W.H. Auden reading his “As I Walked Out One Evening”
A recommendation: close your eyes and listen to Auden read his “As I Walked Out One Evening”. It’s a hauntingly lovely poem and Auden’s carefully measured cadence and precise diction make its melancholic beauty all the more pronounced and moving: As I walked out one evening, Walking down Bristol Street, The crowds upon the pavement [...]
Reading a Leonard Cohen poem (an AudioBoo)
Tonight, I downloaded and played around with the AudioBoo Android app. It doesn’t work very well, unfortunately. However, I do like the idea quite a lot, so I decided to record one through the website, just for fun. In it, I’m reading “There Is a Moment” from Leonard Cohen’s lovely Book of Longing. I’ve also [...]
Poem of the Week #1
Poem of the Week- T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land, part one Each week, I’m going to choose one of my favorite poems, discuss it, offer up an interpretation, analyze it, comment upon it, etc. I’d might as well put those degrees in English Literature to good use ;) If you’re so inclined, I’d love to [...]
