Tag: poem
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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…
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Radio Interview, Cheating and “Local News”
Okay, so maybe this is cheating, but it’s the wee hours of the last day of Poetry Month and I am only on Day 28 here, and maybe you missed the link to this before. The audio was more than halfway down the page. So instead of a fresh recording I’ll bring you one that…
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Reginald Shepherd, “How People Disappear”
By special request of Rachel Bunting, Day 27 on Day 29 If you didn’t hear about the work Rachel Bunting has been doing for the Bullycide Project this month, you should check it out. She’s doing a much more important Poetry Month Project than I am. Here I have been just playing in the poetry…
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David Reads “An April Funeral in Pennsylvania,” by Jerry Wemple
Another Annoying Aside: Imagine my dismay when I found that tinkering with the dates of posts on WordPress invariably messes up outside links to them! I did not realize that some of those urls actually contained the publishing date (This one already appears not to. Yeah, I’m confused too.)! Ah well, fortunately the links do…
