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PJ as poems

LoveBoatAdmiralLoveBoatAdmiral Posts: 1,191
edited February 2010 in Words and Music...Communication
So I'm in this contemporary poetry class and the professor wants us to bring in examples of poems from rock songs. Which PJ song do you think stands best as a poem (spoken word, without music)?
2006- Boston I
2008- Boston I+II
2009- Toronto, Philly III+IV
2010- Bristow, Hartford, Boston, Newark
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  • Corey LynnCorey Lynn Posts: 681
    lukin


    If I knew where it was I would take you there. There's much more than this
  • ER182263ER182263 Posts: 67
    I'm open.
  • heidihiheidihi Posts: 114
    Hey I teach High School English and have used Parachutes.
    “The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” Mark Twain
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,688
    in my tree
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    Garden
  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,446
    man of the hour
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • HL286226HL286226 Posts: 2
    Wishlist!
  • PlanktonPlankton Posts: 692
    Wishlist
    Black
    Unemployable
    Elderly Woman
    Do the Evolution

    Would be my immediate choices I think.
  • verbtotrust4130verbtotrust4130 Posts: 52
    Around the Bend-- Beautiful.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Parting Ways
    Cropduster

    Might not be everybody's favorite Pearl Jam songs, but they are certainly among the most poetic. The first verse of Cropduster sounds like it could have been written by John Keats.

    W.M.A works well as a poem, too.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • barricuddabarricudda Posts: 7
    Oceans !!!
  • NoCode96NoCode96 Posts: 12
    1) W.M.A
    2) IN MY TREE
    3) WHO YOU ARE
    4) I'M OPEN (THIS ONE ACTUALLY IS A POEM)
    5) MAN OF THE HOUR
    6) AROUND THE BEND
    7) TREMOR CHRIST
    8) BLACK
    9) WISHLIST
    10) LAST EXIT
  • StonerladyStonerlady Posts: 240
    Black was actually my first idea.
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    Soon Forget
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    present tense
    in my tree
    i got shit

    i'm open
    I'm still here


    sometimes


    i think there are a bunch that work as just poetry.
    Peace, Love.

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  • verbtotrust4130verbtotrust4130 Posts: 52
    Black for sure..... I read a post by a teacher in another thread and he said he used it to teach poetry to his high school or middle school students.
  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Posts: 1,189
    Off He Goes
    In My Tree
    Love Boat Captain
    Immortality
  • Got a hard hard headGot a hard hard head Posts: 638
    Thumbing My Way
    It's gonna be a glorious day...
  • acrossssSsssshitttacrossssSsssshittt Posts: 1,014
    it's not a title of one of their songs, but the following line from Tremor Christ ...

    "believe in lies... to get by..."

    as for song titles... "all those yesterdays"


    and "parting ways"
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