Short poem by Australian poet A.D. Hope, reading/video:
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Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
"Little Prayer," by Danez Smith
Reading/video of short poem by Danez Smith, a poet from St. Paul. Smith's books include Homie and Don't Call Us Dead: check 'em out!
"I Many Times Thought Peace Had Come," by Emily Dickinson
Reading/video of a short poem, #912, by Dickinson, and a happy [let us hope] voting day to you:
"Magpies," by Judith Wright
I had a long conversation with a magpie when I was about 5 years old. Very cordial. A reading/video of a poem by the acclaimed Australian poet Judith Wright:
Monday, November 2, 2020
"Sensuality," by Kenneth Slessor
Reading/video of a poem by Australian poet Kenneth Slessor (1901-1977):
Sunday, November 1, 2020
"Young and Old," by Charles Kingsley
Reading/video of a poem by the Victorian Anglican priest, progressive reformer, novelist, and poet Charles Kingsley. The poem is the source, or a source, of the old saying "every dog has its day."
Thursday, October 29, 2020
"Here and Hereafter," by Walter Everette Hawkins
A poem from African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song, edited by Kevin Young (2020):
reading/video:
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
New Anthology of African American Poetry
Kevin Young has edited a new anthology of African American poetry--just published by the Library of America. It includes poets not usually seen in anthologies as well as poems not usually seen by poets we're accustomed to seeing. It's a great book.
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (LOA #333): A Library of America Anthology (The Library of America) edited by Kevin Young
Sunday, October 25, 2020
"It's This Way," by Nazim Hikmet
Reading/video of a short poem by Nazim Hikmet, poet and political prisoner in post-WWII Turkey.
Saturday, October 24, 2020
"To a President," by Walt Whitman
Reading/video of a short poem by Walt Whitman--the poem is directed to James Buchanan, widely thought to be the worst president in American history:
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