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About Me

Hi there. Welcome. I think it's pretty sweet that you somehow landed on my page. Why? I've got a lot to share with you.
My name's Andi. I'm a performance poet. Lover. Big sister to one. Little sister to many. I like to chase dreams until I can't remember what they looked like anymore. I find myself most at home in the sunshine that hits wet pavement after thunderstorms. I don't know what it means yet to be alive, but I'm getting there one stage, living room, airport terminal, and El stop at a time. I've been on the road with my performance poetry for the past year (started in September 2006) because it felt like the right next-step after high school. Obviously, I need to trust my feelings more often. I've been doing the whole writing thing since second grade, with the performance of it added in 2002. Not a single regret.
I am in college now, doing the student thing. But, if you would like to book me for a feature, I am pretty good at making free time.
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Member Since: 7/18/2006
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Band Members: If you listen to "stars" and are in some way moved by what you hear, I encourage you to check out the Coalition Against Sexual Assault website (http://www.volunteersolutions.org/chicago/org/6872862.html) to see what you can do to help the cause. It may be the perfect opportunity for you to get help, or to volunteer your time, your talents, or donate to start making a difference. That's what the organization has done for me, and I wouldn't trade the experiences for the world.

Influences: marc smith, shane koyczan, billy tuggle, henry sampson, julia bemi, amy weaver, peter barlow, jt bullock, mike whitfield, andrea gibson, ani difranco, regina spektor
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sounds like what i have yet to write or finish writing. but also indefinitely like a cool breeze on a 90+ degree day in chicago. hopefully. see, i've been trying to personally personify the wind. because air can make a human into a living recyclery, changing negative energy into positive motivation.

i'm trying to be what i know i can.
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My Blog

poem - Vagabond

Dedicated to Jenn, with refrences to Harryette Mullen's "Sleeping with the Dictionary."to my midnight vagabond:speak to me in polish, dinosaur, and red face mumblefrom your hiding place between warm b...
Posted by Andi Kauth on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:52:00 PST

hello, Chi*Town Daily News.

From page to stage at Bucktown festBy RACHEL FINKELSTEIN published:Aug 30, 5:39 PM With her pink hair and school-girl smile, you wouldn't think that Andi Kauth has anything figured out. Within minutes...
Posted by Andi Kauth on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:44:00 PST

holy mindfuck, batman.

i have 5 poems i'm writing on at the same time. right now. i wish i could show you all the little windows i have up. it's chaos. lovely lovely lovely.so besides those five i have a few more swimming a...
Posted by Andi Kauth on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:46:00 PST

poem - "felt up"

she has to be careful when it comes to the gluing.every piece of felt has to beperfectly positionedin the exact place she imagined.felt is a tricky thing to work withshe told me.sometimes,when two pie...
Posted by Andi Kauth on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:15:00 PST

POEM - On Hope

On Hopeyou can't touch it or buy it or wrap it up tight, but it's there just the same, making things turn out right. ~The Rescuers. the other morning,i spent two hours laying in bedtrying to create a ...
Posted by Andi Kauth on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:21:00 PST

POEM - "Lee's not color-coded."

"lee's not color-coded."on the road, i've noticedthat some people are identical replicas of memoriesand i wonder if i'll ever seethe real you somewhere.eleven years ago, you were my counterpart.i neve...
Posted by Andi Kauth on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:14:00 PST

what a thing to wake up to...

Wow. So, how weird is it to wake up to your face on the front page of the Daily Herald's "Neighbor" section? Insanely. I mean, I knew it was coming, just.. I don't know, this whole thing is a little s...
Posted by Andi Kauth on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:04:00 PST

poem - untitled.

i always dreamed of flyingbefore i met youand realized the togetherness of walkingis as breath takingas brief moments of freefallduring turbulance.i will walk with you anywhere....
Posted by Andi Kauth on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:51:00 PST

poem - coffee tables

i used to be a coffee table.dependable to hold anything you gave it.the center of a circle of friendsalthough often times ignored.a place to put tired feetand old, fake christmas trees(was christmas a...
Posted by Andi Kauth on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:47:00 PST

poem - what can i say?

what can i say about you now?i can't feel you anymorecan't make my skin rememberwhat it was to know yoursthere is no shadow of your embracewhich means it is high noonin the world of lost love:hot, and...
Posted by Andi Kauth on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:34:00 PST