
From Song of Myself (A Poem from The Poets' Corner)
The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family
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John Lithgow
From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great poems.
The wide variety of carefully selected poems in this book provides the perfect introduction to appeal to listeners new to poetry, and for poetry lovers to experience beloved verses in a fresh, vivid way. William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Dylan Thomas are just a few names among Lithgow's comprehensive list of poetry masters. His essential criterion is that "each poem's light shines more brightly when read aloud."
This unique package provides a multimedia poetry experience with a bonus MP3 CD of revelatory poetry readings by John and the familiar voices of such notable performers as Eileen Atkins, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, Billy Connolly, Jodie Foster, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Lynn Redgrave, Susan Sarandon, Gary Sinise, and Sam Waterston. Every listener will enjoy reciting or listening to these poems with the entire family, appreciating how each one comes to life through the spoken word in this superlative poetry collection.
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Four stars for the content, elevated to an enthusiastic five stars for this audiobook version because trust me, you have not lived until you've heard Billy Connolly reading Robert Burns' "To a Mouse". What an absolute blast that was to hear. His reading of Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat" is also lots of fun; I played those tracks easily three or four times over before allowing myself to move on. Morgan Freeman's reading of T.S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night" is exceptional, too, and merits attentive listening. Most of the other readings are also quite good, with really only two or three that fell kind of flat.There are 50 poems in this collection. Each poem is preceded by a short biographical sketch of the poet and is followed by a few words of appreciative commentary and a short list of other favorites by that poet. I appreciated that the poets were presented in alphabetic rather than chronological order, which made for a nice variety of tones and styles throughout, rather than having to march through time and listen to, say, all the Romantics all at once, which at least for me would probably have started feeling a bit tedious.
Overall, very enjoyable. I'll be coming back to this one before too long.
Wonderful readings by well-known voices
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A true audiobook
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Awesome!
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Totally delighted
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Poetry tends to be undervalued in our modern society, but this is a book that even the poetry-adverse can enjoy.
A book even the poetry adverse can enjoy
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A Real Pleasure & A Treasure
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The poems are well chosen, well presented and the analysis are succinct but thought provoking.
Narrators are unparalleled and unique.
I enjoy it more with every relisten.
John Lithgow makes you feel the love of poetry he feels himself.
Comfort Listen
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Legendary
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What a fine discovery completely by accident!
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Fantastic slice of well known pieces
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