Edward Thomas’ “Cock-Crow” cleaves the wood of thoughts that grows by night

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 ~ Frank Hudson ~ Leave a comment

A lot of these performances begin somewhat randomly. Oh, Edward Thomas isn’t random, I’ve enjoyed exploring this British writer with you since I first ran into his connection with Robert Frost in the years just before WWI. Was I looking for a poem considering a particular subject or event? One could see today’s piece, “Cock-Crow” … Continue reading Edward Thomas’ “Cock-Crow” cleaves the wood of thoughts that grows by night

Edward Thomas’ “The Owl” as heard in a yurt

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 1 Comment

Every so rarely I treat this Project as a “regular blog” and talk about what I’ve done recently. Not my usual mode, but this is one of those. In case you’ve noticed a gap in posting, this week I’ve been in a yurt situated in a forest a few miles from Lake Superior. No cellphone … Continue reading Edward Thomas’ “The Owl” as heard in a yurt

Edward Thomas’ October

September 29, 2019August 30, 2021 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 1 Comment

Moving from 17th century Welsh poet Henry Vaughn we’ll jump forward to a favorite of this blog: 20th century Welsh poet Edward Thomas. Thomas is less well-known in the U.S. than he is in the U.K., perhaps because he’s sometimes classed as a “Georgian poet,” a loose classification given to early 20th century British poets … Continue reading Edward Thomas’ October

Edward Thomas and World War 1

November 8, 2018November 9, 2018 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 1 Comment

In my roundup of World War One War Poets earlier this week for the upcoming centenary of Armistice Day, I only mentioned Edward Thomas in passing. He shares the military service and the battle-related death of the others, but his writing about the war is different. Though he was working on notes that could lead … Continue reading Edward Thomas and World War 1

Rain on a Spring Night (after Du Fu)

May 19, 2022 ~ Frank Hudson ~ Leave a comment

Early this week, Poet Jose Hernandez Diaz on Twitter put out a call for people to respond with their go-to poets in our troubled times. I’m always uneasy when being put on the spot for short-lists, because I’m by nature a person of various moods and needs. The poet I need today is not always … Continue reading Rain on a Spring Night (after Du Fu)

Easter Monday (In Memoriam E. T.) for National Poetry Month

April 17, 2022April 17, 2022 ~ Frank Hudson ~ Leave a comment

It’s Easter and time to close my short Edward Thomas series for National Poetry Month with a short elegy written by a poet both less and more known than Thomas in the United States. But before I get to that, let me fill in a few spaces in the Edward Thomas story. I ran into … Continue reading Easter Monday (In Memoriam E. T.) for National Poetry Month

Gone, Gone Again for National Poetry Month

April 16, 2022April 16, 2022 ~ Frank Hudson ~ Leave a comment

We continue today our National Poetry Month series where we re-release some of our favorite performances from the early days of this Project in the hopes that more ears will be able to hear them. Today’s piece steps forward a couple of years from yesterday’s, where in “Adlestrop” British poet Edward Thomas had written with … Continue reading Gone, Gone Again for National Poetry Month

Adlestrop for National Poetry Month

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 1 Comment

You’ll sometimes find Edward Thomas filed under “War Poets,” but his best-known poem “Adlestrop” is a unique peace poem that emerged from a journal entry written a few days before war broke out in Europe in 1914. In Thomas’ “Adlestrop”, nothing happens — the sweetest nothing. This poem is lesser-known in America than it is … Continue reading Adlestrop for National Poetry Month

2021 Parlando Project Hits (and Misses)

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 ~ Frank Hudson ~ Leave a comment

Once again a variety of things we call life is keeping new material from being posted as part of this project. So, why not do what a lot of bloggers do this time of year and give a short rundown of 2021 traffic for this blog and the associated audio pieces? That might be interesting. … Continue reading 2021 Parlando Project Hits (and Misses)

The Sky Is Low

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 2 Comments

This little poem by Emily Dickinson seems at first so slight, little more than a tiny winter nature lyric using the risky literary trope of the pathetic fallacy* deftly enough that it doesn’t cloy. The language is almost entirely simple and plain-spoken, but in such a short poem the words that aren’t entirely clear may … Continue reading The Sky Is Low

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