Earth Took of Earth CD

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"It really matters that great poems get written," crackles the wise remark attributed to Ezra Pound, "and it doesn't matter a damn who writes them."

Taking her cue from Pound, Jorie Graham has fashioned an exhilarating collection of some of the finest poems in the English language. This reading celebrates the launch of her Earth Took of Earth anthology by presenting classic poems—from Shakespeare to Cage, from Navajo chants to Emily Dickinson—read by a rich line-up of contemporary poets.

As Graham writes, "here are some of the songs people—the custodians and inventors of a great language—have sung (have needed to sing) to keep themselves spiritually, morally, and emotionally awake."

Each recording in the Academy's Audio Archive is a unique record of a moment in poetic history. Order now, to hear the historical works that have most affected these contemporary poets:

Tracklist

Jorie Graham
1. Introduction
2. "Sonnet 65" by William Shakespeare

John Ashbery
3. from Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein
4. Introduction to "Over 2,000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance" by Elizabeth Bishop
5. "Over 2,000 Illustrations and a Complete Concordance" by Elizabeth Bishop

Jorie Graham
6. Introduction to "The Idea of Order at Key West" by Wallace Stevens 
7. "The Idea of Order at Key West" by Wallace Stevens
8. Introduction to "Eros Tyrannos" by Edward Arlington Robinson
9. "Eros Tyrannos" by Edward Arlington Robinson

Susan Howe
10. Introduction to "Remembrance" by Emily 
11. "Remembrance" by Emily Brontë
12.  Introduction to "The Listeners" by Walter de la Mare
13. "The Listeners" by Walter de la Mare
14. Introduction to "Two Pages, 122 Words on Music and Dance" by John Cage
15. "Two Pages, 122 Words on Music and Dance" by John Cage

Galway Kinnell
16. Introduction to "Earth Took of Earth" by Anonymous
17. "Earth Took of Earth" by Anonymous
18. Introduction to "Little Sleep's Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight" by Galway Kinnell
19. "Little Sleep's Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight" by Galway Kinnell
20. Introduction to "To Autumn" by John Keats
21. "To Autumn" by John Keats

Ann Lauterbach
22. Introduction to "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
23. "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
24. Introduction to "The Helmsman" by H.D.
25. "The Helmsman" by H.D.
26. Introduction to "Image of the Engine" by George Oppen
27. "Image of the Engine" by George Oppen
28. Introduction to "As One Put Drunk into the Packet Boat" by John Ashbery
29. "As One Put Drunk into the Packet Boat" by John Ashbery

David Lehman
30. "Frost at Midnight" by Samuel Taylor Colerdige
31. "In Praise of Limestone" by W.H. Auden

Sharon Olds
32. "The Burning of Paper Instead of Children" by Adrienne Rich
33. "Song in the Garden of the House God," Navajo Chant

Robert Polito
34. "It was not Death, for I stood up" by Emily Dickinson
35. "To Elsie" by William Carlos Williams
36. "Evening in the Sanatarium" by Louise Bogan

Peter Sacks
37. Introduction to "My Galley Charg'd with Forgetfulness" by Thomas Wyatt
38. "My Galley Charg'd with Forgetfulness" by Thomas Wyatt
39. Introduction to "Elemental Drifts" by Walt Whitman
40. "Elemental Drifts" by Walt Whitman

Length: 78 min.
Recorded: March 13, 1997

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