It’s not often British poets get knighthoods, though nowadays they tend to dish out the honours list rather lavishly to say the least. Our dear old Benji Zephania refused outright his CBE for political & moral reasons, as well as poetical, he reckoned such type of honouring destroyed the soul of the poet. But at least we can say about our Andrew, he’s a true blue academic & didn’t flinch when his turn came.
Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised. Wikipedia
British poet, author, and artist remembered for his playful limericks. He is perhaps most famous for “The Owl and the Pussycat,” an 1871 nonsense poem.
Who Was Edward Lear For Kids
The Owl and the Pussycat
Interesting Edward Lear Facts
An Edward Lear Alphabet Read Aloud with AHEV Library
A Book of Nonsense Full Audiobook by Edward LEAR by General Audiobook
The Owl and the Pussy Cat – Edward Lear
The Natural History of Edward Lear
The Duck & the Kangaroo by Edward Lear.
The Jumblies by Edward Lear – a new animation
Limericks By Edward Lear – Part 1
The Pobble Who Has No Toes: Edward Lear.
A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear – FULL Audio Book – Children's Stories & Nonsensical Humor
The Duck And The Kangaroo By Edward Lear
The Jumblies – Edward Lear.
The Life Of Edward Lear
"The Jumblies" by Edward Lear (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
An Alphabet by Edward Lear – A Was Once an Apple Pie – Poem
Two Nonsense Poems By Edward Lear
Edward Lear – The Table and the Chair
The Owl and the Pussycat | a poem by Edward Lear | with original music!
The Dong with a Luminous Nose: Edward Lear
BBC – The Secret Life of Books Series 2 (2015) Part 2: Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs
Kleinzahler is the author of eleven books of poetry, including The Hotel Oneira (FSG, 2013); Sleeping It Off in Rapid City (FSG, 2008); The Strange Hours Travelers Keep (FSG, 2004), winner of the International Griffin Poetry Prize; Live from the Hong Kong Nile Club: Poems, 1975-1990 (FSG, 2000); Green Sees Things in Waves (FSG, 1999); and Red Sauce, Whiskey and Snow (FSG, 1995).
The Life of a Poet: Conversations with Ron Charles featuring August Kleinzahler
The Life of a Poet: August Kleinzahler
Poet August Kleinzahler reads Thom Gunn's poem "Moly"
Sound Post News Interview with August Kleinzahler
August Kleinzahler, 2004 International Griffin Poetry Prize winner, opens 2005 Griffin awards
Tom Pickard, August Kleinzahler, and Maureen McLane—an Evening of Poetry and Conversation
August Kleinzahler reads his poem "Almost Nothing"
Mono – "Sunday Morning", a poem by August Kleinzahler 02.21.17
August Kleinzahler reads "Green Sees Things in Waves"
August Kleinzahler reads 'Hollyhocks in the Fog'
Mono – Poems by Norman Dubie and August Kleinzahler 02.21.17
Mono – "Indian Summer Night: The Haight", a poem by August Kleinzahler read by Steve Dunning
August Kleinzahler reads his poem "Noir"
August Kleinzahler with Kate Moses 3 March 2010 – teaser
August Kleinzahler, 2004 International Griffin Poetry Prize winner, speaks at 2014 Griffin awards
Highlights: Tom Pickard, August Kleinzahler, and Maureen McLane, Evening of Poetry and Conversation
Before Dawn on Bluff Road by August Kleinzahler read by A Poetry Channel
August Kleinzahler reads "Portrait of My Mother in January"
Poetry Marathon 2009: August Kleinzahler
August Kleinzahler, "The Strange Hours Travelers Keep"
August Kleinzahler – What's In My Bag?
Poet August Kleinzahler reads from The Strange Hours Travelers Keep
August Kleinzahler reads "Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio"
Those who are aware of Genet’s works & life & those writers who prevailed in getting his freedom from prison such as Cocteau & Sartre, will find this interview fascinating of one of France’s most extraordinary writers & poets. The subtitles are excellent in English but you might have to use the caption button to secure them.
Mark Strand is a Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990.
Charles Wright is an American poet. He shared the National Book Award in 1983 for Country Music: Selected Early Poems and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for Black Zodiac. In June 2014, he was named Poet Laureate of the United States
