The final day of National Poetry Month 2011 and we end it with some Shakespeare. We have Prospero’s final lines, his epilogue, from The Tempest.
Thank you to everyone who listened and thanks to everyone on the staff who participated. I’m glad we gave this a second shot this year.
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Last year at this time we closed out with Dom reading Yeats: “The Second Coming.”
Day 29 of National Poetry Month 2011 and because I can’t resist: more William Carlos Williams and “A Love Song.”
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Last year at this time we were listening to an original in the form of “Dies Irae.”
Day 28 of National Poetry Month 2011 and here we have Edna St. Vincent Millay and “Witch-Wife.”
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Last year at this time we were listening to Dindrane brought you some Yeats with “The Mermaid.”
Day 27 of National Poetry Month 2011 and this is my last original piece I’ll be throwing onto the table this year. “The Stygian Depths of You and I and All.” Hope you enjoy it.
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Last year at this time we were listening to Matthew Arnold and “Dover Beach.”
Day 26 of National Poetry Month for 2011 and we bring some Robert Frost to the table with “Mending Wall.”
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Last year at this time we were listening to Tennyson and “The Kraken.”
Dom provides something special for Day 25 of National Poetry Month Audio:
Sadly though, the available translations are covered by a newer copyright than the long-in-the-public domain original. Since we don’t like to steal, I tried translating the poem myself, dreading the task since translating poetry will never ever truly work. The result, after the invaluable correction and polish by Dindrane, is a translation that is very close to the original’s content. The rhyme and meter have not been emulated, which does not sadden me, since this is a narrative poem.
Widge back again. So this is a single audio file. Dom leads off reading the original German, and he asked me to tackle the new English translation. His performance is much cooler, I’ll just go ahead and warn you of that.
Day 24 of National Poetry Month for 2011 and Dindrane returns with a reading of “The Battle of the Trees” from The Book of Taliesin.
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Last year at this time we were listening to Lord Byron and “She Walks in Beauty.”
Day 23 of National Poetry Month for 2011 and our Cruellest Month Poetry Audio celebration brings us back round again to Rox and another visit with Palmer Cox’s Brownies. This time it’s “The Brownies at Base-Ball.”
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Last year at this time we were listening to Housman and “Terence, This is Stupid Stuff.”
Day 22 of National Poetry Month for 2011. Cruellest Month, the Poetry Audio celebration moves on, with some more John Donne and “A Nocturnal Upon S. Lucy’s Day, Being the Shortest Day.”
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Last year at this time we were listening to Eliot and “Prufrock.”
The 21st Day of National Poetry Month for 2011. Our Cruellest Month celebration of Poetry Audio continues with Dindrane, who gives us a great reading of Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess.”
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Last year at this time we were listening to Shelley and “Ozymandias.”