I am proud, nay, consumed by joy, that in England, we have a "Poet Laureate" who brodcasts an anthology of poetry on National Radio every week.
Now that's good radio to hear as the day ebbs away.
Goodnight John-Boy
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Nobby, you might like Calvin Trillin, although you probably know of him already? He does a bit of reading in the linked clip.
He also has a new book called "Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme." Hopefully you haven't heard of it yet.
He also has a new book called "Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme." Hopefully you haven't heard of it yet.
I did hear of that book; I think he was on NPR's All Things Considered the other day.
NPR has a program called The Writer's Almanac, hosted by Garrison Keillor. Our local public radio station broadcasts it on weekday mornings at 9:00am..it's only a 5min program. More often than not it's Keillor reciting some bit of poetry. It's nice. 
(this, however, in NO way suggests that 'merica is civilized)
Edited, Dec 22nd 2008 7:31pm by Elinda
(this, however, in NO way suggests that 'merica is civilized)
Edited, Dec 22nd 2008 7:31pm by Elinda
Alma wrote:
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Elinda wrote:
NPR has a program called The Writer's Almanac, hosted by Garrison Keillor. Our local public radio station broadcasts it on weekday mornings at 9:00am..it's only a 5min program. More often than not it's Keillor reciting some bit of poetry. It's nice.
(this, however, in NO way suggests that 'merica is civilized)
(this, however, in NO way suggests that 'merica is civilized)
Keillor is a wordsmith and evokes a charm and lyricism that proves he's clearly British
My point in another thread is that America has a tradition of the evocative narrator, and this guy proves the point.
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Posted: Dec 22 2008 at 12:37 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Someone was supposed to sing that on NPR but there was too much suck.
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