Tower of Babel

[maximkazhenkov11]

spake?



[TheRavenOfPoe]

@maximkazhenkov11 An outdated past tense form of 'speak' - hoping to bring it back, hehe.. :)

[MrRobokoper]

@TheRavenOfPoe You are Satanist?

[anonymousborn]

nice you wrote

[nohonor89]

What a powerful and articulate tribute to language. You have nice eyes, too.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

@nohonor89 Thank you! :)

[DramaDon83]

You are so lovely....and so dramatic..some say they dont need drama in their lives...I say..without drama, life is so boring!...

[TheRavenOfPoe]

@DramaDon83 Thank you :)

[clayLavl]

i like.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

@clayLavl thank you :)

[imaginarythings]

I came back to Fav. this extremely wonderful work of art!!!~Beautifully Done...I was lost for words the first time I commented and I still am~lol~

[TheRavenOfPoe]

@imaginarythings thank you! ^^

[joselitomarjarino]

Good vidéo, 50000000000°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°, thank you very much, joselito

[imaginarythings]

This is incredible!!! And what great work and choices you made in making this video!!!

[TheRavenOfPoe]

@imaginarythings Thank you, Randy! :)

[dagavaq1]

PRETTY EYES :D

[dagavaq1]

UR SOOOO AWESOME!!!!! ADD ME WILL YA :D

[Htownscripter]

Beautiful, captivating reading Jennifer! Quite magical, and eloquently describes the movement of expansion into Awareness. Yes, within consciousness, humans create individual, narrow perspectives and identify with them, not realizing the fluid, nondual nature of reality and Self.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you Mark! :)

[EasyCompanyable]

Beautiful

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you :)

[TablesofWar]

Excellent Work. A friend of mine loves writing poems. I will recommend to watch your videos. I prefer written stories myself, I seldom write poems. Keep up the great work. :)

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you! :)

[LIKATREE]

I haven't listened in awhile and I am again blown away by your insight. Bravo

[TheRavenOfPoe]

@LIKATREE thank you! :)

[Mattsam1000]

hey jen... this is the vid that made me sub its an amazing poem and did you write it? hope you are well :)

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thanks Matt! And yes it's one of my original pieces =)

[Mattsam1000]

wow you are very telented... i wish i could write poetry... but i am not creatful any more :( but i still think i am ok at history :P any who i hope you are ok my friend :)

[ThePaigeTurner]

Woah. I love youre poetry. Poe is my favorite poet. Youre going to be huge I can tell. I subscribed.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thanks Paige! =)

[ThePaigeTurner]

I can't get enough of this peom. It sends Chills down my spine because I understand it, and its so true! I could never explain it as good as you though.

[dvnobles]

Very cool indeed.

//dan

[Mattsam1000]

amazing... how do you come up with all of this its an amazing poem jen i hope you can keep making these works of art

[IssMeinHirn]

Wow, that was incredible!

[whitekni177]

I........ dont get it, who is she supposed to be? please forgive my ignorance.

[vendettatypeofgirl]

i believe she is trying to be someone who was at the tower of babel when the languages changed in the bible. i'm not sure though

[PiotrKwiatkowski22]

will you by famous person or myke you this for you soul?

[theboombody]

You seem to be an interesting girl.

[clayLavl]

i am moved by this.

[clayLavl]

brilliant text and performance. where did you find the music?

[Remotec1]

I think you would do very well a remake of Wuthering Heights

My favorite ...Thanks that was nice ...

Its lovely to hear someone speak so well these days..Bravo

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you very much =)

Mm I think I would have fun with a role in a story like that, hehe!

[vee00Roar]

I like the first 3 sections, but right when you repeat "soon enough" both the poetry and concepts fall apart in my opinion. Also I see no reason to emphasize "soon enough" I would use another wording here.

[TeehpodT]

Brilliant!

[MirageCult]

Raven - like it a lot! - favorited :) makes you think about it more because it is in poem form too, and it also has a very nice rhythm.

[Incognonymous]

God, she is so sexy. I'm in love.

[PulsarPoet]

Deep and interesting.

[reVerse2bfree]

What a fabulous piece of poetry. I loved it. Excellent delivery to boot!

[robby63]

Compelling with such eloquence. I am in awe of your way of creating atmosphere. I never want your pieces to end.

faved

Robby

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thanks Robby!

[GordIsKing]

This was a treat! Very nice!

[batatakley]

Wow... how well you put it in words!

:)

[batatakley]

Hi!! Denny (wdciii) pointed me here after he watched both, your video and mine.

WoW! We are connected.... Love your poem... my video is "Words can give you the world" made by kids.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you! I just checked out your video and absolutely loved it. Very glad to have found your channel! =)

[CuteHabeshaGirl]

love it

[flan984]

I have to say this is one of the single most brilliant videos I've ever watched here on youtube. The poem is beautiful and painfully true. The words, alone, are quite piercing, but the soundtrack and the way you say them just makes it..."hypnotic"...for lack of a better word

Wonderful...

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you very much =)

[ZachrielCL]

That is so true. There are so many ways for naming a simple object that we may never hear of because of the place we were born in. So many different ways of looking at others simply because of the way the grammatic of our languages works. So little time to learn so many different sounds and symbols, when in the end, everything could be reduced to feelings that we are not yet able to understand without words!

[zebidee55]

Wow. Cool comment Fabian. Very true.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

precisely! =) Brilliant comment Fabian!

[george20081234567]

thats was the best you ever done yet

[NormanKim]

"with each new delicious word"

How deliciously well said

[insanekid15]

that was sooooo cool!

[thecaster]

Oh man, ten stars!

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thanks, Mac! =)

[FuturesPassed]

Very nice!

I think you got one of the words wrong in either the video or your text copy on the side bar. The line: "To incite any sought reaction."

But, to end this statement on a positive note, you make these so well, you make it seem easy. A well-written, seamless performance.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you Steve! ;)

And good spotting with the mistake there, the line with "sought" is an earlier version of the poem and was replaced with "desired" in a later one. I've fixed it up in the text box now =)

[busywave]

very good

[kcatthedog]

Nicely done ! engaging and measured in cadence and tone, also your facil expressions helped tell the story ! Thank you for sharing. Matt

[ferdousalamtaz]

like it.

[joinjohnny]

wonderful work! Jen!

[BigPrairieDude]

Love it!

[hohlimc]

wow.. I like it very much..

[Resonance369]

Beautiful. I love it.

[madspirit78]

You're brilliant; an amazing writer! I love it!

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you!

[wytherwings]

this is just... amazing. just. I don't know how else I can describe this... it's just... so so great.

[harleynanda]

This piece so descriptive of your character Lady Raven, lover of linguistics, and also revealing. Some sprite-like charm to your subtle grace here in this rather defiant close. In kind, a charming piece through and through, and well done as always.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you Michael! This is one subject that certainly brings out a great deal of myself and character. I agree with you about the last line too and could feel that while performing it hehe

[LoveMattersMost]

How wonderful! Just now, I envisioned the budding Actress in you! Wow! that really woke me up. I'm seeing more acting and drama in this video than ever before, and it is really impressive. This could be a cameo monologue from "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

[TheRavenOfPoe]

hehe, don't tempt me, I have always liked Shakespearean monologues ;)

[LoveMattersMost]

To Monologue, or not to Monologue: that is the question:

"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,

Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,.. " (Hamlet) Pray, do it! : )

[1GOD1JESUS]

so... what exactly is a tower of babel?

[TheRavenOfPoe]

It is from an early attempt to explain why we all speak so many different languages around the world. The Tower of Babel is a tower mentioned in Genesis 11:19 in the Bible, which was built by humans in an attempt to reach heaven. God found this act arrogant and so confused their languages so the builders could not understand each other and the tower could not be completed.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

The last line of the poem is an expression of how I disagree with the notion that having multiple languages on earth is negative and confuses or hinders progress.

[mangosr4me]

Beautiful poem. But, I will have to take issue with your last point. Freedom of thought comes with responsibility. The World sectioned out in many languages, and by consequence cultures, has fostered mistrust and conflict. Point to ponder.

[zunathanzu]

I do like it! What second  language did you learn?

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you! =) The poem was left without small details so it would remain as universal as possible. I have studied many other languages although am still not fluent in any other than English. German is my next best language, particularly with reading. I am currently learning Sign Language too and have forgotten most of the French and Latin I learned, hehe ;)

[Regusername]

Ooh I just love it.

Thank you.

[Gamingnight]

well spoken. gave life to it.

[dmio2]

Very clever & well read. I'll be thinking about this for some time.

[amhemsley]

Beautiful, as always.

[blueastcoast]

to put it mildly..amazing

[nordicsky]

Your mind is following an interesting path. Poetry when written and performed is the language beyond the language in which it is conceived. Each word is packed with meaning and imagery. A five-stanza poem can contain as much as a full novel.

[nordicsky]

As for prison, well that is not having the language skills to express our feelings or ideas. My heart goes out to those poor kids who can only communicate through antisocial behaviour because they lack the language to express themselves.

Kind regards, Peter

[JoshieWellsy]

i dont get it lol im pretty dumb

[popebenadict16]

i just hope it wasnt french.xx

[DickensianDreams]

Wonderful. :)

[Lost0Poet]

I just wanted to say, with postings like this you really inspire me to be more that what I am as I write, and think, and contemplate. It shows that there is truly a universe ever expanding and never ending in each of our minds.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you :) To know my writing might inspire others is in fact a source of inspiration for me in turn ;)

[TheRealGentleman]

Oh, and by the way, I picked up a copy of the Last Unicorn on vacation and I loved it just as much, if not even more than the film!

I also discovered the sequel short story "Two Hearts" was readable online on Beagle's website. What a surprisingly emotional story it was, too...I can't wait for the further sequels he has planned.

Sorry for the off-topic comment, but I wasn't sure if you checked the comments on your older videos regularly.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed the Last Unicorn and Two Hearts! =) I am also eagerly looking forward to his future stories ^^

[TheRealGentleman]

This was just stunning. Absolutely stunning and beautiful. I think this more than deserves the title of instant classic.

There aren't very many poets whose work I like, to be honest, as most poetry does nothing for me. Yet once in a while there is a poet whose work I absolutely love, and your poems are definitely in that category. This video is a perfect example of why that is.

With every new video you post, the videos on my channel continue to feel sillier and sillier.

[twish1999]

Wonderful!

:-)

[personalimagery]

after listening to you... think I'm trapped into Portuguese towers; a sense of truth, real essence in them [only]. loved your poem. search. words, palavras, línguas.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you Júlio =)

[frumpyframpton]

You have some really amazing rhymes and meters, "spoke and spake/talked and ached" is one of my favorites.

Babel is really high up on my list of superpowers I would take if given the option =]

[TheRavenOfPoe]

I think it would be my very first wish - to have knowledge of all languages =) What fascinating insight that would provide on human culture and humanity itself!

[sabusabu123456]

nice ------ great ----- outstanding

[janeczka]

This speaks to me a lot! ;)

I see exactly what you mean.

[VisionGhostPoet]

Such an atmosphere of eloquence to which I could close my eyes and listen to again and again. Really love this.

[NecroticGrace]

Great work Jennifer...

[benzone50]

masterfully written & performed.

[PerthPete1]

Here, Jennifer, within this video, you have

- written prose with clever insight

- performed captivatingly

- demonstrated superb production skills, using a stunning piece of choral singing for the background and lighting yourself so cleverly, your blue eyes shining out of the darkness.

Excellent!

Peter.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you so much Peter! =)

[LoveMattersMost]

A feast for the eyes, ears, and mind!

You look so pretty (can I say that? hehe)

I truly love the mysterious music!

And you really made me think: To follow the steps of how we associate meanings to words and then discard the objects themselves and work only with their symbols. Lastly, you expanded my mind by reminding me, there are many languages and many points of view in the world. I've watched it several times already, and its only been up a few hrs. : )

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you Bri, very much! =)

[gocrazy4u]

Wonderful job! Very enjoyable!

[DanceExperiment]

with every language comees a culture to learn one is to learn the other ; )

[TheRavenOfPoe]

I agree! =)

[ASAngelo]

Art and practicality side by side.

As they have always been.

Sense.

[ASAngelo]

indeed!

May I compliment and risk challenging your humility?

predicate adverb ... You are 'living' poetry.

But Miss Raven, not in the typical 'English' way of thinking. 'Living' ... in the direct action, as in "alive." Perhaps it would be more apt to say, "You are alive with poetry." Not prone to say what is apt, let me try again.

[ASAngelo]

Your 'poetry'(if that indeed is a worthy enough word for it) is a clear reflection, a raison d'etre ... hardly 'poetry' in any modern sense. Rather renaissance in a timeless sense. Not a repetition of the italian or greek ..no.

cont...

[wdciii]

FANTASTIC!!!  BUENO!!! BELISSIMO!!!.......

Breathless,

Dennis

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you, danke and merci Dennis! =) hehe, wonderful to see a mix of languages together ^^ Hope you're doing well!

[ASAngelo]

True speech if you will. Full of practical philosophy.

Wild in the best sense. Of nature. Art and practicality side by side as they have always been.

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you dear Angelo =)

[ThePeacefulCat]

Beautiful... Just what I needed before I sleep after 5 days on WoW...

[TheRavenOfPoe]

hehe, thank you!

[papercutt666]

thats deep

[zebidee55]

Wonderfully done Jen - another masterpiece. I love the whole feel of this.

... although I couldn't help thinking of the follow-on, the Tower of Babelfish, where all the words are randomly mixed up!  ;D

[LoveMattersMost]

I always look forward to reading what Zebidee has for a comment. He always treads that dangerous, delicate balance between Friendly and Irreverent! This one didn't disappoint either! hehe : )

[TheRavenOfPoe]

me too =)

[TheRavenOfPoe]

I'd still love to see the Tower of Babelfish written out, hehe!

[ripley4O77]

Some of the sentence structures and rhymes you use really remind me of Poe, excellent work!

[TheRavenOfPoe]

Thank you very much Tom! I am certain he has greatly influenced me =)

[DavidRandallCurtis]

Great poem, delivery, photography, music, etc... :p 5* and faved ;)

[TheRavenOfPoe]

thank you David! =)

[goth1agw1omw]

i like

very good as always

xxx