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Audio Recording Robert Bly reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, May 2, 1960

Robert Bly reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, May 2, 1960

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Title

  • Robert Bly reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, May 2, 1960

Summary

  • Mr. Bly reads twenty poems from his collection, Solitudes in the snow fields, and twenty-two poems from his collection, Poems for the ascension of J.P. Morgan (provisional title).

Names

  • Bly, Robert
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1960.

Contents

  • Poem in three parts (Oh in the early morning I think I shall live forever) -- Thoughts on long journeys in fall -- Evening -- Poem in three parts (The hawk sailed over the trees) -- Arriving home on a summer evening -- Dusk -- Fall rain -- September night with an old horse -- Driving through Ohio -- The Pennsylvania Turnpike -- Thinking of trees -- The coming of autumn -- Return to the life of the spirit -- The joy when the leaves of the body fall -- At the funeral of Great Aunt Mary -- After drinking all night with a friend -- Watching the snow and thinking of death -- Joy -- Walking about at night -- Restless in the fall afternoon --
  • The new snow -- The possibility of new poetry -- The marriage -- The delicious confusion -- A dream as the western movies increase -- Singing in winter [not completed at the time of reading] -- Condition of the working classes, 1960 -- The coming of night -- The campaign of the adversting man -- The confusion of America -- Listening to the radio -- Mourning for the recent deaths -- The tossing seas -- Poem (The moon sails out over the canyons in New York) -- We have overlooked something -- The strange sensation of hearing men who shout at night on Bleecker Street -- The Chinese coolies who built the railroads -- For three American heroes -- Each day I live -- The world is a confusion of three worlds -- Thinking of Wallace Stevens -- Remembering in Oslo.

Notes

  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
  • -  Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 22-23.
  • -  Cataloging based on container/printed material/LC paperwork.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 1 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 3106

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 94838478

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Bly, Robert, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Robert Bly reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, May 2. 1960. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/94838478/.

APA citation style:

Bly, R. & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1960) Robert Bly reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, May 2. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/94838478/.

MLA citation style:

Bly, Robert, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Robert Bly reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, May 2. 1960. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/94838478/>.