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Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
I'm back after summer break for a little chat, a promise of what's to come, and of course a poem.
By the Well of Living and Seeing, Part II, Section 28: “During the Second World War" by Charles Reznikoff
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55500/during-the-second-world-war-
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
In this mini episode, my nephew reads a poem he wrote for his baby sister. Buckle your seat belt; it's dangerously adorable!
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Apparently I'm not done reading Charles Wright poems to you! I've got a fever and the only cure is another dive into the bright, dark, poetic, folksy, scary, exhilarating pool of his book "Caribou". In this episode I share
"Chinoiserie II"
"Heaven's Eel"
"Life Lines"
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Today's episode is dedicated to Keith Hansen, who made an ambivalent comment about this poem that I'm crazy about. I try to explain my enthrallment with this poem and Wright's latest work in general. Was it a success or
"a raid on the inarticulate With shabby equipment always deteriorating" ?
(T.S. Eliot)
Who knows? But it was worth a try.
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Sit yourself down at Uncle Keith's knee; he's got some poems to read to you...about fambly.
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
"But I felt: you are an I,
you are an Elizabeth,
you are one of them."
This poem is a story...in which a hot waiting room and a National Geographic magazine provoke a little girl's painful recognition of herself.
"In The Waiting Room" by Elizabeth Bishop
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Keith Hansen brings us Denise Levertov's grouping of poems titled "Lake, Mountain, Moon." These are lush, grand, and worth listening to with closed eyes and a still body...if you can pull that off.
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
You know what's adorable? Hearing your dear ol' college roommate's voice echo in the voices of her two young sons... and to hear those voices saying poems. Lincoln (8) shares a poem by Rosetti, and Will (10) shares a poem of his very own. He said his favorite thing about poetry is that there is a poem for everything... and ain't that the truth.
Caterpillar
by Christina Rosetti
Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry,
Take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk,
Or what not,
Which may be the chosen spot.
No toad spy you,
Hovering bird of prey pass by you;
Spin and die,
To live again a butterfly.
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
I hope my Welsh listeners won't give me too much trouble over the fact that St. David's Day is long past... better late, eh?
This is a rich episode from Keith Hansen! He brings us "Miracle On St. David's Day" by Gillian Clarke, which beautifully reflects on the power of memorized poetry. Keith also shares Malcome Guite's remarks on the poem, and throws in Wordsworth's dreamy "Daffodils" as a bonus! ENJOY!
Gillian Clarke's Poem
https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/miracle-on-st-davids-day/
Wordsworth's poem:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45521/i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud