Harry Baker: A love poem for lonely prime numbers

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  • @hatmaker2
    @hatmaker2 7 років тому +211

    don't lie, "my name is harry baker, harry baker is my name, if your name was harry baker then our names would be the same." stuck more with u throughout the times more than the actually poetry

  • @PrincessaAnastasiya
    @PrincessaAnastasiya 9 років тому +178

    It makes me so happy to see number+word people. I was always of the latter company, but one of my friends was a math major who writes poetry and reads more books than anyone I know, and it's so nice to see people with passion and talent in both of these areas that society (or maybe science, I don't know) tends to keep separate. I hope that made sense :) This is brilliant.

    • @rsospring
      @rsospring 9 років тому +6

      The line between math in literature that was created by society is being blurred. When you break literature down like everything else it becomes numbers and the realization that writers are mathematicians and mathematicians are writers. It is all the same and the only difference is perception. Just look at natural language processing it's all about quantifying the qualitative.

    • @PrincessaAnastasiya
      @PrincessaAnastasiya 9 років тому +5

      Sebastian You're right, and as a writer/designer, I find blurring of disciples interesting in general, for instance art in cinema, storytelling through design forms, etc. the options are limitless, and it makes absolute sense to me, because these lines that draw divides between various areas are arbitrary and were constructed to help us differentiate and categorize the world. It reminds me of what you learn in drawing, or even postmodernist poetry. Rather than rely on the way language conditions the mind to separate visuals (an eye as a unit, for example, or an apple on a table, etc) you instead observe in colors, tones, shapes, and lines. Lessening bias in that way allows you to perceive moments when the white of an apple blurs into the glare on the table on which it is placed, etc.

    • @rsospring
      @rsospring 9 років тому +7

      exactly, I am a Computer scientists and the more i work the more i realize that everything is connected. For example i give you Pi within pi is every possible number and sequence that has ever been, is and will be. within one number (pi) you have every color,name,dna strand, element and much more. It all is connected and it amazes me that these divides still exists today and are even taught in schools.

  • @lovkive
    @lovkive 5 місяців тому +2

    i’ve been coming back to this for years and not once has this failed to put a smile on my face. what a guy!!!

  • @jayceldianneala9725
    @jayceldianneala9725 8 років тому +79

    EAPP11_REV2016
    This material has 3 poems. The first one is the Lonely Prime Numbers, the second is called the Paper-people and the Sunshine Kid. Harry Baker as said in the video is the grand slam poetry champion.
    It is really called poetry slam but this guy says his view why he called this slam poetry. So poetry slam/slam poetry is the competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they’re saying and how they’re saying it. There is another kind of expressing poetry if you may ask called open mike readings. Its is different from potery slam. Slam is engineered for the audience, whereas a number of open mike readings are engineered as a support network for poets. Slam is designed for the audience to react vocally and openly to all aspects of the show, including the poet’s performance, the judges’ scores, and the host’s banter.
    Harry baker is a great poet I must say. At the very beginning, the way he introduced himself is not what you would expect, It's just not ordinary. Well I am not new to this poetry slam. We have that in the Philippines and we call it "Spoken Words". Harry baker is the counterpart of Juan Miguel Severo here in the Philippines. The difference is that , Harry Baker's poems gives you hope. It talks about how can people be great in their own little way.Juan Miguel Severo shows all the hatred and pain of the world. But as you can see Harry Baker i different,He loves people. He managed to show it. All of his three poems, the sunshine kid, the lonely prime numbers and even the paper people, they rise and give hope at the end. Some parts are bit funny but you can still feel the essence and the connection of that funny line to the entire poem. The way he put emphasis, there are fast spoken lines and there slow spoken. That's his emphasis. If you are into the poem you will notice your breathing go with how he spoke or brought the lines. When he is on the fast line I called, you probably hold your breath but then when he goes to the normal and slow spoken line you will release it and you yourself can feel the relief. He has this good connection in audience. He transfers the idea of his poem well and you can really feel it. After watching the three poems , you will realize how greaat people can be ad that there is the right time for everything.
    His poems always cheers me up. Listening to him makes me happy. His poems shows no boundaries.
    I like people too.

    • @triptirana205
      @triptirana205 6 років тому +3

      Jaycel Dianne Ala I just read what I was Feeling, Thanks!

    • @theeternalkhaos5906
      @theeternalkhaos5906 5 років тому

      Spoken word poetry isn't fucking endemic to the Philippines, idiot. I hate my own fucking country.

  • @IeagueofIegends
    @IeagueofIegends 9 років тому +33

    i'm typically not a poetry kind of guy but i couldn't help but watch this multiple times. 10/10

  • @PIXchAR
    @PIXchAR 9 років тому +30

    I can't stop listening to this, I just fell in love with these poems (especially 59 :) )!

  • @elizabethnguyen9721
    @elizabethnguyen9721 4 роки тому +19

    my husband and I heard this poem in high school and thought it was perfect for us. We are now getting 59 and 61 tattoed on us for our anniversary

    • @nat2057
      @nat2057 3 роки тому

      That is the most adorable thing I've ever heard of

    • @lovkive
      @lovkive 5 місяців тому

      oh my heartttt

  • @mhtinla
    @mhtinla 9 років тому +446

    FINALLY, A RAPPER WHO CAN COUNT.

    • @kaoutardaoudi2338
      @kaoutardaoudi2338 9 років тому

      Haha nice one

    • @mhtinla
      @mhtinla 9 років тому +1

      Kaoutar Daoudi How do you know? But thanks anyway ;-)

    • @EuroWynner
      @EuroWynner 9 років тому +1

      Harry is an active battler in the British rap battle league Don't Flop

    • @KirillSimin
      @KirillSimin 9 років тому +10

      A rapper that counts!

    • @novanymph8288
      @novanymph8288 8 років тому +1

      count dracula "ah ah ah"

  • @lilyygdgdgd8919
    @lilyygdgdgd8919 8 років тому +33

    when he is speaking about how he got to be champion after first poem he still speaks like he is reciting a poem :D

  • @TheLifeOfJess
    @TheLifeOfJess 2 роки тому +7

    What a joy to watch a creative genius passionately perform their work, in their unique way. I’ve watched this video a few times and it is so captivating and clever! X

  • @MedEighty
    @MedEighty 9 років тому +304

    Is he the real slim shady?

  • @XoxhibahxoX
    @XoxhibahxoX 9 років тому +160

    Anyone else have a slight crush on him?

    • @tapperbear7163
      @tapperbear7163 6 років тому +4

      Hibah Hassan me girl

    • @triptirana205
      @triptirana205 6 років тому +4

      Not slight I have a bigggggg one😍😄

    • @areeshaghazanfar4170
      @areeshaghazanfar4170 6 років тому +1

      Hibah Hassan ewwww

    • @francescakyanda9182
      @francescakyanda9182 6 років тому +4

      Of course

    • @heladuh9680
      @heladuh9680 6 років тому +3

      I've seen this guy and talked to him and he signed a piece of paper for me 😉 and I have a crush on him since

  • @drewpeter3105
    @drewpeter3105 Рік тому

    i come back every few months to show someone or just watch again. it’s just beautiful

  • @sarthakmishra6915
    @sarthakmishra6915 9 років тому +11

    oh harry
    u are a beauty
    maths +poetry =awesomeness overloaded

  • @AdrienneCasteleijn
    @AdrienneCasteleijn 9 місяців тому +1

    Harry you are a genius for sure. Thankyou for sharing your brilliant abilities with the few the happy few the band of brothers

  • @cocoafreak7
    @cocoafreak7 8 років тому +57

    This was beautiful oh my goodness

  • @360abdxyyzebd
    @360abdxyyzebd 6 років тому +3

    Amazing! His poem is mesmerizing! I like every word he said including “We are all stars at heart.” Thank you Harry for such inspirational poems!!!

  • @NwakammaChukwuka
    @NwakammaChukwuka 11 місяців тому

    I can't stop watching this

  • @swantinashakya3511
    @swantinashakya3511 9 років тому +8

    this man is brilliant

  • @NeiroAtOpelCC
    @NeiroAtOpelCC 9 років тому +37

    Paper people so deserves to be made into a Lowkey rap song

  • @TheGayStoic
    @TheGayStoic 9 років тому +10

    BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT!

  • @bv1303
    @bv1303 7 місяців тому +2

    Someone drop for this guy, this is fire 🔥

  • @alwaysuseless
    @alwaysuseless 9 років тому +21

    Judging from the comments so far, Harry Baker has found a way to get past people's poetry detection shields. Before turning to Chaucer or Shakespeare, Billy Collins might be an accessible poet worth turning to next. Just a suggestion. He's given talks on TED.
    59 and 61 are twin primes, because they're only 2 apart.
    But if they're twins, does that mean their love impetuous
    was also incestuous from the start?
    Ah so, it's hard to parse matters of the heart.

  • @ajbrown5805
    @ajbrown5805 9 років тому +4

    That was absolutely amazing and phenomenal in every way

  • @mtrozz
    @mtrozz 8 років тому +4

    This needs about 2 million more views

  • @sam_rags
    @sam_rags 6 років тому +3

    This made me smile. Love this thing so much wow

  • @madena1374
    @madena1374 9 років тому +4

    Love love love this!

  • @rileyboomer8627
    @rileyboomer8627 9 років тому +4

    Just might be the best poet ever. Literally

    • @lv-gl9dm
      @lv-gl9dm 8 років тому +1

      Yep. 👌🏻

    • @rileyboomer8627
      @rileyboomer8627 7 років тому

      Idk how old the source I just looked at it but according to the scourge he is the world slam poetry champion.

  • @muerpa
    @muerpa 9 років тому +3

    He got talent

  • @kcthewanderer
    @kcthewanderer 9 років тому +1

    Harry Baker: TED shines again.

  • @lalitaa5065
    @lalitaa5065 9 років тому +4

    This is literally one of my favourite poems. I replay it like a song☺️☺️☺️ it makes me so happy idky

  • @martinnm8276
    @martinnm8276 9 років тому +20

    Dude, I became you for some minutes. Poetry can reveal the gaze of humanity through time to life itself. Humor aswell. Great play, fantastic.

  • @kc3vv
    @kc3vv 9 років тому +3

    That's beautiful

  • @dmitriybm6459
    @dmitriybm6459 5 років тому +1

    You have an excellent sense of humor!

  • @ninamorrison51
    @ninamorrison51 9 років тому

    I loved the messages within each poem and he method of delivery was very good as well.

  • @Impulze08
    @Impulze08 9 років тому +14

    big up Harry Baker haha
    check out his battle raps if you ain't seen them already. great poet and wordsmith
    DFAFD

  • @wardiya3226
    @wardiya3226 9 років тому +3

    Lovely poems!!

  • @lizbrown
    @lizbrown 9 років тому +2

    Brilliant! Love it. Made me smile.

  • @MsOtisRegrets1
    @MsOtisRegrets1 9 місяців тому +1

    Love it

  • @princeberyanah4172
    @princeberyanah4172 8 років тому +3

    awesome poem Harry makes me to start using some of his poems as my status and some as my way of making people listening to what I want to take as an advise to them

  • @justintai8725
    @justintai8725 9 років тому +1

    Wonderful and inspiring! Thank you.

  • @StrangerYann
    @StrangerYann 9 років тому +2

    Mate Ure a brand of awesome I had no idea even existed. Super wicked, thx 4 showin us Ur stuff, pretty mind-blowing and awe-inspiring, U have ridiculous mad skills bro!

  • @petermorris7812
    @petermorris7812 9 років тому +28

    I hate poetry, but this starts amazing and gets better

    • @roltthehunter
      @roltthehunter 9 років тому +6

      How can you hate poetry its so vast and beautiful. Its like hating music, i can understand hating a type of music but not all music as a blanket sentiment. Try the button poetry channel on youtube you my find something. Poetry insights and inspires

    • @lv-gl9dm
      @lv-gl9dm 8 років тому +1

      Personally, I'm not a big fan of slow, flowery poetry (like Shakespeare) but slam poetry resonates in exactly the right way, so here I am

  • @ellagantman1577
    @ellagantman1577 8 років тому +3

    I memorized paper people and can say it faster than him. Lol but he performs it better than I ever could

  • @perrykitten310
    @perrykitten310 9 років тому +7

    59 ❤️

  • @Deskmadeofwheat
    @Deskmadeofwheat 9 років тому +4

    I think I'm in love.

  • @ChrisUhlik
    @ChrisUhlik 9 років тому +26

    Harry Baker + Vi Hart
    imagine that

    • @minimooster7258
      @minimooster7258 4 роки тому

      That would be an amazing time

    • @minimooster7258
      @minimooster7258 4 роки тому

      This was 5 years ago, but I think your sentiment was right

  • @HeresVivian
    @HeresVivian 9 років тому +1

    Mind blowing

  • @iqrahassan8287
    @iqrahassan8287 5 років тому +2

    you are odd.
    you are an odd one.
    God is odd and one.
    what a twist of numbers and what a poem! cheers mate!

  • @cameroonbeauty4ever
    @cameroonbeauty4ever 9 років тому +2

    Good job!

  • @TheSuperseppe
    @TheSuperseppe 9 років тому

    THAT WAS THE BEST POEM EVER

  • @aweinfinitebliss
    @aweinfinitebliss 11 місяців тому

    Woooo..... People People Ple. I LOVE PEOPLE. Woo Harry. Amazing

  • @techno4lifeish825
    @techno4lifeish825 9 років тому

    this person is AWESOME!!!

  • @siglmgga
    @siglmgga 9 років тому +2

    too bad craptions here and not Quality CC - come on YT/Google- we know you care, we know you too can speed up quality and/or at least not publish until each one (yes, the millions) use edited corrected CC that you provide for...just do it please.

  • @Rookie_Rockounding
    @Rookie_Rockounding 9 років тому

    Brilliant!

  • @jerryauvagha
    @jerryauvagha 6 років тому

    Man, you're a wizard

  • @dmitriybm6459
    @dmitriybm6459 5 років тому +1

    Wonderful! My only suggestion is that this video should be split into sections for each poem.

  • @Pakam3
    @Pakam3 9 років тому +2

    That was great!!! Let's hear more! :)

  • @ExtraordinaryDreamer
    @ExtraordinaryDreamer 9 років тому

    Brilliant.

  • @prob_io7299
    @prob_io7299 5 років тому

    He's fucking brilliant!

  • @hayleyjenkins9106
    @hayleyjenkins9106 6 років тому

    I love prime numbers now

  • @abhi5a
    @abhi5a 9 років тому +2

    bravo

  • @NeluMbingu
    @NeluMbingu 9 років тому

    I love this guys!!!!

  • @NobeGamingOfficial
    @NobeGamingOfficial 9 років тому

    Awesome....

  • @thatthing1000
    @thatthing1000 9 років тому +4

    Amazing

  • @Urudrim
    @Urudrim 9 років тому +4

    disappointed about the sound echo. come on ted!

  • @niknavani6091
    @niknavani6091 9 років тому +15

    "But I'm not a rapper"

  • @just.kaisey
    @just.kaisey 2 роки тому

    my teacher showed my class this and most of us were laughing at the introduction 💀

  • @1tayrha
    @1tayrha 9 років тому

    Just great! :-)

  • @eralpsahin
    @eralpsahin 9 років тому +2

    Can please somebody explain why it is filmed 2014 february but uploaded youtube new?

    • @Rebumai
      @Rebumai 9 років тому +29

      because you can always upload thing you have filmed at a later date.

    • @roltthehunter
      @roltthehunter 9 років тому

      Its been on ted ed for a long time. Having it on.yhe main channel is pretty awesome, ive loved this since i first heard it. Hes a student so he did this as a student so it was not on the main page but he is very talented

  • @Maddisonheal
    @Maddisonheal 6 місяців тому

    Did u go to calicroft to perform

  • @GarethField
    @GarethField 9 років тому

    But where's his evidence? This is **** OMG JUST KIDDING LOVED IT

  • @husnaamood1206
    @husnaamood1206 8 років тому

    this is so brilliantly beautiful

  • @ninjaginger6418
    @ninjaginger6418 8 років тому

    Still is ... 😎

  • @マダ阿
    @マダ阿 5 років тому +1

    I feel like I finally found my 61....

  • @ryans6900
    @ryans6900 7 років тому

    Is it just me or is this super relevant right now?

  • @patrickodoherty1334
    @patrickodoherty1334 9 років тому

    You can find interesting facts and puzzles about Prime Numbers and Magic Squares, Smith Numbers, and Arithmetic and Palindromic Primes on Glenn Westmore's blog.

  • @PJ-yi4nb
    @PJ-yi4nb 7 років тому +2

    This was great but he does need to articulate and slow down so he speaks clearly

    • @panentheistic
      @panentheistic Місяць тому

      I believe that the speed with which he declaims is on purpose - to emphasize the sound of the phonemes. And even though Portuguese is my language, I understood it by slowing down the speed to 8.5.

  • @valdawn8016
    @valdawn8016 5 років тому

    Cute!

  • @XxOSTONEBENOTSOxX
    @XxOSTONEBENOTSOxX 7 років тому +1

    I just found out that go means 5 and ku means 9 so i thought ..ok so goku means 59 and I looked it up and yep..goku has a jacket with 59 on it...he's got his hair on one side....kuririn 60? ...roshi 61?

  • @samscreativefarm
    @samscreativefarm 6 років тому

    I wonder if his stanzas timing has the prime numbers encoded

  • @nypeterte
    @nypeterte 9 років тому +10

    doesn't count. not on URL. charlie clips 3-0. PS da rebel neva lost

    • @lotns2942
      @lotns2942 8 років тому

      +Dom Varl lmaoo you're crazy

  • @TheGerogero
    @TheGerogero 9 років тому +2

    Nice pants.

  • @JordanGordon-Naish
    @JordanGordon-Naish 9 років тому +17

    DFAFD!!!

  • @mohammedmahmud86
    @mohammedmahmud86 5 років тому +1

    Wow, my name is Harry Baker, Harry Backer is my name Lol

  • @possiblypoet
    @possiblypoet 2 роки тому

    0:12

  • @uberpies
    @uberpies 6 місяців тому

    Etheridge Knight would be proud.

  • @jordanvogt1891
    @jordanvogt1891 3 роки тому

    Enrico Pucci is with us.

  • @chemtrail2269
    @chemtrail2269 9 років тому

    Harry Baker vs Oshea
    That's all I have to say

  • @Mojothepyruttarrr
    @Mojothepyruttarrr 7 місяців тому

    I like yer flow bro I'm a pyrutt poet ❤if ya did knee know it keep on 🐝 ing you bro I dig it 😂

  • @blubbytheguy69_420
    @blubbytheguy69_420 Рік тому

    6:05

  • @hrdyondrej
    @hrdyondrej 5 років тому

    Want some Math? His teeth = Freddie's teeth.

  • @ivettadzhuhlia9788
    @ivettadzhuhlia9788 5 років тому +2

    😍💯🙌🙌👏

  • @khadijaali4307
    @khadijaali4307 7 років тому +1

    nice dude he is goood but is this his own? i bet he learnt this so many times 247

  • @derpdonut1768
    @derpdonut1768 8 років тому +2

    I didn't understand half of what he said tbh.

    • @panentheistic
      @panentheistic Місяць тому

      Even though Portuguese is my language, I understood it by slowing down the speed to 8.5.

  • @gffgfgffgfgfgfg
    @gffgfgffgfgfgfg 9 років тому +1

    DFAFD.

  • @tc14hd23
    @tc14hd23 4 роки тому +1

    I don't want to ruin the poem, but 59 and 61 are called twin primes...

  • @viletic
    @viletic 7 років тому

    very funny lol

  • @stockfootage8096
    @stockfootage8096 8 років тому

    Eminem's better...

  • @sophiesmith3195
    @sophiesmith3195 5 років тому

    Too fast I can’t hear

    • @panentheistic
      @panentheistic Місяць тому

      Even though Portuguese is my language, I understood it by slowing down the speed to 8.5.