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Bonus Track for May Swenson: “Analysis of Baseball,” and Concrete Poetry
We’ve been discussing theories about how to read poems, how to pause, what to do with line endings, etc. As you can imagine, I have a lot more to say about the topic. But don’t worry, like Silverstein’s little girl who ate the whale, we’ll tackle it in small bites. This is a busy couple…
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Day 16 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: May Swenson, “The Universe”
Just a quick explanation before running off to a long day at work today. Poetry is an audible art; it’s meant to be read out loud. Even when I read in my head I am quietly vocalizing the words. Usually, this means it should be read slowly, deliberately, but there are many schools and theories. Sometimes poetry…
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A Poem with a View
This is where I took a break today, pouring over poems as I poured my own coffee. I don’t take the time to spoil myself like this often, just me and a volume of wonderful poems over dinner. Oh yeah, and the food! I wish I could say I deserved it.
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Day 15 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: “Stone,” by Charles Simic
Well, I finally got a bit of outside reading done, though I had to try several takes from multiple spots, due to background noise. I abandoned one reading done from the balcony of a local restaurant, simply because I didn’t like the inflections of my voice. While listening in the car afterward I decided that…
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The Ides of Poetry Month, and Coaching from Leonard Cohen
Well, here we are day 15 of National Poetry Month here in these States Untied (no matter how I say it, it sounds like such a misnomer these days), and I still have not decided what poem I am going to read for you today. Ah well, this is not too unusual, but I still…
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National Months
I was just looking at a list of National Months, and I can tell you the list is nowhere near exhaustive. I don’t know if there is a national birding month anywhere else, but we don’t seem to have one in the U.S. There is however, a national bird-feeding month, but I’m not sure I’ll…
