To Langston in Cleveland (by Brian Dorsey) - video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdHbQTr-Whs


"To Langston in Cleveland" (c) 2008 by Brian Dorsey

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

Brian Dorsey is a Cleveland poet currently residing in Austria

* * * * *

Recommended volumes featuring work by Langston Hughes include:

     

 
Trackbacks
  • Trackbacks are closed for this post.
Comments

  • 4/8/2009 8:35 AM susan renee wrote:
    I like it! thanks for sharing!
    Reply to this
    1. 4/8/2009 10:53 AM Jesus Crisis wrote:
      Thank you, Susan!
      Reply to this
      1. 4/8/2009 10:58 AM Jesus Crisis wrote:

        Christina M. Brooks
         Christina M. Brooks at 8:23am April 8
        Not heard him before thanks.

        Mike Finley
         Mike Finley at 9:33am April 8
        Nice video, good poet.

        John Burroughs
         John Burroughs at 10:06am April 8
        Thank you, Susan, Christina and Mike! I suspect you all already know this. But I'd like to mention for those who might not that the last line in Brian's poem is an allusion to Hughes' "The Weary Blues":


        Reply to this
  • 4/9/2009 5:24 PM Brian Dorsey wrote:
    Dear JC,

    Thanks for putting me and this poem on the Web. I've written to the Ward 6 councilperson, the Cleveland Landmarks Commission and Frank Jackson's Task Force about trying to save or commemorate the house on East 86th, but Cleveland certainly has more pressing problems and higher priorities.
    I wish you all the best and look forward to seeing you the next time I'm around.

    Brian
    Reply to this
    1. 4/10/2009 4:17 AM Jesus Crisis wrote:
      Thank you, Brian!  I very much like your poem and am pleased to have captured you reading it on film.  I'm also grateful for your advocating the saving of Hughes' last surviving Cleveland residence - a very worthy cause.  I look forward to seeing you again as well. 

      Peace and best wishes,
      John, aka JC
      Reply to this
Leave a comment

 Name

 Email (will not be published)

 Website

Your comment is 0 characters limited to 3000 characters.