Poetry on Tape 4.7.25

We started off playing the latest bitpunk.fm tape and then read the following poem by Walt Whitman, I hear America Singing.

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I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

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We then moved into

Benno

‘s poem:

Fugitive

and discussed his note:

Then

Allison Taylor Conway

with:

honeyed, when bared

from which I learned about the Poetry of Sappho, so thanks for that Allison.

And

Bence Ádók

came next or about with:

Engraver

this one hits with the force of stone cutter.

B. Eldon Calder

‘s Petal Logic was next:

Petal Logic

which I felt went back to Benno’s comment about the pull of rationality in an irrational world. Also, some very beautiful imagery.

And lastly,

Rajani Radhakrishnan

with:

The filling of space

Lots of nice things about this, but it all happens quicker than your butter melts on bread.

Outro music by Øystein Berge.