Lamar Jorden - "Waiting For Someone" video free download


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Duration: 03:41
Uploaded: 2011/05/30

Poem by Lamar Jorden (formerly known as Tha Trufe), speaking on a conversation had with a homeless Army veteran in Seattle.

Lamar Jorden is a writer, poet, emcee, and performer from Chicago's west side. He is a multiple winner of Louder Than a Bomb, the Chicagoland youth poetry festival, which is the largest youth poetry festival on earth, and starred in the 2010 documentary of the same name, which covered the 2008 festival. He earned victories in the Emcee Olympics competition both at Louder Than a Bomb and Brave New Voices in 2009, and has shared the stage with well-renown poets such as Staceyann Chin, Saul Williams, Queen GodIs, Shannon Matesky, Kevin Coval, Idris Goodwin, and many others.

Comments

9 years ago

Crystal Williams

❤️

9 years ago

Marchelle C

amazing. Thank you for this, took the words out of my mouth. Brings me grief every time I walk the streets of DC. keep on.

9 years ago

Justin Smith

Dear Lamar Jordan,I just want you to know that that was the most moving thing I have ever heard. I have so many friends who's minds and souls have been destroyed in battle. One survived an IED explosion and was sent home with PTSD that makes him shake at night and collapse from loud noises into a ball on the floor. Another friend, a spotter for a sniper team and a hummer 50cal gunner, is on 5 prescriptions just to numb the flash backs and visions of flying limbs and the red mist that disappears against a dessert sunset but never from his memory. Haunted by the people he killed in the name of a war he hardly understood. By the dead brothers he drug out of an ambushed building. His Medal of Honor a badge of the things he regrets he did and his Purple Heart a reminder that he was the only one to survive when he believes he shouldn't have. And the worst part is that no one speaks for these men or tells their stories. And you did just that. Thank you. 

9 years ago

Zay Speaks

Amazing

9 years ago

Tyneisha Thomas

wow that was amazing... I got goose bumps

10 years ago

Shatika Gray

Wow I'm in tears so love this... great job

10 years ago

TruthLoverofgod

das poetry 

10 years ago

Chimi Rinzy Dema

"There's a poem scratching at the insides of my soul waiting for me to tell his story"

10 years ago

Nadia Josephina

Absolutely Beautiful

10 years ago

PoeDarkPoetry

wow powerful performance! Now this is art !

10 years ago

hally abds

Beautilful!

10 years ago

Jermaine Jones

One if my favorite spoken words !! This is awesome bro 

10 years ago

Anisha Holden

tear shaped white flag .. beautiful

10 years ago

916alldai1

fucking beautiful

10 years ago

shanythianlea

thanks! i love it!

10 years ago

Brandon Bermea

Amazing.

10 years ago

Ankit Patel

This isn't related to your reply, I just wanted to compliment you on an incredible poem.

10 years ago

Michael Kennedy

Very well said. As a vet, it made me feel for my brothers who made it home to only find that they may never make it home.

10 years ago

sashani rodney

deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

10 years ago

Taiyonna Jordan

U r cute love the video

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