Carrie Rudzinski "Elbows" @ CUPSI Finals 2008

[Kyson88]

I just cant get enough of your seducing poetry ... Stabbing ... gripping ... simple art .... LOVE LOVE LOVE

[Louisiana26]

She is GREAT!!!!

[TheDartfreedom]

I think my soul is still cuming

[YourLegitChick]

carrie you are amazing you are original you are your own you tell the truth you are my hero you are the one i look up to im 12 your howeveyr youre my role model i wish my writing was like yours truthful about yourself deep felt every word you speak is a word to cherish upon the words you link together by a finely fdefined line you put poems together and make them flow easily like a paper flying through wind nver thought a 12 year old wuld write tht huh?

[Laviedusurrealisme]

Well.... That gave me goosebumps. And yeah... I officially have a crush on this girl as well. Fuck my life.

[the13thdance]

she is amazing i want to marry this girl. that much has been said.

the crowd is also amazing. whoever's screaming "don't be nice!" and "oooh sh-t!!" and "cmon, cmon!" really adds to the performance, like a piano adds to andrea gibson's.

she's a street smart sweet heart, speaking a sermon with a voice like shattered glass from the window she broke just to show us our souls.

and i feel bad even attempting to use imagery, it pales in comparison to her work.

[bandgeek12694]

is there anywhere where i can find the lyrics for this?

[herrerasarenumberone]

I think I can hear Carrie Rudzinski in her.....She original and sounds like herself.....amazing!

[iWrite4Me]

cold chills, wow

[getfuzzy32]

"i resorted to creating new memories with you by looking at new photographs and pretending that i was in them..." Damn been there...shit.

[timidturtle88]

Its good...I hear Andrea Gibson in her

[crashuhoh]

@timidturtle88 best show ever is if they were both there. i would die.

[kidDissaster]

I can't love this enough.

[irlolaturfaceplz]

I had chills for 3:39 straight.

[musicguy1987]

i hear smatterings of Sheila Erlichman, Anis Mojgani, and Allan Ginsberg in this. Just great.

[feaadfaerie]

Definitely sounds a little like Shira and Anis, but of course she's got her own thing going on. She can make me ache no one else, but it's a good ache.

[brendandavis]

ungggh you get me every time judice

[Fannygoesohio]

You are awesome Carrie!!! I am happy Tim showed me your video! I will proudly bring it back to Germany :o) Good luck!

[mikerudz]

this is my sister! And she kicks as much ass in real life as she does on video.

[whycontrol]

I have a crush on this girl

[makeupcake]

@whycontrol ...me too haha. on both her, and her words

[shadowsandflame]

@whycontrol As do I.

[cottreau]

@whycontrol Oh yeah! Saw her life tonight in Wellington, NZ. She's even sexier live. ;)

[tuphin3]

oh Carrie...makes me cry.

[TravellerLaplace]

If ya dont know..

Now ya know.

Please make your way down to Hawaii some time soon.

[onemansopinion001]

there needs to be more of this in slam: attention to the craft of writing

honesty

ORIGINALITY

too much of slam is the same old same old, and hardly even really poetry.

thank you so much for this poem, ms rudzinski

[turquoiseskull]

You are so absolutely right.

[retrospace19]

There is SO much in this poem, Ive had to listen to it so many times just to get half of it.

[YesIwatchthis]

I don't think she's even been mad ENOUGH delivering this

[YoYoPunk]

I love this woman.

[KeysOnTheCeiling]

AMAZING!

[shoelacesam]

wow...