Poetry Hour: W. B. Yeats

Featuring three poems by W. B. Yeats (1865-1939): β€œWhen You Are Old,” β€œThe Second Coming,” and β€œHe Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.”


P.S. A few updates:Β 

  1. You may or may not know that I’ve been quite sick the last few years with several health conditions. It’s been very difficult. In fact, as I recorded this video, I was recovering from COVID (which I’ve had multiple times now). Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.
  2. Re: my writing – I think I’d like to try to start working in a more intentional way, concentrating on some longer, more polished pieces and sending them off to various forums (magazines, journals, websites) for possible publication. Because most places require first publication rights, I probably won’t be able to “publish” written work as often to this blog. I still intend to share little scribbles here and there, and if I’m lucky enough to get anything published, I’ll gladly post an excerpt and a link to where you can find the entire piece. We’ll see how things go.
  3. I’ve been hoping to self-publish a pocket-sized book of poems. I’d love to create a small run of hand-bound copies and maybe even work with an artist to add illustrations. Stay tuned.

Poetry Hour: Marvin Bell

Featuring two poems by Marvin Bell (1937-2020): “Being in Love” and “To Dorothy.” Yes, I know I should improve the video quality, lest I scare everyone away by looking like a very pixelated ghost. Sorry about that!


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