Tag: poet
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Day 21 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: “Tenderness and Rot” by Kay Ryan
I bought bananas today. It’s tricky business. The green ones are too firm, and I didn’t want to wait. Mostly the produce available though was either green or brown. But I found one little bunch that had at least a couple yellow ones that I could eat now, and it wouldn’t be long for the…
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Day 20 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: Kenneth Koch’s, “Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams”
I know, long title, right? I love a good spoof. I grew up on the musical parodies of Weird Al Yankovic, and at his best his twists on the popular songs, like Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” both honored and poked fun of the originals. Most artists it seems are happy to give him permission to use their…
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Day 17 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: “Mind” by Richard Wilbur
Well, unfortunately Mr. FedEX man has not arrived with my oldest son’s replacement phone. So armed with a proper tracking number, I will stand vigil again tomorrow afternoon. Now I am halfway out the door to go have dinner with my boys. I apologize that this photo on the left is the best picture I…
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Bonus Track: Matthew MacFadyen reads Sonnet 29
Well, I got my to-do list mostly covered, and more quickly than I expected. I’m working on what today’s reading will be– What? You think I plan these things ahead of time? Again, dear reader, you give me far too much credit. I may appear to be organized, but that’s all done with smoke and…
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Day 12 – 30 Days, 30 Readings: John Keats, “To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent”
This one goes out to my cyber friend Keatsbabe. Visually I was going for a kind of unrehearsed contrast in this video, keeping the city images throughout, instead of the pastoral scenes Keats supplies up in the poem itself. I think I like the result. The opening scene is of the Chrysler Building, once upon a time the…
