Taylor Mali:"An Open Letter to the Staff Copywriter of the F.A.A."

Taylor Mali performs his Spoken Word poem,"An Open Letter to the Staff Copywriter of the Federal Aviation Administration," in the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam's 2009 MegaQuasiSemiFinals. For more information on the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam, please visit: http://www.bowerypoetry.com/"

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• Taylor Mali
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• Urbana
• Poetry Slam
• Bowery Poetry Club
• Spoken Word

[vonKyle777]

i want to be eloquent too

[princesskassy91]

unlikely event of a water landing

[Samarium88]

this guy :)

[ApprenticeNick]

I love Taylor Mali's poems. Not because they're the pure manifestation of Badass Grammar, but because they don't always make me leave thinking differently. Sure, he has his deep poems, but he also has ones like these, that I can just listen to, enjoy, and MAYBE find a deeper meaning to, if I'm in the mood. I have to thank my English teacher for introducing me to his poems.

[splintamike]

A water landing is "unlikely" because the aircraft's contact with the water is unlikely to be described as a "landing" in the strictest sense of the word.

[Jessi181]

@2mad5cow2 No, because George Carlin was a comedian, whereas Taylor Mali is a poet. Yes, some of Taylor's poems are humorous, but he isn't a comedian.

[sunriseellison]

I'm a grammar nerd too. I live vicariously through Taylor Mali.

[2mad5cow2]

Isn't this just like George Carlin?

[SnowiestDays]

unwilling. unable, or chose not to preform

[amittheswordmaster]

@dogman652 I absolutely loved this and this is a brilliant bit but I would say only because I am aware of what FAA is and does and have worked on airplanes. This topic is not familiar to most people and he may have been a bit too specific for the people who are unfamiliar with FAA.

[mrdrprofmack]

I laughed WAAAYY too hard at this XD

[master0rose]

@dogman652 i think this was a competition so he may have only been performing for judges