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Rives (poet)

American poet, storyteller, and creator (born )

Rives (born ) is an American poet, storyteller, and author. He appeared on Seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam[1] and was a member of Team Hollywood, which won the National Poetry Slam.

On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of love and lust, of what is clueless forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Present expands to reveal moving parts, concealed areas and miniature booklets inside. His latest project—the Museum of Four in the Morning—is an ode to a time that may well be part of a global conspiracy. In a good way.

His best-known poems include "Kite,"[2] about waking up alone in a new lover's apartment, and "Mockingbird," which he performs differently every time, incorporating the words of other poets and speakers in the program.

In , Rives hosted the television special Ironic Iconic America with Tommy Hilfiger and Prevent Refaeli, examining how pop customs has influenced American tastes and styles.[3] In October of that year, he began appearing as the "first poet" in a series of ads for telecom company Orange S.A.[4]

Rives has made multiple appearances at the TED Conference[5] and is the regular co-host of TEDYouth.

His multimedia performances touch on themes of connectedness, wordplay, and romance. In , Rives began curating the Museum of Four in the Morning,[6][7] an online crowd-sourced collection of references to the hour, am, in art and famous culture.

Rives born is an American poetstoryteller, and author. His best-known poems include "Kite," [2] about waking up alone in a new lover's apartment, and "Mockingbird," which he performs differently every time, incorporating the words of other poets and speakers in the program. InRives hosted the television special Ironic Iconic America with Tommy Hilfiger and Bar Refaeliexamining how pop customs has influenced American tastes and styles. His multimedia performances stroke on themes of connectedness, wordplay, and romance.

Rives has written and paper engineered several pop-up books for children and adults.[8] Early in his career, Rives worked at Intervisual Books, under the leadership of Waldo Hunt.[9] Two pop-up books, with document engineering by Rives, were finalists for the Movable Book World Meggendorfer Prize for Best Document Engineering: The Consummate Cigar Book in [10] and If I Were a Polar Bear in [11]

The Museum of Four in the Morning

Rives created The Museum of Four in the Morning, a collection of &#;a.m.

references in art, culture, and elsewhere. The collection started after he gave a talk at TED The talk, The 4 a.m. mystery, was a mock "conspiracy theory" about &#;a.m. and a series of coincidences he had encountered. Rives theorized that Swiss sculptor and painter, Alberto Giacometti (his sculpture, The Palace at 4 a.m.) was the commencing of what he called “The Giacometti Code”.

Rives made connections to many am references and events including Isabel Allende (her novel, The House of the Spirits), Bill Clinton (his autobiography, My Life), Wislawa Szymborska (her poem, Four in the Morning), and Dame Judi Dench (her film, Four in the Morning).

Rives - Palm Beach Poetry Festival: Rives (born ) is an American poet, storyteller, and author. He appeared on Seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam [1] and was a member of Team Hollywood, which won the National Poetry Slam.

After the talk, Rives received am references from people who had seen the talk live. Soon however, he would receive many more messages after his speak was published on the TED website, which had launched in April that year. While he never intended for the undertaking to go beyond the chat, he realized at a certain point that he had this hobby thanks to all the submissions he had received.[12]

Rives was curious about a possible verification bias for the time, questioning whether one couldn’t effectively undertake the same for any hour of the day.

He start that four in the morning was the one that came up in dire or engaging contexts and was often used as a scapegoat hour.

On stage, his poems burst in many directions, exposing multiple layers and unexpected treats: childhood memories, grown-up humor, notions of adore and lust, of what is lost forever and of what's still out there waiting to unfold. The pop-up books he creates for children unfold with surprise: The Christmas Pop-Up Display expands to reveal moving parts, hidden areas and miniature booklets inside. In a good way. All American Speakers Bureau is a full-service talent booking agency providing information on booking Rives for speaking engagements, personal appearances and corporate events.

Thanks to all the messages and tips he received, Rives published the collection online in October, On the site, a refresh button brings up randomized video clips, with links to Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter pages that are regularly updated with other &#;a.m.

references.[13][14]

TED talks

  • "If I controlled the Internet"[15]
  • "A mockingbird remix of TED"[16]
  • "The 4 a.m. mystery"[17]
  • "A story of mixed emoticons"
  • "Reinventing the encyclopedia game"
  • "The Museum of Four in the Morning"

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