Tag: Soundcloud
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Poem and Poet News Update
First the Poem News: I’m extremely happy to have my poem “Elemental” appear in the fall edition of the San Pedro River Review. You can order a copy of the journal here, with gorgeous photography by Jeff Alfier. The editors, Jeff and Tobi are wonderful, and I really like their choice of poets. If you have…
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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight
I’ve been doing a little series of “best-of” posts relating to Fatherhood this week. And I’ll be posting a bit more of an original one this week. But I can’t let Fathers Day pass by without sharing this poem again. I talked with my father tonight and our parting words were the same as they…
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Dylan Thomas Helps Me Test a New Mic
https://twitter.com/DavidJBauman/status/562794263025815553 Yeah, ole Dylan is a helpful guy, isn’t he? I mentioned this poem in the last post as we were learning about villanelles in the library workshop this week. And this oft read, oft quoted piece was the prime example of how to write one that stays exactly to the form, yet finds a…
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Poetry and Meaning, and Can a Poem Just Be?
“What exactly does this poem mean?” That’s the question someone just posted today on one of my YouTube readings from more than a year and a half ago. I’m glad those readings still get attention. I was recording a poem a day during National Poetry Month for a couple of years there, and between that…
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When Great Trees Fall: Remix
In the beginning of June I had recorded a poem on SoundCloud in honor of Maya Angelou, and I wrote a about how her work had influenced me. I don’t really have anything new to add to that this evening, except to say that it was my friend Jody who brought the poem to my…
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Happy National Poetry Month, 2014
So, here we are, done with day one of April, 2014. No foolin! And for the first time in years I do not have myself committed to a National Poetry Month Challenge. In years past I attempted the NaPoWriMo gig of writing a poem each day. I ended up with a lot of great starts,…
