Poetry / Market Street Savior

Before I read your note for reviewer, I thought “Wow, I can almost see and hear an Al Sharpton/Barack Obama-esque performance of this!” It does call out for hand motions and facial expressions and shouted words.
I love the story-telling feel of this.  Your use of present tense throughout helps with this.  (Note:  you did slip with this near the end: “he said”, and “I just smiled” and “He was pretty cool”).

Beautiful story; I’ve had similar experiences, but not the patience to listen.  Next time I will, I think.

i love this! it is an amazing story, i love how the ending says “gave him a thumbs up and some money for a cup of coffee” i almost long with desire that i could have had an encounter with this person.

A good piece that would go over much better in a short story form as it soes have an awful lot to say and you could really add to this thought and make a good read..Nice ideas,,

I like that you added a lot of depth and background to the preacher, when the easiest thing to do would have been just write him off as a nut. He’s got reason behind his “madness”, and doesn’t seem one-dimensional. The bit of humor that you throw in keeps it from being heavy-handed. Good work.

very original i like it man keep that up i think this is what makes of a good writer  

That is so true it, is all about the spirit of forgiveness and doing right.
It does’nt matter what or where you preach.

I thing there is a god and there was a Jesus and if we follow the teachings of old and forgive each other maybe there would’nt be so much war.

I think this comes across more prose in style than poetry and it would be suitable for performance.

People will think your about to tell a joke or mock the preacher but the twist at the end says it all.
Good writing

I thought this was an interesting piece.  I do agree with you, that we all have our own definition of what religion, spirituality and salvation means to all of us.  You do a great job telling us the events and the narrator’s interaction with this man on Market Street.  Although, I felt this was more of a story rather than a poem?  Just some suggestions: maybe use metaphors and symbollism to add a little more to your already good work.  With the use of those words, you will have the readers FEEL how the narrator felt during his encounter with the man on market street or as you labeled him, the “cool crazy guy.” HAHA…I thought this piece was pretty good.  I really loved the following lines where you say:

“I asked him if he knew that his bible was s dictionary and he said

The book doesn’t matter.  It’s just words.  It’s the spirit behind it all that counts.”

That is so true. Spirituality or religion is definitely more than just the book and the words…its what YOU DO with those words…it’s the “spirit behind it” that really counts.  

Wow!That’s all I can say. Great! I like the moral to the story.

Gives me this look like I’m personally responsible for the crucifixion of Christ and says

Are you saved?

LOL…exactly! I enjoyed this little snippet.

Cool story.I don’t think I’d call it a poem though,not even a prose poem.Its a very good short story.There was a lot of kind of philisophical stuff in there that I found very interesting,”The book doesn’t matter.  It’s just words.  It’s the spirit behind it all that counts.”.Your crazy guy is believable which is hard to do,most people either end up making this character rediculous(which ends up being more comical than anything else) or too redeeming to be properly effective.This is also a lighthearted ending that leaves the reader with a good taste in their mouth.Keep up the good work.