that's pretty damned close.

[thallassocracy]

I love how the first line grabs you by being so unexpectedly ordinary. It reminded me of the way Ashbery works at his best.

The language stayed unsettled, but I didn't find any new surprises: the writer is clearly in control, but nothing came on aggressively enough to bother me.

Overall, I thought this came across like a probably powerful engine idling. It is a beautifully made sonnet, but I never quite got the point.

Maybe I missed something ....

[Leonhart231]

Congratulations on the 1000th video!

[mistacramer]

Incredible poem and congratulations on one thousand readings!



[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

This is wonderful! Congratulations on one thousand terrific uploads.

[sonofwalt]

Hmmm... Tom O'Bedlam, modern? Intriguing sonnet. Made me smile.

[scifiwritir1]

Wow, Tom! You are good! More, more! And wow, leaving us in that poetic transaction in suspense as to how he will respond to the temptation/offer. Very fairytale mixed with Biblical spirituality. Really liked it. Gotta listen to it again. Thanks...and more, more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

[rappamarfil]

We come to

snare by sonnet , fait accompli !

and the branched birds by the giants head no more aloft

the tweeters , the woodsy fowl

slepen al the nyght with open ye

So priketh hem Nature in hir corages

[SoulPoiesis]

Wonderful. Vivid and mysterious. Draws you in. Would be a great dream-like beginning for a novel or a movie. Love it. Congratulations... and thankyou for one thousand terrific uploads. 

[woggyo]

Upload number one thousand would be... your own. Of course. Why am I not surprised...

[Juventus170191]

Did you write this poem or the original Tom O'Bedlam? However, it's wonderful!

[paulpellicci]

...oooo, I wonder if his intentions are honorable? If they wake up....

[johnalanhale5]

Moral dilemna lol the giant could be the "nice stranger" giving you the time of day. But it all comes down to common sense. Do we let the giant lead us or do we stay with our companions? In the same way, the law can be the giant, as can various businesses looking for that extra dollar.

[dracentsparkle]

Beautiful