tatum and i went to a poetry reading yesterday. Anybody heard of Marilyn Chin? if you haven't, go check her out!!! she's an awesome, fun-loving chinese/american lady with an amazing writing talent. (oh AND she was raised in PORTLAND!! 
) she made me laugh, tear up, and laugh again over and over during her reading.....she is so animated and powerful with her words. i bought her book afterward, "Rhapsody in Plain Yellow", and she signed it for me 
check it out! below is one of her poems she read at the reading:
Blues On Yellow
The canary died in the gold mine, her dreams got lost in the sieve.
The canary died in the gold mine, her dreams got lost in the sieve.
Her husband the crow killed under the railroad, the spokes hath shorn his wings.
Something's cookin' in Chin's kitchen, ten thousand yellow-bellied sapsuckers baked in a pie.
Something's cookin' in Chin's kitchen, ten thousand yellow-bellied sapsuckers baked in a pie.
Something's cookin in Chin's kitchen, die die yellow bird, die die.
O crack an egg on the griddle, yellow will ooze into white.
O crack an egg on the griddle, yellow will ooze into white.
Run, run, sweet little Puritan, yellow will ooze into white.
If you cut my yellow wrists, I'll teach my yellow toes to write.
If you cut my yellow wrists, I'll teach my yellow toes to write.
If you cut my yellow fists, I'll teach my yellow toes to fight.
Do not be afraid to perish, my mother, Buddha's compassion is nigh.
Do not be afraid to perish, my mother, our boat will sail tonight.
Your babies will reach the promised land, the stars will be their guide.
I am so mellow yellow, mellow yellow, Buddha sings in my veins.
I am so mellow yellow, mellow yellow, Buddha sings in my veins.
O take me to the land of the unreborn, there's no life on earth without pain.
) she made me laugh, tear up, and laugh again over and over during her reading.....she is so animated and powerful with her words. i bought her book afterward, "Rhapsody in Plain Yellow", and she signed it for me check it out! below is one of her poems she read at the reading:
Blues On Yellow
The canary died in the gold mine, her dreams got lost in the sieve.
The canary died in the gold mine, her dreams got lost in the sieve.
Her husband the crow killed under the railroad, the spokes hath shorn his wings.
Something's cookin' in Chin's kitchen, ten thousand yellow-bellied sapsuckers baked in a pie.
Something's cookin' in Chin's kitchen, ten thousand yellow-bellied sapsuckers baked in a pie.
Something's cookin in Chin's kitchen, die die yellow bird, die die.
O crack an egg on the griddle, yellow will ooze into white.
O crack an egg on the griddle, yellow will ooze into white.
Run, run, sweet little Puritan, yellow will ooze into white.
If you cut my yellow wrists, I'll teach my yellow toes to write.
If you cut my yellow wrists, I'll teach my yellow toes to write.
If you cut my yellow fists, I'll teach my yellow toes to fight.
Do not be afraid to perish, my mother, Buddha's compassion is nigh.
Do not be afraid to perish, my mother, our boat will sail tonight.
Your babies will reach the promised land, the stars will be their guide.
I am so mellow yellow, mellow yellow, Buddha sings in my veins.
I am so mellow yellow, mellow yellow, Buddha sings in my veins.
O take me to the land of the unreborn, there's no life on earth without pain.
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-like he's said some other times, (Get it?)
Dave
anyway, i remember she really does have a marvelous reading presence.
what a great way to spend an evening!