Poems. Written in Blood by Tiffany Midge

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Poems. Two Dickinson Bee Poems!

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Poems. The Voice of the Voiceless, by Ella Wheeler Cox

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Poems. Emily Dickinson & Why Read Poetry

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Poems. Mina Loy’s “There is no Life or Death”

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Poems. “Dear Webster” by Connie Fife (Cree/Mohawk)

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Poems. Child, by Sylvia Plath

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Poems. Song, by Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich

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Poems. To be or not to be, by William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
Welcome to the TP Podcast!
This time I’m going to read one of the most human poems ever written, a poem that can be understood even if we don’t share the same its author’s time space and culture. I’ll read Shakespeare’s “To be or not to be” in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Then I’ll tell you my pacifist version of the first five lines, which was what I declared when I was arrested after taking Direct Nonviolent Action (DNVA) at Greenham Common in 1990. (I have to add here that the Sergeant was quite enthusiastic about my statement. I was released about half an hour later!)
Read “To be or not to be”. Here is the pacifist version, also in Spanish.
Here is the Talking People webpage devoted to Shakespeare, who we love!
If you’ve never thought about what the to be or not to be question is, I suggest you think about it now, and if you can, discuss it with more people – you will be surprised.
Thank you for listening and have a nice day!
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Poems. Her Kind, by Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton

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Poems. This Is Just to Say, by William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

I love this poem. It’s so mysterious, and so honest. I don’t know what it means. I just know it means something mysterious and daily and beautiful, plus totally human. Picture it as a post-it note on a fridge. Hope you enjoy it!

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Poems. Brief Bus Stop, by Ani Difranco

Ani Difranco

Read the lyrics here (from her album “not so soft”, 1991)
Language notes: “to wane” is something the moon does, because the moon waxes and wanes! “To toe the line” is ‘to conform to a rule or standard’.
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Poems. The Housing Poem, by Dian Million

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Read the poem at Dian Million’s webpage on Talking People, and find out more about her

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