Since my camera died and I couldn’t film the whole event in Montreal (many more sound bites as well as interviews with the performers will be available next week on CUTV), I tried to write down phrases that caught my attention. Some of my favourite poems I couldn’t write a thing down because I was too caught up, so I look forward to seeing the sound bites later this week from CUTV!
I erase violence from my dictionary.
No one is really alive here anymore, there are only ghosts.
…this damn frailty we’ve inherited…
Peace…where? when? how?
Some of the items from “What I’ve Prayed For:” a dog, a bike, better parents, a bra, my parents to let me be, my parents to get involved, to lose weight, to stop puking, to get out of this damn college with a fucking degree, talent, implants, fame, a baby, a baby, a baby, a full night’s sleep, a babysitter who isn’t a psycho, a family doctor, a pension, peace in our time…
What a tangled web we whirl…
Watch this new Nagasaki burn…
Give me one more chance… next time I’ll take a bike.
…higher minds that are constantly pressed…
There will be a day of reckoning…Stephen.
Revolution will be a bold flower growing amidst the blackened remains of the Boreal Forrest.
Were you at the pub in Montreal? Were there any other phrases, moments, words that struck you? Please share! 🙂
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