Jimmy Santiago Baca - I Am Offering This Poem
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Celebrated poet Jimmy Santiago Baca reads I Am Offering This Poem from his 1979 collection Immigrants in Our Own Land.
Shot by Gabriel Baca for A Place to Stand's 2012 Kickstarter campaign.
A Place to Stand is a feature length documentary about how started writing poetry in Arizona State Prison. It is based on his best-selling memoir of the same name.
A Place to Stand is slated for release in 2014.
www.aplacetosta...
this is a true man, excepting pain he doesn't deserve, giving what little he has, striving to do better, and to give more.
I admire his self sacrifice
-Georgia
Who can close eyes...listen...and not cry?
Me
Jimmy is a one of kind GEM....This is a good man who has been to hell and back and yet has the Sweetest, Loving, Soul..
Thank you, Jimmy. From the bottom of my heart. Your love is giving me strength for the future - 20 year old man from Denmark.
ur 24 now
Simple yet powerful. Brilliant.
I am offering this poem to you,
since I have nothing else to give.
Keep it like a warm coat
when winter comes to cover you,
or like a pair of thick socks
the cold cannot bite through,
I love you,
I have nothing else to give you,
so it is a pot full of yellow corn
to warm your belly in winter,
it is a scarf for your head, to wear
over your hair, to tie up around your face,
I love you,
Keep it, treasure this as you would
if you were lost, needing direction,
in the wilderness life becomes when mature;
and in the corner of your drawer,
tucked away like a cabin or hogan
in dense trees, come knocking,
and I will answer, give you directions,
and let you warm yourself by this fire,
rest by this fire, and make you feel safe
I love you,
It’s all I have to give,
and all anyone needs to live,
and to go on living inside,
when the world outside
no longer cares if you live or die;
remember,
I love you.
thanks!
Much Love and respect to you Mr. Baca - your words have enlightened the fire in me to believing in myself and helping others
I stumbled on A Place to Stand and finished reading it at work. I couldn't contain the emotions it stirred deep in my heart. I just lost my father and the question of forgiveness was what I was faced with in the end. Anger met no match with the finality of Ernie's death and the healing power of forgiving and being forgiven.
Mr. Baca, thank you.
one ot the greatest poems
I like this poem very much. It is very beautiful.
I love this poem, such simplicity.
Thank you brother. I'm only sorry I've never seen this until now.
shouts from chicago
That is so beautiful
Beautiful, brother.
who else is here from school
Beautiful.
I have to recite this poem for my poetry contest with my twin wish me luck
I'm thanking you from my heart for your beautiful poetry.
Lenore Buirgy
Loved it
Those words hit the heart like a rejection from the oposite sex. The words I love you are deep and can cut thought any feeling any bad mood one might be experiencing. I must say I love you.
9.4/10
Chingon!
-Ø
See this comment Mr.Ammar 😂😂