Ugh that poem still makes me cringe - especially hearing him read it all exaggerated like that. What the hell are those fools laughing at? People will buy anything from the right person . . . sorry,ranting again but I can't help it, just so disappointed :(

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Many of them I heard in video interviews so getting every word can be tricky. Especially with all his uhs, and ums! :)

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*lol*Arya, I understand. Just imagine how it is when you`re not native English speaker as I`m not,it`s getting even worse.Sometimes I have to ask someone of my friends on youtube for a transcript.
CAn you tell me what is tumblr?

Adrianna,are you disappointed with the poem or with the people`s behavior about it?

http://keanuquotes.tumblr.com/ and click on archive too.

there is also a thread here about tumblr

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Adrianna,are you disappointed with the poem or with the people`s behavior about it?

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The poem.

It doesn't change the fact that, as poems go, that poem was rather silly. And yet, it is like a snapshot of Keanu, at home, with a friend, listening to some soppy music, and then spontaneously writing a grossly exaggerated "poem" about pain and loneliness. Straight out of his own head, just like that.

For someone who's not a fan it's a silly piece of poetry. For some of us fans, it is something that we recognise as poorly executed and sloppy. And yet, it tells us something about that guy; the one who spent his 40th birthday all alone, quietly freaking out at reaching that dreaded number. The guy who does know pain, and who shows it without shame. Anyone who reads 10-15 of his longer interviews in the archive can't miss the sadness within him.

Yes, it is a shitty poem as far as poems go. That's my opinion of it, and I'm sticking to it. I still love it, though, as they are Keanu's own, spontaneous, written words; an instant commentary to that dreadfully soppy music on the radio. I think that, although he made fun of the sad lyrics, he still somehow recognised that sadness. And then, being who he is, he made fun of it.

Wow, I'm being deep this early morning. Must be the lack of tea.

I didn't buy it. I would if I could get it signed, but only if it happened in my presence.

But yes, I agree that it was a crisis of expectation. If I had expected what it actually turned out to be, I wouldn't be so critical of it.

The poem/book is ... what it is. A private joke into which we have been let in - but only if we can get in ;)

I don't feel like the word fish should be extended to opinions about the book because we were kind of blind-sighted by this book :P. We didn't even know that he wrote - then all of a sudden here's this strange little book. Now we're still trying to figure out what to make of it, lol. So please don't fillet and batter me yet XD

Of course I can't make a judgement about the book in its entirety because I've only read that one poem. What is the rest of it like? Sorry if I've asked this before (short term memory not the best it could be, lol).

@Luca, I do not believe there is objectivity with a capital O. Everything is subjective on some level.

@Inkhuldra, I am glad you recognize the crisis of expectation when you experience it. And I will refer you to the quote from Keanu about what he thinks about critics. :)

In my world the fans are not so fishlike. But, whatever.

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Everything is subjective on some level.

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guess sometimes we'll just have to agree to disagree.

Anyway, not everything is for everybody. We all have different ideas about what his best work is.