"Labeling Keys," by TAYLOR MALI

[briecheezit]

Billy Collins!!!

Is anyone else obsessed with that man's work?

No one but Taylor Mali could stand as well with Billy Collins on the stage. What a boss.

[sunriseellison]

snugness and symmetry <3

[lightsonme]

i enjoy you>>>>i really do

[ObiWanShinobi1]

He even makes the phrase "keys to unknown places" sound like hope and adventure. "secret passage to Mt. Olympus, Wardrobe to Sarnia, Ont."

[NuncConsurgo]

Inspired. I wish what you had was a disease, that I might catch it like an infection and speed it to those with which I come into contact.

[Thundergod60]

I have a collection of orphaned keys.

I loved this video.

[fanpire102]

Thank you Mr.Mali! you are an amazing writer and your work inspired my 8th grade teacher last year, who unfortunately was laid off,and my self. I love watching your videos:) thank you

[paisapenny]

need a "Love" button.

[jcmence1488]

what your fav. how much does a teacher make? right right

[muse3135]

I am in love.

[ThisIsAnInsideJoke]

NOT the key to the side door.

[LeSimpleton]

smiling at "little metal orphans"

[wordman]

when proofreading your work, the red penis important

[rubyroulettenttv]

@wordman * impotent

[MikeTysonTheCat]

@wordman very good. very funny. thanx!

[monkeybars101]

5 Star love it.

Came back to watch your vids again.

And it was only yesterday I watched them..

[bummercucumber]

This is great.

[lali2591]

this reminds me of my father,. he has OCD.. and all these weird habits.. wich i love and try to copy but never could do it just exactly right. im so going to recite this to him..

[btraylor1]

This reminds me of how my nerdy husband and I labeled our most valuables when we moved so that the movers couldn't pick an interesting box and make off with it. We wrote things like "refractive light-encoded media" on our box full of CD's and so on. What lovely memories!

[chapstick00]

That's cute. Made me smile =]

[shibihuntress]

That was amazing, and extremely cathartic. What a magical experience.

[tempact482]

wow he took such a mundane topic as keys, and turned it into a surreal magic world.

[warriorscholar]

That was amazing, truly stunning.

[nevinackered]

What a clever idea.

[multiz007]

As a high school English teacher in S Florida, I wish we had the budget to hire you for a performance.

[pmcrimson]

Beautiful. I love it.

[oYoYebutu]

Very nice.

How can I get the text?

And, yes: who is the other guy?

[FalselyAccused6]

The other guy is Billy Collins...the text is in a book entitled something about Slam Poetry...i forget...but yeah its billy collins, he was a poet laureatte i forget where...a lot of poets hate him but hes great...the poem he read at this reading was hilarious

[oYoYebutu]

Thank you!

[oYoYebutu]

Oh, I youtubed Billy Collins and remembered I had seen his animated poems before. Yes, he is good.

Once again, thank you.

P.S. Should you remember the title of that book, kindly drop another line.

Happy Christmas!

[FalselyAccused6]

It's called "The Spoken Word Revolution" i think its also the Redux version..so yeah the spoken word revolution redux...its on amazon for under 20$

[oYoYebutu]

Wow, great! Thank you!

It's on Amazon for even less than $3!

[politiciandiva]

It's slightly different in the book, perhaps better.

[babyjkjoe]

wooow i'm surprised that you don't google...give these guys due respect ..google billy collins to get to know him and go to an official site...

he was the US poet laureate from 2001-2003 ..please know him if you like Taylor mali.. they're both great

[ALEXXX518]

You can get it in the book "The Spoken Word Revolution Redux" at any barnes and noble or borders and or amazon.

[VickiMas]

that was great...wow...

[WaterMedia]

You are my hero! Thank you, thank you, thank you...

[PacificLight]

Way to go, teach.

[joer59]

Loved this when I saw it at the NPS in Portland... great hearing and seeing it again.

[janisplennon]

I've been sitting here for about a half an hour trying to think of a response worthy of the beauty of this poem.

[mwesterholm]

Fantastic.  Thank you.