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Kurt Cobain |
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patchoulipumpkin Member
since 2000-01-01
Posts 196Bermuda |
He said it was when he saw himself On TV Channel 40 Face front Eyes in the camera That he disappeared He said he didn’t belong there It wasn’t where he lived It belonged to other people Famous people Real people Like Johnny Carson Lucille Ball And Gilligan He was just a guy With a voice A guitar And a song Whose words became watched In living rooms Dining Rooms Lunch Rooms Play rooms Basements At lunch time Dinner time And even at the bar We all sang We all knew the song But he still couldn’t find His home He told everybody not to worry It would turn up soon He had done this before Nothing was wrong We all kept watching him Watching us Looking for his home Nobody let him live there yet They told him it wasn’t right You had to do more than that If you were to be real But he was getting cold He’d been outside for too long And was getting sick We didn’t worry though Because he started to feel real When he finally did Find his home We all wanted to hear him "Tell us all about it", we said But he never did He kept it to himself So we changed the channel And let him live |
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roxane Senior Member
since 1999-09-02
Posts 505us |
at the risk of sounding cliche, i have long admired nirvana's music, and i think that the world lost a great poet in kurt cobain. you've written a fitting tribute to him here. focusing less on the fame, and more on belonging. it's a good poem. |
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poetry_kills Senior Member
since 1999-12-04
Posts 549new orleans |
i like this poem a lot, particularly the ending and the lines "he was just a guy/ with a voice/ a guitar/ and a song" -- i think that expresses cobain's desires for his life very effectively... perhaps i'm misreading the ending, but if i am please dont tell me, i like it the way i read it *stubborn stubborn* and that is that only in his private death did he attain the "life" he had wanted all along... a very powerful piece for anyone who respects cobain or even comes from the era of Nirvana... sincerely, **jerome the boy with no brain |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
Patch: I love Nirvana's music. Cobain was remarkably talented. But he shot himself and that is my only problem with the "tribute". Suicide is cowardly and selfish and I have a hard time being sympathetic about something like that. A tribute to Cobain's music would never give me any problems. He was a remarkable talent. I regret the way in which he met his end but that doesn't change the cowardice of the act (especially when there is a wife and kid in the picture). I thought your poem was moving and insightful, however. I especially liked your "Real people/started to feel real" thread that helped tie this thing together. I just had a hard time getting past my knowing how Cobain died. Jim "If I rest, I rust." - Martin Luther |
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haze Senior Member
since 1999-11-03
Posts 528Bethlehem, PA USA |
DAMN! I am here with a hungry sword and you have given me nothing to consume with the blade~ This is a powerful poem, a fantastic tribute with a seismic message! EXTREME KUDOS! ~haze |
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Kirk T Walker Member
since 2000-01-13
Posts 357Liberty, MO |
I was drawn to your poem by the title because I enjoyed Nirvana's music, but I also wanted to see how your poem handled the subject. I think you did a fine job. |
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J.L. Humphres Member
since 2000-01-03
Posts 201Alabama |
Patch, Being an aspiring musician myself I really appreciate the impact Nirvana had on the early nineties rock scene. No doubt Kurt was a genious, and his death was a terrible tragedy. This poem really puts into perspective what we do, as a society, to the "people" we try to make "deities". If we don't back them into an inescapable corner where the only way out is to end it all; we push and push until the only retreat is destroying themselves with excess. When will we ever learn? J. Jim, I really, adimantly, unquestionably disagree with your above statements about suicide. Cobain was trapped in a loveless mariage, battling addiction, in a band that was in the news daily, and not a happy being to begin with. If anyone was the coward here it was the people around him, and society as a whole; no one took the time to try to help, and in the end we used up one of our greatest icons of the twentieth century. J.L.H. Jason I...I have seen the best minds of my generation... --Allen Ginsberg |
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patchoulipumpkin Member
since 2000-01-01
Posts 196Bermuda |
Hi everybody thanks for all of the responses. I just had a couple of quick ones to your statements. poetry killls-the ending is precisely how i wanted it to be interpreted, that he had found his life, in essence. Sad, but true. Jbouder, i, like JL Humphres have to disagree with you about his suicide. I think everyone who commits suicide has their own reasons, some are good, some are more warped, but they all have a reason. In many ways, i think when Kurt killed himself he was doing himself a favour in a sense, he was helping himself out of the bundle of pain that he lived with. For some people life doesn't work for them.. Either they didn't get the game plan, or they just never learned how to be happy, and often suicide to them, can be merciful and not as selfish, and cowardly as some people think. To my mind, depending on one's situation, but i will use Kurt's, his suicide was very brave. He loved his child, and wanted the best for her, but realized he couldn't go on the way he was or else he really would be dead, so in essence he knew his limits, and didn't surpass them. I' m not saying suicide should be admired as a concept, its a very evil word, but it just is the answer for some people. And while we hate them for it and think them selfish, for what they took away from us, do we ever ask ourselves what they gave themselves? . I can only think of the will it takes to pull a trigger, fall of the chair, or slit your wrists. These are not cowardly acts. They are very serious acts, that need a great deal of will and resolve to enact. So anyway, i don't want to get into a debate about suicide but i just wanted to express my feelings, saying mainly that we rarely view suicide with compassion, but often anger, and disapproval. |
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jbouder Member Elite
since 1999-09-18
Posts 2534Whole Sort Of Genl Mish Mash |
Patch: I'd like to avoid a debate about suicide in THIS Forum but Philosophy 101 is just around the corner. Maybe this would make for an interesting discussion there. Just a suggestion. Jim |
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