The Rabbit (by Christopher Franke) - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bcnk_eH8BU
"The Rabbit" by Christopher Franke, used with his permission
Read by the author during the Deep Cleveland Poetry Hour
at Borders Books in Strongsville, Ohio, 8 August 2008
Camera & editing by John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis
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To watch Christopher Franke's entire deep cleveland featured reading, visit
http://crisisblog.crisischronicles.com/2008/09/15/deep-cleveland-poetry-15-august-2008-with-christopher-franke.aspx
Cleveland poet Christopher Franke is founder of Deciduous Press and author of collections
including (but not limited to) Paren's Thesis, frankeana/miscellangy, Routines, and =5
For more Franke poetry see the Cleveland Poetry Archive, ArtCrimes, The City Poetry 5, and





I listend to this several times. Very powerful poem, Christopher... Two thumbs up!!
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It's one of my favorite Franke poems! Thanks, Geri!
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Very cool poem.
Nice job John on the edit.
I think you've got it covered from here.
Keep up the great work.
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Thanks, Ken! I'm dreadfully behind on all the videos I want to post (this one's from August) - but I love doing them. You, however, are the master of both quality and quickness.
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I liked what I heard.. but honestly had trouble with the sound quality.. he drops his voice a little.. at alomst the end of each other line. and mr hearing is not what it once was..
is there a way to see a text version of the poem? Thanks
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Christopher prefers to go without a microphone. That makes for a more intimate reading in person, but is not so convenient for a video. Fortunately I was up close, which made that less a problem than it might have been. You can read the text Franke's "The Rabbit" in Smith's ArtCrimes 4 . Click the link and scroll to near the bottom.
http://www.agentofchaos.com/a04_poems.html
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Thanks for the link.. :-)
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You're welcome!
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I was so impressed with all of Franke's poems that night but really loved this one.
Thanks for posting this.
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You're welcome, Pinky! Thank you!
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