Amazon.com Editorial Review

Poetry, the most ancient literary art, comes alive here through the most modern of technologies. Nothing beats the sound of the human voice, and nothing reminds us so beautifully of the music as well as the words of the poem as the variety of voices assembled on these discs. The performers on this compilation come in all sizes and shapes, in all vocal tones and timbres. Listeners will be delighted to discover poems they have not heard before. They will be astonished to hear, as if for the first time, old chestnuts that burst into bloom again through unexpected renditions. Best of all, they will be reminded of poems they once knew but have forgotten. Give these cds to everyone you love, especially to those who think they don t like poetry. You will change their lives. –Willard Spiegelman, Hughes Professor of English at Southern Methodist University; editor-in-chief of The Southwest Review; scholar of poetry; author, most recently of, Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness.

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