Exactly this poem deserves the drama of this delivery

Thank sir.I played this for my humanities class today and the students laughed . . . I WILL FAIL THE LITTLE BASTARDS IN YOUR HONOR!

I keep coming back, and I stay awed at this poem and performance. Absolutely incredible

You were an amazing man. Im sorry to have discovered you only through your death. It was an epic end.. to an excellent performance - called Life. 5 Stars, man.. I stand and applaud. Your performance will live on, though these videos you gave us.

I have hear many versions of this poem over the years and this is surely the best one. Not just for its dramatic effect but for the proper cadence which is seldom done well. Thank you.

An over-the-top delivery of an over-the-top poem. Outstanding.

Brilliant, outstanding,amazing!!!

I HAD CHILLS THE WHOLE TIME.

Rest in Peace David Olney! You shined so bright and touched me numerous times throughout my life! You will never be forgotten.

Beautifully done.

Love the way you reciting the poem, so epically beautiful.

A truly captivating and mesmerising interpretation. Every tonal nuance, gesture and facial expression of this enactment conveys the meaning of this intriguing poem. I was drawn into an atmosphere of mystery, wonder and drama as if hearing the poem for the first time. What a great story-teller, bringing the words to life....

That’s the primal energy and deep reference this poem deserves

RIP, my brother.

LOOOOOOVVVVEDDD! It! I am applauding enthusiastically! Bravo, Bravo! I bet you're in heaven having a beautiful time, making music and rhyme.

Are you me? I had the same experience when I showed it to my class. Little bastards. I

Wow! Electrified listening to this.

You express the energy within the poem, which I really enjoyed. My young students might find your reading a bit over the top. The Benedict Cumberbatch reading is more restrained , but doesn't quite capture the visionary ecstasy in the final verse.

Wonderful reading. Its nice to see someone place passion into the poem, instead of another flat reading by rote. I listened to about fifteen different ones before stumbling across this version, and of all of them, only this man seems to truly love the poem.

Oh Yeah! That rocks! 5 stars of course!

That was excellent! Thank you!

That was just excellent. I understand it better now.

Thanks man, RIP 🙏

Well done! Very nice. I listened to the video many times and thought it was inspiring.

This is amazing...

awesome!

Excellent

Just reinforces how awesome this poem is!

WOW!

This is a refreshing change from other deadpan readings out there. This poem has exclamation marks!

The milk of paradise was a fermented mare's milk that only those close to Kubla himself were allowed to drink. "Weave a circle 'round him thrice" refers to the superstition that circling a dangerous object three times would provide protection. Personally, I like to recite this poem in a much sillier voice, but this is still good.

Great reading!

He should have had a mic that he held out extended and dropped at the end before walking off because he killed it. Good job

Beautiful.

Yes, yes, yes this man got it right

i love this poem...very good reading but the part in sanctum was read so much better!

Wow fantastic

Jesus Wept! The first 15 secs, and I thought this was Dealey Plaza '63

True story.

Very well done.

Excellent delivery. I can almost taste the laudanum.

i don't know what this poem means....but i love it

Excellent interpretation David, much how I interpret it, a Katfireblade says, good to hear it read with passion, as no doubt it was written - I see you have done his other classic, off to be stoppetn now!

nice reading!

Poor Coleridge. He got so constipated off the opium they got the doctor in to him. Yet without it, this poem would not exist...

And how long did it take to find an outdoor location that both looks good in black & white, while also having good acoustics?!

Wow

I always thought Kubla Kahn was a dream of Genhis Kahn and his emporial reing, perhaps coldridge imagining whats the Genghis empire was like visually. Apparent he was onopiates when he wrote this poem.

that awkward moment when you realize this is only a quarter of the poem he wanted to write before he was interrupted and lost his thoughts

Guten Arbeit, meine Freund. Lucy in the Skies With Diamonds.

Then he just leaves the scene xD

So, when I approached the crazy homeless guy who'd wandered into my backyard . . .

oh yeah it seems like you got some opium too! Astonishing... thanks

Here is a challenge: What is the poem about ? No correct answer to this question, but the answers should be interesting....

A love for literature and poetry is both the most common reason people become English teachers, and the best reason not to.

I, too, feel Coleridge was roaming his subconscious, this tanglewood of sexual desire and poetic vision. The poem contains a few sexual symbols; pleasure dome [ the female breast is dome-shaped ], romantic chasm, earth panting and the burst from the mighty fountain, demon lover. Terror ? I agree. Why terror ? Did he feel he was going mad ? Psychotropic drugs can unleash dementia. Were there insane people in his ancestry ? '' ancestral voices prophesying war...'' Of course, we may be wrong !

who are you trying to scare, old man?

a little creepy... but I really like it!

Some of your emotional scenes area off base. Good deal yet discovered. Is it not????

Not a bad effort...

Nah...this isn't working for me!

My favourite poem, poorly read.