Tag: poem
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Love Poem, Written and Read by DJB
Tons of things I’d like to write this week. I need to get back to a previous thread. No, Brother I haven’t forgotten. But 50 hours at work, plus school and trying to be a descent dad and boyfriend as well as a poet. lol No wonder my apartment looks like a wrecking crew was…
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Here I Love You, by Pablo Neruda – Poem Read by DJB
A sad but beautiful love poem by Pablo Neruda, translated by W. S. Merwin from his collection Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. Here I love you. In the dark pines the wind disentangles itself. The moon glows like phosphorous on the vagrant waters. Days, all one kind, go chasing each other. The…
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My Love is Building a Building
In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, here is one of the best (in my humble opinion) love poems ever written by the often wacky, always unique E. E. Cummings. The text of the poem is printed below. my love is building a building around you, a frail slippery house, a strong fragile house (beginning at the…
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David Reads “A Supermarket California,” by Allen Ginsberg
For the printed version of the text I will direct you to Poetryarchive.org where you can also hear Ginsberg’s reading. Um… no, I still haven’t listened to it yet. The very idea is intimidating. And if you’d like to know more about the movie Howl, check out this article at SlashFilm. If you are in…
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One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop
This is one of my favorite poems, and while Elizabeth Bishop has fun with the French Villanelle form, I have a little fun at the expense of my Irish brother, Vincent.
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A Reading for Vince
Alright, sir, for you, I am breaking my rule of not posting my poems online. Well, ok, it’s also fun to get some feedback, so I hope you enjoy this. The poem is printed just below the video. A Response to Billy Collins Kayaking on the Susquehanna, now that’s something I’m quite likely to do,…
