A short poetry podcast by yours truly that I think you’ll really enjoy. I take a nice, easy dive down into one of Robert Frost’s poems to show some of the cool inner workings. This was fun for me to do. I got to write the script, do the recording using my home studio, and even write and perform the incidental music. I used to be a regular on WFPL Louisville with a weekly audio segment, so it was fun for me to brush off those skills. And – there’s a short excerpt from the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show!! If that doesn’t entice you, I don’t know what will. I look forward to doing more of these.
Tag: poetry podcast
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listen to an amazing poem by Gwendolyn Brooks
Here’s Major Jackson reading an amazing poem by Gwendolyn Brooks, “Negro Hero.” The reading is part of a series celebrating the 110th Anniversary of the Poetry Society of America..
Check out the series here: poetrysociety.org/features/reading-through-the-decades.
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Listen to Some of My Poems on Soundcloud
Hearing a poem is often stronger and more enjoyable than reading one. I’ve placed audio files of me reading eight of my poems on Soundcloud. Enjoy these.
Michael reads an original story at the Kentucky Homefront radio show live taping at Adath Jeshurun in Louisville, April, 2017. The show was a tribute to late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. Pick an opening line:
- “When spring began to breed mosquitos…” Listen (“DDT
(Or, a psalm to dichloro-diphenyl tri-chloroethane)”‘ - “Jim writes, ‘I feel like the designated scribe of the apocalypse…” Listen (“Bat Houses”)
- “Mame, du host fayer gemakht…” (“Mama, you made fire…”) Listen (“Mama” By Razjel Zychlinsky, read by Michael Jackman in Yiddish and English)
- “They kicked them off the field, the Yeshiva boys…” Listen (“Yeshiva Students Kicked off Baseball Field, Forest Park, Queens, Circa 1981”)
- “I was playing war with little men of plastic…” Listen (“Blackout”)
- “His Grace, Duke Gonzaga, exempted Salomone Rossi Hebreo…” Listen (“Mantua, 1606”)
- “There are some rotting joists in the crawlspace…” Listen (“Letter from Spickert Knob;” Runner-up, Raynes Poetry Prize)
- “How the rain, any rain, and the sun…” Listen (“How the rain”)
If you enjoyed listening to my poems on Soundcloud, you might like to hear some of my music as well. I suggest my cover of “Colours” by Donovan.
Michael poses for a music publicity photo; his dog Monty looks on. - “When spring began to breed mosquitos…” Listen (“DDT
