Slam+Poetry

media type="youtube" key="1rZzwIb6aPE" height="315" width="420" I choose the poem Reading Allowed because I found it's sexual innuendoes funny. I guess also because of the message and theme that emerged from it sort of fitted me, silly and serious. But you know, what else is there besides sexual innuendoes? Even Shakespeare uses them! The poem tells about how we all grow up with stories, and these stories teach us humanity. Without these stories being heard while you peacefully lay there, imagining the story of distant worlds, you would be without that chance your whole life when you grow older. These books influence you with their magical tales, and without them you influence yourself. The disappointing

The poetic devises used in this were mainly metaphors. The whole beginning is a metaphor, a sexual metaphor. With the licking and the the spreading and the using and the whorie-ness. Of course, the end of this misconception turned out to be a little more innocent, despite the naked part. The poem gave off a funny and relaxed feel at the beginning which contrasted to the seriousness of the following topic, reading to your children. The funny and relaxed feel opened you up to the message he gave, and made it more memorable. So now you can say to your friend, "Hey did you hear that poem that sounds like he is gunna have sexy time, then talks about reading?"