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"i sing of Olaf glad and big" as read by Jack Cook

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Uploaded by on Dec 10, 2008

On March 8th, 2008, writer/poet Jack Cook read "I sing of Olaf glad and big" by E.E. CUMMINGS. The recitation was given as part of A Night of Modern Vaudeville at the Ti-Ahwaga Performing Arts Center in Owego, NY.

The poem depicts a gruesome account of violence inflicted upon a conscientious objector to the first World War. Cook, a 'non-cooperator,' refused induction and was sentenced to 3 years in a federal prison during the Vietnam War. He brings this poem to life in a poignant recitation of the E.E. CUMMINGS classic.

Also pictured here - Frank Mischke as MC Lord Buckley and Miles Mischke as the jester slating the act.

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  • @Pegaida I will not kiss your fucking flag...

  • my favorite poem of all time...

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