@rawreality, @hardcoreartface, I met him in Sydney and I couldn't believe it. He's just incredibly charismatic, ebullient and profoundly interesting to talk to.
I think the "nose bleed, only backwards" is like taking the word "bleed" and saying it in reverse. It makes that "bee-leed" sound like it would if it were "backwards".
So not literally a backwards nosebleed, but the word bleed, backwards itself.
I think the "nose bleed, only backwards" is like taking the word "bleed" and saying it in reverse. It makes that "bee-leed" sound like it would if it were "backwards".
So not literally a backwards nosebleed, but the word bleed, backwards itself.
@47incher you aren't born with an ear for poetry- but you are born with ears- the more you use them the more you hear- like the first time you hear an orchestra you may be so overwhelmed all you get is the overall feeling- but a few more times you can pick out that viola in the second movement that soars like a broken winged swan that's finally healed- and you discover that's what makes the whole symphony for you- just trust your own imagination to point you in the right direction.
We definitely need more beautiful minds like that which springs out of education and simple good old book learning.. yeah reading you know...reading like a former President really hated and were so bad at that he was red to!...we need more intellectuals and not orange old men with a really bad comb over and a far to young wife being a complete asshat on national TV.. after eight years of a complete nightmare with a semi retarded President we really do not need another one and more chaos...
...ive watched it a few times...this performance is incredible. i love poems that you have to put your own meaning into because there is no black and white answer to what it is about..
..i take from this one though a poem about a mentally challenged boy....and in that retrospect i absolutely adore the last few lines<3
you know...my major requires me to give a lot of speeches and performances and yet I still get butterflies and tremble at the stares I get in return for speeches....however, you rives, inspire me to confront my audience and keep a cool head and deliver the shock and awe to my audience....thank you kind, sir.
Its like eye candy meant for the heart, and coming in from a world that tries to tear you apart, its nice. It is just nice. Nicer that the icing on the cake. 'Cause this guy, Rives, he doesn't fake it 'till he makes it. He makes it until he doesn't have to fake it anymore. Thanks so much!
It's late at night, early morning. I've sat through myriads of performances from this fellow, pockmarked with smiles streamlining my face. I've observed a peculiar habit that I've began to develop while wandering around this section of poetry-land: I've favorited every single one of those videos. I love this. Thank you, Rives.
enut utter and elly andwich! wow...id love of of those.....sounds like reverse op-talk...rives, genius stroyteller, privilaged to listen to his stuff, ......
Ok, I don't want to sound like a creep, but it's bound to happen. Rives, you have changed my life. Before I stumbled across your work I had no idea words could have such a compelling power to evoke empathy and inspire people. You have shown me what I really want to do with my life and I want to thank you; hopefully in person someday.
Rives is the best spoken word artist/poet I have ever heard and all of his videos make my bad days, good days, and I thank him for that. Simply the best.
I'm not to familiar with poetry but out of every poet I've ever herd he's the best. He really stands out. His style, his flow- rhythm, his energy. Amazing.
My sister is mentally handicapped. She makes up for it by literally reading minds and revealing your thoughts out loud in front of people. It has caused more than one case of uncontrollable laughter around the table.
This poem makes me happy. My sister isn't alone now.
I do like these introspective kind of peoms, very therapeutic. He has great metaphors and uses words so oddly but fantasticly. To me the noseblled thing seems like it's more innocent, like the kid tasted metal first then blood as opposed to the taste of nosebleeds. Listen to how he imitates the kid, it is more of a story this way.
I like how the crowd occasionally laughs, then thinks about what they are laughing at and realizes maybe it's not so funny, but deeper than they first gave it credit for.
okay so 4 years late and I'm sure someone else already said it but......I couldn't help snigger at the fact you wanted to "meat" him so bad.....still though I "holey" agree with the rest of your statement....
hrrmmm.... I'm thinking that he means when you taste something it goes in your mouth but it tastes like a backwards nosebleed because it's not going in, it's going out.. lmao pfft
@shopliftwindchimes This is a really old comment, but I'd say that you're similar to Bradbury in your ability to paint a vivid scene. His characters could be replaced with almost any character from other books, but the settings and themes were spectacular and unique. I think the comparison to Bradbury was a stretch, but there's some truth to it.
As much as I can tell...the boy who can levitate is the young boy with no friends.
Whenever we "see" the boy, he is alone and doing something sort of strange/klutzy/etc. His brother picks on him. He runs over his own lunch, and spazzes about it. Emily hits a shish kabob into his mouth. He is explaining balloons to people as if they don't know. His hallooween costume makes no sense. He is the boy who doesn't dress himself right.
Rives is telling his story from third person to allow us to reflect in our own "boy who can levitate".
Any more personal information about the boy would remove this effect.
The beauty is that Rives is the boy's knight in shining armor. Rives never saw the boy levitate, but he says so to give the boy 15 minutes of admiration. Admiration he would never otherwise have. He goes out of his way to tell everyone.
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Thumbs up, added to favs,shared......nuff said. (watsky)
neuroticknight 1 week ago
i love this. use it in my writing classes
elizag100 1 month ago
@rawreality, @hardcoreartface, I met him in Sydney and I couldn't believe it. He's just incredibly charismatic, ebullient and profoundly interesting to talk to.
TheVintageBooks 1 month ago
Amazing work
Janetdawson2009 1 month ago
He says "yeah, its like a nose buhleed only backwards..." Bullied nose...that's my take ha
FAMExSWAGG 2 months ago 2
He says 'Nose bleed" only backwards meaning the boy said " Bleeed nose"
maconly2005 3 months ago
I think the "nose bleed, only backwards" is like taking the word "bleed" and saying it in reverse. It makes that "bee-leed" sound like it would if it were "backwards".
So not literally a backwards nosebleed, but the word bleed, backwards itself.
That's just what I got from it.
UpsideDownLogic 5 months ago
I think the "nose bleed, only backwards" is like taking the word "bleed" and saying it in reverse. It makes that "bee-leed" sound like it would if it were "backwards".
So not literally a backwards nosebleed, but the word bleed, backwards itself.
That's just what I got from it though.
UpsideDownLogic 5 months ago
Can anyone explain the meaning/reference of the line "I am a FOG"?
I really love this poem, but I don't understand that bit.
MajesticTOASTER 6 months ago
so fucking deeeeep! you've gotta love him!!!
pustolov9 9 months ago
Umm can someone explain to me what's the meaning behind this poem cause I really like poetry but I don't have an ear for it :/
47incher 9 months ago
@47incher you aren't born with an ear for poetry- but you are born with ears- the more you use them the more you hear- like the first time you hear an orchestra you may be so overwhelmed all you get is the overall feeling- but a few more times you can pick out that viola in the second movement that soars like a broken winged swan that's finally healed- and you discover that's what makes the whole symphony for you- just trust your own imagination to point you in the right direction.
Thedeadhenrys 7 months ago
We definitely need more beautiful minds like that which springs out of education and simple good old book learning.. yeah reading you know...reading like a former President really hated and were so bad at that he was red to!...we need more intellectuals and not orange old men with a really bad comb over and a far to young wife being a complete asshat on national TV.. after eight years of a complete nightmare with a semi retarded President we really do not need another one and more chaos...
SquirrelFromGradLife 10 months ago
Clearly about an autistic child correct?
DoyleWolfgang 10 months ago
I've been watching all of his videos for the past hour and RIVES=AMAZING! <3
Stephdem112 1 year ago
Regardless if this poem is fact or fable, you have a beautiful mind and a beautiful soul.
getbackl0retta 1 year ago
...ive watched it a few times...this performance is incredible. i love poems that you have to put your own meaning into because there is no black and white answer to what it is about..
..i take from this one though a poem about a mentally challenged boy....and in that retrospect i absolutely adore the last few lines<3
thank you rives..
SaigeX 1 year ago
my God his delivery is flawless!!!!
tahjmahogany 1 year ago
you know...my major requires me to give a lot of speeches and performances and yet I still get butterflies and tremble at the stares I get in return for speeches....however, you rives, inspire me to confront my audience and keep a cool head and deliver the shock and awe to my audience....thank you kind, sir.
Juicemanzkle88 1 year ago
Love Love Love! Thank You!
maggmeme 1 year ago
I love it...
kristyturnage 1 year ago
I love it.
kristyturnage 1 year ago
I've never had a favorite poet, until now.
StepNChat 1 year ago
Its like eye candy meant for the heart, and coming in from a world that tries to tear you apart, its nice. It is just nice. Nicer that the icing on the cake. 'Cause this guy, Rives, he doesn't fake it 'till he makes it. He makes it until he doesn't have to fake it anymore. Thanks so much!
skyemail 2 years ago 9
That was wonderful.
tarnold1177 1 year ago
Rives = Absolutely Fantastic.
I come back over and over again.
peebzzz 2 years ago 8
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hhlondoner 2 years ago
It's late at night, early morning. I've sat through myriads of performances from this fellow, pockmarked with smiles streamlining my face. I've observed a peculiar habit that I've began to develop while wandering around this section of poetry-land: I've favorited every single one of those videos. I love this. Thank you, Rives.
Lukrith 2 years ago 13
The story reminds me of Donald Zinkoff
Derci 2 years ago 3
i love this so much! my brother is autistic and it makes me think of him!!
jgilmer 2 years ago 3
awesome, and he pulls out his harmonica at the end
nsr0802 2 years ago
enut utter and elly andwich! wow...id love of of those.....sounds like reverse op-talk...rives, genius stroyteller, privilaged to listen to his stuff, ......
nomadichence 3 years ago 4
Ok, I don't want to sound like a creep, but it's bound to happen. Rives, you have changed my life. Before I stumbled across your work I had no idea words could have such a compelling power to evoke empathy and inspire people. You have shown me what I really want to do with my life and I want to thank you; hopefully in person someday.
hardcoreartface 3 years ago 29
Rives is the best spoken word artist/poet I have ever heard and all of his videos make my bad days, good days, and I thank him for that. Simply the best.
peabods87 3 years ago 4
My favourite poem, from my favourite poet.
I so wish he'd do a mini-tour in the UK.
NotEvsie 3 years ago 6
I'm in love.
I'm not to familiar with poetry but out of every poet I've ever herd he's the best. He really stands out. His style, his flow- rhythm, his energy. Amazing.
Jelloxox 3 years ago 3
Does this make anyone incredibly sad?
fakertfakersonJR 3 years ago 9
yes but wistful too
burningsands667 3 years ago 6
No not at all.
My sister is mentally handicapped. She makes up for it by literally reading minds and revealing your thoughts out loud in front of people. It has caused more than one case of uncontrollable laughter around the table.
This poem makes me happy. My sister isn't alone now.
maintank 3 years ago 5
Impressive,he really knows how to hold your attention and; you can hear every word.
rubatonick 3 years ago 5
Wow, I was left speechless
I want to be this guy
Violation1 4 years ago 5
I do like these introspective kind of peoms, very therapeutic. He has great metaphors and uses words so oddly but fantasticly. To me the noseblled thing seems like it's more innocent, like the kid tasted metal first then blood as opposed to the taste of nosebleeds. Listen to how he imitates the kid, it is more of a story this way.
qchad 4 years ago 7
wow...is any of Rives' stuff published?
gardner356 4 years ago 3
I like how the crowd occasionally laughs, then thinks about what they are laughing at and realizes maybe it's not so funny, but deeper than they first gave it credit for.
bluesbrother1990 4 years ago 4
This man is amazing! He makes me wish that I could say things as beautifuly as he can. WOW I want to meat him so bad.
RawReality 4 years ago 22
I wanna meat him too... ;-)
Meeting him first would be a priority.
tahoecigs 4 years ago 12
@RawReality meat him? LOL
1HawtDrummerGirl 1 year ago
@RawReality
okay so 4 years late and I'm sure someone else already said it but......I couldn't help snigger at the fact you wanted to "meat" him so bad.....still though I "holey" agree with the rest of your statement....
kingjizzem 6 months ago
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coreyisfame 5 months ago
@RawReality meat him? is that like stoning people only with meat?
coreyisfame 5 months ago
What does he mean by ..."i tastes like a nose bleed, only backwards??"
lucytwim 4 years ago
hrrmmm.... I'm thinking that he means when you taste something it goes in your mouth but it tastes like a backwards nosebleed because it's not going in, it's going out.. lmao pfft
scootigger 4 years ago 2
i see that all rives speeches are very very interlectual...thanks for the upload
benricebabe 4 years ago 3
err...I made those comments in response to someone asking a question. I'm not just talking :P.
robakerson 4 years ago
This one in particular....just a feeling
Sordov 4 years ago
Reminds me of Ray Bradbury
Sordov 4 years ago 5
How so?
shopliftwindchimes 4 years ago 4
@shopliftwindchimes It's beautiful, that's how.
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MajesticTOASTER 1 year ago
@shopliftwindchimes YouTube has now immortalized the day you were comment stiff-armed, Rives.
Akashio 1 year ago
@shopliftwindchimes This is a really old comment, but I'd say that you're similar to Bradbury in your ability to paint a vivid scene. His characters could be replaced with almost any character from other books, but the settings and themes were spectacular and unique. I think the comparison to Bradbury was a stretch, but there's some truth to it.
ChillPenguin2 9 months ago
@Sordov I never even thought of that, though it fits so well. It has a Dandelion Wine carefree summer day sort of taste to it.
lsalloom 1 year ago
@Sordov cause he says dandelions?
MrBowhaysa 1 year ago
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@Sordov cause he says dandelion?
MrBowhaysa 1 year ago
wow...I thought it couldn't get anybetter and you go and surprise me...lol
scootigger 4 years ago
It's that much more than me, it's that much more than you...
wow.
dozer1189 4 years ago 4
agreed, wow.
revisedtara 4 years ago
mine and his brother had the same name why you hitting your self why you hitting your self hahahah
nutzach420 5 years ago
I love this one.
Kidtuf 5 years ago 2
I watch it everyday...no life..lol
scootigger 4 years ago 2
I don't get it....
quitejaded 4 years ago
As much as I can tell...the boy who can levitate is the young boy with no friends.
Whenever we "see" the boy, he is alone and doing something sort of strange/klutzy/etc. His brother picks on him. He runs over his own lunch, and spazzes about it. Emily hits a shish kabob into his mouth. He is explaining balloons to people as if they don't know. His hallooween costume makes no sense. He is the boy who doesn't dress himself right.
robakerson 4 years ago 7
Rives is telling his story from third person to allow us to reflect in our own "boy who can levitate".
Any more personal information about the boy would remove this effect.
The beauty is that Rives is the boy's knight in shining armor. Rives never saw the boy levitate, but he says so to give the boy 15 minutes of admiration. Admiration he would never otherwise have. He goes out of his way to tell everyone.
That's why the end is so poetic.
robakerson 4 years ago 13
Very well explained. This is exactly what I drew from the poem also. Nice.
lucytwim 3 years ago