Pieces of Poetry

This episode discusses the poet and writer Stevie Smith with readings of some of her poetry. It starts with a brief biography and a reading of 'Not Waving but Drowning' with some analysis followed by readings and discussion of some of her other poems. Tweet us at @alexyforrester Email us at alex@digian.com Thanks for listening!

This episode discusses the poet and writer Maya Angelou with readings of some of her poetry. It starts with a brief biography and intro to her early childhood years told in the first of her autobiographies 'I Know Why  the Caged Bird sings' before readings with analysis and discussion of some her poems, their impact and her legacy. 00:00 - Introduction 00:26 - Maya Angelou - Intro and Biography 03:34 - Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie - Poetry Collection 04:27 - No Loser No Weeper - Poem 05:43 - Still I Rise - Poem (Abridged) 08:53 - Caged Bird - Poem (Excerpt) 09:45 - On the Pulse of Morning - Poem (Excerpt) 11:03 - Legacy and Final Thoughts Poems Maya Angelou, "No Loser, No Weeper" from Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie, Random House (New York, NY), 1971 Maya Angelou, "Still I Rise" (excerpt)  from And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems. Random House , (New York, NY), 1978 Maya Angelou, “Caged Bird” (excerpt)  from Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?.  Random House, 1983 Paul Laurence Dunbar, "Sympathy.”" from The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 2004) Maya Angelou, “On the Pulse of Morning” (excerpt) from The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou , Penguin Random House LLC, 1994  Readings No Loser, No Weeper Still I Rise - Maya Angelou Live Performance On the Pulse of Morning - President Clinton Inauguration 1993 Other Book on Maya Angelou from Children's Biographies Series "Little People Big Dreams" Tweet us at @alexyforrester Email us at alex@digian.com Thanks for listening!

This episode discusses the poet T. S. Eliot with a brief biography followed by an introduction and reading of his first published poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' and some analysis and  thoughts on the poem and the context in which it was written. Tweet us at @alexyforrester Email us at alex@digian.com Thanks for listening!