Kaveh Akbar - Every Drunk Wants to Die Sober It's How We Beat The Game

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Kaveh Akbar, performing at Inside Voices in Minneapolis.
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  • @Balanc3
    @Balanc35 жыл бұрын

    "I have always been a tangle of tongue & pretty want" 🔥🔥🔥 Powerful.

  • @bushra2179
    @bushra21795 жыл бұрын

    The body movements are mesmerising. Like hypnosis

  • @shefalipati8485
    @shefalipati84855 жыл бұрын

    Purdue is so lucky to have you

  • @amirahalkinani9785
    @amirahalkinani97855 жыл бұрын

    I want to be on here one day ..

  • @Balanc3

    @Balanc3

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me 3!!!

  • @sarahanonymous3770
    @sarahanonymous37705 жыл бұрын

    I hope that my dad and sister will, MANY years from now, "win the game".

  • @FranklyK
    @FranklyK5 жыл бұрын

    Kaveh Akbar is one of my favorite living poets ! this was amazing~

  • @mollymattingly1459
    @mollymattingly14595 жыл бұрын

    Such a big fan of his! Loved seeing this!

  • @sd4908
    @sd49085 жыл бұрын

    Forever one of my favorites

  • @fatimasalmansiddiqui1182
    @fatimasalmansiddiqui11825 жыл бұрын

    Been trying to understand Kaveh's poetry since a while but somehow it just goes over my head >.

  • @grouchandbrainstorm
    @grouchandbrainstorm5 жыл бұрын

    It's so good...when the poetry hits your lips, it's so good! Thanks

  • @senpaisun7234
    @senpaisun72345 жыл бұрын

    beautiful

  • @malsawmtluangikhawlhring
    @malsawmtluangikhawlhring5 жыл бұрын

    Damn , its good from the body movement to the tone of his voice .... 🤘🏻

  • @iamapersontoo7619
    @iamapersontoo76195 жыл бұрын

    Damn dude, you did that. Love the peom and how you make your pain sound beautiful 🌻👏💦

  • @laylaoliveira9869
    @laylaoliveira98695 жыл бұрын

    does anyone have Akbar's contact? I'm a college student at Brasil and I'm translating his poems to portuguese, cause I think they are amazing and I want more people to be able read, but I didn't find his email or number

  • @JuanOlfe
    @JuanOlfe5 жыл бұрын

    I love the poem, am rather distracted by the purposeless body movements

  • @pachucosalinas210
    @pachucosalinas2104 жыл бұрын

    Patetic !!!

  • @wickedmessenger1
    @wickedmessenger15 жыл бұрын

    Great poet but a bad case of "poet voice." It's distracting and affected.

  • @chewycactus

    @chewycactus

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol I know EXACTLY what you mean

  • @12359208

    @12359208

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ginsberg came alive,😮

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