"The Armadillo" by Elizabeth Bishop (poetry reading)

[poluphloisboios]

Pound read his poetry with a great deal of emphasis. Being Ezra Pound, he was able to get away with it, but most people wouldn't.

[pernishus]

Thank you for this and the many other poems you have recorded. I hope you will undertake more Bishop and Auden in particular. The Elizabeth Bishop Centenary site has a "Today's Video" feature, and I'm afraid we are running rather short of Bishop recordings to include there. It would be lovely to have her "Florida," for example, with your voice and intonations.

[TheBeautyEverywhere]

A lovely, tender reading. Thankyou

[jeremyshambles]

a singularly wonder-full poem. i especially liked that you included the possible reply mr lowell made, it gives me such a curious feeling of fascination to see how eloquent the pair seemed to correspond with one another. thanks for sharing these videos, would you do a james mangan reading, dark rosaleen perhaps? thanks very much -take care

[belisariusorb]

@jeremyshambles james clarence mangan is a good suggestion indeed

[carmelo3750]

Appreciate posting the video. The snarky Glen Beck comment is off-putting and unnecessary.

[SpokenVerse]

@carmelo3750 It's always nice to meet a Glenn beck fan. Check out his reading of The Now Colossus - there's a link in my version, posted a couple of days ago. He claimed to be the ultimate authority on how it should be read.

I'm sure that, like Voltaire, Glenn might not agree with what I say but he would defend to the death my right to say it.

[carmelo3750]

@SpokenVerse

My comment wasn't about Glen Beck's beliefs. I don't care for him. In the context of the poetry cited I thought your reference was inappropriate. I am an Elizabeth Bishop fan. Actually, we both lived in the same house in Washington. Why mention Glen Beck in the context of the poem. I just don't get the message you intend.

[SpokenVerse]

@carmelo3750 Lately I listened to Elizabeth Bishop and Glenn Beck read poems. This will be true for regular listeners too. Their styles of reading are at opposite ends of the spectrum - then I declared which side I was on. I don't like overemphasis: it ruins a poem; I think understatement works better: it allows the poem to shine through.

You're free to disagree, of course.