Cloudy Day Art #80 – Tips for Reading Poetry Aloud with Don from ClassicPoetryAloud.com

Thanks for your inspiring words but we got to understand that people view and understand poetry in different ways and we have to respect their views thaks

I do understand youe advice and do appreciate it,I speak openly as a poet

Thank you for your podcast. Though I do not consider myself a poet, I have been told that I am okay. [I hate to truly highlight myself] I studied a lot of poetry in college for I was an English major and the tips offered here for reading poetry are so true. I found my writing voice in poetry studying a lot of Langston Hughes and Nikki Giovanni. Great poetry to read out loud and perform too! Great blog!

//I think we have to begin to draw a line between poetry and music.// I don't know if we "need" that, but it certainly can be done, and for good reasons. Too bad my Internet connection doesn't allow me to download sounds or videos (I'm on dial-up, in Armenia). Nice blog!

*Julian, it is indeed a question of taste. I don't know if we need to draw a line between poetry and music, but I believe that in pieces where poetry and music is mixed that sometimes the music becomes more important to the listener. It's a problem that is very familiar to a lot of commercial hip-hop -- you take away the music and the lyrics are absolutely ludicrous (pun intended). Truthfully I'm not that familiar with "Dulce et Decorum Est", but I'm going to check it out after I post this. *Joey, thanks for the comment and thanks for blogging about poetry!

Will...Wonderful podcast and I certainly enjoyed the kind words about my blog!

Very interesting podcast, personally I much prefer Don's style of reading poetry to the Slam Idol style. It's a question of taste but I think we have to begin to draw a line between poetry and music. Once again thanks for such an interesting podcast, I also find Dulce et Decorum Est a very moving piece. Furthermore it is FANTASTIC to find poetry on a poetry podcast that is not contemporary.