Lunch Poems - Ilya Kaminsky

[CasaDeAgua]

ilya kaminsky, good sir! i would marry thee

[defdeezy]

love his russian accent!

[SoYxB0Mb]

when he speaks it sounds jibberish, but so much emotion and such great poetry

[mstgfstbck]

This man read that first poem two feet away from me in my creative writing class at San Diego State. Our teacher cried and I was blown away. Awesome vid.

[Snartes]

it's not difficult to understand at all if you have a book of his poetry in front of you.

everyone who doesn't, go buy it - he's an amazing poet, connected to a russian literary tradition from odessa (Isaac Babel, Osip Mandelshtam, Yuri Olesha).

and hearing him speak his own words conveys emotion in a way that is completely novel.

if our world forgets him and he is found again (with this recording) 200 years from now, he will be loved.

[psychoguitargrl]

Wow. Hearing him read is such an amazing, awe-inspiring experience. It adds dimensions of meaning inaccessible through simple text on page. I am in awe. I much rather prefer hearing him read this himself than reading it myself.

[afisherg1]

Old guy, is it Robert Hass?, you need to tighten up the intro.

But Ilya, great reading.

[vladsirin]

by far, the strongest contemporary poet writing in english this moment.

[S733py]

Whats the facebook address?

[artgeek1501]

I love Ilya Kaminsky. I don't think reading him is better than hearing him read. I think the two are each an art within themselves. When he reads it, it is how he "hears" it which is extraordinary to experience.

[podarades]

better to read than to listen to him--and you cant even read his lips because he bends down as he reads....

[secube]

damn its dificult to undestand what he is saying.

[8data]

this guy is great