joshua bennett @ IWPS round 3

[Luann29]

I can't find anywhere, who won this IWPS? Anyone help me out?

[justdatkid35]

He a beast

[poetwithoutapology]

WOW. Nothing more to say. Favorite line --- The whole freakin poem!

[Nanaadjoa1990]

ah

[Maplefreak63]

Type PRIZE before youtube and hit enter

[TheScokeley]

i like that guy that just keeps yellin what?! haha

[sikJL13]

@TheScokeley Lol I do too. It emphasizes how amazing those stand out lines are.

"A lead heavy heart and a craving for wings."

"Let their first words be their names. So that from the very beginning they will know what it means to define themselves."

Those are my favorite.

[sikJL13]

Clearly the only person who could dislike this is the girl's boyfriend.

[kunmbi12]

sitting in silence everytime i listen to him...as chaos around me has no audience.

[asscass88]

OMGGGGGGGGGGGG INCREDIBLE!!

[gnomebros55]

oh my god. hes amazing!

[BlueSkiesArize]

okay without a doubt this was a pasionate and perfectly worded poem nothing less then beautiful...

[sikJL13]

I've watched this 50 times...I still love it.

[VonteofNeWeRa]

amazing

[Koribaby1]

Posted for your reading/ listening pleasure,(You're welcome. ;p~Kori):

"Dear really cute girl with a boyfriend that I suspect only loves you half as much as I could if given the proper chance...hello.

This may seem rather strange but, I've got an eye for shiney souls.

And yours sticks out like a radioactive thumb in this sixteenth century dungeon of a classroom.

So, what do you say we get away from here?

Away from the textbooks and the street corners and the drunk 3am stumble-homers.

[MizzBlacnBold]

@Koribaby1 

[Koribaby1]

@MizzBlacnBold

Hmm?

[LadyBeex3]

@Koribaby1

thanku =]

[Koribaby1]

@LadyBeex3

Lol. Welcome. Though it's out of order now. >.>

[Koribaby1]

Let's go somewhere and paint the town red.

...No I mean literally, let's paint the town red.

Brandishing razor sharp paintbrushes to carve 30 story suicide notes into the rifts of skyscrapers.

[Be(?)] in a shadowbox with God.

Steal attention from that sunrise, on those evenings, when the clouds come home late.

And the stars linger just long enough for me to appreciate the constellations in your eyes,

When you blink, and your lashes become wings that carry us into the sky.

[Koribaby1]

We sit on the moon, and share smalltalk with Nina Simone and my grandfather.

Trading stories of our travels, and the burdens we have left behind us like breadcrumbs for our children to follow.

So, when it comes to the kids: let their first words be their names,

So there from the very beginning they will know what it means to define themselves.

To lay claim to the earth beneath their feet.

With bruisen fingers like leaves; we'll grow a whole forest, forget a family tree.

[Koribaby1]

Be my arch angel, my first real kiss. A handhold that feels like resurrection when you walk into the room.

And my heart becomes a ribcaged pheonix, singing fireball lullabies to calm the uneasiness in my quaking legs.

I am shattering, from the center, like a nuclear bomb in a drainhouse,

And these tigerlilly lungs are crisping the color of midnight.

We are dying here; our limbs were not made for such heavy gravity; we are citizens of the heavens.

Hot air balloon ____ of flesh and bone.

[Koribaby1]

No wonder I get so high off of your touch.

It must be the helium in your bloodstream, or that hydrogen smile.

That you throw like a boomerang at this broken space shuttle shell of a man.

That has forgotten how to fly, or dream, or swim

In that ocean of hailstorm and thunder we were birthed from.

And I just want to breathe you, forget to trace weather patterns onto your skin

And heal the hurricane in your lungs; and feel the calm after the storm wound within

[Koribaby1]

Dear boyfriend, you better hold her tighter than an armrest in a crashing airliner,

And pray that I don't wingwalk my way onto that plane and fly her away myself.

Because she loves you enough to be honest.

Always wears her heart on her sleeve, so I can see her face everytime she waves hello;

Or takes my hand just to keep it platonic.

So don't think that I won't recognize you, in the wedding photos you will take with her years from now.

[Koribaby1]

And I stay at home with my own children, joyful as humanly possible but still earthbound,

Without that hydrogen smile to lift my spirits and remind me what turbulence tastes like at one in the morning

Dear God, you said that love isn't selfish.

That it's patient and perfect and is the only real rule You ever gave us.

And I'm trying my hardest not to covet my neighbor's wife, but

They're not even married and she looks beautiful tonight.

[Koribaby1]

So, Dear unattainable love,

If you ever find yourself alone at a busstop in Brooklyn

With a lead heavy heart and a craving for wings

Write me a love poem on a kite, made from paper clips and old crossword puzzles

Wait for an evening, when that sunset is so brazen that you could fry an egg on it

And let it fly, addressed to the boy with earthquaked legs

Signed sincerely, the best co-pilot this side of the atmosphere

P.S., lying was never worth it

I'll see you on the other side."

[kokocandykane447]

omg this was amazing i loved every single word

[oedipustwist]

What!

[manug20dt3]

'That dude is fuckin' amazing'

[Koribaby1]

I adored this poem to no end. So much that I typed it all out. XD!

[livelovelearnlaf]

really??!, i have been trying to get the words right for a long time,, AHH!!

could you inbox it to me when you have time?? =)

[Koribaby1]

will do so immediately. ;o

[katerss]

Koribaby, could you please send me the poem as well? I would love that! This guy is amazing. <3

[Koribaby1]

sure thing. =]

[ripken3b]

is there anyway you could inbox me this or something?

[Koribaby1]

umm. sure. =@

[lovaboi222]

wat a talent

[MissDiva065]

"My heart becomes a ribcaged Phoenix!" ARE YOU SERIOUS!! I freakin loved it! Ridiculous talent!!

[livelovelearnlaf]

He is So Adorable!!,,

Great Work of Art!,,

It really warmed my heart .. (i just closed my eyes and breathed his words in, making believe they were for me..hahahaha)

((Might I add,, It should be a law that while listening to a Poet, You can Only SNAP!!!!,, and no Yelling till the end!!!!,, uggh...lol))

[LadyBeex3]

@livelovelearnlaf

lol. cuhz they yell n then u miss stuff = [

THAT LAW NEEDS TO B PASSED ASAP .

[ducttapexrocks]

He was amazing at NACA northeast <3

[Koribaby1]

THIS is why I plan to marry this boy. I freaking love his poetry.

[turquoiseskull]

"my heart becomes a ribcaged Phoenix"?!!!

what?! no, that's just insane!

[quantityisderek]

I like this far better than his poems from rounds one and two. His writing really has more of a chance to stand on its own when he strays away from more political topics.

[jpthepoet]

SICK!

[classiccharm15]

L.I.S.P u r amazing. u r truely a peot w/ a gift and talent.

[YourAirness22]

all i can say is Omg wtf foflcopter that was beyond amazing he has a gift.

[rippy40]

unreal!

[Brainstrain]

Hahahaha, he sound likes a bizzaro Carlos Williams.

Skyscraper clouds, shadowboxing

[everidaygirl]

i'm looking for his super negro poem...he had me dying with that!

[hellomaiya]

yeah there's this one he does about degrading women too its amazing i can't find it either :-\

[igottadream2]

wow me too! i love that poem i have been looking everywhere for it!

[iMASiNGERdUh]

me too; i cnt find it );

[JordanMcRae]

incredible! creating magic on the paper man

[tink958]

me too..i love it and i cant find it

[NightPreacha]

This dude is SICK... I'm lookin for that "adam" poem he did on the radio.

[e198811]

he got a poem that hit the radio? thats wassup

[sikJL13]

@NightPreacha I think I saw it on the internet somewhere, because I remember wanting to see it again too. If I find it again I'll let you know.