Results tagged “recitation”

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 »

Listen to the Podcast 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… Read More »

Listen to the Podcast 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,… Read More »

Listen to the Podcast 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… Read More »

Listen to the podcast 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… Read More »