If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. ~ Charlie Parker
OnPoEvMo: The Creator — a Poem for Three Voices, April 2007
This is an experiment for me — creating a poem for multiple voices and yet, it is only me speaking. Very tricky. I did it by layering my voice in Audacity and I am not sure I quite pulled off how I envisioned it. Once again, this is part of my OnPoEvMo Project.
The Creator: A poem for three voices and one person
(April 2007)
| I am a | I am a | I am a |
| Writer | ||
| Composer | ||
| Poet | ||
| I crawl within | I crawl within | I crawl within |
| the notes | ||
| the sounds | ||
| the words | ||
| And look for the possibilities | ||
| of creative expression | of creative expression | of creative expression |
| I wonder at the | ||
| I wonder at the | colors I hear | |
| words I find | I wonder at the | |
| rhythms of the world and sink into my thoughts | ||
| dialogue | ||
| melody and memory and music | ||
| I bring my thoughts to life on the bars and staff and measures and move your feet to dance | ||
| And make you think of all the chances | ||
| that come with the roll of the dice | ||
| and invention of something new – | ||
| the character | the seam between the words — the space | |
| where silence exists | ||
| The composition is | ||
| rich with nuance | rich with nuance | rich with nuance |
| so that every single word | ||
| has meaning | has meaning | has meaning |
| I indent | ||
| I avoid punctuation | ||
| I establish my theme and play with your | ||
| expectations, and remind you of why you | ||
| are here, inside these words | are here, inside these notes | are here, inside these sounds |
| Start inside me and move outwards | ||
| Start inside me and move inward | ||
| Start inside me and move upward | ||
| Explore yourself through the eyes of others | ||
| Drift into the air, molecules excited, | ||
| music is made here as invisibility | ||
| I am | I am | I am |
| a poet | ||
| a composer | ||
| a writer | ||
| Come, follow me on this adventure | Come, follow me on this adventure | Come, follow me on this adventure |
| of notes | ||
| of sounds | ||
| of words | ||
| Magic! | Magical! | Magnificent! |
| I am found inside the | I am found inside the | I am found inside the |
| mind | ||
| soul | ||
| spirit | ||
| We are one! The creator! | We are one! The creator! | We are one! The creator! |
Peace (in many voices),
Kevin
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about 4 years ago
Kevin, This is WONDERFUL! I love the three voices and the rhythm and words. I will listen to this again and again! Thanks so much for creating and sharing.
about 4 years ago
Fantastic! This is just a brilliant trigger for all sorts of creative possibilities. This is one I will play to my class. Thank you for sharing it.
You may be interested in some of our class poetry at …
http://freevilleflyer4.podomatic.com/
Cheers
about 4 years ago
Kevin, this is simply brilliant! The way the text is written in compelling all on it’s own. With the three voices (and one person) it takes on a unique texture. I’ve never read/heard anything like this before. Thanks for sharing it on your blog.
Cheers,
Darren Kuropatwa
about 4 years ago
Thank you everyone
I appreciate the feedback. I had it in my mind but I wasn’t sure how it would come out on the page (and in the ear). I still don’t quite think it is right but I don’t have hours to play with the recording process, either. I did imagine tinkering with the voices (using effects) to make each voice a little more distinct, but never had the time.
I appreciate the thoughts.
Kevin
about 4 years ago
Enough already. I can’t take all this creative power, (Just kidding) More, more, more!!!!
Bonnie
about 3 years ago
Brilliant.
It’s about time I write another shoutout post I think…
about 2 years ago
Hi Kevin,
I just wanted to let you know I think this poem is great! I’m doing a lesson on multi-voice poems today with my high-schoolers. I’m going to show them this poem and I was hoping to include the author’s name. I’m going to refer them to your site, but Please let me know if you want me to give them more than the name Kevin.
Thanks for your creative ideas!
Alicia
about 2 years ago
I dropped you an email but yes, please do use the poem. I hate to see it sitting there, unused.
about 1 year ago
I stumbled across this page while searching for three voice poem examples. I’m currently putting together some research on boys and literacy, and wanted to write a poem from the view of a teacher, a writing expert, and a boy. Your poem gave me the inspiration I needed. I posted my poem on my blog, and linked back here. Thanks for sharing this — you helped me get unstuck!
about 1 year ago
I’m glad it helped unstick you.
Kevin