Advocate of Wordz
Epigram & Limerick - Poetry Defined
"Less Words, More Power". It is a motto we live by over here. The more compact a punch, the more power you can produce. Epigrams and Limericks take the cake on this! In this episode we share some examples and break down the structure of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Srinivas Mandavilli - 'Octopus Nocturne'
Srini Mandavilli is a practicing pathologist with expertise in gynecologic pathology. He has recently published a chapbook “Gods in the Foyer” and has poems published in Freshwater, SN Review, Caduceus, Drunken Boat, Theodate, The...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bob Greenberg - 'Introduction to Poetry' by Billy Collins
Bob Greenberg is the creator of the Brainwaves Video Anthology. He is a retired elementary school teacher. Billy Collins was United States Poet Laureate 2001 - 2003 Introduction to Poetry Billy Collins I ask them to take a poem and hold...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ama Mazama - "Sale" by Léon-Gontran Damas
Ama Mazama (aka Marie-Josée Cérol) is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs of the Department of Africa American Studies at Temple University. She received her PhD with highest distinction from La Sorbonne Nouvelle,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Alicia Ostriker "August Morning, Upper Broadway"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Victoria Huggins Peurifoy - “I Came Up With"
Victoria Huggins Peurifoy is a retired federal employee. She is a poet, spoken-word artist, author, ghostwriter, photographer, facilitator, student, mother of four, and a grandmother of eight. A native of West Philadelphia, she currently...
Poetry Foundation
Andy Powell reads "My Heart Is A Public Park"
Andy Powell (he/him/his) reads his poem, “My Heart Is A Public Park
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Geoff Page "Ah!"
Geoff Page grew up on the Clarence River in NSW and is based in Canberra. He has published twenty-five collections of poetry as well as two novels, five verse novels and several other works including anthologies, translations and a...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bill Holmes "Tempest Rising"
Bill Holmes is a Philadelphia poet whose lifetime goal has been to become a successful writer and author. He is the author of the chapbook Illuminations, the spoken word CD Asphyxiation, and the newly released full-length poetry book...
Oxford Comma
Shakespeare's Greatest Love Poem: Let me not to the marriage of true minds
In today's video we'll be looking at a reading, summary, and analysis of William Shakespeare's sonnet 116: "Let me not to the marriage of true minds." Through this close reading we'll look at what love is, is not, and how true love endures.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Charles Bernstein - 'I's Song'
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...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bob Greenberg - 'Although the Wind' by Izumi Shikibu
Bob Greenberg is the creator of the Brainwaves Video Anthology. He is a retired elementary school teacher. Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this ruined house. Izumi Shikibu -...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Husnaa Hashim George Stinney and the Electric Chair
Husnaa Hashim is the 2017-2018 Youth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, and author of the poetry collection Honey Sequence. She is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania from West Philadelphia and Gaithersburg, Maryland. Husnaa has...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Roberto Carlos Garcia - Mixtape for City Kids from Dysfunctional but Happy Families, Kids Like Me
Poet, storyteller, and essayist Roberto Carlos Garcia is a self-described “sancocho […] of provisions from the Harlem Renaissance, the Spanish Poets of 1929, the Black Arts Movement, the Nuyorican School, and the Modernists.” Garcia is...
Oxford Comma
Idiom Explained: "Like Ships that Pass in the Night"
In this reading, summary, and analysis of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'the Ocean of Life" we'll examine where these lines come from, what they mean, and what makes them so memorable. Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Edwina Trentham - 'The Harbor'
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...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Types of Delivery for Speeches and Public Speaking
There are four types of delivery for speeches, public speaking, or presentations: 1) Manuscript reading, 2) Memorized, 3) Impromptu, and 4) Extemporaneous.I recommend mainly focusing on the extemporaneous style of delivery. It is the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lynn Marie Houston - 'Becoming Icarus'
Lynn Marie Houston holds a Ph.D. in English from Arizona State University and an MFA from Southern Connecticut State University. A Fulbright scholar (Switzerland 1994-1998), she has also held writing residencies at the Vermont Studio...
Schooling Online
English Essentials - Next Level Knowledge - Values Approach to Essays (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)
Are you ready to take your analysis to the next level? Join us for a stimulating lesson on the values approach to essay writing. If you are studying advanced English literature, or would just like to go beyond themes in your essays, this...
Poetry Foundation
Hannah Hart reads Khalil Gibran
Hannah Hart reads "On Work" from Khalil Gibran's book, The Prophet.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jitu Brown - 'If We Must Die' by Claude Mckay
Jitu Brown, National Director of the Journey for Justice Alliance (J4J) is a long-time community organizer born on Chicago’s south side. He is a product of Chicago’s public school system and is a proud parent and husband. Jitu started...
Poetry Foundation
Shailene Woodley reads Khalil Gibran
Shailene Woodley reads a poem on love from The Prophet by Khalil Gibran.
Ferly Playground
My mom's The Best!
This heartwarming poem is a tribute to all mothers, celebrating their love, care, and support. It highlights the special moments shared between a child and their mom, from comforting them when sick to making them feel safe and loved.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Benjamin S. Grossberg - 'The Space Traveler Talks Frankly About Desire'
Benjamin S. Grossberg is the author of Space Traveler (University of Tampa, 2014); Sweet Core Orchard (University of Tampa, 2009), winner of the Tampa Review Prize and a Lambda Literary Award; and Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath...