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Read by Terry Casburn'Thanks' by W. S. Merwin, explores expressions of gratitude in various challenging circumstances including aftermaths of hospitals, funerals, muggings, wars and amidst the ongoing environmental degradation. Even in the face of adversity and indifference, the recurring theme is a resilient and constant expression of thankfulness.
The queens return to the Poetry Gay Bar and talk mixers & pretty dicks.f you want to support Breaking Form, please consider buying James and Aaron's new books.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.See Spencer Reese read "The Upper Room" from The Road to Emmaus here (~3.5 min)Watch the poet Ai read "The Good Shepherd" here (~3.5 min).A terrific ee cummings documentary can be seen here (~40 min). Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), often written in all lowercase as e e cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. He wrote approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays, and several essays. Watch dame Judy Grahn read "I Have Come to Claim" (aka the Marilyn Monroe poem) here (~3:45 min). Hear Randall Jarrell read from his work at the 92nd Y (no video; ~40 min).Watch Ruth Stone give a full-length reading (~70 min) here. Watch Anne Hathaway read Dorothy Parker (~6.5 min) here. (And remember to spell Anne's name right.)The Gallery of Beautiful Dicks:Pablo Neruda: watch a documentary on Neruda here (~46 min)Alexander Pope: watch a BBC episode on the genius of Pope here (~50 min). Rita Dove (listen to her on The Achiever podcast here)Claudia Rankine: watch her talk about Just Us at the International Literature Festival in Berlin here (~1 hour).Maggie Nelson: watch Nelson in conversation with Judith Butler here (~90 min).Mary Ruefle: watch Ruefle give a lecture about poetry here (~90 min).WS Merwin: watch Merwin read here (~29 min). John Ashbery: listen to him read "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" (30 min) here. Gertrude Stein: Listen to Stein read "If I had Told Him" here. Read Robinson Jeffers's poem "Birds and Fishes" here. The Trevi Fountain in Rome is an 18th century fountain designed by Nicola Salvi. You can watch a bit about it here.
Read by Terry Casburn Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Read by Terry CasburnProduction and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Feeling grateful, Jacke rummages through the literary storage trunk to find works on gratitude by five poets and essayists: Maya Angelou, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sharon Olds, Henry David Thoreau, and W,S. Merwin. Enjoy! Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's Quotation is care of W. S. Merwin.Listen in!Subscribe to the Quarantine Tapes at quarantinetapes.com or search for the Quarantine Tapes on your favorite podcast app!Appointed United States Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress in 2010, William Stanley Merwin had a career that spanned seven decades. A poet, translator, gardener and environmental activist, Merwin has become one of the most widely read and honored poets in America. He died at home at the age of 91, in the house he built, among the thousands of palms he planted, on Friday, March 15, 2019.Born September 30, 1927, in New York City, William Stanley Merwin was the son of a Presbyterian minister, for whom he began writing hymns at the age of five. He was raised in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and attended Princeton University on a scholarship. As a young man, Merwin went to Europe and developed a love of languages that led to work as a literary translator. Over the years, his poetic voice moved from the more formal to a more distinctly American voice. As the Atlantic Monthly said, “The intentions of Merwin's poetry are as broad as the biosphere yet as intimate as a whisper. He conveys in the sweet simplicity of grounded language a sense of the self where it belongs, floating between heaven, earth, and the underground.”He has lived in Majorca, London, France, Mexico and several places in the United States, as well as Boston and New York. In 1976, Merwin moved to Hawaii to study with Robert Aitken, a Zen Buddhist teacher. He married Paula Dunaway, in 1983, and settled on Maui. For over 40 years, they lived in a home that William designed and helped build, surrounded by acres of land once devastated and depleted from years of erosion, logging and toxic agricultural practices. Together, the Merwins painstakingly restored the land into one of the most comprehensive palm gardens in the world. He continued to live, write and garden in Hawaii until he died at home on Friday, March 15th, 2019.From https://merwinconservancy.org/about-w-s-merwin/For more information about W. S. Merwin:Previously on The Quarantine Tapes:Wayne Koestenbaum on Merwin, at 09:42: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-166-wayne-koestenbaumJoy Harjo on Merwin, at 02:52: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-153-joy-harjoEdward Hirsch on Merwin, at 19:54: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-173-edward-hirschNaomi Shihab Nye on Merwin, at 24:16: https://quarantine-tapes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quarantine-tapes-073-naomi-shihab-nye“Letters from W. S. Merwin”: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/03/25/letters-from-w-s-merwin/“W. S. Merwin: At Home in the Garden of the Unknown”: https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/arts-culture/2019-04-30/w-s-merwin-at-home-in-the-garden-of-the-unknown“W. S. Merwin on Hope and What to Do On the Last Day of the World”: https://improvisedlife.com/2020/04/27/w-s-merwin-on-hope-and-what-to-do-on-the-last-day-of-the-world/
The Poet Speaks will be a series of episodes where I share my favorite comments on creativity from other artists, poets, and writers. The quotations from this episode come from: Joseph Campbell (interviewed by Michael Toms), Beethoven (from Jan Swafford's biography), and the Paris Review interviews with W. S. Merwin and W. D. Snodgrass. Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com. I assume that the small amount of work presented in each episode constitutes fair use. Publishers, authors, or other copyright holders who would prefer to not have their work presented here can also email me at humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com, and I will remove the episode immediately.
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Today we celebrate a journal entry about spring and sap and microclimates. We'll also learn about a young Dutch botanist who determined the cause of Dutch Elm Disease. We’ll hear a poem about spring from a beloved English poet. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about the Garden from a man who was never in a hurry, who fought to preserve trees, and sought to work with nature. And then we’ll wrap things up with the story of the earliest horticulture society in the United States. Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy. The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf. Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org Curated News The hunt for a white iris once popular in old New Orleans gardens | Nola.com | Dan Gill Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and original blog posts for yourself, you're in luck. I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community where you’d search for a friend... and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Grow That Garden Library Garden Time by W.S. Merwin
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Antepasados hace tan poco que estamos acá y nos creemos que inventamos la memoria nos olvidamos de cómo era ser ustedes no nos acordamos de nosotros mismos nos acordamos de imaginarnos que lo que nos sobreviviría sería como nosotros y se acordaría del mundo como aparece ante nosotros pero serán los ojos de ustedes los que se llenen de luz los matamos una y otra vez nos convertimos en ustedes devorando los bosques devorando la tierra y el agua y muriendo de eso partiendo de nosotros mismos dejándoles a ustedes la mañana en su antigüedad
Good day all you lovely people! Welcome to Episode 20 of Getting Stoned with yours truly. In this episode we read some poetry from the incredible W.S. Merwin and I do a new tune, Earth Mother. As always, I appreciate you stopping by for a listen and send much gratitude your way! Be well you beautiful humans! Peace, Love and Rock & Roll, Stone --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stonepetoskey/message
I think this episode name is from a poem by WS Merwin, but I can't find it now. Hope you all are healthy and safe. Subscribing Apple Podcasts| RSS Other Places This Is Bandcamp | YouTube I'd love to hear what you think of this podcast. I really enjoy doing it, but it'd be great to hear about what you like and don't like. Let me know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. If you want to support the podcast, you can at Patreon You can also purchase (or download for free) past tracks from the podcast on Bandcamp. Thanks.
What happened to the foghorn, those beloved giants of our coastal landscape and soundscape? There used to be more than 100 foghorns proudly stationed around the British Isles. Now, due to maritime GPS and automation, there are fewer than 20, with the figure falling steadily. The sound of the foghorn has always induced a melancholic feeling, and perhaps the absence of it only increases that sensation. Music journalist and broadcaster Jennifer Lucy Allan has long been obsessed with the question of what memories and experiences are lost once the foghorn engines are switched off for good. She is a foghorn obsessive, having completed a PhD on their social and cultural history. Inspired by the Foghorn Requiem, a 2013 art performance by Lise Autogena and Joshua Portway, this programme is a eulogy for the foghorn. Those sharing their lyrical memories and tributes include a sea captain, a recorder player, and a renegade engineer who restores horns in secret. There is also foghorn-inspired poetry by Ian C Smith and WS Merwin, and original music from Laura Cannell and Femi Oriogun-Williams. Produced by Jack Howson. A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4
Naomi Shihab Nye talks with Paul Holdengräber about how poetry is an important tool for both thought and action. Naomi reflects on her upbringing in Ferguson, MO., where she experienced segregation, and in Southern Texas, where she experienced the local Mexican culture. Naomi and Paul also talk about a range of music from new Palestinian recording artists and old favorites.Naomi Shihab Nye is the Young People's Poet Laureate (Poetry Foundation), the Poetry Editor for the New York Times Magazine, on faculty at Texas State University, and author or editor of more than 30 books. She was selected by the National Book Critics Circle to receive the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, 2020. Naomi Shihab Nye | Brocade The Arabs used to say, When a stranger appears at your door, feed him for three days before asking who he is, where he’s come from, where he’s headed. That way, he’ll have strength enough to answer. Or, by then you’ll be such good friends you don’t care. Let’s go back to that. Rice? Pine nuts? Here, take the red brocade pillow. My child will serve water to your horse. No, I was not busy when you came! I was not preparing to be busy. That’s the armor everyone put on to pretend they had a purpose in the world. I refuse to be claimed. Your plate is waiting. We will snip fresh mint into your tea.
This is a bonus episode to expand on the poem in Episode #14. I take a shot at explaining how linguistic devices have been used to create an emotional landscape in the poem Yesterday by WS Merwin.
In this episode, I read - Yesterday by WS Merwin. This poem made me twitch a little. It was written in 1983, and yet it speaks of a guilt that remains timeless. One that all of us carry with us no matter how little or how much time we spend with our parents. A non preachy conversation written only to illustrate the poet's own feelings about the last time he saw his father, made afresh by his friend who's talking about the last time he met his. It is a beautiful piece of poetry. One deserving of being more widely read and shared. Please give it a listen, presenting "Yesterday" by WS Merwin. I read from the Poets.org website here - https://poets.org/poem/yesterday The host, Ravneet Bawa as - @one_third_above on Instagram @maikeya on Twitter Email: ravneet_bawa@icloud.com Disclaimer: This podcast is created for sharing with friends and family, and only as a passion project amidst the Covid lockdown with no commercial interest. In all episodes I read from sources on the public internet or copies of books I possess. The commentary is all my own.
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman Late Spring -By W.S. Merwin Coming into the high room again after yearsafter oceans and shadows of hills and the sounds of liesafter losses and feet on stairs after looking and mistakes and forgettingturning there thinking to findno one except those I knewfinally I saw yousitting in whitealready waiting you of whom I had heardwith my own ears since the beginningfor whom more than onceI have opened the doorbelieving you were not far
Cuando acabe la guerra por supuesto estaremos orgullosos el aire finalmente se podrá respirar el agua hará mejores los salmones y el silencio del cielo va a migrar con mayor perfección los muertos pensarán que los vivos valieron el esfuerzo y nosotros sabremos quiénes somos y todos volveremos a enrolarnos
In this edition of This Is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “The Unwritten,” by. W.S. Merwin.
In this edition of This Is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “The Unwritten,” by. W.S. Merwin.
In this edition of This Is Just To Say, The Closet Recordings, poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads, “The Unwritten,” by. W.S. Merwin.
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Production and Sound Design by Kevin SeamanPoems Read:The Solstice By W.S. MerwinDer Leiermann by Wilhelm Müller&Snowfall by Mark Strand
"I hated childhood I hate adulthood And I love being alive." - Mary Ruefle Happy Thanksgiving to anyone who hates and/or loves anything at all. I love you guys. And I need you. And I need this. LINKS: Buy Mary Ruefle's TRANCES OF THE BLAST here: https://www.wavepoetry.com/products/trances-of-the-blast Buy W.S. Merwin's "Migration: New and Selected Poems" here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BE438BB84-0D6E-4AB4-B564-0FDB6B4DB0C3%7D Buy ME READING STUFF shirts and support The Trevor Project: https://cottonbureau.com/products/me-reading-stuff#/972221/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s
The final episode of Season 2. The incomparable Charlotte Rampling reenacts Simone de Beauvoir’s classic 1965 Paris Review interview; Danez Smith reads their poem “my bitch!”; Sarah Manguso shares her lyric essay “Oceans,” about moving to California, cancer, and writing oceanically; actor Griffin Dunne reads Henry Green’s story “Arcady; or a Night Out.”; and we close with a recording of the late WS Merwin reading his poem “Night Singing.”
I was reading in Facebook yesterday, a friend had planted all of these autumn crocus, colchicums, in her garden. Like any bulb, it takes lots of dedication to get them planted and then you have all of the anticipation - waiting to see if they come up and if they meet your expectations. Anyway, she'd invited some friends over to come and check them out. Instead of being amazed by the beautiful autumn crocus, her friends were completely taken her gorgeous hydrangea. Isn't that the way it goes? We toil in our gardens and then we invite people over to come and see it. Yet, the plants we expect others to be amazed by, the plants that have stolen our hearts, are not always the plants that are the most popular with our visitors. So, my piece of advice, if you have an affinity for autumn crocus, is don't plant hydrangea. If you do have hydrangea, only invite other gardeners over. Only gardeners will appreciate the dedication that it takes to plant colchicum. Only gardeners are sensitive to the fact that if they've been invited over to "see the colchicum", they will ooh and aah only for the autumn crocus, and offer merely a passing nod to the show-stealing hydrangea. Brevities #OTD Today is the birthday of the botanist Sarah Hynes who was born on this day in 1859, Hynes was born in Danzig, Prussia and she immigrated to Australia in the mid 1800's. After graduating from the University of Sydney, she and Georgina King brought in fresh flowers for a botanical display at the Sydney Technological Museum. This is how Haynes came to know the director of the Museum, Joseph Henry Maiden. Maiden hired Haynes as a botanical assistant and when he was promoted to be the director of the Sydney Botanic Garden, he hired Hynes to be in charge of the herbarium. Once Hynes arrived at the botanic garden, she ran into difficulties with her male bosses. She was pointing out disparities between herself and her male counterparts; she had requested better pay. In 1905, Hynes was suspended and cited for 39 counts of insubordination including the use of "unladylike" phrase "lowdown, dirty larrikin trick." Hynes stood her ground and denied the charges, which were ultimately dismissed. But, five years later, it happened again. After this suspension, Haynes had had enough; she transferred to the Department of Public Instruction. After this position, Haynes spent the rest of her professional life teaching science to high schoolers. William Fitzgerald named the (Acacia hynesiana) for her, in recognition of her work with Joseph Henry Maiden on his book Forest Flora. #OTD Today is the birthday of the botanical artist Faith Fyles who was born on this day in 1875. Fyles was trained as a botanist, but her natural artistic talent became apparent early in her career. She was the first female hired by the Canadian Department of Agriculture. In 1920, she transferred to the horticulture division where she began producing colored illustrations of plant specimens; especially fruits and ornamentals. Fyles is remembered for her work on the 1920 bulletin, Principal Poison Plants of Canada. The bulletin was prepared for farmers so that they could discern the problematic plants on their properties and avoid pasturing animals with poisonous plants. The book was offered free through the Ottawa Department of Agriculture. Over her career, Fyles had the opportunity to study art with Stanhope Forbes in England and with Rene Menard and Lucien Simon in Paris. #OTD Today is the birthday of the Mexican botanist Helia Bravo Hollis who was born on this day in 1901. Bravo Hollis was the first woman to graduate with the title of Biologist in Mexico. By the age of 29, she was named curator of the University's herbarium where she was assigned the job of studying the cactus. In 1937, Bravo Hollispublished "Las cactáceas de México", making her a leader of global cactus research. Bravo Hollis focused on cactus in and in 1951, she cofounded the Mexican Cactus Society. Six cacti species are named in her honor. In 2001, the Cactus Society had planned to celebrate her 100th birthday, but she died four days shy of the century mark. Bravo Hollis also helped found the Botanical Gardens at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She served as the director of the Gardens throughout the 1960s. When a strike occurred, Bravo-Hollis offset the pay owed her workers with money out of her own pocket. Last year, Google commemorated the 117th birthday of Bravo Hollis with a Doodle. If you search for her online, you'll see a memorable image of Bravo Hollis, in a skirt and blazer with a knife in her hand, standing next to an Echinocactus platyacanthus, also known as the giant barrel cactus, that appears to be over 5 ft tall and just as wide; a very impressive specimen. This species is the largest barrel cacti. In Mexico, where the cactus is a native, the hairs are harvested for weaving and a traditional candy is made from boiling the pith. Today, the Helia Bravo HollisBotanical Garden, with more than 80 species of cactaceae, is found at the Biosphere Reserve of Tehuacán. Unearthed Words Today is the birthday of the American poet WS Merwin, who always went by William, and who was born on this day in 1927. In 2010, Merwin and his wife, Paula, co-founded the Merwin Conservancy at his home in Haiku, Maui. Merwin used the 19 protected acres surrounding his home to cultivate 400 different species of tropical trees; and many of the world's rarest palm trees. Merwin bought the property in 1977, and every day, he planted one tree. Merwin's story is outlined in an excellent opinion piece about Merwin that was featured in the New York Times earlier this year. “come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain” “Obviously a garden is not the wilderness but an assembly of shapes, most of them living, that owes some share of its composition, it’s appearance, to human design and effort, human conventions and convenience, and the human pursuit of that elusive, indefinable harmony that we call beauty. It has a life of its own, an intricate, willful, secret life, as any gardener knows. It is only the humans in it who think of it as a garden. But a garden is a relationship, which is one of the countless reasons why it is never finished.” “On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.” Today's book recommendation: Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West This book came out in 2015 and the subtitle is Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes. Right from the start, one can tell that this book has a different philosophical underpinning than other books on landscape design. And, I love that they incorporate the use of the word community; Rainer and West are trying to get us to think about our gardens as communities. If we could begin to see our gardens and the plants in them in the way that Rainer and West do, we would be much more sensitive to concepts like density and diversity in our plantings. But, don't let those terms throw you; Rainer and West are all about extracting design principals that help gardeners focus on wise selections and year-round interest; all through the lens of community. If we could all do a better job of understanding the way plants behave in the wild, our gardens would benefit greatly. I love what they write in the beginning of their book because I think it sets the tone for what they are trying to accomplish: "The way plants grow in the wild and the way they grow in our gardens is starkly different. In nature, plants thrive even in inhospitable environments; in our gardens, plants often lack the vigor of their wild counterparts, even when we lavish them with rich soils and frequent water. In nature, plants richly cover the ground; in too many of our gardens, plants are placed far apart and mulched heavily to keep out weeds. In nature, plants have an order individual harmony resulting from their adaptation to a site; our gardens are often arbitrary assortments from various habitats, related only by our personal preferences.... In fact, the very activities that define gardening – weeding, watering, fertilizing, and mulching – all imply a dependency of plants on the gardener for survival. Gardeners are often frustrated when some plants spread beyond their predetermined location and surprised while others struggle to get established.... Further complication is the availability of plants from every corner of the globe... So how do we shift the paradigm, making desirable plantings that look and function sympathetically with how they evolve in nature? By observing and embracing the wisdom of natural plant communities." Today's Garden Chore Add some color to your garden with chrysanthemums. On this day in 2000, Stuart Robinson offered this advice about mums in his weekly column in the Montreal Gazette: "Before shutting things down for the winter, there are a few ways to make the fall garden look a bit nicer. Brighten up your fall flower beds with some colorful chrysanthemums. If you didn't plant any in the spring, so what. Markets and garden supply stores usually have lots of them on special at this time of the year. Buy a few of the larger pots, dig holes in the flower bed (removing a few poor-performing annuals if you have to) and just drop them in and water them well. If you do it when nobody's looking, your neighbors will never know." Something Sweet Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart As I was researching the poet William Merwin, I came across an interview with him done by Joel Whitney back in 2010. During the interview, Merwin revealed that his mother used to read him poetry and one of his early favorites was Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. When asked about Stevenson, Merwin recalled that Stevenson had spent a great deal of time in Hawaii: "and played cards with King Kalakaua... Kalakaua cheated at cards... They obviously got along very well together, Stevenson and Kalakaua. They were playing cards one day, and Stevenson said, 'I’ll beat him this time: four aces.' And Kalakaua said, 'Five kings beats it all.'" Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
Today we have W. S. Merwin on the show today, he is truly a master of language and one of the great orators. Visit https://merwinconservancy.org/about-w-s-merwin/ to learn more about W. S. Merwin and his work. Books:The Essential W. S. Merwin https://amzn.to/2ZNS0Jh Garden Time https://amzn.to/2ZPYx6dThe Rain in the Trees https://amzn.to/2Q04oCi Migration https://amzn.to/2A480Zk Click HERE for the POD Book Store!
Even in the darkest of situations can we find a way to be joyful? Is there a kind of gratitude which isn't a turning away from the gravity of things? Might just this joy and gratitude be what's called for if we're to face our situation with sufficient energy, creativity and ethical care? A conversation about not turning away with Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace. Here's Episode 82 of Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace (http://wearethirdspace.org) in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/turningtowardslife/) to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. We're also on YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify. In this conversation we talk together about how it might be possible to face the darkness and difficulties of the world without collapsing into a frozen fearfulness, without cutting ourselves off from others through panic and rage, and without denial. We consider the ways in which the culture many of us have grown up in teaches us always to be dissatisfied, to live our lives as if we'll only be able to show up when we have exactly the circumstances we think are due to us, and how this keeps us distant from the possibility of contributing to improving things. We talk together about how joy can connect us and those around us to the qualities and creativity the world needs so much, and how it might be possible to be joyful even in the midst of the deepest darkness. As ever we are grateful for the wisdom and depth of those whose writing is at the heart of this project, and particularly this week for this poem by W S Merwin, who died last month at the age of 91. You can read more about him and his work in this article (https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/03/ws-merwins-poems-of-ethical-care/585328/?fbclid=IwAR2kHiLkO977N58Kz5kXb_6uX62h3jjT_fvoxQ4FCQkw4m5YlezXHtim48U) in The Atlantic. And you can find the source for this week's episode here (https://wp.me/p4Tynu-hF) .
Rachel Eliza Griffiths joins Kevin Young to discuss "Rain Light" by W.S. Merwin, and her own poem "Heart of Darkness." Griffiths is a poet and artist who has received fellowships from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Cave Canem Foundation, and Yaddo, among others. Her latest book is "Lighting the Shadow."
This is a Saint Julian Press Podcast production of three W. S. Merwin poems; The Blackboard, Living With the News, and Neither Here Nor There. Each poem is read or presented by Publisher/CEO/Poet – Ron Starbuck.
Blue Eyes Wide Open, in reverence.W.S. Merwin, 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry (1927-2019)
Saint Julian Press Podcast On the Subject of Poetry – By W. S. Merwin Read by Ron Starbuck
W. S. Merwin's recent passing got Connor and Jack thinking about his work. In this episode they explore the elegantly structured, gut-punchingly powerful "For the Anniversary of My Death" from Merwin's collection "The Lice." Jack brings up the concept of the presence of absence and Connor finds new levels of sonic resonance in the poem's final line. Read the poem below. More on Merwin, here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/w-s-merwin Find us on facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking Find us on twitter at: twitter.com/closetalking You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com. For the Anniversary of My Death By: W. S. Merwin Every year without knowing it I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me And the silence will set out Tireless traveler Like the beam of a lightless star Then I will no longer Find myself in life as in a strange garment Surprised at the earth And the love of one woman And the shamelessness of men As today writing after three days of rain Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease And bowing not knowing to what
Rain Light & To My Brother – by W.S. Merwin Read by Ron Starbuck – Saint Julian Press, Inc. From: The Essential W.S. Merwin Paperback: 200 pages Publisher: Copper Canyon Press (August 29, 2017) Language: English ISBN-10: 1556595131 ISBN-13: 978-1556595134
Amanda Holmes reads W. S. Merwin’s poem, “To the Insects.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
For the Anniversary of My Death – By W. S. Merwin – Read by Ron Starbuck The Essential W.S. Merwin Paperback: 200 pages Publisher: Copper Canyon Press (August 29, 2017) Language: English ISBN-10: 1556595131 ISBN-13: 978-1556595134
Today's show features a few more poems from the great W.S. Merwin who died last Friday. Remember: subscribe, rate, review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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In this episode, I read two of my favorite works by Merwin: “My Friends” and “Losing A Language”.
Two of America's greatest poets - both former Poet Laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners - get to the heart of why poems speak to us when other forms of language fail. They also share stories about the people who inspired them to make a life in literature. And they read some great poems, of course!
Poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads W.S. Merwin‘s poem “Thanks” and talks with producer KUT’s Rebecca McInroy about how complicated it is to feel and show gratitude in a complex and troubled world.
Poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads W.S. Merwin‘s poem “Thanks” and talks with producer KUT’s Rebecca McInroy about how complicated it is to feel and show gratitude in a complex and troubled world.
Poet and novelist Carrie Fountain reads W.S. Merwin‘s poem “Thanks” and talks with producer KUT’s Rebecca McInroy about how complicated it is to feel and show gratitude in a complex and troubled world.
From “The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress": During July, on iTunes, we honor Poets Laureate of the United States who keep language from the evils of persuasion …who rinse off words, making them fresh and new.
Tonight is the night I finally share the Q&A I did with Kevin Corrigan in NYC in January. Truly the highlight of my life. Listen here to hear him perform a dramatic reading of a poem he constructed out of the titles of my drawings. I still kind of do not believe this happened. But there is this recording of it, so apparently it did. But I still don't think so. Maybe nothing in my life has happened. Wouldn't that be something. “The story of each stone leads back to a mountain.” -W.S. Merwin LINKS: Video of my Q&A w/ Kevin Corrigan!: https://www.facebook.com/SusanInglettGallery/videos/10155998518482173/ Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevinFCorrigan Kevin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinfcorrigan/?hl=en Kevin on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180984/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Kevin's band Crystal Robots: https://crystalrobots.bandcamp.com Buy my book here: https://www.archonprojects.com/shop/robyn-oneil-20-years-of-drawings My NYC gallery: http://www.inglettgallery.com Erratic Fire, Erratic Passion: http://www.featherproof.com/catalog/erratic-fire-erratic-passion
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Today, I ask that you take off your tight jeans. Privately, away from me. LINKS: Buy “Migration” by W.S. Merwin here: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/pages/browse/book.asp?bg=%7BE438BB84-0D6E-4AB4-B564-0FDB6B4DB0C3%7D Sign up for a Poem-a-day here: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem-day I’m on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robyn_oneil/ I’m on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robyn_ONeil?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor There are Denny’s in Omaha, Nebraska and I'd like to meet you there: https://katstrm3.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/20140612_092118.jpg?w=300&h=225 Sheila, is that you?: http://drinks.seriouseats.com/images/2013/04/20130417-bartender--%20McComber.jpeg
Bill Clegg ends his marathon appearance on This Writing Life podcast by talking about his (then) recent Man Booker longlisting for his first novel, Did You Ever Have a Family? Alternating between his twin literary hats - writer and agent - he talks the pros of literary prizes and literary culture in general. ----more---- After the shock of learning that I reviewed Did You Ever Have a Family?, Clegg moved onto a broader discussion of attractive misery in contemporary American fiction: who's sadder: Clegg or Hanya Yanagihara (or neither)? the problem with novels with the word 'Girl' in the title the Ashley Madison debacleAdrian Piper's 'Everything' (Will be Taken Away)Bam!, Black Swans and age-old advice: how to deal with the unexpectedself-consciousness about self-consciousness: Foster Wallace, WS Merwin, perhaps?the future and some literary recommendations
Matthea Harvey joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss W. S. Merwin’s “Vixen,” and her own poem “Everything Must Go.”
James Richardson joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss W. S. Merwin’s “A Single Autumn.”
Yesterday by W.S. Merwin read by Ron Starbuck
Live from Butterfly Town, USA. We’re talking about butterflies today, in honor of their incredible desire and ability to migrate thousands of miles—straight here. The haven Monarch butterflies come home to is Pacific Grove, where I’m Poet in … Continue reading → The post YOUR HANDY EPIGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO POETIC BUTTERFLIES AND A PORTRAIT OF THE POET AS BUTTERFLY: NOTES ON BLESSING THE RETURN OF BUTTERFLIES AT THE MONARCH SANCTUARY, PACIFIC GROVE, AKA BUTTERFLY TOWN (Featuring Emily Dickinson, W.S. Merwin, Wendell Berry, and Pablo Neruda, among others). first appeared on Dr. Barbara Mossberg » Poetry Slowdown.
W.S. Merwin, the newly-announced 17th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, an undisputed master who has won nearly every major literary award, opens the Library's 2010-2011 literary season with a reading of his poetry. Speaker Biography: In a career spanning five decades, W.S. Merwin, poet, translator, and environmental activist, has become one of the most widely read - and imitated - poets in America.In July 2010, William Merwin was appointed United States Poet Laureate by the Librarian of Congress. He lives, writes, and gardens in Hawaii, on the island of Maui.
I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me—HAFIZ And so our Sufi 14th century poet frames our impassioned show today, how nature is interpreted as … Continue reading → The post THE GENIUS OF ENTHUSIASM, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, MORNING SONG: AN ENCOURAGEMENT OF POETS OF TODAY AND ANCIENT TIMES, and an annotated reading of W.S. Merwin, “An American Addresses Philomena” first appeared on Dr. Barbara Mossberg » Poetry Slowdown.
Robert Frost, in his poem October, beginning the hours of this day slowly, making the morning last, as Poet Paul Simon says on our show’s signature song, to Frost’s “make the day to us less brief,” his slow! Slow! savoring … Continue reading → The post That’s the Spirit! Essential Attitude: In Honor of Inaugurating a Poet Laureate, W.S. Merwin, broadcast from the hospital bedside vigil of my mother, age 90, who “wants to sleep” but just winked at me: first appeared on Dr. Barbara Mossberg » Poetry Slowdown.
Recordings of poet W.S. Merwin, with an introduction to his life and work. Recorded 1999, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
On the heels of winning this year's Pulitzer prize for poetry, W.S. Merwin joins Bill Moyers for a wide-ranging conversation about language, his writing process, the natural world, and the insights gleaned from a much-lauded career of more than 50 years. W.S. Merwin is the author of 21 volumes of poetry and won his second Pulitzer Prize for his most recent collection, THE SHADOW OF SIRIUS.
On the heels of winning this year's Pulitzer prize for poetry, W.S. Merwin joins Bill Moyers for a wide-ranging conversation about language, his writing process, the natural world, and the insights gleaned from a much-lauded career of more than 50 years. W.S. Merwin is the author of 21 volumes of poetry and won his second Pulitzer Prize for his most recent collection, THE SHADOW OF SIRIUS.
On the heels of winning this year's Pulitzer prize for poetry, W.S. Merwin joins Bill Moyers for a wide-ranging conversation about language, his writing process, the natural world, and the insights gleaned from a much-lauded career of more than 50 years. W.S. Merwin is the author of 21 volumes of poetry and won his second Pulitzer Prize for his most recent collection, THE SHADOW OF SIRIUS. And, what's your vision for the future of the American Dream? Our guests and our viewers speak out.
The Last One by W.S. Merwin. For more audio you can learn from, please visit www.learnoutloud.com
The Last One by W.S. Merwin. For more audio you can learn from, please visit www.learnoutloud.com
In a career spanning five decades, W.S. Merwin, lauded poet, translator, and environmental activist, has become one of the most widely read poets in America.
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