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Day 12 of PoRecMo, Driving Me Up a Wall
It’s the end of day 12 for this year’s Poetry Month, and my personal recording challenge. The way my schedule is this weekend, I think I’ll just be really quick with the postings. More poetry, less commentary at least until Monday. Yeah, we’ll see how well I do with that commitment. In any case, it’s…
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Day 11 – DaPoRecMo: “The Way It Is,” by William Stafford
DaPo. . . wha? Yes, well, I realized I was calling this project NaPoRecMo, and then I realized that I hadn’t exactly started a national movement here for recording poems. This is just me here, David, the self-appointed “Dad Poet,” recording poems that I like, old favorites and new discoveries. There is really no set…
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David Reads from April’s Poetry Magazine, Part 2
Certainly you know that I am not the only one who records poems and posts them on WordPress. I follow a fair number of poets who write and post their own original work on their blogs on a regular basis. In an upcoming post I’ll share links to some of my favorites, as well…
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David Reads from April’s Poetry Magazine, Part 1
As part of the celebration for the US National Poetry Month Poetry Magazine, published by the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, once again offered copies of April’s edition of Poetry free of charge to reading groups, poetry classes and educational organizations. On the cusp of April I happily discovered the delivery by my door–a box of…
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Bonus Track: Marjorie Maddox reads “Clyde Peeling’s Reptileland”
Yesterday I read a poem from Marjorie Maddox’s book Weeknights at the Cathedral, and so as bonus I thought I’d bring out a favorite of mine again. I posted this originally back in October, but it’s well worth a second hearing. Because of some technical difficulties I actually spliced together her intro from the Midtown…
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David Reads “God on a Tightrope,” by Marjorie Maddox
Well, Easter has passed, and once again I realize that aside from the discussion of certain issues and how they are affected by politics and religion, I rarely ever talk about my own faith or spirituality here on the Dad Poet blog. While I have dedicated multiple posts to feasts, celebrations and songs of Christmas, I don’t…
