0105 -- U is for Us

The first collaborative episode of TIPP, plus a snazzy new logo. Response to the call for poems has been wonderful. Thank you to everyone who posted or sent in poems. Everything you send will be put to good use. Send stuff to thisisplanetpoetry@gmail.com

On today`s program, we heard:

1. Introduction

2. Letters and Such:
   a) "Haiku Forms on Fridge Door. Information Migrates to Facebook Status" from Ted Jeglum, read by
        md;
   b) "Haiku" by Rolland Nadjiwon, read by md;
   c)  Found poem "Fridge Magnet Poem" submitted by Peggy Lauzon, read by md;
   d) "Holy Night" by Peggy Lauzon, read by md;
   e) "Planet Poetry" by Gary Barwin, read by md;
   f) An Email from Sarah Hillis, read by md.

3. "A Lady to Her Lord" by Sarah Hillis, read by the poet.

4. "Guitar Interlude"

5. "He Wishes for the Clothes of Heaven" by W.B. Yeats, read by Gail Guiliani, TIIP's Lake George
     correspondent.

6. "The Round" by Stanley Kunitz, read by Jillena Rose.

Thank you for listening. TIPP airs every Sunday on WLSO radio, streaming here

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Episode Four: Stanley Kunitz

Episode Four: Stanley Kunitz

In this episode, TIPP looks at the work of Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006) and I experiment with pronunciations of the great American poet's name. Contact us at thisisplanetpoetry@gmail.com

1. On Your Side -- Dunn/Lang Trio

2. "The Daughters of the Horse Leech" by Stanley Kunitz, read by the author, from the recording The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam (Folkways, 1967).

3. Excerpt from the preface of Field Guide by Robert Hass, read by MD Dunn

4. "Halley's Comet" by Stanley Kunitz, read by the author, from Essential American Poets (Poetry Foundation) podcast

5. Excerpt from "Reflections" by Stanley Kunitz, read by MD Dunn

6. "King of the River" by Stanley Kunitz, read by the author, from the recording 100 Great Poems

7. "The Testing Tree" by Stanley Kunitz, read by the author, from from Essential American Poets (Poetry Foundation) podcast


Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006), photo from The Poetry Foundation

Poets House in NYC, co-founded by Stanley Kunitz in 1985.

                                        Some of the 50,000 + titles in the Poets House Library

Episode Three: Memory

With Aardvark, the TIPP computer in the shop for a memory cleanse, I thought it fitting to discuss poetry and memory. Along the way we heard:

1. "On Your Side (instrumental) -- Dunn/Lang Trio
2. "To Flee From Memory," Emily Dickinson, read by MD Dunn
3. "First Memory," Louis Gluck, read by MD Dunn
4. "I Remember It Well," (Lerner and Loewe), performed by Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold
5. "Near the Great Arch," by Brenda Hillman, read by MD Dunn
6. "Senile, My Sister Sings," by Irving Layton, performed by the author, from the recording Layton Reads Layton.
7. "Memories Are Made of This" (Gilkyson, Dehr, Miller), performed by Dean Martin

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Episode Two: Rivers

Episode Two: Rivers

Today we look at rivers. Aardvark, the TIPP computer, makes its appearance. 

1. Song: "On Your Side" (instrumental) Dunn-Lang Trio

2. "I Too" by Langston Hughes, performed by the poet

3. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes, performed by the poet

4. "The Way to the River" by WS Merwin, read by mddunn

5. "XI -- My river runs to thee" by Emily Dickinson, read by mddunn

6. Song: "River" by Joni Mitchell

Links:

WS Merwin documentary: http://live.wsj.com/video/ws-merwin-from-poetry-to-palms/E731AC5E-527E-42FD-8F0B-A4DC7CA72783.html#!E731AC5E-527E-42FD-8F0B-A4DC7CA72783

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