Another classic poem from 1973's Illustrated Poems anthology which is read with dramatic fervour and discussed in relation to imagery. Did eye and symmetry rhyme? Is Blake speaking about a good or evil creator? Find out here. Or at least listen to ONE version of where my mind is wandering today.

Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky is read ferociously on "hump" day (ok it's also St Patty's so this is a kind of snake right?) and discussed in terms of its sounds and how poetry is just that at its core. And yes "gyre" here has a hard G ;) Enjoy!

In which I tackle the simply joyous but also darkly complex poem by the typographically-rampant and lower case 20th century poet e.e. cummings In Just so we can celebrate the arrivals of spring!

In which I recite and meander through an exploration of this stirringly ecological 19th century poem. Note I do not mention Dickinson's fascinating punctuation that was constituted of dashes as the version printed in the 1973 Illustrated Poems had, alas, been conventionalized with semi-colons and such like things.

In which I read this piece from the 1973 Illustrated Poems anthology and talk a little about its imagery, form and tone.

Joe Rosenblatt was my friend and collaborator and an amazing poet, painter and all around outlaw. Join me as I read his writing philosophy, chat about his life, then recite a poem I wrote for him, one of our collaborative sonnets and finish with his elegiac piece.

In which I recite a further piece from the Illustrated Poems and chat about its form and sounds and intent.

Another poem recited and riffingly elaborated on from the Illustrated Poems for Children anthology (1973).

In which I begin my readings from Illustrated Poems for Children (1973). In each of these episodes I will read a classic poem from this venerable anthology, riff off it in an explorational manner, and recite it again. This is Alfred, Lord Tennyson's The Eagle. Enjoy!