Great Modern Poetry Exists... I Promise 

Never thought about how being sooooo overly interested in finding the objective meaning that maybe you miss the art. Like turning an art into math.

"poetry can do whatever it wants" love this sentiment! I found the book "soft science" by franny choi in a used bookstore five or six years ago and it solidified my love for poetry. I'd definitely recommend it!

You’re really, really fucking underrated dude. 86 views in 9 hours is a crime

holy hell how does this only have 2k views this is brilliant

This is a really awesome change of pace from videos that just bash modern poetry and don't offer solutions. Great video brother 🙏

I love everything you do Payton. Just waiting for this channel to take off. I’m rooting for you!

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your videos never cease to impress me. they feel very down to earth and, human in a very pleasant way. I like the mix of regular talking about the subject, mixed in with silly bits that make me feel like i'm having a fever dream for ten seconds, and then back to being what it was. your videos are truly really cool :) (sorry if this is poorly written or idk)

Payton Burdette keeping me alive rn 🙏🙏

Maybe poems connect to your ache, or your soul, or your heart. Maybe they don’t. And you start a discussion and I love it. I will recommend you to my students in German schools. Thank you for starting a great discourse

As someone who loves poetry and just recently started following your content, it feels like stars aligned to see this on my homepage!! Love this video :D You cover the topic well. A poetry book I've gotten into recently is Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon. Highly recommend 👍 Keep creating, don't stop.

the line where he says "i know because i am him" to me was probably the funniest line. earlier, when it briefly is written in first person with no explanation, that acted as a kind of weird mystery, a setup to a punchline which is just a handwavey un-explanation betraying the simply unfocused writing. it adds to the kind of hyperactive narrative.

18:47 In the background: “...and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reasons” - Mark Twain Not knowing the beginning of this quote made my thoughts go wild haha

Is the same with painting if you think about it... Everyone thinks that "abstract art" is something profound because it tells you something, but every thing can make you think. A lamp can make me think something really profound about light, life and death, but that is not in the lamp but in my mind. The thing that makes a painting a work of art is the immovable soul that contains, that "something" that can't change, no matter what you abstract and take from the painting. A good poem is one that starts from a good idea and makes it speak in the words of beauty and humanity. (That's a lot of text 🥴)

Thank you so much for making this video. It really open my mind and I love your passion when you deliver your message

So, your teacher showed you “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins then forced you to unearth the meanings of a bunch of poems? I don’t even know what to say. Except that this is a great video!

This is a much better introduction to poetry than the one my english teacher did.

your content is really great and fresh and you have lots of potential. don't give up, i believe in you!

“ and it taught me how to find peoples address online” i actually laughed out loud in California Fish Girl hearing that line… I’m so happy my food is ready right after that

Quirked up Ohio boy got bars tbh 🗣️‼️

Woo, Poetry Foundation mention! Their daily poems are always great for finding new stuff you haven't read before! For a general poet recommendation (because I like sharing), Nick Flynn is my favourite, and I'd really recommend his book Blind Huber - especially if you like sitting with a specific voice, as all the poems follow a theme, but are quite varied at the same time (hurray, nuance in poetry, lol) One poem from the book, Twinned, has been my favourite poem for, like, ten years now!

What poets did you end up finding funny? I'm a big funny poetry guy tbh. Especially "clever" humor

I love the "finally," 7 minutes into the 34 minute video😂

Keep on writing, my man.

subscribed right after the 'gimme gimme' gimmick

“Echoes of the Cow Parsley" "Cow parsley," I whisper, "you dance with delight, Your blossoms, dreams woven in warm sunlight. So familiar a sight, tugging at my heart- Echoing whispers, yesteryear's start?" The cow parsley sways, replying under May's sky, "I bloom; feel the sun's touch, a lover's soft sigh. Hear my leaves rustle, confessing in hushed tones, Under the watchful eyes of sun, where light roams." "Cow parsley," I ask, my voice a soft sigh, "Do you recall the laughter, the tears, the goodbye? Your dance, a sonnet of spring's tender embrace- Is each memory not captured in this graceful space?" "Cow parsley," I ponder, my soul laid bare, "Can you see past and present, the love that we share? Your blossoms, like sonnets scribed in the light, Do they not bring forth memories, banishing night?" (sunlit cow parsley Friday 10th May Mal Malhi .)

I love poetry as well but I think writing off “classics” is just as silly as closing your mind to anything new.

this is a great video :) here before you blow up

bro ur content is amazing this shit is so good

great video! one line of flight that i personally would have liked to see was a discussion of rap as poetry. rap music is often overlooked as a poetic art form due to its perception as low art among white audiences, and thus it is never privileged in these discourses. some rappers outside of the mainstream who are more overt in their poetics that i would recommend are moor mother, h31r, r.a.p. ferreira, billy woods, open mike eagle, and quelle chris. again, great video!

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Shoutout to Josh McClain for writing good Instapoetry

Check out 'Not the Bees & Other Such Things' by MacKenzie Foster! They literally have a 1000 line long rhyming epic in the book!! 🥰

Ur so funny im so mad you dont have more subs

There is no such thing as "diversity's sake". Only merit.

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I write and create poetry on my RU-vid channel 🤪