Hey guys:
I've been learning about Anne Waldman in a course I'm taking. She is a poet and a bardic-tradition performer.
From" The Poetry Foundation: "The author of more than 40 collections of poetry and poetics, Anne Waldman is an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry movement, and has been connected to the Beat movement and the second generation of the New York School. Her publications include Fast Speaking Woman (1975), Marriage: A Sentence (2000), and the multi-volume Iovis project (1992, 1993, 1997).
Her work as a cultural activist and her practice of Tibetan Buddhism are deeply connected to her poetry. Waldman is, in her words, “drawn to the magical efficacies of language as a political act.” Her commitment to poetry extends beyond her own work to her support of alternative poetry communities. Waldman has collaborated extensively with visual artists, musicians, and dancers, and she regularly performs internationally. Her performance of her work is engaging and physical, often including chant or song, and has been widely recorded on film and video.
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So, Soupers, here is the video. Tell me, what do YOU think? Do you find this engaging? Does it move you? Do you like it? Do you dislike it? Is this poetry?
??? So??? SAY WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE.
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I’m in a rogue state, honey
Getting unpredictable & strange
Just a rogue state itching to
Test my harridan ballistic range
National Missile Defense System
Got nothing on me
I can pierce thru the genome project
With a cyborg’s vitality
I’m in a rogue state, Mr. President
Don’t tell me what to do
Your rules aren’t my rules
Cause I’m the Lady of Misrule