This is history and poetry as only the BBC can do it. It's a all-day "history of Britain through poetry" in celebration of National Poetry Day.
The details:
1 - Foundation Stones
The British are brilliant at writing poems. On National Poetry Day, And
Rather than creating over 100 new discussions, I have posted almost my entire poetry collection in a single location.
This collection reflects fifteen years of collecting, organizing and cataloging poetry from William Blake through William Butler Ye
Read more…Pacifica Radio Archives "From The Vault" The Sound Of Poetry
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From the Vault travels back in time over fifty years to listen a long-forgotten recording that was broadcast only once (May 24th, 1962) on Pacifica radio station KPFA in Berkeley: The
He's so unhip, that when you say Dylan, he thinks you're talking about Dylan Thomas, Whoever he was. The man ain't got no culture.
In commemoration of the hundredth birthday of Dylan Thomas, I have uploaded my Dylan Thomas collection to ADrive.
Th
Read more…I find Shel Silverstein's Poetry and his song lyrics both in chilren's and adult forms to be very interesting and quite thought provoking. What I have done here is packaged all of his work that I have into one hefty rar file. This should give any
Read more…Through a twist of fate that the author of Labyrinths himself would have relished, these lost lectures given in English at Harvard in 1967-1968 by Jorge Luis Borges return to us now, a recovered tale of a life-long love affair with literature and the
Four Quartets
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
First broadcast:
Saturday 18 January 2014
Jeremy Irons reads Four Quartets by T.S.Eliot.
128K 65.7 Mb 1 mp3 file
Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T.S. Eliot's career as a poet. While cont
Tracks
01- Joseph Fiennes - Be Not Afeard, The Isle Is Full Of Noises (The Tempest)
02 - Annie Lennox - Live With Me And Be My Love (From Sonnets To Sundry Notes Of Music - 5)
03 - John Gielgud - As An Unperfect Actor On The Stage (Xxiii)
04 - Alan R
some of the first items I ever recorded - gathering virtual dust on my drive - poems appear in full length shows or separately edited out -- Paradise Lost only 11 books-- contractual obligations as I recall -- more Milton material will appear in th
Read more…To appreciate Shakespeare's Hamlet, one must hear it in it's original Klingon...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiRMGYQfXrs
Read more…Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.
Read more…American Indian Fairy Tales The Poet by WT Larned
Iagoo, the story-teller knew the fairy tales and wonder stories told him by his grandfather. Where did robin get his red breast? How did fire find its way into the wood? Why was Coyote more clever
Read more…As requested.
I'm also including a partial reading of Beowulf in Anglo-Saxon!
I also have an NPR teaser for their Beowulf, but have never found the actual presentation. Does anyone have it?
Journey of the Magi
Broadcast Sun 2 Jan 2011, Adventures in Poetry
160/44; 32.2 MB; sound quality excellent
"A cold coming we had of it, / Just the worst time of the year / For a journey, and such a long journey ..." TS Eliot's poem for Epiphan
101 poems to remember by heart.
Includes an insightful discussion about the childhood pain of learning poetry by rote.
Excellent recital by Ted Hughes.
https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=497d6fbf497cf874&resid=497D6FBF497CF874!590&parid=root
Read more…The Rap canterbury Tales
by Baba Brinkman
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I was asked if I had this, since Bob's links were dead, I obliged with my Profound Thanks to the original poster Anson (Bob) Roberts for this unusual item. May I also say that this is the only Rap,
Shakespeare in the Alley
2004-2008 @ 128K
Produced by Dr. Bill King
Twelve (12) shows, 59 minutes each, discussing Dylan's lyrics as poetry. Each show is about one-half music, one-half commentary.
This series of 12 one-hour radio shows. It divide
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