Results tagged “poetry”

Last year I did a project where for a whole month I wrote a poem a day. I called it “30 Poems in 30 Days.” I’ve been meaning to recite the poetry from that month on Manufactured Podcasts, and after… Read More »

Languages by Carl Sandburg There are no handles upon a language Whereby men take hold of it And mark it with signs for its remembrance. It is a river, this language, Once in a thousand years Breaking a new course… Read More »

Dream Girl by Carl Sandburg You will come one day in a waver of love, Tender as dew, impetuous as rain, The tan of the sun will be on your skin, The purr of the breeze in your murmuring speech,… Read More »

GOVERNMENT by Carl Sandburg The Government—I heard about the Government and I went out to find it. I said I would look closely at it when I saw it. Then I saw a policeman dragging a drunken man to the… Read More »

POEMS DONE ON A LATE NIGHT CAR by Carl Sandburg I. CHICKENS I am The Great White Way of the city: When you ask what is my desire, I answer: “Girls fresh as country wild flowers, With young faces tired… Read More »

The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Under a spreading chestnut-tree    The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he,    With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms    Are strong as iron bands. His… Read More »

Beauty Bathing in the River by Farooq Shooshah The sea of passion, Dripping from her eyes, Generating precious pearls, Tempted the waves to call her, And make her yield. She had been in seclusion on the bank! Around her seagulls… Read More »

Today we read from Beauty Bathing in the River by Farooq Shooshah, an Egyptian poet. The Absent Painting by Farooq Shooshah We can, in the absence of land, Imagine a map, And borders, Then fill the borders with points, So… Read More »

Today we read Dreams in the Dusk for your pleasure. Also from Chicago Poems, I think this poem captures the essence of fall, the dusk of the day when things go silent and a tear falls down our cheek. Dreams… Read More »

A poetry reading taken from Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg. Enjoy! Gypsy by Carl Sandburg I asked a gypsy pal To imitate an old image And speak old wisdom. She drew in her chin, Made her neck and head The… Read More »

Welcome to Manufactured Podcasts, a new experiment from the folks behind Manufactured Environments. For this first podcast, I read Carl Sandburg’s poem Happiness. Happiness by Carl Sandburg I asked professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what… Read More »