Bards Eternal

The Longest Physical Poem of the 21st Century

By: Blue Jay Walker

Narrated by: Blue Jay Walker

In New York City's Washington Square Park, an old familiar war is being waged between those in power, and those who refuse to conform.

Blue Jay Walker has been a street Busker all his life. Traveling across countries he earns his keep by writing poems for passers-by on his worn typewriter.

In the summer of 2023 when he arrived at one of his favorite haunts for hawking poems, he was dismayed to discover the authorities had banned all artists from making their living in the park. However the artists were not giving up their home without a fight. Inspired by their tenacity, Walker joined the fray.

Sticking a proverbial flag in the ground at the center of the park he began writing what would quickly become The Longest Physical Poem Of The 21st Century. The 240 foot scroll is a distillation of all the wandering truth he has gained along his travels, twisted through the spiraling narrative of the Vagrants and Bards who have taught him not only how to make art, but how to see the world in a different light.

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