YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SDUU6GtquR4
Previous: Kaveh Akbar reads "Enough Food and a Mom"
Next: Leah Umansky reads "Meet the Boss, joseph"

Categories

Statistics

View count:3,589
Likes:569
Comments:31
Duration:00:58
Uploaded:2020-05-22
Last sync:2024-10-19 02:00
Hari Kondabolu reads a poem written by his brother, Ashok Kondabolu aka Dapwell, titled "Ticker".

If you’re a US citizen and want to have a voice in your government, check out our 2020 guide for How To Vote In Every State:
https://www.youtube.com/howtovoteineverystate
https://youtu.be/9j5BUZSTAu8

Brought to you by Complexly, The Poetry Foundation, and poet Paige Lewis. Learn more: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/

11 issues of Poetry, subscribe today for $20: https://poetrymagazine.org/OursPoetica

Follow us elsewhere for the full Ours Poetica experience:
twitter.com/ourspoeticashow
instagram.com/ourspoeticashow
facebook.com/ourspoeticashow

#poetry #ourspoetica
My name is Hari Kondabolu and I'll be reading a poem by my brother Ashok Kondabolu called "Ticker".  I love this poem.  It's deconstructive, um, it's silly, it's honest.  It's very much my brother's style.

Ticker

The heart must
tire of being a
metaphor for 
our dreams and 
desires

on top of all the
other work it does.

Let it pass the
baton to the 
gallbladder or
spleen

so it can pump 
and beat in
peace

and keep us going
without the added 
pressure of all
our bullshit.