Tag: poem
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David Reads “Shark’s Teeth,” by Kay Ryan
I wasn’t planning on doing video today, but I went out to film the dogwood trees in my neighborhood, getting prepared for Earth Day’s reading of a Hoagland piece tomorrow, and then former U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan caught my eye. There she was in the King Street park, fin up, tail a-swish, passing by…
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David Reads “Any Case” for Day 20, by Wislawa Szymborska
Well the recording for day 20 did make it up onto SoundCloud, but my apologies for the lateness of it’s posting here on The Dad Poet. Frankly, I needed some sleep. And today is such a lovely day in Penn’s Woods, and so much to be done, and at last some motivation, despite the chilliness…
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David Reads “A Glass of Water,” by May Sarton
After work we had a dinner at the home of our friends Michael and James tonight. How lovely to be wined and dined by good people whom we haven’t spent enough time visiting with lately. It was good to catch up, and so nourishing to the soul to unwind and be taken care of like…
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David Reads “The Trees,” by Philip Larkin
Coming in at the end of day 17 in my Poetry Month personal challenge of recording a poem per day this April. If you followed at all last year, you’ll remember the challenge involved all videos on my YouTube channel. This year I’ve modified things a bit because I don’t actually have the three to…
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Spring Madness with Miss Emily, Day 16th of Poetry Month
Emily’s birthday is actually in December, but considering the talk of madness I just couldn’t resist the image with the little hat. I pilfered it from the Arts Hound announcement of her annual celebration in Houston four months ago. You can find the original image by clicking here. We’ve talked about Emily in the past,…
