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The Poetry Hall of Fame showcases more than 130 of the world's best-known poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by The First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests. Simply an incredible collection of great writers and a wonderful journey through great poems. Within these words one may find all the love, joy, hope, fear, enchantment, and humor that is the human spirit.
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This program provides a detailed analysis of "My Mistres eyes are nothing like the Sunne" by William Shakespeare, "On the Farm" by R. S. Thomas, "This is a Hymn" by Lorna Goodison, and "Lines on the Death of Dr Swift" by Jonathan Swift. Readings, along with critical and historical commentary, are given by contemporary poets Patience Agbabi, Michael Donaghy, W. N. Herbert, John Kinsella, Clare Pollard, and Owen Sheers.
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This program explores four classic poems: "Advertisement for the Waldorf-Astoria" by Langston Hughes, "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins, "Of Many Words in This World" by Margaret Cavendish, and "The Arrival of the Bee Box" by Sylvia Plath. Poets Patience Agbabi, Michael Donaghy, W. N. Herbert, John Kinsella, Clare Pollard, and Owen Sheers read the selections with consideration to their rhythm, rhyme, imagery, and themes.
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On this episode of Camera Three, James Dickey, Muriel Rukeyser, and Peter Viereck discuss the popularity of poetry readings on college campuses, compare modern Russian and American audiences, and Cause poetry. The poets read The Night Pool, To be Sung, and Part 12 of The Outer Banks.
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William Shatner stars in this celebration of poetic portraits featuring excerpts from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. Poems include... "Gone," by Carl Sandburg "Samuel Sewall," by Anthony Hecht "Miss Helen Lang," by Robert Hillyer "Volunteer Fireman," by Phyllis McGinley "The Librarian," by Richard Armour "The Mannequins," by Louis Simpson "True Love," by Judith Viorst "Tomorrow Is My Birthday," by Edgar Lee Masters "Spoon River...
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On this episode of Camera Three, Basil Bunting, English poet from Northumberland, reads excerpts of his poetry. Introduction and commentary is provided by actor, Patrick MacNee. Recitations include portions from What the Chairman told Tom, Villon, The Spoils, Briggflatts and Odes.
17) Jorvik
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A fascinating chapter in the history of the English language is illustrated by the 10th-century Norse village excavated in present-day York. A careful, scholarly reconstruction of the site demonstrates life in England around the time of the Domesday Book-roughly equidistant between Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales. The program explains the Norse element in the English language.
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On this episode of Camera Three, three actors recite short poems by A. E. Houseman from his anthology, A Shropshire Lad. Most of the poems lament the passage of youth, romantic love, and death. Also included are two parodies of Housman's work by Sam Hoffenstein and James Thurber.
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In this engaging 1989 documentary, Maria Beatty explores the insights and influences of the American Beat poets. The film conveys their consciousness and sensibility through candid interviews with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Diane di Prima, among others. Designed as a tribute to the poets and to their spirit of artistic freedom, Gang of Souls also weaves in additional commentary from contemporary musicians, poets and writers such as Marianne...