PJ as poems

LoveBoatAdmiral
LoveBoatAdmiral 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 Lynn
    Corey Lynn Posts: 681
    lukin


    If I knew where it was I would take you there. There's much more than this
  • ER182263
    ER182263 Posts: 67
    I'm open.
  • heidihi
    heidihi 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
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
    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.....”
  • Dissidentman
    Dissidentman Posts: 15,381
    Garden
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    man of the hour
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • HL286226
    HL286226 Posts: 2
    Wishlist!
  • Plankton
    Plankton Posts: 692
    Wishlist
    Black
    Unemployable
    Elderly Woman
    Do the Evolution

    Would be my immediate choices I think.
  • verbtotrust4130
    verbtotrust4130 Posts: 52
    Around the Bend-- Beautiful.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff 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
  • barricudda
    barricudda Posts: 7
    Oceans !!!
  • NoCode96
    NoCode96 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
  • Stonerlady
    Stonerlady Posts: 240
    Black was actually my first idea.
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    Soon Forget
  • the wolf
    the 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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  • verbtotrust4130
    verbtotrust4130 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.
  • MysteryTrain
    MysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Off He Goes
    In My Tree
    Love Boat Captain
    Immortality
  • Got a hard hard head
    Got a hard hard head Posts: 638
    Thumbing My Way
    It's gonna be a glorious day...
  • acrossssSsssshittt
    acrossssSsssshittt 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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