I quake ember soft
in the dark and these words are
my fissure fragments
I am the giant
shadow of a small boy who
sits behind the sun.
I come to you
empty eyed
no title no
rhymes
I am a student of languages and literacracy
chanting the phantom word that brought light
the word of God I pantomime at night
because emulation is a base form of learning
but I am a student of Oblivion and I know
the billion ways to absolution but choose none
I know kinesthetics by the stutter of my veins
I am a citizen of Canaan child of Absalom
painted the Furies in the fires of Salem
hummed Amen but got called on slander
by Eliot's hollow men
Jonathan Chin is a senior at Boston University studying English and Computer Science. He grew up in New York City and graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He believes there is enough art in everyday life to inspire anyone and often writes about the things around him: cities, people, and world affairs. Jonathan is an advocate of the liberal arts as well as the martial arts, pursuing his black belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is a member of the acclaimed Doc Brown’s Traveling Poetry Show and will be performing nonstop hours of slam styled poetry with them on Monday nights at the Lily Pad in Cambridge. He keeps busy by singularly organizing a visiting poets series, Contact Buzz. It is aimed at connecting aspiring college poets in the Boston area with more experienced poets in an informal and spirited atmosphere. He is also a member of Speak for Yourself, Boston University’s only performance poetry group. They have put on shows with themes ranging from community service to racial equality and also spoken at a local high school for national poetry month.
listen to me on IndieFeed Performance Poetry at:
http://www.indiefeedpp.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=122103
