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On the Grasshopper and the Cricket

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 1 Comment

There used to be a thing, back in the Seventies when “The Sixties” were being established as a retrospective era: “The Beatles or The Stones?” The idea was that this choice, which was supposed to be somehow exclusive, was an “opener,” a what’s your (astrological) sign query that would tell the questioner who you were—or … Continue reading On the Grasshopper and the Cricket

Ode on a Grecian Urn

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 1 Comment

This may have been one of the first poems I fell in love with: the richness of the language, some sense of strangeness, the exoticness of the depicted setting–all enough for a young teenager. I did not mind the often outdated language then—less then than I do now—as I expected poems then to be written … Continue reading Ode on a Grecian Urn

The Snow Man

March 7, 2019March 8, 2019 ~ Frank Hudson ~ Leave a comment

I’m sure many readers here are enjoying spring or its imminent promise. In Minnesota, not so much. It was 4⁰ F. when I awoke this morning, and everyone is already flinching for another snow-storm due this weekend. So let’s have one more winter piece, this time by Wallace Stevens from his landmark collection Harmonium, “The … Continue reading The Snow Man

Her Lips are Copper Wire

February 11, 2019November 30, 2020 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 1 Comment

Today’s piece brings the Parlando Project to 300 published audio pieces since we officially launched in August 2016. Is that a small or large number? Both. Certainly, a great deal of effort has gone into it, including effort to not use the same kind of poem throughout, and to vary the music that meets up … Continue reading Her Lips are Copper Wire

To Autumn

October 3, 2018October 4, 2018 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 2 Comments

October 4th is National Poetry Day in the U.K. this year, an event similar, though more condensed, to the National Poetry Month in April promoted out of the U.S. No one’s revealed why April for the Poetry Month, though Chaucer and T. S. Eliot may have put in their votes, and the reasons for the … Continue reading To Autumn

Jimi Hendrix 2018

September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 2 Comments

Even though music takes half the time and focus of this project, I find myself talking about it hardly at all, which is probably unfair here “Where Music and Words Meet.” So, today I’m going to talk more about music. If that’s not your interest, I’m still going to ask you to keep reading, as … Continue reading Jimi Hendrix 2018

London between rain showers

March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 6 Comments

Last night I saw the London production of “The Girl from the North Country.”  The play’s production illustrates well how context can change a work of art. I traveled 4,000 miles to see a play in London written by an Irishman integrating work by a Jewish iron-ranger with a British cast portraying a multi-racial rooming … Continue reading London between rain showers

Vegetables dream of responding to you

February 21, 2018 ~ Frank Hudson ~ Leave a comment

OK, let’s reveal where the words from the last post, Poetry in Translation,  came from and what I know about their context—but stick around, as this is going to relate back to those 20th Century theories about how poetry works. If you haven’t listened yet read and listened to Poetry in Translation,  this would be … Continue reading Vegetables dream of responding to you

The Most Anthologized American Poems of the Modern Era

October 9, 2017October 12, 2017 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 6 Comments

Here’s a list of poets and poems, along with the year they were written:   OK, you probably already read the title of the post, so you know what they are. This list comes from an article I bookmarked this summer that intrigued me, and today I returned to it because I’m thinking a bit … Continue reading The Most Anthologized American Poems of the Modern Era

In The Drear-Nighted December

December 18, 2016December 18, 2016 ~ Frank Hudson ~ 1 Comment

200 years ago this month a 21 year old surgical resident decided to give up his studies to become a doctor and to instead concentrate on the writing of poetry. An interesting decision. He had already rolled up a considerable education debt, and while it’s possible that poetry’s earnings potential might have been greater in … Continue reading In The Drear-Nighted December

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