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Romantic or Depressing: Dover Beach
Reading, summary, and analysis of Matthew Arnold's 1867 poem, "Dover Beach."
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Shulamith Chernoff - Another Year, Another Birthday
Shulamith Chernoff was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Teacher’s Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary, as well as Columbia University. Deeply influenced by her mother , a linguiist and publisher, and her father, a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marilyn Nelson - 'Red-Hot Mama'
Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of more than 20 books and chapbooks for adults and children. Her critically acclaimed books for young adults include A Wreath for Emmett Till and the ground breaking Carver: A Life in Poems, a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marilyn Nelson - 'Dinah's Lament'
Marilyn Nelson is the author or translator of more than 20 books and chapbooks for adults and children. Her critically acclaimed books for young adults include A Wreath for Emmett Till and the ground breaking Carver: A Life in Poems, a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Maria Sassi - 'Look Homeward Angel Now to Hollyhocks'
Maria Sassi, who was for several years Poet Laureate of West Hartford, Connecticut, is a prize-winning poet and playwright. Her first poetry collection, Rooted in Stars, now in its second printing, is part of The Beinecke Rare Book and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Joe Weil - 'Paunch'
Joe Weil is an assistant professor at Binghamton University. His reviews, essays, poems and short stories have appeared in Paterson Literary review, The Literati Quarterly, Rattle, Barnstorm, Blue Collar Review, Lips, The Boston Review,...
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Daniel Donaghy - 'George'
Daniel Donaghy is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Somerset, which was named co-winner of the 2019 Paterson Poetry Prize. His previous poetry collections are Start with the Trouble (University of Arkansas Press,...
Poetry Foundation
Blythe Baird reads "The Purchase" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Blythe Baird (she/her/hers) reads Aimee Nezhukumatathil's poem, “The Purchase
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Edwina Trentham - 'In Flight'
Edwina Trentham is a Professor of English at Asnuntuck Community College, where she is also the Editor of Freshwater, a national poetry journal, which celebrated its Tenth Anniversary in May 2009. She has published poetry in a variety of...
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David Cappella - Teachers Make a Difference - The Physical Therapist
A poet and teacher, David Cappella is a professor emeritus in the English department at Central Connecticut State University. He is the co-author with Baron Wormser of The Moves and of A Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry Day to Day. In...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Charles Bernstein - 'Devils Dictionary'
Charles Bernstein taught poetry and poetics, with an emphasis on modernist and contemporary art, aesthetics, and performance. He retired from Penn on June 30, 2019. Bernstein has published five collections of essays — Pitch of Poetry...
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Bob Greenberg - 'Hope is the thing with feathers' by Emily Dickinson
Bob Greenberg is the creator of the Brainwaves Video Anthology. He is a retired elementary school teacher. Hope is the thing with feathers Emily Dickinson - 1830-1886 “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And...
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Martín Espada Teachers Make a Difference - Howard Zinn
Martín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator. His new book of poems from Norton is called Floaters. Other books of poems include Vivas to Those Who Have Failed (2016), The Trouble Ball...
Chinese Buddy
Spring Slumber (春眠) - 1200 Year-Old Chinese Poem into Song
Spring Slumber (春眠) is a poem by the very famous poet 白居易 (bái jū yì) who lived from 772-846 AD during the Tang Dynasty.
Poetry Foundation
Ruth Awad reads “Let me be a lamb in a world that wants my lion"
Ruth Awad reads her poem “Let me be a lamb in a world that wants my lion
Poetry Foundation
Rachel Eliza Griffiths reads "Seeing the Body"
Rachel Eliza Griffiths (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "Seeing the Body
Poetry Foundation
Justice Ameer reads "body without the 'd'"
Justice Ameer (xe/xem/xir) reads xir poem, "body without the 'd.'"
Poetry Foundation
John-Francis Quiñonez reads "Re: Watching You Without Me"
John-Francis Quiñonez (they/them/theirs) reads their poem, “Re: Watching You Without Me
Poetry Foundation
Hrishikesh Hirway reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
Hrishikesh Hirway reads "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop and shares how the poem inspired his podcast Song Exploder.
Poetry Foundation
Diana Khoi Nguyen reads "Hysteria"
Diana Khoi Nguyen reads Kim Yideum's poem, "Hysteria
Poetry Foundation
Demi Adejuyigbe reads "Difficult Baby"
Demi Adejuyigbe reads Kimmy Walters' poem, "Difficult Baby
Poetry Foundation
Taylor Goldsmith reads “Morning of Drunkenness”
Taylor Goldsmith reads Arthur Rimbaud's poem, “Morning of Drunkenness”.