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1) Yeats Poems
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A selection of poems by the Irish poet W B Yeats in a screenbook read by Malcolm Hossick. W B Yeats had a natural talent for handling words and observing the intimate details of human existence and produced a wonderful range of verse over a long lifetime. Malcolm Hossick has chosen 41 poems which he feels reflect the poet's unique view of life and mark him out as one of the greatest writers of poetry in the English language. There are chapter points...
2) Tagore Poems
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Gitanjali – a collection of poems written in English by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore in a Screenbook read by Malcolm Hossick. The langauge of Bengal is spoken by over 250 million people living in the north east of India and the state of Bangladesh. It has a vast and sopisticated written literary culture, stretching back a thousand years. In 1912 poems, 'Gitanjali - Song Offerings' - by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore were published...
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Camera Three presents dramatic interpretations of Edwin Arlington Robinson's poems. Performers include Betty Bartley, Richard Dysart, James Green, Charles MacArthur, John McGovern, and Sandy Smith. Listen to poetry from The Three Taverns, Children of Night, The Town Down the River, and other collected works.
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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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If "The Raven" is not the best-known American poem, then "Annabel Lee" is. Both have endured because they successfully illustrate Poe's esthetic theories of poetics; they use natural, comprehensible language whose music weaves a spell that underscores and heightens the language. These two poems and "The Dream within a Dream" are performed (not merely read!) as Poe himself might have recited them to his peers-with deep passion and intensity, but always...
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Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wonder. Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration, inviting the viewer to listen, wonder,...
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An experiential introduction to Shakespeare Award-winning poet Mandy Kahn and the process behind her immersive, performative, peace-building poems. Filmmaker Courtney Sell carefully documents both the personal and interactive aspects of Kahn's work, which speaks for itself, culminating in a public performance at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Themes include meditation, nature, and unity.
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Out of gratitude for the poet's art form, Newbery Award winning author and poet Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors' hearts sing and their minds wonder. Stunning mixed-media images by Ekua Holmes, winner of a Caldecott Honor and a John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award, complete the celebration, inviting the viewer to listen, wonder,...
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I breathe slowly in, I breathe slowly out. My breath is a river of peace. I am here in the world. Each moment I can breathe and be. Hear thunder crash, feel your toes touch sand, and watch leaves drift softly away on a quiet stream. The simple poems in Breathe and Be help children learn mindfulness as they connect to the beauty of the natural world. Mindfulness teaches us how to stay calm, soothe our emotions, and appreciate the world around us. Whether...
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Learn how essays can break the rules of conventional writing, allowing you to design essay forms to match your needs rather than being forced to fit the rules of more conventional forms. Examine structures that reimagine the essay, such as the microessay and the prose poem or proem.
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Eek, you reek, You make a funk. Where you have been Things stink, stank, stunk. You've left a path, A swath of smell, And-yuk! You did it very well. Children of all ages will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems calling out the different pungent attributes of a full cast of foul-smelling creatures.
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I breathe slowly in, I breathe slowly out. My breath is a river of peace. I am here in the world. Each moment I can breathe and be. Hear thunder crash, feel your toes touch sand, and watch leaves drift softly away on a quiet stream. The simple poems in Breathe and Be help children learn mindfulness as they connect to the beauty of the natural world. Mindfulness teaches us how to stay calm, soothe our emotions, and appreciate the world around us. Whether...
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English
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Eek, you reek, You make a funk. Where you have been Things stink, stank, stunk. You've left a path, A swath of smell, And-yuk! You did it very well. Children of all ages will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems calling out the different pungent attributes of a full cast of foul-smelling creatures.
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In his later years, Yeats created an enigmatic spiritual system, and his poetry continued to evolve. Take a tour of his later writing, including two books that became some of the most significant works of poetry in the 20th century-both for their artistic power and their lens on Irish history.