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Words in the Air - An Immersive Poetry Anthology Experience - Brought to life through voice, sound and moments that quicken the heart - New episodes every Monday and Thursday.
Winter Trees and Blizzard By William Carlos WIlliams
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:5114/12/2023
The Second Coming by William Butler Yates
Read by Christopher Kendrick
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:2411/12/2023
A Rainy Night in Soho by Shane MacGowan
Read by Marcus Kirwan
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:2307/12/2023
The Great American Poem by Billy Collins
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:4004/12/2023
White Eyes by Mary Oliver
Read by Juliet Prew
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:3430/11/2023
Night is a Cistern by Adam Zagajewski
Read by Marcus Kirwan
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:1127/11/2023
Thanks by W.S. Merwin
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.
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:1723/11/2023
Beeches by David St. John
Read by Terry CasburnIn 'Beaches,' David St. John takes listeners on a meditative walk through a forest providing rich, atmospheric imagery of the beech trees and their environment. Throughout the journey, he contemplates the nature of peace, nostalgia, loss, and gratitude. The forest becomes symbolic, serving as the Sanctuary of Ghosts, just as the rhythm of walking becomes a rhythm of transcendence.
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:4820/11/2023
Ocean of Earth by Guillaume Apollinaire
Read by Marcus Kerwin
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:2916/11/2023
Happiness by Raymond Carver
Read by Terry Casburn'Happiness' by Raymond Carver, depicts an early morning observation of two young boys delivering newspapers. Despite the early hour and their task at hand, their camaraderie and joy in their shared task radiates. The observer considers the honest, unadulterated happiness in childhood, a happiness that's unmarred by the complexities of adult emotions such as death, ambition or even love. This moment of simple beauty against the backdrop of an early morning leaves a lasting impact.
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:5313/11/2023
A Bird in Bishopswood by John Tickhill
Read by Gary Muller"A Bird in Bishopswood" is a short, 41-line poem written in Middle English alliterative verse in the late fourteenth century.The poem was written in 1395 by English poet John Tickhill, who was a rent collector at St. Paul's Cathedral. The poem is about a narrator who finds himself out of tune with the season of "the merry month of May". The narrator has spent Lent in melancholia and also shares their observations and interpretations of the bird's actions, the changing nature and how it makes them feel. Also, there is an expression of longing towards the bird, expressed through a desire to keep it caged until winter, a possible metaphor for wanting to hold onto the beauty and vitality of spring as long as possible.
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
03:2209/11/2023
Bone-Flower Elegy by Robert Hayden
Read by Terry Casburn"Bone-Flower Elegy" by Robert HaydenThe poem describes a dream journey through different vast and intimidating locations, where erotic and violent scenes unfold on a stage. The speaker also encounters a haunting funeral chamber with a dancing naked corpse and comes upon groves of enormous, bone-like flowers in a desert, embodying both terrifying and tantalizing imagery. The poem concludes with a dichotomous creature, 'beast angel/angel beast', which embodies both violence and tranquility. According to the poem, the battle between what is right or what is wrong, between grotesque and beauty, may end on earth but it continues in death, it continues in the ideas of the living.
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:5506/11/2023
You Who Never Arrived by Rainer Maria Rilke
Read by Marcus Kirwan"You, Who Never Arrived" by Rainer Maria RilkeA deeply moving and introspective recital of Rainier Maria Rilke's poem, 'You, who never arrived'. The poem is an agonizing address to a beloved who remains ever elusive, never physically present yet continuously palpable in the narrator's world. The loss and longing for this beloved is expressed through vivid imagery, from landscapes and cityscapes to fleeting encounters, resonating a longing and a sense of loss over a lover who was 'lost from the start'. A captivating exploration of unrequited love and longing expressed through beautiful poetic language.
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:5602/11/2023
For Annie by Edgar Allan Poe
Read by Marcus Kirwan
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
04:2931/10/2023
Beyond the Last Lamp by Thomas Hardy
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:4730/10/2023
Tulips by Sylvia Plath
Read by Juliet Prew
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
06:4526/10/2023
The Empty House by Walter de La Mare
Read by Christopher Kendrick
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:1623/10/2023
Return of the Ghost by Weldon Kees
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:0719/10/2023
Dream-land by Edgar Allan Poe
Read by Dave Luukkonen
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
03:4516/10/2023
Windigo by Louise Erdrich
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
03:2312/10/2023
The Children of Stare by Walter de la Mare
Read by Juliet Prew
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:4309/10/2023
Lullaby by Carl Sandburg
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:1905/10/2023
Affirmation by Donald Hall
Read by Stouweed I Innocent
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
03:2802/10/2023
An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin
Read by Christopher Kendrick
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
03:1028/09/2023
Paradoxes and Oxymorons by John Ashbery
Read by Terry Cashburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:1025/09/2023
The Beautiful Changes by Richard Wilbur
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:5521/09/2023
Sheltered Garden by H.D.
Read by Juliet Prew
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
03:1118/09/2023
The Moonlight By Yvor Winters
Read by Dave Luukkonen
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:2914/09/2023
Twilight Hours by Sadakichi Hartmann
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
04:1411/09/2023
Cosmology by Billy Collins
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:1904/09/2023
A Poem about Baseballs by Denis Johnson
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:2931/08/2023
Passengers by Denis Johnson
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:4728/08/2023
The Triple Fool by John Donne
Read by Christopher Kendrick
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:5624/08/2023
Leave-Taking by Louise Bogan
Read by Juliet Prew
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:3621/08/2023
Soft Hail by Keith Waldrop
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
03:2017/08/2023
August by Dorothy Parker
Read by Juliet Prew
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:2414/08/2023
Passage Over Water by Robert Duncan
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:1810/08/2023
The Stair by Kevin Young
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:2807/08/2023
Inscription by Zbigniew Herbert
Read by Juliet Prew
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:2903/08/2023
My Glass World Tells of Itself by W.S. Graham
Read by Terry Casburn
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:5431/07/2023
The Big Boots of Pain by Anne Sexton
Read by Juliet Prew
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
04:2427/07/2023
Fireflies by Frank Ormsby
Read by Dave Luukkonen Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:1124/07/2023
The Evening of the Mind by Donald Justice
Read by Terry Casburn Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:1320/07/2023
Summer Night by Louise Glück
Read by Juliet Prew Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:4817/07/2023
Starlight by Philip Levine
Read by Terry Casburn Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:4913/07/2023
Poem for Haruko by June Jordan
Read by Juliet Prew Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:5910/07/2023
Blues for Alice by Clark Coolidge
Read by Terry Casburn Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
03:0906/07/2023
The Star Dial by Willa Cather
Read by Juliet Prew Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:3403/07/2023
Records by Robert Lowell
Read by Terry Casburn Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
01:1529/06/2023
Pound and Brodsky in Venice by Megan Fernandes
Read by Juliet Prew Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman
02:2326/06/2023