Joshua Bennett "Balaenoptera"
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- čas přidán 3. 01. 2012
- Collaboration with YinandYang.com, yinnyang.co.uk. Filmed by @OlanCollardy of Cardy Films. Joshua Bennett performing "Baleanoptera"
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As the years go by I keep coming back to this poem. Its legendary in my mind
Same
No lies told
6 years I’ve been listening to this piece. “Maybe love is a club, that we both got in for free”
I'm here again after 10 years
Found this poem when I was 15, fell in love and here I am at 25 still loving it. My favorite poem ever ❤❤
Your 27 now, welcome back 🎉
I remember hearing this in 2012. Went to bed listening to it and pretty much know it by heart. whew.
This poem changed my life and I swear after hearing this - I decided to stop doing myself a disservice with settling for something because it was convenient or because it was the only option. This poem was a part of my journey in waiting for God's best for me.
Two years later and it is still touching life and reminding me of the beauty of love
Tonyette White That is an amazing gift
This is still such a wildly important piece to me. I've never been able to get it out of my head. Maybe it's stuck swirling in my soul, I don't know. But thank you.
Came back after all these years, so glad I saved it.
Listening to this again 9 years later feels amazing on my spirit.
Or ask God, If I could borrow the breeze for just a moment, and blow the shoreline of every beach into a giant hourglass made just for us, and say THIS, is how long I will adore the things about you that no one else even notices.
one of the best parts. love that line
Roe Mthunzi ok kkkkkkkkkk
Not one thing is sad in this poem, yet I cry. It's the utter beauty and honesty that clothes each and every word and the deep down desire to find someone one day that will be as willing to love all of me, as the man in this poem...
I've watched this video so many times. This is my absolute favorite video. This is the love I can't wait to have. ♥
Stopped by to listen to my favorite poem in the whole world. I anticipate each line like I never heard it before. Still get chills multiple times as he speaks. Still reach for the replay button.
Years later and still one of my favorite poems
"And maybe love is a club, that we both got into for free. And we just haven't stop dancing for all these decades cause we really like the music in here"
2020... this video randomly popped in my head.
Amazing ♥️
As beautiful as it was in 2012
This always makes me cry.
“i dreamt of you nightly; hunted for your smile in every audience that i broke for. hoping that i could literally steal a glance; download it onto my retinas; and replay the moment our eyes first played freeze tag. and neither one of us wanted to stop being it; so we just kept on touching; hoping that father time would just give a hall pass. and allow us to orbit one another forever..”
the images in my head. thanks joshua.
Joshua Bennett is my all time favorite. I remember seeing this a little over a year ago. I really wish these poets from the Strivers Row were put into our English books. Every word he speaks is pure beauty and sounds like a symphony
This made my very little, fist-sized heart skip several beats... One day I will be that girl for someone too :). Joshua my man you are blessed with a gift that makes total strangers feel like they've known each other for an eternity...
I alwayz wished I was talented enough to write beautiful poems like this. I will just have to settle for this bc this is one of the most amazing poets I have ever heard. So blessed.
I’ll always come back here
Each year I come back to watch this. #Legendary
He was born with a gift forged by circumstance and refined by creative presence. He has the ability to make poets dream again, and continue to inspire artists to keep writing. If no one else, he has inspired me..
It ended too quickly. I wasn't ready.
I still love this. 7 years later. I’m still in love
he makes me fall in love when I listen to his poetry
Yeeeesss Josh, you are simply amazing!! I've been following you and Alysia and Britney Wilson, since seeing all of you on Brave New Voices. I like everyone else I'm sure was just overwhelmed with talent, soulfullness, deep feelings and the love you all have for the Spoken Word. I stopped writing years ago and needless to say you all have inspired me to stop wasting my God-given gift and start again. Bless yall.
i just binged the title to find out what it meant and it made me love this poem all the more....
Balaenoptera is a genus of Balaenopteridae, the Rorqual whales, and contains eight species. The species Balaenoptera omurai was published in 2003. Balaenoptera is the most diverse genus of its family, the only other member being the Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae.
Still one of the most beautiful poems I've ever heard
Thank you Spordy for sending me here. I probably would've never found this guy, thank God I did.
I've been watching this video since 8 years ago. One of my all time favorites⚘
My favorite poem… I’ve listened to this over 100 times
A friend recommended this to me after hearing my poetry. I remembered, and this is amazing.
First time i listened to this poem, i believed in pure love. Unfortunately, there is very few of us who would experience this no matter how much we wished or worked for it. It takes just one terrible choice or judgement of character to fall into the hands of broken people who rip the innocence away from you. Goodluck to those who find it. There are far tol many people with horrible childhood to have this beauty spread around.
every time I watch this I burst out in tears & and my heart breaks why does this have to be so beautiful and why don't more guys think like this
Breath taking
Wow..... totally speechless. ..!!!
Always a pleasure, Josh.
the perfect amalgamation of words.
Since like 2013, this poem lives rent free in my mind.
I learned it off by heart for the first girl I actually fell in love with. A girl I haven't spoken to in years but a moment in history I wouldn't trade for a single thing.
And it's crazy cause now I am actually writing this comment being an ocean away from my family, yet the first time I heard this, I was in high-school
I listened to this when you first posted it. This is my definition of love,m. I recite it by heart. I share it often. I listen to it often. Thank you. Even 7 years later. Thank you.
"Ask god, could I borrow the breeze just for a moment and blow the shore line of every beach into a gaint hour glass made just for us and say THIS is how long I will adore the things about you that no one even notices...." smh amazing to me
Still one of my favorite poems of all time! When he says the last line... I get chills every single time!
2024 and this poem still legendary. 🔥
I can damn near recite this word for word, I've listened to it so much.
This is poetic justice
This is quite beautiful. First time I heard this I got goosebumps...If the world would share this kind of true love... WE'd have far less sadness. Truthfully beautiful!
This is so beautiful.
I love this!!
Absolutely stunning!
I can't get enough of it !
absolutely amazing
you are so amazing. There are no words for this.
This is so beautiful. I don't understand why anyone would give a thumbs down
Beautiful!!
breathtakingly beautiful!!
Absolutely wonderful.
And then there were tears in my eyes. I love this so much!
ypur voice is so smooth.. i love it.. ive listen to this poem multiple times..
I'm in love 😍😍😍
beautiful Josh. Glad to see you are growing.
What a piece❤
Beautiful.
gorgeous. each words. thank you.
goodness me. I just had an eargasm(if that's even a word) for the first time, this is what being a wordsmith is about. *shivers*
why is it that everytime ilisten to his poetry ifall inlove with him all over again. I get this giddy feeling that makes me happy for days. Ooooh how iwish icould listen to him all day. :)
so beautiful
So beautiful...
I have watched this 5 times and still can't get enough of it, such deeply beautiful words *single tear*
Beautiful...
You caught my eye on fb just had to check out your Poem. How your Poem is incredible brings joy back into a broken heart. Awesome!
This is so incredibly beautiful. You never cease to amaze me.
Simply amazing.
Beautiful. Poetic genius.
this is beautiful
I love this so much!
Officially A Fan.
Loved It.
Joshua man... No words...
i love his giggle
Wow, what a beautiful and inspiring piece.
I love this video
This is simply breathtaking. Thank you.
everything about this is perfect.
Your words make my heart smile! Thank you!
Lost count of how many times I have listened to this poem. Love it
Amazing, the beauty and depth of his words brought a tear to my eye.....officially engaged by his words, can't wait to hear more xx
He never fails... Beautiful
wow amazing poem. Lovely words
This is so awesome!
Joshua.....we are in awe!!!
OMG this is just lovely
No words... Just thoughts & prayers yo.
Just, keep blessing us w/ words Joshua.
Damn.
Balaenoptera is the genus of rorqual whale species, including the largest animals of all time: the Blue whale, the Fin whale, Sei Whale, Brydes whale and others. Inspiring animals, so much so that this poem takes their name as its title
That just melted me into joyful pieces..
this is my favourite thing in the world 💖
10 years later still reminiscing about the first time i heard these piece on twitter when i was doing my 12th grade
Love the instrumentation! This is fantastic.
Breathtaking. This is just so beautiful, how much passion he put into this
ive watched this over 20x replayed it in my hear double that & attempted to write with such conviction more than I can account for & all I can say is must be nice to have found your balaenoptera
AMAZING
"...And saying with JOY, I am saving ALL DIS BEAUTY for a man I have NEVER EVEN met.. Did you ever doubt? Ever sit in your door room & dink mayb ur soul-mate had chosen sum1 else, a lot more boring but a lot less picky then you & opted for the easy way out of a life with a life FILLED with love..." Tears streamed down like a flood at this part.. @ 21 and still believing for THAT ONE I'v never seen, convinced that God is busy molding him as He is with me.. I STILL believe that u OUT THERE..