Just back from Boston, it calls up memories of my walks through the city. Powerful and eerie poem. It is as deep as the Charles River and as unpredictable. You feel her torment. Very well rendered.
@alleiaegeria Thanks D. The Charles River !...I felt I got to know it whilst unravelling the meaning of this poem for myself....This footage is from Limerick.
@Cossetteliar3876 Not that I now know of. But...would it matter ? A.S's daughter..a somewhat failed poet ...wrote her own tortured story about her tortured mother...but I personally am interested in Anne Sexton's powerful verse.
@jasperanklesighs Thanks for your comment..but I do not find anything large and sloppy in this poem. It is tight and intense in the extreme. And what is it going to attack? It is remorse poem. i have to suggest...you just might not have ' got it.' Maybe listen to the words...?
What a stunning reading and presentation! The images of ruined doors, their hint of abandoned insane asylums. No feeling of, "Huh? What did that mean?" I comprehended, as if It were more accessible than ordinary language. An electrifying way to start the morning! Thank you.
Until this year, I was not a poetry reader at all, I always had difficulty understanding a lot of it. Then I got into Sexton and Plath by way of my interest in Morrissey , whom especially likes Anne Sexton and the life/death of Sylvia Plath over her work evidently. Then, I recently picked up Alix Strauss' compelling book on deaths of the famous called Death Becomes Them. Now I can't get enough of Sexton and Plath and can't believe what all I had been missing out on. Endlessly fascinating..
Actually, I think I probably furnish this old house...almost everything, in fact.. with things made a hundred or more years ago...in order to maintain my connection with the past. The past is all long gone though, isn't it....as will I be, someday.
@Hellishcrusade That is how my poem Footsteps in the Past..ends...Trying to understand your remarks re the house...I supposes being nearly 400 can bring on a little dementia...! LOL...jus' kidding o Hellish one...jus kiddin' and not one bit grumpy !!
I wonder what Sexton would think of the mood you created?
(Don't get me wrong- I'm a believer that the artist's "original intent" is not completely sacrosanct, so I love it, even if someone else argues she'd hate it.)
But I mean that I really wonder what she;d think of it, just from curiosity...
Thanks..Well...I often wonder what A.S. would have thought of my interpretation. For sure she would know it was heartfelt...other than that , I cannot say...She once said her husband disliked her 'poetry' voice...but that she thought everyone effected a 'voice' for poetry. This is mine..but I have to be careful not to become too stylised.
DRC recently introduced me to the poetry of Anne Sexton and your wonderful read has caused my appreciation of her poetry to grow further. You have a splendid accent and it would be a treat to hear you read some Irish poetry.
This IS a perfect reading. If you read it again, you might produce another perfect reading with different emphases and lilts of the voice. You put pain and distance in your voice, which works with with this poem, as it would with so many of her poems. Did you shoot and edit the video footage yourself? It works well.
brilliantly performed..there's a spoken word thing i'd love you to hear by john cale and loue reed...its on an album called'songs for drella.. a tribute to their mentor,andy warhol..there's a track called 'the dream' where john cale takes on the position of andy warhol in a dream..its at the end of his life,when life got lonely...i hope you get to hear it....i love this work of yours..its extremely good.
Wow... YOU really know how to deliver... I am working on memorizing my favorite Sexton poem for a video soon... I'll have to work hard to compete with THIS!
You did an amazing job with this poem. The imagery you chose was perfect and powerful. As I've told you before, I am not a huge fan of hearing people read poetry because so few do a good job (not saying I'm any expert, just that I dislike the insincerity, affectation, or cluelessness I often hear in their voices). You, on the other hand, are a true master. And this is a compliment I never give out unless I truly mean it. So, for what it's worth, you have it, wrapped and bowed.
Oh my, of course I think we can all relate! I can't count the number of times in life where I struggled and always felt like I had the goal in mind but had a few short comings. Well done, I think your style definitely reflects the struggle that we go through in our day to day life. I could just close my eyes and listen to you as you are reading it and it is as though I know the exact steps you are going through.
Dark-ish...but not empty I feel. Full of honest appraisal of a difficult life.. Anne Sexton achieved a huge amount despite her demons...Thanks for watching.
Funnily enough Ida...camera work is my least fav part of doing this...I find that side of things quite tedious and I am impatient doing it...that's why there are jerks and shakes here and there. Thanks for watching.
Well thanks so much Clay. That is very nice of you to say...I spent days doing this...did so may readings...this was the best of a bad lot...you might say...Yes I filmed it in Limerick mainly when I was there recently. Lovely little city.
Well thank you very much Clay . Very nice of you to be so encouraging. I spent days doing this...did many readings...this is the best of a bad lot you might say. Yes , I filmed this mainly in Limerick . A lovely little city...thank you again...Anne is a great poet..
I love this poem. And the reader has a perfectly haunting voice for it.
Sectumsemprist 2 weeks ago
@Sectumsemprist Thank you for that S....appreciated !
Poemsapennyeach 2 weeks ago
Great visuals enhance a beautiful reading!
TheRussellNewton 2 months ago
I'll send you some photos of the Charles River, Beacon Hill and the back Bay later.
alleiaegeria 2 months ago
Just back from Boston, it calls up memories of my walks through the city. Powerful and eerie poem. It is as deep as the Charles River and as unpredictable. You feel her torment. Very well rendered.
alleiaegeria 2 months ago
@alleiaegeria Thanks D. The Charles River !...I felt I got to know it whilst unravelling the meaning of this poem for myself....This footage is from Limerick.
xyzllii 2 months ago
Peter Gabriel did it justice
Brazilady 4 months ago
@Brazilady There are many ways to skin a cat !
xyzllii 4 months ago
Wasn't Anne Sexton molested by her mother?
Cossetteliar3876 6 months ago
@Cossetteliar3876 Not that I now know of. But...would it matter ? A.S's daughter..a somewhat failed poet ...wrote her own tortured story about her tortured mother...but I personally am interested in Anne Sexton's powerful verse.
Poemsapennyeach 6 months ago
@Poemsapennyeach Somewhat failed? You are somewhat obtuse.
derickwade 1 month ago
Ok. This is what I call a "Walrus Poem", because it's like a large sloppy beast that might attack.
jasperanklesighs 7 months ago
@jasperanklesighs Thanks for your comment..but I do not find anything large and sloppy in this poem. It is tight and intense in the extreme. And what is it going to attack? It is remorse poem. i have to suggest...you just might not have ' got it.' Maybe listen to the words...?
Poemsapennyeach 7 months ago
What a stunning reading and presentation! The images of ruined doors, their hint of abandoned insane asylums. No feeling of, "Huh? What did that mean?" I comprehended, as if It were more accessible than ordinary language. An electrifying way to start the morning! Thank you.
betsarama 10 months ago
@betsarama Thank you so much. What nicer way for me to start my day...than to read your comment !
Poemsapennyeach 10 months ago
Many thanks, I will look into Emily Dickenson. She's another one that Morrissey has mentioned frequently and seems to admire.
TheBoyracer63 1 year ago
@TheBoyracer63 Great ! says she 5 months later...lol..
Poemsapennyeach 7 months ago
Until this year, I was not a poetry reader at all, I always had difficulty understanding a lot of it. Then I got into Sexton and Plath by way of my interest in Morrissey , whom especially likes Anne Sexton and the life/death of Sylvia Plath over her work evidently. Then, I recently picked up Alix Strauss' compelling book on deaths of the famous called Death Becomes Them. Now I can't get enough of Sexton and Plath and can't believe what all I had been missing out on. Endlessly fascinating..
TheBoyracer63 1 year ago
@TheBoyracer63 That is brilliant..Have you tried Emily Dickenson ? She is very accessible but with a insightful crispness to her words..
Poemsapennyeach 1 year ago
Actually, I think I probably furnish this old house...almost everything, in fact.. with things made a hundred or more years ago...in order to maintain my connection with the past. The past is all long gone though, isn't it....as will I be, someday.
Hellishcrusade 1 year ago
@Hellishcrusade That is how my poem Footsteps in the Past..ends...Trying to understand your remarks re the house...I supposes being nearly 400 can bring on a little dementia...! LOL...jus' kidding o Hellish one...jus kiddin' and not one bit grumpy !!
Poemsapennyeach 1 year ago
Very well read. I very much enjoyed your interpretation.
FatuousAnility 1 year ago
@FatuousAnility Thank you very much for that...!
Poemsapennyeach 1 year ago
@FatuousAnility Thank you very much for that...!
Poemsapennyeach 1 year ago
This is a fine reading and a powerful video.
I wonder what Sexton would think of the mood you created?
(Don't get me wrong- I'm a believer that the artist's "original intent" is not completely sacrosanct, so I love it, even if someone else argues she'd hate it.)
But I mean that I really wonder what she;d think of it, just from curiosity...
Anyway- great job- 5 *s!!!
composerdoh 2 years ago
Thanks..Well...I often wonder what A.S. would have thought of my interpretation. For sure she would know it was heartfelt...other than that , I cannot say...She once said her husband disliked her 'poetry' voice...but that she thought everyone effected a 'voice' for poetry. This is mine..but I have to be careful not to become too stylised.
xyzllii 2 years ago
A moving reading of the poem and great photos/video of Limerick that match the words brilliantly. (belated) Happy New Year!
ljped 2 years ago
Why tanx Mister...Limerick is a lovely city...look forward to a new video from you.
xyzllii 2 years ago
Beautiful and gripping. Very well read with fitting images.
alleiaegeria 2 years ago
Thanks so much fro watching....and the comment...talk soon...I am back now..
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
First class. Terrific reading and show - well done!
Hypnotic and arresting. 5*
Caspar33 2 years ago
Thank you very much for that nice comment.
xyzllii 2 years ago
DRC recently introduced me to the poetry of Anne Sexton and your wonderful read has caused my appreciation of her poetry to grow further. You have a splendid accent and it would be a treat to hear you read some Irish poetry.
Life is good,
Kind regards, Peter
nordicsky 2 years ago
@nordicsky thanks so much for your lovely comment.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
This IS a perfect reading. If you read it again, you might produce another perfect reading with different emphases and lilts of the voice. You put pain and distance in your voice, which works with with this poem, as it would with so many of her poems. Did you shoot and edit the video footage yourself? It works well.
dadasopher 2 years ago
@dadasopher thank you so much...yes I shot the footage...tho sometimes wonder if abstraction would be less distraction...
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
brilliantly performed..there's a spoken word thing i'd love you to hear by john cale and loue reed...its on an album called'songs for drella.. a tribute to their mentor,andy warhol..there's a track called 'the dream' where john cale takes on the position of andy warhol in a dream..its at the end of his life,when life got lonely...i hope you get to hear it....i love this work of yours..its extremely good.
marycigarettes 2 years ago
Thanks for the encouragement..and I will follow your suggestion...happy daze...!
xyzllii 2 years ago
@marycigarettes did you get my thanks...hope so...it is below...I said thank you for the encouragement...!!
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
@marycigarettes I keep posting a thank you to you and it disappears.....here is thank again...
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
yes WOW , THAT WAS GREAT, THANK YOU FOR SHARING , I SO ENJOY YOU ,FIRESTAR =^,,^=
lionessfirestar 2 years ago
Thank you indeed Lioness..
xyzllii 2 years ago
@lionessfirestar I did reply...saying thank you did you get it..hope so.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
Wow... YOU really know how to deliver... I am working on memorizing my favorite Sexton poem for a video soon... I'll have to work hard to compete with THIS!
5* FAVED :)
DavidRandallCurtis 2 years ago
@DavidRandallCurtis Belated thanks...for some reason my previous comments did not stick....
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
An oh so powerful reading of an oh so powerful poem by an oh so powerful poet. Can you tell how good I think this is! More please. 5* Fav.
PoetLina 2 years ago
Thank you very much for your lovely comments.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
You did an amazing job with this poem. The imagery you chose was perfect and powerful. As I've told you before, I am not a huge fan of hearing people read poetry because so few do a good job (not saying I'm any expert, just that I dislike the insincerity, affectation, or cluelessness I often hear in their voices). You, on the other hand, are a true master. And this is a compliment I never give out unless I truly mean it. So, for what it's worth, you have it, wrapped and bowed.
Perroquet51 2 years ago
Thanks for your words...really appreciated.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
Strong work.
jamesburrprints 2 years ago
Anne Sexton is powerful.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
Oh my, of course I think we can all relate! I can't count the number of times in life where I struggled and always felt like I had the goal in mind but had a few short comings. Well done, I think your style definitely reflects the struggle that we go through in our day to day life. I could just close my eyes and listen to you as you are reading it and it is as though I know the exact steps you are going through.
Thanks for sharing!!!
fuckyzeit 2 years ago
Thank you for those very encouraging words. The poem is one of Anne's ...and she wrote many, great ones. Thanks again...
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
The imagery was stunning and fitting!
1DRock37167 2 years ago
Thank you ID....!
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
Wow - this really paints a story... Kind of a dark and empty one.
mymoosejaw 2 years ago
Dark-ish...but not empty I feel. Full of honest appraisal of a difficult life.. Anne Sexton achieved a huge amount despite her demons...Thanks for watching.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
Love the verbal imagery and the imagery of the places, photos, streets and the city! Sending my happy thoughts through the looking-glass.
♡ ƙarolyn
weeknightingale 2 years ago
Thanks for your kind words.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
The filming is impressive. However did you do that? I love your voice.
Idlinfarm 2 years ago
Funnily enough Ida...camera work is my least fav part of doing this...I find that side of things quite tedious and I am impatient doing it...that's why there are jerks and shakes here and there. Thanks for watching.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
Perfect! I cannot imagine why you are not extremely proud of this reading!!! Superiour editing and imagery!
longhairred 2 years ago
Thanks Redlonghaired. Sweet.!
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
btw..where is this located?
clayLavl 2 years ago
Limerick in Ireland Clay.
xyzllii 2 years ago
thanks.
clayLavl 2 years ago
stunning! i'm always shocked when i see a masterpiece. brilliant!
clayLavl 2 years ago
Well thanks so much Clay. That is very nice of you to say...I spent days doing this...did so may readings...this was the best of a bad lot...you might say...Yes I filmed it in Limerick mainly when I was there recently. Lovely little city.
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
i'd love to have footage of that place. it's spectacular.
clayLavl 2 years ago
Well thank you very much Clay . Very nice of you to be so encouraging. I spent days doing this...did many readings...this is the best of a bad lot you might say. Yes , I filmed this mainly in Limerick . A lovely little city...thank you again...Anne is a great poet..
Poemsapennyeach 2 years ago
Unbelievable!
clayLavl 2 years ago
this is extremely deep and fascinating! did you shoot all this?
clayLavl 2 years ago