Tricky - Poems

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Tricky Poems

Lunch Poems: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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A prominent figure in the wide-open poetry movement of the 50s, Ferlinghetti gave voice to a generation that changed the face of poetry forever. Challenging the elite's definition of art and the artist's role, Ferlinghetti founded City Lights Bookstore, providing a meeting place for writers,...

John Denver ...Poems Prayers and Promises..

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How sweet it is to love someone... How right it is to care,,,

Poems, Prayers and Promises

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By John Denver and The Muppets

Lunch Poems - Amiri Baraka

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Revolutionary poet, playwright, and activist Amiri Baraka is recognized as the founder of the Black Arts Movement, a literary period that began in Harlem in the 1960s and forever changed the look, sound, and feel of American poetry. Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones) helped to empower African American...

Lunch Poems: Robert Hass

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After hosting Lunch Poems for eight years, Robert Hass has finally been prevailed upon to read his own poems in the series. Former Poet Laureate of the U.S., Hass is a UC Berkeley professor who has made important contributions in poetry, criticism, and translation. His books of poetry are Sun...

Lunch Poems - Li-Young Lee

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Li-Young Lee's collections of poems include The City in Which I Love You and Book of My Nights. In his poetry he explores a range of subjects, from his family's immigrant experiences to the haunting meditations of his most recent work. "His poems are made from his life with his life; his poems...

Lunch Poems - Robin Blaser

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Robin Blaser emerged from the Berkeley Renaissance of the 1940s and '50s along with Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan, and later established himself as one of Canada's foremost experimental poets. In addition to numerous works of poetry, criticism, and translation, Blaser has also penned an English...

Lunch Poems - Fall 2007 Series Kick-off

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Hosted by Robert Hass and university librarian Thomas Leonard, the kickoff features distinguished faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines introducing and reading a favorite poem. This year's participants: Aftab Ahmad (South Southeast Asian Studies), Ben Braun (Men's Basketball), Janet...

Lunch Poems - Ilya Kaminsky

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Born in Odessa, Ilya Kaminsky immigrated to the United States in 1993 when his family was granted asylum by the American government. Polish poet Adam Zagajewski says of Kaminsky, "He grafts the gifts of the Russian newer literary tradition on the American tree of poetry and forgetting." Kaminsky...

Lunch Poems: Maxine Hong Kingston

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Maxine Hong Kingston burst on the literary scene in 1976 with her book, "The Woman Warrior" . A UC Berkeley graduate and professor, she has delighted audiences with books such as "China Men" and "Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book". In recent years she has started to write more poetry, including...

John Denver and The Muppets sing Poems Prayers and Promises

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John Denver and The Muppets sing Poems Prayers and Promises

Lunch Poems - Jessica Fisher

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Jessica Fisher's Frail-Craft was the winner of the prestigious 2006 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. She is a doctoral candidate in English at U.C. Berkeley and is coeditor, with Robert Hass, of The Addison Street Anthology, which chronicles Berkeley's rich poetic history. Support for...

Mark "CHOPPER" Reid Xmas poems.

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Chopper reads some very 'interesting' Xmas poems.

Lunch Poems - John Matthias

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Rich in its landscapes and its search for personal discovery, John Matthias' poetry encompasses vast territories of history and culture. Robert Duncan once called Matthias "...one of those wandering souls out of the Dark Age in our own time." He has published more than twenty-five books, twelve...

The Best Cigarette

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Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America's best-selling poets, reads his poem "The Best Cigarette" with animation by David Vaio of FAD. Noted for their intelligent humor, accessibility and observations on daily life, Collins' popular poems come alive further in a series of...

Lunch Poems - Diane di Prima

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World-renowned poet Diane di Prima, one of the preeminent writers to emerge from the Beat generation, wrote in Manhattan for many years before relocating to San Francisco, where she has been for nearly four decades. In addition to raising five children, di Prima has studied photography, collage,...

Lunch Poems - Tracy K. Smith

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Tracy K. Smith received degrees in English and creative writing from Harvard and Columbia, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford. Her first book, The Body's Question, was awarded the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize, and her most recent collection, Duende: Poems, received the James...

Lunch Poems Series Fall 2008 Kick-Off

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Hosted by Robert Hass and university librarian Thomas C. Leonard, the kickoff features distinguished faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines introducing and reading a favorite poem. http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu

Funeral Poems For Children-Part Of You Has Faded

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Losing a child is devastating.Our heart goes out to John Travolta and his family for their recent loss of their Son Jett. This Video Poem is a tribute to the Travolta Family and everyone who has suffered such sorrow.

Three Poems by Billy Collins (2007)

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Three poems from the former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Hosted by the Aspen Institute, the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival, http://www.aifestival.org, offers its participants a variety of programs, tutorials, seminars, and discussion events that together charged the town of Aspen with vibrant...

Deepak Choopra, A Gift Of Love - The Love Poems Of Rumi

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A Gift Of Love: Deepak Choopra Music Inspired By The Love Poems Of Rumi, 1-Bittersweet 2- I Am Yours 3- Behind the Scenes 4- Looking for Your Face 5- The Agony and Ecstasy of Divine Discontent

Forgetfulness - Billy Collins Animated Poetry

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View poetry in an entirely new and innovative way. Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and one of America's best-selling poets, reads his poem "Forgetfulness" with animation by Julian Grey of Headgear. Noted for their intelligent humor, accessibility and observations on daily life, Collins'...

Linda Pastan reading two poems at the 2006 Dodge Poetry Festival

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"Notes from the Delivery Room" and "A Short History of Judaic Thought in the 20th Century"

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