"You can't outrun the holy ghost..." (by Mitch Sisskind)

Oral presentation is so important and so few poets in our day have mastered it. Why, for example, are there poetry readings instead of poetry recitations? I'm as guilty as anyone -- i don't know any of my meager oeuvre by heart, not have i ever tried to study the classical techniques of rhetoric offered by Quintilian and others. Perhaps for that very reason I so admire people who can present with power, and some of my favorites are gospel preachers. For example:

Jimmy Swaggart:

The late comedian Sam Kinison connects with his roots:

The great Aimee Semple McPherson looked pretty hot in the 1930s:

And just for all you kitten fans, join the 650,000 who have viewed this one:

Comments

[Laura Orem]

That Aimee Semple McPherson had style. Was this before or after she disappeared with her boyfriend, then claimed to have been abducted by Mexicans?

Thanks for the kittens, too. You can't see too many kitten videos.