Name Dropping: Hello my name is ZORK

Eric Zork Alan, National Slam Poet and author of "I am NOT a poet" and "Things to do with beer bottles" Features at one of NYC's hottest poetry venues. Here is Zork's opening poem where he drops names of the likes of Phill Collins, Lili Taylor, Dobie Gray, Davie Jones, Peter Gallagher etc.

Why? Well, the poem tells all... When touring, this is always my opening poem. It's a great way to grab an audiences attention and start a set by interacting with them. It also steals a trick from Chaka Khan where at the end I have every one screaming out my name. Yep, shameless gimmick, but it works.

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[MamboDogFaceOne]

ZORK! "Extraordinarily ordinary" - <grin> awesome work - ZORK!

[iamnotapoet]

Thank you much. That is always the poem I open up Feature Set, Barnes & Noble gigs and high school visists with. It sdteals fromn Chaka Khan by having audience yell out my name at the end.

-- Eric ZORK Alan [National Slam Poet]

-- Professional poet & BED VLOGGER

-- StolenSnapshots . com

[MamboDogFaceOne]

Stealing can be good 8*) Who said "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"?

Ifwhen you get to the Bay Area, give me a holler. I'm about 45 minutes north of SF in the beautiful *Wine Country*! I'll come see you, and you can vlog from my bed... Sweetie too of course!

[iamnotapoet]

I am likely to be touring in 08 or 09 and hopefully you can make a showw then. And, of course, Sweetie & I would be delighted to have you guest star in a Bed VLOG.

-- Eric ZORK Alan [Professional poet & BED VLOGGER]

-- StolenSnapshots . com

[cuddleswolf]

Original, talented, and innovative. Plus, it takes some serious testes to perform in front of people like that. Good job!

[iamnotapoet]

thank you. marc smith, inventor of slam, taught me well. and thanfully he has come to westchester, ny for the first time ever this week to help me make more poets. it's been an exhausting but great week.

-- Eric ZORK Alan [National Slam Poet]

-- Professional poet & BED VLOGGER

-- StolenSnapshots . com

[iamnotapoet]

And just like a classic political poem it ends with the same line repeated 3 times... When I get back from Austin I have to put up a video of a couple minutes of shappy & robbieQ from the Nerd Slam. I am still trying to recover from 4 days of wonderful exhaustion here at the National Poetry Slam.

-- Zork [ www.stolensnapshots.com ]

[ashrafishak]

Hillarious. I love the repetitions...good work Zork!.

[fourtwenty420]

That was really awesome. I like your style. Your performance was infectious.. I truely enjoyed the whole thing. =)

[iamnotapoet]

Thanks for watching, commenting and complimenting. Good to meet you to. I will try to keep bring entertaining slam poetry and other goofy, fun stuff.

-- Eric ZORK Alan [ National Slam Poet ]