Tag: poem
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Weekly Project: Reading Out Loud: Sylvia Plath
I was a bit behind with last week’s Reading Out Loud Project, so I wanted to get this week’s out in front of you a little more quickly. This time John has chosen a favorite poem by Sylvia Plath. Now, I confess I am not always the best with her work. I don’t always “get”…
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Reading Aloud with John, Part 3: William Stafford
I’m running a bit late with this. Last night my body had the audacity to fall asleep at 11 pm and proceed to sleep for ten hours. The nerve! Then my mic was giving me static and feedback, but I finally have a slightly bass-y, but good recording I hope for John’s Poetically Versed blog.…
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Of Supermoons, Lovers and My Poems on the Lips of Others
I wasn’t going to make a post like this. It felt too self-aggrandizing. But I decided, however I explain or justify it, not making this post would be more wrong at this point. I am just so deeply grateful for the way these two people put my poems into their own voices. It is an…
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Under the Poetry Tree, Reading Vultures Out Loud
Wait. Strike that. Reverse it. But on second thought, I think the title works quite well, as we gather under the poetry tree to read about vultures to each other, and something about them, a truth never heard spoken, but that rings true to the core. That’s what poetry is about. Tonight I found this…
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“Another Dark Lady,” 29 of 30, by Edwin Arlington Robinson
My friend AngryRicky, who’s really not so angry, requested something by Edwin Arlington Robinson. So no more than two hours left in my personal challenge of thirty poetry recordings in thirty days for the month of April, National Poetry Month here in the USA, I bring you “Another Dark Lady.” I cannot say Ricky’s story…
