Podcast 35 "Poetry Special"

Annals of the Homestarmy

Monday, October 5. 2009

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Well, I promised we'd publish it – and, since I had to make a last-minute trip out of town this weekend, it seemed the best chance we had at putting up some new material for all of you – so here is our "Poetry Special" from Podcast 35. We'd like to thank the following people and the authors of the poets they mentioned. Wherever possible, I've tried to include links to the poets and the poems read – unfortunately, some of the sites linked to are filled with annoying flash ads. We hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed recording it.

Anne – There's a Certain Slant of Light (LXXXII) by Emily Dickenson

Jared

God Gave a Loaf to Every Bird (LIII) by Emily Dickenson

I Felt a Cleavage in My Mind (CVI) by Emily Dickenson

There is No Frigate Like a Book (XCIX) by Emily Dickenson

The Brain is Wider Than The Sky (CXXVI) by Emily Dickenson

Aaron – Listen to the Mustn’ts by Shel Silverstein

Listener Jim – Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

Listener Jim (and Joey) – Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

Peter

Carry On! by Robert W. Service

Ode to Spot by "Data" (watch him read it via youtube)

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Daboo on :

Aaaaaah! You linked to the PUNCTUATED version of Emily Dickinson! Blasphemy!

She originally wrote her poems using space and dashes for most of her punctuation, but her editor massacred her work for publication and added commas and semicolons and periods. For more information on her use of the dash, look here: http://elizbrunner.tripod.com/Scholar/DashOne.htm

Don't read the punctuated versions. They are NOT what Emily wrote, and certainly not what she intended others to read. You can find dashed versions at poets.org: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15390

I think you'll find that they affect your breathing more if you read the poems aloud, and in many instances change the subtle meanings of the words. Many of Emily's sly, subtle humor is lost when you overlay punctuation on what she actually wrote.

Daboo on :

Also if I'd known Jared was going to do Emily Dickinson I would have chosen another of my favorite authors. I think I mentioned I have quite a few. Robert Browning would probably come next. http://poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15701

Radar on :

Joey's fan Leah mentioned to me that her favorite poem can be found here: http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/When_I_Heard_Th.htm

Daboo on :

Leah, thank you! That is a lovely little poem. I've felt that way many times.

Ancient of Days on :

I also really love this one, but I can't read it without thinking of the poem that comes next in my own "Treasury", which is 'The Village Blacksmith' by Longfellow. Check it out at http://www.bartleby.com/102/59.html

Radar on :

From Joey's fan Leah: "Tell Joey, that I hadn't heard the blacksmith poem, but I really loved it. You probably won't be surprised to hear that I teared up here at work."

Johnny Elbows on :

I quite enjoyed this "special" podcast. I especially enjoyed the inclusion of "the Jabberwocky" I memorized it when I was really little--my parents have a recording of me reciting it, and the cassette label says that I was three years old at the time. It's still one of my favorites. Don't worry, Pete, I thought Joey mispronounced a lot of the words, too, but my interpretation and pronunciation may be affected by the fact that I still tend to look at that poem with a three-year-old's mind :)

Ancient of Days on :

Can either of you elaborate? I've heard most of these words pronounced many different ways, and picked the ones *I* liked the best - but I'd like to "hear" how you guys think it should have been read.

Radar on :

From Joey's fan Leah: "I just heard my shout out. I get where he's coming from on the deep winter. But, as you know, I detest, and have never acclimated to winter, so this is where (well, one of the places where) Joey and I diverge.
My deep love of Wyoming remains."

Jim on :

Was I the only one troubled by the thought that if Joey were rich that he'd become even more himself?

Peter, you must make sure this never happens.

A good show, you two.

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