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Abraham Is Burning

SIM SLAM POET

About Me


Attraction
Apple Orchard performed live at LoserSlam in NJ
View More Videos of ABE at www.youtube.com/abrahamisburning.com
Im Abe, Im a poet and songwriter. Lets hang out, get drunk, and laugh at people who use Myspace to connect with others.
I am a Spoken Word/Slam Poet who performs my unique brand of sim slam poetry regularly in New York City at places like LouderArts, Nuyorican and the Bowery Poetry Club. (tx to Beau Sia for helping me find these places) with the occasional stop over in Miami at Will "Da Real One" Bells "Literary Cafe" and at LoserSlam in New Jersey.
My work is featured regularly on:
Indiefeed.Org, RadioDentata.org, and Homegrownpodcast.co.ulk among others.
I am also a freelance writer for Night & Day magazine in NJ and The Village Voice in NYC
In September 08, I will be the Slammaster for BeHEARD BeJudged Poetry Slam in Garwood, NJ at Crossroads Bar Grill.
www.myspace.com/beheardbejudged

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/30/2005
Band Members:

Influences:
POETS/SONGWRITERS:
Ani DiFranco
Ryan Adams
Rob Thomas
Adam Duritz/Counting Crows
Matt Witte/New Blood Revival
Taylor Mali
Beau Sia
Mohogany Browne
Marty McConnell
Rachel McKibbens
Carlos Andres Gomes
Shadokat Danny Sherrard
Christine Hatch
Roger Bonair Agard
and every poet of the NYC Slam Scene
Sounds Like:
View Abraham Is Burning's EPK
Record Label: BASH! Entertainment
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

We Are Trivial Pursuit

we are nice guyin that we are cursedwith user-friendly manualseasy to follow instructionslay all our chips on the tablewe are bored gamesour cards give women opportunities to interact with other menth...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:54:00 PST

The Lights Of Boardwalk (ReWrite)

this Reading Railroad is like a library filled with thousands of stories and ive got a library card in the shape of a hand thatssitting in my pocket since i cant judge her storyby the jacket that shes...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:27:00 PST

Is This Thing On???

everynight i learn from youlike an old friend you are there when i need you mosti love how you let me control youhow just before pushing your buttonsyou let me see myself in youas if to remind me that...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:52:00 PST

High Wire Act

the two of you were the high wire act in a circus she was just stepping her feet onto the high wireseeing you standing on the other end with your arm outbelieving you would catch her if she felland wh...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:59:00 PST

Breakfast Cereal

I love the taste of breakfast cereal and I remember growing up as a kidthe closet that we kept the cereal boxes in. I remember rushing home to see the cartoon characters on the cover and the toys insi...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:58:00 PST

Tug Of War (Re-Write)

(this was also part of NaPoWriMo. i have tightened it up and cant wait to get the delivery down for slam season) when she first asked me to dance the game was onColorado Cafe watchung, nj little tugs ...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:19:00 PST

He Loves Me Not

she holds a flower in her hand pulling pedals one by one "he loves me he loves me not he loves me he loves me not" she gets to the end of the flower and grabs another from the batch he bough...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:56:00 PST

You The Individual (Are you first world, or are you third?)

(This is from one of my stronger NaPoWriMo pieces that I am going back to work on)Congratulations!!!The most important news story to come out in the past half a centurycame out in the year 2006 as Tim...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:20:00 PST

Selling My Life On EBAY

like Ian Usher, Adam Burtle, John Freyer and Nicael Holt before mei have decided to jump on the current bandwagon and sell my life "dear winning bidder first let me take this time and thank you for yo...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:20:00 PST

Algebra

On several occasions I have discussed with people the importance of Algebra as an adult in life, as several people I know are Algebra teachers. For the longest time we didnt have an answer...........t...
Posted by Abraham Is Burning on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:10:00 PST