I love how flustered they got the crowd started cheering them on at 2:56. What a sweetheart.
@stephaniemcnugg96938 жыл бұрын
"Shouldn't heaven be heavy by now?" I got the chills so badly I'm shivering
@indo3052 Жыл бұрын
I dont get it lol
@keyshawnscruggs803 Жыл бұрын
I know it’s been four weeks by now, but I believe that what Vuong meant is that, with the great number of people that have passed away, shouldn’t heaven be crowded?
@indo3052 Жыл бұрын
@@keyshawnscruggs803 no, because people dont go to heaven after they die. They go to a dark place called sheol. Waiting on the resurrection day. Once the resurrection day comes, yahusha will resurrect them and judge them
@hellh00und8 жыл бұрын
What a precious little flower this one is. This is wonderful.
@andiecarroll81198 жыл бұрын
Stunning. Simply incredible. So glad I didn't get too intimidated by the length of this video. Worth the watch.
@saritalarasati15948 жыл бұрын
Now it feels like 7 minutes aren't enough
@xl71317 жыл бұрын
What an amazing reader and great dramatist writer, his voice is so soft but as he reads it feels so loud and abrasive with passion and technique -- great poet.
@MomoThePoet8 жыл бұрын
"Even sugar can scratch the throat, so stir the sugar well" just ruin me Ocean 😭 I'm screaming
@lilbyte37 ай бұрын
You should read poets that make you center and still yourself in a profound emotion, not scream like a giddy reactionary.
@seagamingseahaven8 жыл бұрын
Ocean seems to have found both rhythm and vocal volume, and accepts it beautifully, such a beautiful performance
@zaboomafooba8 жыл бұрын
1) "maybe the rain is sweet because it falls through so much of the world.... Even sweetness can scratch the throat grandma said, so stir the sugar well." ... "thus my mother exists, thus I exist, thus no bombs equals no family, no me... Yikes." & "thus nourishment defined by extinction" .... "I think I love my mom very much." "I'm gonna lose it when Whitney Houston dies", "someone I was used to", "god must be a season, grandma said, looking out at the blizzard drowning her garden". 2) DAMN. damn. what do I do with myself after listening to this. 3) their attempts to regain composure right after the crowd cheered at the Kerouac line but the way they break into a grin again is the cutest thing I've seen today. that was so precious
@arim-fs16718 жыл бұрын
this is so easily one of the most soothing poems i have ever watched and i fall in love with it more everyday what a writer
@samxs018 жыл бұрын
The way they perform is so haunting, it really strikes into me
@melissa67338 жыл бұрын
I think this is my new favorite poem
@dudloos8 жыл бұрын
D'aw, many feels. The 'bom' line is too real; my aunt asked me if I wanted to 'eat a bomb, because we have lots of "good ones" in the living room' to which I replied, 'I'm not sure.' Then she retreated to the altar and returned with an apple offering in hand. It took a moment for the French 'pomme' to kick in with the visual. Laughter ensued as I told her 'bom' sounded like explosives in English rather than Vietfied French, and my folks taught me the other word for apple in Viet, 'trai tao', is same same. Listening to Whitney Houston also helped my ma learn English, so right of passage may her soul rest in peace. Bless, Ocean.
@lisk_ah8 жыл бұрын
i think i held my breath all the way through this poem and i still haven't found my lungs
@hamohero8 жыл бұрын
His voice is so soothing
@jilianjilianson71938 жыл бұрын
This is the most beautiful poem I've ever heard
@m4rie4nge2 жыл бұрын
he makes me feel so much. what a brilliant gem
@napachick8 жыл бұрын
My mouth was hanging open the whole time. I don't remember how I found this channel but it's sooooo good
@abbyescobar72018 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else scream and have trouble breathing when they saw Button uploaded a 7(!!!!) minute long vid with Ocean.
@errricdq8 жыл бұрын
That line about Jack Kerouac made me die laughing 😂 Love them.
@CalvinPoet Жыл бұрын
Guess Ocean’s jealous of Jack.
@sivenathimkaza50708 жыл бұрын
I love this poem way too much. I listen to it always. 😞😭
@iris-dz5fc8 жыл бұрын
"how come depression makes me feel more alive"
@sorereasons8 жыл бұрын
He's so amazing I need more of him in my life
@allieinfinite51858 жыл бұрын
Someday I'll love Ocean Vuong
@adrianaguilar38405 жыл бұрын
"if a guy tells you his favorite poet is jack kerouac, there's a very good chance he's a douche bag" word.
@elisabeth71993 жыл бұрын
Ocean Vuong writes in the Paris Review: "Pronouns like they/them are, to my trans friends and family, a refuge-a destination secured through flight and self-agency. They/them pronouns allow an interface where one can quickly code oneself as nonnormative, in the hopes of bypassing the pain and awkwardness of explanation or the labor of legibility when simply existing can be exhausting. Would I, by changing pronouns, appropriate myself into a space others need in order to survive? As a war refugee, I know how vital a foothold as small as a word can be. And since as a cis-presenting male, I don’t need to flee he-ness in order to be seen as myself, I will stay here. Can the walls of masculinity, set up so long ago through decrees of death and conquest, be breached, broken, recast-even healed? I am, in other words, invested in troubling he-ness. I want to complicate, expand, and change it by being inside it. And I am here for the very reasons why I feel, on bad days, I should leave it altogether: that I don’t recognize myself within its dominant ranks-but I believe it can grow to hold me better. Perhaps one day, masculinity might become so myriad, so malleable, it no longer needs a fixed border to recognize itself. It might not need to be itself at all. I wonder if that, too, is the queering of a space?"
@rebeccasullivan1708 жыл бұрын
Dear God if you are a season let it be the one I pass through to get here.
@delaneyrose91808 жыл бұрын
Stream of consciousness poetry has never sounded so good. How have I never seen an Ocean poem before??
@oonaghomalley90528 жыл бұрын
THEY'RE SO CUTE AND SOFT SPOKEN AND TALENTED WHAT A BEAN
@nhatanhtran80195 жыл бұрын
his voice soothes me though his words are painful
@MmeDelali8 жыл бұрын
I have no words other than amazing
@witchkid838 жыл бұрын
this gave me so many chills and I loved the style. I adore this.
@lo3737 жыл бұрын
"Shouldn't heaven be super heavy by now?"
@ananyadutta11542 ай бұрын
"I forgot his name by heart" -this poet is singing me to death.
@justmemy1banana8 жыл бұрын
Dude I love his voice!
@sunra233 жыл бұрын
"note to self, if a guy tells you his fav poet is Jack Kerouac, there's a very good chance he's a douchebag" I just love his humor!!
@Kyr19818 жыл бұрын
Ocean is simply amazing!
@misstiffins6 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful voice ❤️
@CMcm4288 жыл бұрын
wow , i cant even deal such a lovely poem
@nicolemyah_8 жыл бұрын
AHHH HES SO CUTE
@canaryxblue8 жыл бұрын
god. wow. one of the very best.
@NoorUnnahar7 жыл бұрын
LOVED THIS!!!!!
@hannahm95927 жыл бұрын
what a soft little angel oh my god?????????????
@danielleradcliff52657 жыл бұрын
""4:37 a.m 'how come depression makes me feel more alive'" 👌🏻
@pommeblossom8 жыл бұрын
Yes to this.
@rebeccasullivan1708 жыл бұрын
Love this!
@shahadabdulaziz73397 жыл бұрын
I LOVED IT.
@dxmxo94275 жыл бұрын
His voice unique
@utuberhere5 жыл бұрын
Ocean's doing for poetry what Tiger Woods has done for golf. Before those two I had little interest in either.
@008Invisibleman7 жыл бұрын
They're awesome :3
@Charli17x8 жыл бұрын
incredible omg
@nuhwe2 жыл бұрын
❤️
@ryanmagiera44028 жыл бұрын
killin it
@pancakes888188 жыл бұрын
AAAA OCEAN WITH A NOT 3 MINUTE VIDEO??
@piinkperf8 жыл бұрын
|-/
@LuckyLifeguard8 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!!!!
@dellahw8 жыл бұрын
What do I do with myself now that I've something as magnificent as this? The use of repetition was everything..."good or bad?" ugh....😫
@oniononsale95158 жыл бұрын
This is a very stupid question for me to ask because I am naive as why people call they, they. Can someone please explain ?
@lazydj308 жыл бұрын
People use they pronouns if they're non binary. Like if they're gender fluid or agender etc
@pghislain5 жыл бұрын
Just like that ...
@sams44718 жыл бұрын
wow
@dxmxo94275 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@Sean-uv2di8 жыл бұрын
Now, I don't want to be that person... But, many of the people in the comments are saying "He". And you should know they use 'They' pronouns. So please respect their choice in this matter and use 'They, They're, Their, etc.'
@abbyescobar72018 жыл бұрын
I'm confused, on their website Ocean goes by "He/his/him" pronouns? I didn't know they personally specified their pronouns as otherwise. Do you know when/where they did?
@taurusbabyyyy8 жыл бұрын
Really? I've seen Ocean's videos and they usually refer with the "he" pronouns. At least that's what descriptions always say.
@skyepell41718 жыл бұрын
His website says "him".
@lo3737 жыл бұрын
He uses he/him. Identifies as male.
@TheTerminalExpress6 жыл бұрын
"They" is plural, it signifies more than one person.
@jesmens8 жыл бұрын
Their/His voice kinda reminds me of Garnet
@sivenathimkaza50707 жыл бұрын
I will probably lose it when you die 😩💔
@MrsTonySoprano Жыл бұрын
❤ The douchebag joke.
@ArkEleven14 жыл бұрын
"Trust fund baby pretends to be an irrating woman -- Wins international literary acclaim"