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Flynn Communicates Art at
Methodist
JOHN ARNOLD
Editor-in-Chief
And yes my friends, the muse has
huided. Aftera long trip away, she h;is come
to visit tiiroiigli one exti^;mely original voice.
I had lost all faith in poetiy, but on Friday,
November 25th. througli the wit, wisdom,
and humor of poet, author, and rock star,
Keitli FIvm 1 have regiiined my love.
A humble man, Flynn stepped to
the podium ;uid thanked the audience for
coming out to see “some shaggy' poet.” Mis
voice w;\s aisty, like ;m old blues singer. Mis
jet black hair pulled back ijito a pony tail
touching tlie small of his back. Hynn took to
the audience like iui appendage. He belted
out line filter line in mystic ambiance as both
professoB ;md students clung to their seats
tiying not to be blown away by the sheer
intensity of liis words.
Closing his eyes softly, Fl>iin often
broke out into song before re;tding a poem.
It was with pure emotion Hy nn began har
monizing the l\iics;
“Ain't no sunshine when she’s
gone... "’as cin introduction to his |X)werful
love poem,Z)/rw//i Trail. Flynn is no Byron,
however. The topics of his poetr}' nmged
trom politiail to cibstrad to personal, llynn's
|Xiem, The Sea et War of Art, seemed to
convey who he is iis a poet. Witli lines such
as:
“Finding your own stor\- is like tr\'-
ing to chimge a tire under water...’"
Flynn unveils the complex nature
of the most sti'aightforwaid line. Rynn’s po
etry reads almost like a stor)-. Me fills the
reader’s imaginiition witli consequentid ad-
photo by John Arnold
Flynn takes time to sign a fan's book.
photo by John Arnold
Flynn reads his poetry and thanks the
audience for listening to some shaggy
poet,
jectives that convey a central theme with
hundiedsof underlyingmeiurings.
Flynn feels it is the poet's job to
"communicate art.” He stiessed the neces-
sit\- of finding ones own voice, ;uid making
poetr\- your own. Like a true poet. F-lynn
lemiiined off subject but on tiH'get. 1 le briefly
disaissed topics ranging from the cunent war
in Iraq to the rap group NWA. and the ef
fects they have had on contemponuy po
etry. Flynn w;is so p;issiomte wlien he spoke
that it Wcis often hind to differentiate whetlier
he was lecuiiing or just writing a poem out
loud, in iiny aise. Flynn is a being of inspira
tion. a man of motivation, iind a poet of dec-
kiration; we should all be thankful tlie nuLse
hiis decided to land on his shoulders and
speak her words tlirougli his voice.
Rynn is a native of Asheville. NC.
imd tlie author of three collections of poetiv
including The TalkingDnutu The Book Of
Monsters, and The Tost Sea. Hynn
works as managing editor of the
Asheville Poetry Review, a literaiy
review which he also founded in 1W.
[■'or many years Flynn recorded and
toured with his rock band “'llie Ciys-
t;il Zoo.’’ For the previous 65 days be
fore coming to Methodist fly nn toui ed
such colleges as Harvard mid Brown
reading his poetiy and promoting his
new' CD, Nervous Spleiulor, a spo
ken word and musical compilation.
Flynn spends an average of 2(X^) days
a year touring the country- reading his
poetry. We iue very luck>' he decided
to make a stop at MC.
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