Tag: poem
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Day # 8 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: “Happiness,” by Carl Sandburg for National Poetry Month
This piece is from Carl Sandburg’s Chicago Poems, and after the lovely afternoon I had yesterday with family, music, poetry on the sidewalk, singing and just enjoying the fresh air together, this seemed the right poem for a Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately I didn’t get to upload it this afternoon so it’s coming to you a bit…
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Day # 7 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: Theodore Roethke’s “The Kitty-Cat Bird” for National Poetry Month
Day 7 was a lot of fun to record. We enjoyed a good lunch of burgers and dogs and headed up the street for some inspiration and fresh air. Other than the possible reading of “The Kitty-Cat Bird” (Micah’s request), we were really not sure what to expect. Spontaneity was Virginia’s word for the day.…
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Saturday Plans for National Poetry Month
My sons are coming tomorrow (read that as later today, since I wrote this in the wee hours before bed), and thanks to Life is an Exquisite Journey’s blog I have some ideas of what we can do on our street and at the park a block away, right by the library. I wonder if…
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Day # 6 – 30 Days, 30 Readings for National Poetry Month: “Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare
Okay, I am ashamed. I have a problem. I love poetry so much that when I’m at work all day and other people have to sneak out to the dumpster to have a smoke, I am doing something much much worse… Yes, I admit it, I sneak to the restroom sometimes to (please don’t judge…
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Bonus Track: Honoring Adrienne Rich, “Diving Into the Wreck”
I wanted to pass this along to my readers in memory of Adrienne Rich. One of my favorites read by my friend Kristine Byrne. Kristine told me that when she heard the poet read this herself, the delivery was much more matter of fact, but I really like this reading. Check out Kristine’s other videos…
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Day #3 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: Hart Crane’s “A Persuasion”
Aside from reading a few of his poems here and there over the years, I am relatively new to Hart Crane’s work, though thanks to multiple recommendations he has been on my reading to-do list for ages. My brother Vincent from across the Pond asked me about Crane this week, because he had just taken…
