Poetry Reading Series: This project is created to make classical poems more accessible to people of all ages. Everyone in this project has donated their time and talent, to breathe new life into the great classics. e believe the art form of poetry is vital to nurturing our imaginations, empathy, and ability to communicate. We hope this project will help people in our community here, to people in foreign countries who are learning English as a second language.c
"Humpty Dumpty's Song" by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Greg Haskins
"Country Song" by Nicholas Breton (1545-1626)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by John Patrick Cavanaugh
"The Cow" by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by David Bruce
"Vow To Love Faithfully" by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517?-1547)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Greg Haskins
"Autumn" by Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Greg Haskins
"Brave New World" from THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Lainey Hashorva
"Uphill" by Christina Rossetti 91830-1894)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Michele Tannen
"A Prioress" from CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by David Eadington
This Life by William Drummond (1585-1649)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Greg Haskins
Meeting At Night by Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Michele Tannen
Orpheus With His Lute from KING HENRY THE EIGHTH by John Fletcher (1579-1625)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Greg Haskins
Songs Of The Greenwood from AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Michele Tannen
The Daffodils by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Lainey Hashorva
Break, Break, Break by Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by Michele Tannen
Bonny Barbara Allan - Author Unknown
Directed by Kaz Matamura
Performed by David Eadington
The Passionate Shepherd To His Love by Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura
Performed by Michele Tannen
"A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura.
Performed by Greg Haskins.
"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)
Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura
Performed by Greg Haskins
"A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura
Performed by Michele Tannen
"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura
Performed by Greg Haskins
"Love And Life" by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680)
Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura
Performed by Lee Magnuson
"Rosalynde" by Thomas Lodge (1558-1625)
Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura
Performed by David Eadington
Spring by Thomas Nashe (1567-1601)
Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura
Performed by Michele Tannen
The Mountains Grow Unnoticed by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Directed by Kaz Mata-Mura
Performed by Michele Tannen