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My name is Timothy Hicks, and I've been writing for 5 years now, since I was 13. My main hobbies include writing, playing my piano, origami and bicycling.

I'm a bit OCD about some things and some would refer to me as a nervous pacer. I like to do outdoor activities, but at the same enjoy my alone time where I can sit and write. I'm a very avid reader and enjoy several different genres: horror, science-fiction, fantasy, and mysteries such as Sherlock Holmes.

I've had several different jobs including shakerboarder, pizza-make and cotton candy maker-and-distributor.

I like to think of myself as someone that can fit into almost any crowd and I always try to stay on the bright side of things. I swear very little and hardly ever get mad at people. I believe spreading smiles is a much better practice than sharing negativity...

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Spoken Word Poetry

Blog Posted:3/27/2021 5:20:00 PM

What are your guys thoughts on Spoken Word Poetry? For me, I never gave it much thought ... I mean, what difference is the meaning of the poem whether you hear someone else say it aloud, or you read it inside your head? But after coming across a specific YouTube channel, where all the videos are spoken word poetry, I've realized how wrong I've been.

Maybe it's better to say I've RARELY heard spoken word poetry that is exceptional. I don't know who is the name of this guy, but his reading voice (in my opinion) is tremendous. Here is a clip of him reciting Walt Whitman's poem, "The Open Road", but there are many other famous poems he reads like Robert Frost's, "The Road Not Taken", Rudyard Kipling's "If", and so and so forth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgbc_RcKF8

Let me know what you think! About the video and the topic in general...

-Tim

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Gauthier

Date: 3/28/2021 10:31:00 PM

I've seen spoken word ~ they are nothing short of actual performances. They are far from poetry readings. Two different worlds of art. If you are not sure what 'spoken word' is, check this out. There's is a whole movement of Spoken Word out there and many others as talented as this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdjIFkM-ohQ

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/29/2021 5:44:00 AM

I used to watch AGT all the time. I remember hearing about this guy ... the first poet to win the show! Incredible. "How about I trade my 6 feet for yours" ... always gets me. Thanks for the share, Line.

Craig
Cornish

Date: 3/28/2021 7:31:00 PM

So very few can read poems well. Those like Ron Perlman are exceptional - check out his reading of Byron's She Walks in Beauty as an example---most who try, however, and are not classically trained, don't do a poem justice and it's better left to a reader's interpretation.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/28/2021 10:14:00 PM

Thanks for the share, Craig. His performance was indeed impressive!

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Theraven

Date: 3/28/2021 7:01:00 PM

Timothy Hicks's Blog.., totally hijacked now. the voicemail - Spoken Word Poetry: https://youtu.be/yu8T38PbkI8

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/28/2021 9:29:00 PM

That was oddly moving, Raven. Thanks for the share. I think one thing I’ve noticed about Spoken Word Poetry is the inclusion of music ... really puts it on a whole other level.

Wendy
Watson

Date: 3/28/2021 7:03:00 AM

What a beautifully rich and compelling voice. No wonder he's used for top voice-over projects. I have listened in to certain audio recordings on this site which have definitely enhanced the poem but when poets upload a computerised version which just sounds robotic and lacking the natural flow, I would much rather hear the poem internally.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/28/2021 10:12:00 PM

I heartily agree with you on both counts. Another fantastic reciter would be Shane Morris (which you can also find on the YouTube Channel RedFrostMotivation). I would say most of the time, just reading a poem internally is best, because the odds of finding a great reciter that will enhance versus one that will mar... is very slim.

Beryl
Edmonds

Date: 3/28/2021 6:53:00 AM

The reading of “The Open Road” is wonderful. A lady named Krystal Long picked up on a poem I’d written in the early days of the pandemic Covid-19 and read it out on YouTube, I came across the reading quite by accident, I hadn’t been asked if the poem could be used, but Krystal did mention my name (it is my legal name) she read the poem beautifully and I was really thrilled to have it out there. Link to the reading - https://youtu.be/1pmJWwfgNj8

Beryl Edmonds
Date: 3/28/2021 8:52:00 AM

Thank you Andrea ~ Belle

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/28/2021 8:48:00 AM

that is so cool!

Suzette
Richards

Date: 3/28/2021 4:05:00 AM

Since the reading by Amanda Gorman of her poem The Hill We Climb, I have changed my view regarding poets reading their own poetry - the written form does not do it justice. Great blog and interesting comments below.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/28/2021 10:08:00 PM

I didn’t watch the inauguration. Having looked up this performance just now I can say ... wow! She is a talented one.

Victor
Buhagiar

Date: 3/28/2021 2:18:00 AM

I have a computer with Windows 10. I never post my poems before I review any poem and hear the words read. Incredible how some mistakes can be found out, not to mention lack of punctuation.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/28/2021 9:33:00 PM

That makes sense. Spoken and written word, while different, are still deeply connected in how they communicate meaning.

Brian
Strand

Date: 3/28/2021 1:22:00 AM

The apex of our art Tim(imho) I have had much of my poetry on youtube clips(see links on blog profile) since 2013 ,when I was inspired so to do by an example by talented PS poet Carrie Richards(see top 100 all time contest list)

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Theraven

Date: 3/27/2021 7:57:00 PM

Happy Saturday Timothy, No too bad a voice for verse. Have you heard Tom O'Bedlam's reading of "We Are Seven" by William Wordsworth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D7Rc52RX3k -Richard

Quoth Theraven
Date: 3/28/2021 6:48:00 PM

Happy Palm Sunday Timothy, I noticed that contrast too. I'll stay away from the spoken word until I can convince my Hungarian friend to read poetry for me. -R

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/27/2021 9:35:00 PM

Just heard it now. Never heard of Tom O'Bedlam before, but I think he has a unique voice for reading poetry. My only thought is that it seemed he was reading a bit fast? Of course my own example was quite slow in contrast ... lol!

Leo Larry
Amadore

Date: 3/27/2021 7:36:00 PM

I like to hear poets (and others who are gifted) read poetry (I have posted many of my own poems with audio on this site), although I must admit that I have indeed heard some rather disappointing readings by some very famous (old) poets. Poets who provide audio versions often nudge readers/hearers to more accurately and deeply understand and appreciate their works.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/27/2021 9:37:00 PM

I think you've hit the nail on the head there. Poetry reading (if done well) can really enhance the experience ... but if done poorly it can actually do damage to it. Whoever is reading the poem really has to MAKE the listener believe what he/she is saying.

Edward
Ibeh

Date: 3/27/2021 5:56:00 PM

That narrator has a voice as good as James Earl Jones', IMO. I wish I knew how poets I admire on this site actually sound, lol. Like Andrea, I've also put my voice in 3 of my poems so far, which I've included below. It was uploaded by a friend of mine as I don't know how to do so, yet. Here are the direct links: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/inferno_1227638 https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/lost_in_the_wilderness_1184609 https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_roaming_autumn_wind_771025

Beryl Edmonds
Date: 3/29/2021 5:10:00 AM

I have listened to the readings of those three poems of yours Edward, lovely poetry and definitely enhanced by hearing the reading... Belle

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/28/2021 8:49:00 AM

Let me check one out.

Edward Ibeh
Date: 3/28/2021 3:18:00 AM

Thank you very much, Brian:-)

Brian Strand
Date: 3/28/2021 3:11:00 AM

Great voice Edward for recitation,measured & mellow..hopefully PS will take up my audio anthology idea

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/27/2021 9:41:00 PM

Clicked on one of the links. Never heard of the "Yalto" form before. I think you did a good job reading your own poem ... though it's too bad it only goes for 30 seconds or so. (Hard to stretch something out, I suppose, while at the same time, keeping your reader hooked) Maybe one of these days I'll try it myself....

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/27/2021 9:38:00 PM

He does have a James Earl Jones quality, doesn't he?

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 3/27/2021 5:30:00 PM

I am hearing the video at this moment, but like I said at Brian's blog just now, I do not have time to do things slowly, so it's not for me. But you are right, this guy has a VERY good voice for reading poetry!! I actually put my voice to just a few of my poems. One is called It Was in September (I hope I got that right) Did you put your voice to any of yours? (and I am finished just at the end of that poetry reading).

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 3/28/2021 1:55:00 PM

how VERY weirdly coincidental that the poem I told you to read was inspired by one of YOUR few contests you ever sponsored at Soup. Thanks so much for the inspiration to create that poem of mine.

Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/27/2021 9:22:00 PM

I've never put my voice to any of my poems. Like the majority of people, I don't like the sound of my own voice... lol. I'll have to check our your It Was in September poem reading soon!

My Past Blog Posts


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Moving (again) ... Hoping to Find Some Calm This Year Date Posted: 7/19/2020 11:01:00 AM
Long Overdue Update! Date Posted: 12/1/2017 11:55:00 PM
Let's All Come Together - A Call To Understanding Date Posted: 11/22/2016 10:50:00 AM
Five Words - Concluded & Judged Date Posted: 6/9/2016 12:24:00 AM
A Poetry Game Date Posted: 6/5/2016 9:47:00 PM
Five Words --- Update Date Posted: 6/5/2016 5:03:00 PM
A Question About Best Poems Date Posted: 5/25/2016 12:49:00 PM
At the Mountains of Madness - Concluded Date Posted: 5/24/2016 3:45:00 PM
At the Mountains of Madness - Update Date Posted: 5/21/2016 12:31:00 AM
What Do Friends and Family Think? Date Posted: 5/12/2016 2:27:00 PM
Home Sweet Home Date Posted: 4/30/2016 11:03:00 PM
Glitches Date Posted: 4/27/2016 12:03:00 PM
Contest Suggestions ... Date Posted: 4/16/2016 10:48:00 AM
Getting Closer to Crunch Time Date Posted: 4/13/2016 4:05:00 PM
From Constipated Pelicans To Lavender Recessions Date Posted: 4/7/2016 2:29:00 AM
Thirteen Syllables - Concluded Date Posted: 3/31/2016 3:41:00 AM
Ghazal - Concluded Date Posted: 3/27/2016 12:30:00 AM
March of the Footle - Concluded Date Posted: 3/10/2016 8:32:00 PM
Update on Footle Contest Date Posted: 3/2/2016 7:02:00 PM
First Contest, and First Blog Date Posted: 2/29/2016 8:51:00 PM

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5/12/2020	Lune - Music	Verse	music,
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5/9/2020	Coccinella Magnifica	Light Verse	adventure,cute,friendship
5/6/2020	The Heavens Trapped	Prose Poetry	beauty,bereavement,humani
5/4/2020	Avian Legos	Imagism	animal,appreciation,beaut
5/2/2020	In the Wild, Far From My Home	Dramatic Verse	absence,change,endurance,
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4/26/2020	To the Dandelion In the Concrete	Personification	character,endurance,flowe
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4/24/2020	The Dandelions Beg To Differ	Prose Poetry	anxiety,appreciation,beau
9/3/2016	Never Out of Season - a Short Story	Narrative	august,bereavement,blue,c
8/1/2016	Eclectic Wonders In Seasonal Flowers --- a Collab	Rengay	appreciation,beauty,flowe
6/20/2016	The Holiday Season	Grook	anger,deep,holiday,humani
6/20/2016	From Words - Everything	Grook	analogy,bible,christian,d
6/11/2016	Space Cadet	Grook	analogy,deep,humanity,hum
6/5/2016	Birds In Tuxedos - a Collaboration	Rengay	animal,beauty,change,imag
5/28/2016	January Jest - a Collaboration	Rengay	autumn,beach,change,natur
5/26/2016	Beautiful Callouses	Sonnet	beautiful,beauty,desire,d
5/24/2016	Musical Pantoum	Pantoum	childhood,feelings,growin
5/23/2016	Convictions and Visuals	Grook	analogy,christian,deep,hu
5/18/2016	Cascade Adventures --- Pt 2	Haibun	adventure,beauty,childhoo
5/18/2016	Cascade Adventures --- Pt 1	Haibun	adventure,beauty,childhoo
5/16/2016	Summer Haiku	Haiku	beautiful,beauty,happy,na
5/15/2016	When It Comes To Me	Dramatic Verse	adventure,celebration,cha
5/12/2016	The Man of the House	Triolet	blue,childhood,dad,father
4/27/2016	Ego-Beneficiary	Grook	analogy,deep,philosophy,u
4/14/2016	That Was a Human	Dramatic Monologue	abuse,angst,bereavement,c
4/9/2016	Everyday Is Beautiful	Carpe Diem	appreciation,cheer up,chi
4/9/2016	If It Be Your Wish To Educate	Carpe Diem	beauty,humanity,image,inn
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4/5/2016	Who Are You --- Not For Contest	Light Verse	addiction,character,cheer
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4/3/2016	Element Water	Free verse	allegory,allusion,bible,d
4/2/2016	The Only Thing That Is Foreseeable	Grook	deep,poetry,poets,simple,
3/30/2016	Love Without Hope	Quatrain	allusion,analogy,desire,g
3/28/2016	The Apple Doesn'T Fall Far From the Tree	Free verse	adventure,crazy,cute love
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3/27/2016	Hush Now and Go To Sleep	Ghazal	blessing,childhood,courag
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3/22/2016	Some Words Are Like Mountains	Elegy	anger,angst,betrayal,blue
3/20/2016	The Eye Is Such a Braggart	Dramatic Verse	appreciation,bereavement,
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Imagine Depression	Rhyme	depression,on writing and
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I Will Rage Against the Dying of the Light	Couplet	death,life,life,death,dea
The Best Poem Ever	Epic	death,words,heart,heart,
Black For a Reason	Rhyme	holiday,social,
This Is Poetry	Rhyme	write,writing,life,writin
Cocaine Is Her Name	Free verse	addiction,
Color Me	Free verse	philosophy,god,me,people,
Somewhat Twisted Thoughts of the Day	Light Verse	funny,life,
Sometimes In Relationships	Ghazal	introspection,love,relati
It Is a Sin	Prose Poetry	inspirational,life,pain,p
Spill It	Free verse	art,confusion,courage,ins
Story Teller	Free verse	fantasy,wisdom,
Crystal Clear	Prose Poetry	family,love,
Those Who Follow Me	I do not know?	on writing and words,phil
The Storm Watcher	Free verse	emotions,storm,
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Have You Looked Up At the Sky Today	Couplet	beautiful,life,uplifting,
Timothy's Bridge	I do not know?	friend,
You Say I Say	Quatrain	friendship,
Two Worlds of Imagination	Terzanelle	children,life,
My Chance	Prose Poetry	dream,
Children of a Lesser God	Free verse	god,uplifting,
The Last Poem	Free verse	life,people,me,
Lost	Senryu	confusion,
1 Cherry Blossom Haiku	Haiku	april,children,spring,
How To Slow Down Time	Free verse	analogy,imagination,time,
Quieter Voice	Terzanelle	voice,
The Quill Masters	Free verse	fun,poets,
On My Porch	Prose Poetry	life,nature,
Rain and Rain and More Rain	Free verse	nature,
The Elephant In the Room	Free verse	funny,humorous,life,metap
Amazing	Prose Poetry	writing,
Why I Want To Go To Heaven	Prose	heaven,
The Young Gardener	Verse	beauty,bird,daughter,gard
Responding To Pain	Rhyme	christian,inspiration,pai
Self Less	Couplet	introspection,
The Gift To God, I Gave To Give -	Ode	devotion,
He Was My Sun	Pantoum	war,
Please Lord	Rhyme	god,grief,poetry,
What Are We	Free verse	life,love,people,
Not Today, Not Anymore -	Epic	business,work,me,work,hig
What Annoys Me	Couplet	betrayal,
God's Kind of Poetry	Free verse	faith,god,perspective,uni
Poetry Pillar	Ode	beauty,creation,desire,lo
How To Die	Free verse	age,death,dream,
Take Me To Church	Monoku	bird,
Innovation	Acrostic	change,light,
Time Lost Eyes	Blitz	imagination,
Lotus Bloom	Free verse	allegory,beauty,dark,
My Real Name	Free verse	life,
Quote Inspired By Justin	Free verse	beautiful,devotion,emotio
Haiku 69-About the Swan Lake	Haiku	bird,blue,
Wisdom Is	Monoku	men,wisdom,universe,
Around the Campfire	Quatrain	adventure,beautiful,color
Of Stargazers and Starshooters	Narrative	analogy,appreciation,poet
Butterflies of Saturn	Couplet	beauty,butterfly,fantasy,
Love Is Free	Senryu	freedom,love,
Today I Wrote Poetry	Prose	happiness,society,solitud
The Celestial Pillow	Monoku	blessing,death,life,
The Big Question For Those of Little Faith	Free verse	life,
Hearts and Solitaire	Verse	angst,humanity,loneliness
My Poetry Garden	Narrative	garden,
Butterfly Alphabet	ABC	birth,butterfly,creation,
December	Acrostic	beauty,blessing,growing u
Wimpy Kid With a Big Imagination	Free verse	deep,children,hope,meanin
John F Kennedy - Martin Luther King Jr - Robert F Kennedy and Donald Duck	Free verse	philosophy,
Little Fire	Dramatic Monologue	courage,death,fire,growth
Ode To Earth	Free verse	beauty,earth,nature,
I'M Sorry My Love-An Almost Sonnet of My Deepest Admiration	Rhyme	goodbye,humor,silly,
Little Glistening Salmon	Free verse	adventure,appreciation,be
Overtones	Free verse	art,beauty,blessing,dedic
Gathering Wool	Free verse	lost love,
Insipid Nights	Tanka	feelings,people,
On Coming Home	Free verse	space,
Instant Telegram	Haiku	adventure,art,beauty,happ
Jesus Was Turkish	Free verse	age,animal,bible,inspirat
For the Beautiful Mystic Rose	Ode	beauty,dedication,deep,fo
In a Field of Gold	Quintain (English)	lost love,nature,
Impending Sense of Nap	Couplet	sleep,
Spring Rain	Haiku	nature,
King of Silence	Prose	allegory,evil,humanity,po
Summer Splendour	Haiku	imagery,
At the Mountains of Madness	Free verse	lost love,
Boats of Shame	Blitz	abuse,baptism,courage,sla
Along the Shady Paths of Vivid Green	Narrative	sad,
Boy Oh Boy and a Girl	Rhyme	adventure,boy,childhood,c
Wild About Books	Verse	books,sad,
The Sham of My Humanity	Free verse	anger,grief,heartbreak,hu
Subtraction Man	Quatrain	farewell,humor,symbolism,
Swirling Leaves Haiku	Haiku	nature,
Complex	Verse	abuse,community,sound,
Normally My Mind's a Meadow	Narrative	crazy,mental illness,
Things Change	Narrative	age,best friend,boy,chang

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