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Bonus Poetry Month Footage
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: This was filmed a couple days ago. It was so lovely. I would like to do it again. Anyway, here is me doing readings of poems by Christina Rossetti, Eleanor Farjeon, Jacob Nibenegasabe, and Ogden Nash. And below the first video is a hilarious blooper from one of the…
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Poetry Month: Week Four With Kaveh Akbar
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: This is the final week of poetry month. For the last week I recorded a poem by Kaveh Akbar. My father introduced me to his poetry this past year. His first book is titled Calling A Wolf A Wolf. Check it out! https://soundcloud.com/monkeyprodigy/a-boy-steps-into-the-water-by-kaveh-akbar/s-PfvrT A Boy Steps Into the Water…
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Best of NaPoMo: Williams, Koch, and Macfadyen
Micah and I are actually ahead of the game for this year’s National Poetry Month and can therefore offer some bonus tracks and flashbacks! The deal was to record a reading each week by a poet we hadn’t recorded before (we’ve each recorded many) and then share it to our blogs. Here’s a little flashback…
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National Poetry Month, Week Three, Bonus Track
It was a break from all these snow flurries and colder temperatures the other day, so I decided to take the laptop outside and record a favorite poem. I was going to save this for week four, but sometimes good things just can’t wait. This year and last, my son Micah and I have been…
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“Sometimes, I Am Startled Out of Myself,” by Barbara Crooker
Originally posted on Words … for the Time Being: like this morning, when the wild geese came squawking, flapping their rusty hinges, and something about their trek across the sky made me think about my life, the places of brokenness, the places of sorrow, the places where grief has strung me out to dry. And…
