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Day #4 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: Adrienne Rich, “Poetry I”
The poetry world, and this troubled world we live in lost Adrienne Rich on Tuesday, March 27th. I think this is a proper poem to remember her by on this 30 days project for National Poetry Month. There were many to chose from, but this one strikes a chord that ties together her mission, her…
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Bonus Track from Tom O’Beldam: “At Melville’s Tomb,” by Hart Crane
While I was studying up on Hart Crane I did what I often do, I looked it up on Tom O’Bedlam’s SpokenVerse Channel on YouTube. That man has an astounding one thousand plus videos in his catalogue, and with over 12,500 subscribers (including me), he is the Rock Star of poetry readings on YouTube. I…
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Day #3 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: Hart Crane’s “A Persuasion”
Aside from reading a few of his poems here and there over the years, I am relatively new to Hart Crane’s work, though thanks to multiple recommendations he has been on my reading to-do list for ages. My brother Vincent from across the Pond asked me about Crane this week, because he had just taken…
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Day #2 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: “9” by E. E. Cummings
I tip my hat to those of you who are writing a poem a day, especially to those of you who were doing this long before National Poetry Month! I bow. While getting my blog and YouTube channeloff the ground again, it seemed like a worthy project to commit myself to doing one reading per…
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30 Days, 30 Readings, Day #1 NaPoMo, William Stafford’s “When I Met My Muse”
So what are you doing to celebrate National Poetry Month? Some poets like K. McGee are writing a poem a day. Others like Rachel Bunting are busy with school and work and parenting and just hoping to participate and encourage others to celebrate. Please check out her blog for some great ideas about where to…
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DJB reads Sweet Talk, and Billy Collins Reads at the White House
I highlighted my William Stafford playlist the other day, and today I’d like to feature another playlist of mine, a group of poems by one of my favorite living American poets, Billy Collins. Click here for the playlist. There are some great readings of his poems online, including some fun animations, one of which I…
