Tag: poet
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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…
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DJB reads Sweet Talk, and Billy Collins Reads at the White House
I highlighted my William Stafford playlist the other day, and today I’d like to feature another playlist of mine, a group of poems by one of my favorite living American poets, Billy Collins. Click here for the playlist. There are some great readings of his poems online, including some fun animations, one of which I…
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William Stafford Playlist
Sometime after midnight last night I posted here an old favorite poem by William Stafford. Since I started in earnest with new readings on my YouTube channel in January, I have been developing a William Stafford Playlist which you can be find by clicking on this sentence. Have a look, take a listen, and perhaps you…
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Little Rooms, by William Stafford
I was a young man away in the great flat state of Indiana, missing my home in the forested Pennsylvania hills and ridges, feeling alone without my new wife those first three months beginning my seminary studies, when I first encountered the poetry of that wise old sage William Stafford. Yes, I did say seminary…
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Poetry That Kicks Ass
You don’t hear people talking like that about poetry, do you? “Did you see the Eagles game last night? Man, they kicked ass!” Poetry that kicks ass. Yeah, seems I only ever hear poets talk that way. There was a great article on the Onion last September. It’s funny, but also sadly illustrative of the state…
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“Atavism,” a Poem by William Stafford, read by DJB
I don’t know why this didn’t work the first time. I can only say that the Droid has its issues, or the app for WordPress has its issues, probably both. In either case, I have tried multiple times to do postings from my phone, and it just never works right. So here it is again.…
