"Jellyfish" by Andrea Gibson

[@brandonjoseph1489]

"A doctor once told me I feel too much, I said so does god, that's why you can see the Grand Canyon from the moon" this just makes me cry man I don't know

[@strawberriez0]

This poem really leaves me breathless! "My gills are adjusting to the air" ... Her tone and diction are simply marvelous!

[@spaztasticspencer]

A doctor told me once you feel too much, I said so does GOD that's why u can see the Grand Canyon from the moon. I saw that written in a book in a tea house when I was 15 with your name underneath and it saved my life, I've lived thru that quote for the last 7 years. I didnt know there was an entire spoken word poem that went with it, and i am in tears. Thank you Andrea Gibson, your words touched me in ways throughout the years that no others have understood. To find out it wasnt just a quote, but a full poem all these years later has me in tears. Your art is beautiful.

[@noone-re3zp]

That's amazing. What does that line mean to you? I have this poem memorized; I adore it, but I can never attach any possible meaning to that line. I just don't know how to interpret it.

[@bouncingbean]

@@noone-re3zp I’m not the original commenter, but that line speaks to me too. Here are a few fragments of how I would describe what it means to me: Feeling too much isn’t a flaw, it’s the purpose. God is the sum of everything we mortals feel & have ever felt & ever will feel. Our emotions are what connect us to each other and to the world beyond ourselves. The Grand Canyon is astonishing and beautiful, a scar carved across the world by the steady unstoppable flow of a river (of tears), a scar too improbably huge & awesome to reasonably exist, but too immense to deny.

[@noone-re3zp]

@@bouncingbean That is gorgeous! I appreciate your reply so much. Thank you.

[@bouncingbean]

@@noone-re3zp Thank you for your feedback! I’m so glad you like it.

[@lora97006]

​​@@bouncingbeanwow...looks like Andrea is not the only one here with such gift of words. Your interpretation helped me to understand more deeply. Not just the poem, but perhaps myself as well. Going to sit with that for a while. Hopefully you share your gifts with others. ❤

[@alionsliesss]

"I'll tell you these poems, they're my birthmarks." Amen. Andreas powerful words are exactly what started me on my own pathway as a poet. So much love

[@amanda-vn1sd]

Your words are like arrows bandaged in song. Thank you for pressing forward and sharing. Thank you for keeping your aim true.

[@SammieRosado]

Why can't I stop listening to this?? Andrea Gibson, you're AMAZING!

[@BsideArchive]

Still one of my all time favorite poems to this day

[@setbro]

Such a dense poem in that it's so full! There's no way to catch it all in one listen

[@Ilovealex33]

"Wonder if the wrecking ball was trying to run its fingers soft across the bricks but its head was just too heavy?" I liked that part a lot. I don't know if what I think of the meaning is really the meaning but I love it. I never meant to hurt him with my love but I did. I guess I just loved so much :/.

[@AllieMetcalfgoogle]

"tell me how the candlewax thanks the flame"....damn. I'm dizzy and you are from outerspace, Andrea. Thank you.

[@leCoCoCarousel]

this is my first time listening to this, and i am drinking tea out of a plastic bottle, i took the lid of to take a sip and felt the vibrations of her voice in my bottle. even they felt beautiful.

[@MamaJen333]

My favorite one and the setting is so very beautiful and appropriate. THANK YOU! So. Very. Gifted.

[@lawrencejoao22]

Such an amazing usage and comprehension of language and rhythm...god.

[@hannahsweeney19]

oh andrea gibson you are amazing, i can't even begin begin to comprehend how talented you are. does any one have any recomendments for some similar talented slam poets?

[@SmerCrew4994Pt]

So beautiful. The poem, the scenery, the tone, beautiful.

[@jenmcgraw573]

Beautiful 😍

[@technicolor444]

love this. amazing poetry as always, with an awesome new way of relaying it to the world.

[@dianasanchez30]

Love your write Andrea, as I too am a poet. I'm in love with the power of your words.

[@leahberger405]

I love this so much. I just discovered Andrea and their work is so so amazing.

[@ees04003]

I just love all the words.

[@sweetjelly11]

so brilliant. thank you andrea for every one of your words!

[@thebigfooty]

speechless..... Much respect for you and everything you do Andrea.

[@RaquelJacquelineBull]

You are so talented... I feel blessed to be able to listen to your words

[@Maedchenlyrik]

I LOVE this poem - and the visuals are perfect to underline its content, well done! All the best, Annika (a spoken word artist from Germany)

[@nommable]

Beautiful video, beautiful poem. Everything about it makes me want to write about love.

[@RAINBOWDASH-sv9wl]

Andrea is so talented and amazing. Everyone of her poems is beautifully written and I want to meet her in person so much.

[@mandynewman8234]

Their/ them

[@spacecase8888]

Beautiful poem. Beautiful video. Rock on Andrea!

[@ValerieWoodMusic]

This poem is a miracle and a salve.

[@JohnnyPetsCats]

Her voice just fits what she writes. It's amazing.

[@mandynewman8234]

Their

[@geeroo9]

my goodness... it has been my pleasure to even listen to this. penetrating words (:

[@stuckinfantasyland]

"And a few really good friends to skip moon rocks to" I wish for that too.

[@SchrodingersPet]

It's soo good, it's overwhelming.

[@dynamicdaniellelove]

That was really very good. :) I lvoe Andrea

[@John9450]

My friend put some quotes from this on facebook, and I made a joke, and she went "hahahaha" and linked me here, and now I see. Awesome poetry!

[@HylianLycan]

Wow. I told my friend when he sent me this that I didn't really like poetry. I now have a favorite poet.

[@caleb1rshelton]

this poem is absolutely amazing.....

[@ValerieWoodMusic]

I LOVE THIS POEM THE MOST OF ANYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE.

[@SwearTObuddhaa]

The way she says "Angela" makes me want to cry. It feels like she has to push to say her name. Like there is too much weight for her to carry it. So much feeling. So exposed. Its beautiful. I guess her wish came true. She is transparent.

[@mandynewman8234]

Andrea uses ‘They’ pronoun.

[@Ca2roline]

When John Stuart Mill suffered from a nervous breakdown and depression, he found solace in reading poetry. A while ago I would have laughed at the idea of poetry helping me, but since discovering Andrea Gibson's work, I understand.

[@itsjessina]

I don't like writing poems and stuff but u are realy inspiring me go try my hardest next time I am assigned it... Great poems going to find more

[@weinr8580]

I searched my name and went to the oldest post and this was it and I love it

[@Neesie267]

I love it! So I wonder exactly where she was.....

[@angelboi88]

Beautiful..

[@deathandpluto]

Beautiful.. in many ways.

[@du041248]

Fantastic

[@LivingintheNeverlands]

You're a big inspiration Andrea! So sad that I have my own performance when you're in the Netherlands! (Poetry circle Groningen). Hope I get another chance to see you live!

[@OnlyOneVoic3]

ii love Andrea. She performed at UNC-Greensboro and "Ashes" left everyone stupefied.

[@TheFlameoftheWest]

Loved it

[@theatricalamity]

she carves me out and beauty trickles in.

[@Londonbutterflyswing]

beautiful

[@docaka10]

its done, im buying her book

[@reachingforinsanity1710]

I heard myself bawl as she spoke the wordsof myself & my whims

[@WoodlandAsh]

amazing

[@malissahyatt2425]

I had this on full screen. After the poem, the screen refused to surrender control back to me. Andrea...you have hijacked my phone and must serenade my device with your poems til it no longer has the strength to hold the screen.

[@MzAlkie]

this is lovely.

[@setbro]

This is so perfect.

[@daejadavenport]

“A doctor once told me I feel too much, I said so does God”.. girl what?? Omg I wish they had a snap emoji !

[@alliestop]

She is amazing.

[@cortex72maya]

Amazing use of words

[@ChloeTravels]

Swoon. I have tears in my eyes.

[@melancholyriffs]

"Go ahead throw me at the storm like a fisherman's prayer." Nice, some of these lines are not in the Madness Vase Kindle version.

[@inmyhead63]

this is astounding!!

[@kebabsalat]

I don't know how to comprehend this... too much for me

[@chensonwrites]

the only American performance poet who has really stolen my imagination.

[@CaseTheCritic]

Dear Andrea, If you see this, my girlfriend and I saw you for this first time in Seattle at the Showbox. Your beautiful poetry spoke to us both that night. I am an aspiring audio engineer currently studying at The Art Institute of Seattle, and I would love to be able to work with you if given the chance. Sincerely, Casey Andrews p.s. This was the best way I could figure sending a message to you personally

[@Vomblosh]

Lucas Miller just told me the poem made for not your daughter, but their son. Thank you so much!

[@anniiie]

Love this

[@JazzyHarley22]

I wonder why. Why did God bring my eyes to cry. Why I listened to each and every lie? Why? Did he bring me you? Someone I thought I trusted so brand new. Someone as beautiful to brake me. Someone as beautiful that I yearn to see. Why? Did he make me fall in love with you? Someone that broke me never to be new. Someone as bright as the Goddess sun. Someone that tore me never to be undone. Why? Did he tempt me with a heart?

[@kaseykutzkey4278]

thank you

[@sunsicle1]

This is great. I'm loving it. I clicked the link to this because I was particularly interested in the title, though. Have you read the novel Ishmael? I had to read it for an assignment in school, and there was a jellyfish story. Although I thought the book was a bit boring, it was very influential to the way I see the world, just as your poetry has. :)

[@AllieBabable]

I officially love poetry.

[@lolipopPrincess]

She’s a legend.

[@mandynewman8234]

They are

[@Tushar_95]

Riveting, I closed my eyes and just got lost in the words.

[@intheemaking]

These poems are my birthmarks.

[@dejablue4524]

I’ve been staring at the run way since my love took off

[@MusicjunkieTrinity]

@AMeanderingSoul is the word touch? "will you punch me in the touch"? it sounds like shes saying tough/tuff, but that doesnt really make sense. but niether does touch really, Ive listened to this 10000 times and thats the only line im confused about really.

[@nicegirl500EK]

im crying

[@calman111]

i wish i had her mind, i wish i cud think of the stuff she does

[@GamerBoyKush]

i love all her stuff but , im so lost on this one you guys ..

[@MusicjunkieTrinity]

She is beautiful ^_^ -3

[@JoiedeWinterMusic]

I am inlove with your spirit.x

[@espiritufati]

I...felt...things ♡

[@anaantolicgledec465]

I swore to protect forever more.❤🎉

[@BokuNoMel]

@MusicjunkieTrinity I believe it's "tough"

[@RunninAD]

@redcattledogblue WAIT, her and Anis work together??? MIND BLOWN Also, what is the book name

[@awilsonstoryteller]

Wow! Eloquent.

[@TheAnchella]

Thank you . . .

[@dejablue4524]

This story has peeled from my bones

[@FakeFlourescentSkies]

i forgot to breathe

[@anaantolicgledec465]

❤

[@dynamicdaniellelove]

love*

[@eqproductions]

Throw me into the storm like a fishermans prayer..

[@howmanycharacterscan]

BAHA my name is in this poem. yay.

[@dejablue4524]

Dear God, dear Andrea, you gut me whole

[@gomerysmom]

Complete. Sensory. Overload.

[@jajdr]

the sound is clearer in 480p

[@malissahyatt2425]

I wanna be there w all the bugs flying around.

[@michelleyy13]

holy. shit.

[@livlovwork]

10 people have been stinged by Jellyfish

[@megdesrochers]

@vhsDuxbury can I have a push on the swing?