Shira Erlichman, "Daddy's Parking Lot Sermon"

[SkeletonDrawer]

Watsky brought me here

[RapsNBassTron]

wonderful

[hetrawow]

omg I search erlich cuz my nickname is erlich :D

[Muffinfordinner]

I believed it.

[Houseoflocals]

SHIT

[MrNicoleCherie]

Omg that was epic! gave me chills

[BarerMender]

She needs to slow down.

[Dyl763]

Oh my god. I have no words to describe how amazing this is

[smilecuzitsfun]

I'm analyzing this poem for my Honors English class and I need an opinion. I feel the father is very hypocritical about his wishes for his son to conform to masculinity and abandon his dreams as a poet since a lot of what he speaks is in metaphor. I know the poet gives the narrator words but I don't know If I could make a valid point on that

[Meadowlu]

Fucking AAAAAAAAAMMMMAAAAAAAAZZZZIIIII­INNNNNGGGGG!!

[MrNicoleCherie]

i love it...fuck!

[MsJessVicious]

THIS IS BADASS!!! 

[tweakedmofo]

Marry me

[tweakedmofo]

Marry me.

I'm serious

[FuriousStrength]

Wow, this gave me chills. I think anyone who had a dad like this will find this poem disconcerting and uncomfortable in all the right ways. I love it when something hits close to home and resonates like this. She's got a fantastic delivery too. It honestly looked cathartic for her to do this.

[orangecat1310]

Amazing with a capital A!

[TheSamechan]

love the end "put ur mask on an be a monster like daddy" just sums up what the whole poem was saying

[th3inquisitiv31]

grime . . . .

[harperholmes]

shut up, omg. This is amazinggggg.

[incompletex]

So fucking impressive.

[JidahC]

amazing



[TheLittlestFarrier]

That. Was ridiculously impressive.

[DiedOfNaturalCauses]

She sucks. Really bad.

[chikibeeful]

she has such a beautiful smile(:

[misslocalHI]

THAT WAS BEAST

[upsidedowntumble]

this is amazing

[alixandthemachine]

fuck that's the best finishing line i've ever heard

[ThompsonLoM]

Jon Lajoie favorited early May. Averaging near 50-100 hits a day since. One more good break and this could get big numbers.

I agree that this is an amazing performance and poem. It strikes a nerve certainly with people who had a parent of this sort and even just people who had friends with parents like this.

What Shira Erlichman does here is called poetry, when it is really working as it can.

Pls help it reach a wider audience? -Thompson

[ThompsonLoM]

@ThompsonLoM I've listened to this so many times, I've realized Shira Erlichman managed a nice literary ruse by titling this "Daddy's Parking Lot Sermon". The voice is in fact the Sister's voice, almost throughout. Proof that art needs deceit.

[widrew]

@ThompsonLoM what makes you think it's the sister's voice?

[chrisp3E7]

Wow...

That was, in addition to being eerily familiar sounding, simply astoundingly awsome.

[nicopetromac]

wow!!!

awesome!!

Thank you for sharing!

[Montenegrokurac]

This made my day. I applaud you.

[ragnar74]

Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.

I honestly have no words, this is pure awesomeness, godliness and any other positive word you can think of.

Kudos. You have made my day, day upon day.

[ragnar74]

Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.

I honestly have no words, this is pure awesomeness, godliness and any other positive word you can think of.

Kudos. You have made my day, day upon day.

[ragnar74]

Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.

I honestly have no words, this is pure awesomeness, godliness and any other positive word you can think of.

Kudos. You have made my day, day upon day.

[rightocaito]

holy shit that was amazing.

[faisalalz17]

Awesome!!

[ridethehorsetojunkie]

Yay for confusing parental guidance! <(sarcastic tone.)

[DrewDriscollable]

Is it just me or was that laced with some sort of innuendo? Why did she stop for a second then say penis, does she really like penis?

[j3nz3r]

wtf did she take before she thought of this?

[defeaterofgames]

i donno what this is but i like it

[nickhlosat]

Thats so awesome.

[FreaXoMatic]

this line should be in a film

[ThompsonLoM]

@FreaXoMatic This line IS in a film! Glad you like it. Pls help promote this clip? -T

[FreaXoMatic]

@ThompsonLoM

:D Cool u know jon lajoie had faved u?

[Montenegrokurac]

@FreaXoMatic That's how I got here, and I'm sending him a message of gratitude right now.

[eyehate60D]

@FreaXoMatic

I don't know why. All poetry jams sound the same. Nothing really new in terms of what's going on... Especially the way she is rhyming. 

[poetrytolive]

Not fire Tommy. You can't be fire Tommy!

Is funny but it reveals so much truth. Sadly.

[ranoosha1210]

imgosh i iiidk how to react. its so powerful kinna made me really sad and confused at the same time. humm wow kudos

[ayalart1]

is she the singer for Company Of Theives?

[downinthatgrass]

@ayalart1 - no the singer for Company of Thieves is Genevieve Schatz

[mrspettit15]

I'm not sure what the poem means...can someone tell me??

[NaturalRelic]

It's about a lot of things, mostly identity.

One aspect I can pick out is that the boy feels like an elevator stuck between two floors: the gender binary. It's about a father telling a son he must conform to the male aspect of the modern gender binary and embody machismo instead of his poetry and imagination. Also, the father just wants his kid to be more of an "adult" and give up his childish whims of wanting to be fire, the moon, a dalmation.

[mrspettit15]

Thank you..

[himelswaggle]

The poem is about a young poet with his head in the clouds. His dad wants him to be a manly man and not be so sensitive. He wants him to be like every other boy. They look down upon him and think somethings wrong with him because hes a poet.

[PURE216EVIL]

I wish more chose to be Fire !

[Ktangalakis]

Why are they laughing? This isn't funny.. This is tragic and beautiful and skillfully crafted. They just don't know how to respond.

[madskittlez1122]

Because it's tinted with humor. Maybe you don't know how to respond.

[xclusiv4321]

@Ktangalakis sometimes the ugly truth is funny because you know that it is the truth and at the same time you can't believe it so you're shocked and that laughter is just a manifestation of that shock.

[expandwhatyousee]

Any of you people here could go up and talk about things on a mic. I think that's the point of this stuff. Expression is beautiful, but all these poets are the same. Everyone expresses differently though and I respect this girls words. I just don't particularly like it.

[bluedevils4ever]

I know a chick named Sheryl Erlichman, and she is just as much of a bitc as you are.

[melissabrianne]

I love this so much.

What's the line after "Show mom you're nothing like your sister" and before "No. You are muscle..."

Where everyone laughs?

[ThompsonLoM]

that line is "Are you wimp o'clock Tommy?"

[papalosopher]

HOLY GOD!

[jhurst25]

wow I am so blown away each time I watch this. amazing

[CardinalSergeant]

i really cannot stop watching this.

and i really cannot stop being blown away by exactly

how

incredibly

amazing

it is.

[ShiraHennes]

she's really a beautiful name! :D:D

[sarahlauren22]

girl girl girl. i love her.

[honestpuck23]

wow yes

[emilyrose2323]

Amazing

[KrystalGail15]

So strong amazing

[Brainstrain]

How many of these 9212 votes are mine? So great.

[K2heartsbrodway]

I love this poem and i love shira erlichman she's the best she's so awesome and this poem is awesome.  Hell ya heres to poetry

[MadelineThePoet]

That last line gives me chills.

[volatility]

this might be my new favorite poem.

[purplepisces15]

Wow...that's amazing, she is an amazing poet.

[thatkidyouheardabout]

She is so amazing. I clap everytime at the end, like a loser haha.

[winterwinwin]

Damn.

[joetalus]

wow

[pippy97]

i love this

[snufkindarling]

This is so good. I love how she uses words in suprising ways, and her delivery, everything.

[spamoo]

Impact! Scarily good. I think we've all been asked if we're wimp o'clock at least once haha! :)

[rebel20102]

this poem gets my heart pulsing into the adams apple of my throat, I feel like i am tommy when I hear this poem, it really connects with the soul

[HallieBaby]

Wow! That was amazing!

[Obscurus1]

wow...i felt like she was telling my story...

[lux0016]

this is amazing.

[brandontwohawks]

Dam she's so good. Got me interested in slam poetry again, that's a feat.

[SamArtStarr]

i have a crush on her.

[koss2010]

That was pretty good, id hit it