Poems & Songs – The Talking People Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Read the poem http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/tiffanymidge_writteninblood.mp3
Go to the Mina Loy page on Literature – Talking People http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/minaloylife.mp3
Read or print the poem http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/poems_conniefife_dearwebster.mp3
Read the poem at the Mujer Palabra website. Check out the webpage at Talking People about Sylvia Plath http://www.mujerpalabra.net/audios_mujerpalabra/poemas/plath_child.mp3
Read the poem and learn more about this insightful author http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/adriennerich_song.mp3
Welcome to the TP Podcast! This time I’m going to read one of the most human poems ever written, a poem that can be understood even if we don’t share the same its author’s time space and culture. I’ll read Shakespeare’s “To be or not to be” in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Then I’ll … Continue reading Poems. To be or not to be, by William Shakespeare
Check out the Talking People webpage for Anne Sexton, and you’ll be able to listen to her!!! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/annesexton_herkind.mp3
I love this poem. It’s so mysterious, and so honest. I don’t know what it means. I just know it means something mysterious and daily and beautiful, plus totally human. Picture it as a post-it note on a fridge. Hope you enjoy it! Read the poem http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/williamcarloswilliams_thisisjusttosay.mp3
Read the lyrics here (from her album “not so soft”, 1991) Language notes: “to wane” is something the moon does, because the moon waxes and wanes! “To toe the line” is ‘to conform to a rule or standard’. More on Ani Difranco at the Talking People Website (Music) http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/anidifranco_briefbusstop.mp3
Post your comments at the Dakota in Spain blog Read the poem at Dian Million’s webpage on Talking People, and find out more about her http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/dianmillion_thehousingpoem.mp3
Read the poem and learn more about its author. There are some language notes in the Word version you’ll find. Hope you enjoy it! http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/portianelson_autobiographyinfiveshortchapters.mp3
Read this poem and find more info/activities. Tell yourself this poem when you are waiting to enter an examination room! It’ll lull you a bit, soothe you down, and you’ll be able to concentrate and focus better! 🙂 http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/maryoliver_wildgeese.mp3
Welcome to our poetry segment! Read this poem, watch videos where Joy Harjo reads other poems or plays music… More on American Indians More on Billie Holiday – “Strange Fruit” and more http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/joyharjo_strangefruit.mp3
Read the poem here http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/0tppodcast/audrelorde_alitanyforsurvival.mp3