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Poetry Everywhere

Grade Levels:	6 - 13+
Core Subject(s):	Language Arts
Website:	http://www.uen.org/emedia
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Episodes:

• Poetry Everywhere. Aunties.

  Kevin Young performs a dramatic reading of his poem "Aunties"

  Length:	00:02:32

• Poetry Everywhere. Belle Isle.

  Philip Levine performs a dramatic reading of his poem "Belle Isle, 1949"

  Length:	00:02:04

• Poetry Everywhere. Brian Age 7.

  Mark Doty performs a dramatic reading of the poem "Brian, Age 7"

  Length:	00:03:16

• Poetry Everywhere. Daddy Long Legs.

  Ted Kooser performs a dramatic reading of his poem "Daddy Long Legs"

  Length:	00:01:23

• Poetry Everywhere. Facing It.

  Yusef Komunyakaa performs a dramatic reading of his poem "Facing It"

  Length:	00:01:53

• Poetry Everywhere. For What Binds Us.

  Jane Hirshfield performs a dramatic reading of her poem "For What Binds Us"

  Length:	00:02:19

• Poetry Everywhere. I Go Back to May.

  Sharon Olds performs a dramatic reading of her poem "I Go Back to May, 1937"

  Length:	00:02:30

• Poetry Everywhere. I Started Early.

  Emily Dickinson's poem "A Poem" is read aloud to creative illustration.

  Length:	00:02:11

• Poetry Everywhere. Lines for Winter.

  Mary Louise Parker performs a dramatic reading of the poem "Lines For Winter" written by Mark Strand.

  Length:	00:01:21

• Poetry Everywhere. One Boy Told Me.

  Naomi Shihab Nye performs a dramatic reading of "One Boy Told Me"

  Length:	00:02:42

• Poetry Everywhere. Partial History.

  Edward Hirsch performs a dramatic reading of his poem "A Partial History of My Stupidity"

  Length:	00:02:12

• Poetry Everywhere. Passage to India.

  Tony Kushner performs a dramatic reading of an excerpt from Walt Whitman's "Passage to India"

  Length:	00:02:22

• Poetry Everywhere. Selected Haiku.

  Robert Hass performs a live reading of poems, including a haiku by the poet Issa: "New Year's day Everything is in blossom. I feel about average."

  Length:	00:02:08

• Poetry Everywhere. Stone.

  Charles Simic performs a dramatic reading of his poem "Stone"

  Length:	00:01:54

• Poetry Everywhere. Stopping by Woods.

  Footage of an aged Robert Frost performing a reading of his poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

  Length:	00:01:28

• Poetry Everywhere. The Dancing.

  Gerald Stern performs a dramatic reading of his poem "The Dancing"

  Length:	00:02:12

• Poetry Everywhere. The Gate.

  Marie Howe performs a dramatic reading of her poem "The Gate"

  Length:	00:01:31

• Poetry Everywhere. The Lanyard.

  Billy Collins performs a dramatic reading of his amusing poem "The Lanyard"

  Length:	00:03:00

• Poetry Everywhere. The Wild Old.

  Winton Marsalis performs a dramatic reading of the poem "The Wild Old Wicked Man" by William Butler Yates

  Length:	00:02:49

• Poetry Everywhere. Touch Me.

  Stanley Kunitz performs a dramatic reading of his poem "Touch Me"

  Length:	00:02:50

• Poetry Everywhere. Translation for Rumi.

  Coleman Barks performs a dramatic reading of a translation from Rumi.

  Length:	00:02:30

• Poetry Everywhere. What Kind of Times.

  Adrienne Rich performs a dramatic reading of her poem "What Kinds of Times Are These"

  Length:	00:02:02

• Poetry Everywhere. Why Are Your Poems So Dark?

  Linda Pastan performs a dramatic reading of the poem "Why Are Your Peoms So Dark?"

  Length:	00:01:21

• Poetry Everywhere. Won't You Celebrate With Me.

  Lucille Clifton performs a dramatic reading of her poem "Won't You Celebrate With Me"

  Length:	00:01:26

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