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

"Thank God," by Orhan Veli Kanik

 Reading/video of a short poem by Turkish poet Orhan Veli Kanik:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJz9V9SKQaU

"The Secret Sits," by Robert Frost

 A couplet by Mr. Frost, reading and video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-KMBHfS3OU

Sunday, October 25, 2020

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8KvBb1KXhM

"Woods," by Wendell Berry

 Reading/video of a short poem by farmer, environmentalist, poet, and essayist Wendell Berry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMlIVmuEnY4

Friday, October 23, 2020

"Once the Wind," by Shake Keane

 Reading/video of a short poem by Ellsworth McGlanahan "Shake" Keane (1927-1997), jazz trumpeter and poet from the island of St. Vincent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OiuxSUy8Gc

Thursday, October 22, 2020