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What do we think of the poet Ocean Vuong?

>> No.15156909

>>15156897
his poetry is trash but that book was pretty good

>> No.15156952

>>15156897

Danez Smith does it better

>> No.15157095

>>15156897
This nigga named Ocean hahah oh no no no

>> No.15157185

>won a pushcart prize at 26
what am i doing with my life

>> No.15157739

>>15157095
why do white people on this site pretend to be black?

>> No.15157747

That nighas gay

>> No.15157763

>>15157739
why do young men on this site pretend to be ladies? get me outta here!

>> No.15158349

>>15157185
he won because he’s a faggy twink who’s teacher is one of the foremost tastemakers in contemporary publishing. dont sweat it anon.

>> No.15158540

>>15158349
Based

>> No.15158641

I don't say this glibly, but he is a true faggot in every sense of the word

>> No.15158766

>>15158349
>twink
He is just a fugly skelly

>> No.15158806

Daily reminder that unrhymed poetry is not poetry

>> No.15158915

>>15156897
i may be an inveterate riceburner but he's fucking ugly and looks like a trannyqueer

no thank you

>> No.15158946

>>15157739
Why do black people gravitate en masse to white countries and then loathe white peiple categorically?

>> No.15159781

>>15158349
he also won a mccarthur genius grant at like 30 so it isn't all lerner.

not jealous of the quality of his poetry. probably what i hate about lyric poetry. but i admire his work ethic. this guy's published everywhere major.

>> No.15159805

>>15158946
Unbelievably based

>> No.15160540

>>15156897
>twink
>named ocean
>liked by the establishment

>> No.15160561

>>15159781
if he was published because he was good, it would be enviable, but he is published because of who he knows and who he is (gay asian dude)

>> No.15160571
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15160571

Here are some of Ocean's prizewinning lyrics:

>i could eat you, he said, brushing my cheek with his knuckles
>maybe the tongue is also a pin, I'm gonna lose it when Whitney Houston dies
>a pillaged village is a fine example of perfect rhyme, he said that, he was white, or maybe i was just beside myself next to him
>i forgot his name by heart
>i wonder what it feels like to move at the speed of thirst

>> No.15160994

>>15160561
cope

>> No.15160996

>>15160571
that is some cringe poetry

>> No.15161000

>>15160571
>>i forgot his name by heart
>>i wonder what it feels like to move at the speed of thirst
oh no no no

>> No.15161143

>>15160561
Seething

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15161222

>>15160571
>i wonder what it feels like to move at the speed of thirst

>> No.15161246

>>15160571
https://youtu.be/1u3o615KRog?t=287
holy horse shit

>> No.15161274

>>15161246
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>> No.15161288

Bat in the soup
With translucent wings
Flapping, then goes still.
My utensil has punctured
His torso
The hole lets me look
into a World in making.
Slurping time.

>> No.15161376

>>15161246
>monotone delivery
>softly-spoken
>long pauses for effect, even in the midst of sentences
If I did this with my grocery shopping list I bet it would sound profound too. Why are these people so afraid of any expression that isn't one-note?

>> No.15161476

>>15156897
Shite, this guy is from my country.