Listen now | Today, I invite you to a reading of poems I selected from Splitting Open the World, By Carolyn Martin. I do this, of course, with her permission.
This was really beautiful, Emily. I felt Carolyn's words deeply. An exquisite rendering of the complex tumble of feelings that a human life, with all its fraught relationships, brings. I was marveling not only at the artistry her words and your reading of them, but at the truly masterful (and powerful) line break choices. Magnificent. Thank you for this gift.
Thank you, Keith. I hope you will listen to the conversation she and I have as she listens to my reading of her poems. I hope it will be as engaging in its own way. There is the possibility, when someone else reads your poetry, of both an appreciation and a little bit of internal pushback. The reader does, after all, bring their own perspectives into how they read your poems.
I’ll look forward to hearing your conversation with Carolyn, Emily. Yes, I know what you mean about how each reader brings their own perspective and, even through intonation and emphasis, “translates” the work in their way.
This was really beautiful, Emily. I felt Carolyn's words deeply. An exquisite rendering of the complex tumble of feelings that a human life, with all its fraught relationships, brings. I was marveling not only at the artistry her words and your reading of them, but at the truly masterful (and powerful) line break choices. Magnificent. Thank you for this gift.
Thank you, Keith. I hope you will listen to the conversation she and I have as she listens to my reading of her poems. I hope it will be as engaging in its own way. There is the possibility, when someone else reads your poetry, of both an appreciation and a little bit of internal pushback. The reader does, after all, bring their own perspectives into how they read your poems.
I’ll look forward to hearing your conversation with Carolyn, Emily. Yes, I know what you mean about how each reader brings their own perspective and, even through intonation and emphasis, “translates” the work in their way.