last night i rewatched every video of rives performing poetry on youtube

and then there was this one video where he was just talking and he said 'To the average person i would say that i'm a poet who talks for a living" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74emJJTw_s8

I'm glad he gets recognition. He's my favorite poet. He tells such great stories.

Sometimes when I'm trying to make myself write some new stuff it comes out sounding like Poetry but I prefer the times when I'm not trying to write anything and I just end up telling a story, sounding like me, not necessarily about anything, just about living, maybe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORYKKNoRcDc

i've been startin to wonder if perhaps the mistake comes in separating and maybe poet or writer or this or that shouldn't be the first thing cause that's like judging an album based on tracks 4, 7, and 3 when all the rest deserve love to, that's how it used to be at least.

even his friggin blog is amazin: http://shopliftwindchimes.com/blogtemp.html