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Blooper Reel – Failed Poetry Readings.
I will try to edit the one where I broke down and started yelling at the cat for howling on the video, but it’s a bit long until you get to the funny part. For now, I hope these give you a little chuckle. Ear Plugs… no wonder Brian was able to sleep with the…
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Poem, an Old Favorite, by Frank O’Hara
Before continuing with the love poem theme for this month, I thought I’d read a little Charles Simic. But the poetry gods or the Youtube gods, whichever, seemed to be against the idea. Perhaps later I’ll post some blooper reels and give you an idea of what I mean. For now, I decided to read…
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My Love is Building a Building
In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, here is one of the best (in my humble opinion) love poems ever written by the often wacky, always unique E. E. Cummings. The text of the poem is printed below. my love is building a building around you, a frail slippery house, a strong fragile house (beginning at the…
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David Reads “A Supermarket California,” by Allen Ginsberg
For the printed version of the text I will direct you to Poetryarchive.org where you can also hear Ginsberg’s reading. Um… no, I still haven’t listened to it yet. The very idea is intimidating. And if you’d like to know more about the movie Howl, check out this article at SlashFilm. If you are in…
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One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop
This is one of my favorite poems, and while Elizabeth Bishop has fun with the French Villanelle form, I have a little fun at the expense of my Irish brother, Vincent.
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Keeping Things Whole, a poem by Mark Strand
Keeping Things Whole by Mark Strand In a field I am the absence of field This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing. When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the spaces where my body’s been. We all have reasons for moving.…
