Written for a wintry New Year's eve, Thomas Hardy gives us a realist's version of hope. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music, visit frankhudson.org
Longfellow's "Snow-Flakes" and part of his "Psalm of Life" read with jazz backing, Beat Generation style. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music, visit frankhudson.org
You may have heard this Christmas song casually before, but Longfellow's poem turned carol has a pointed message written during the American Civil War. For more about this, and a link to the chords and tuning used, visit frankhudson.org
My song for a dark solstice day that tells a frightening story. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
Arthur Davison Ficke took part in a 1916 hoax meant to mock Modernist poetry. But how bad did the poetry turn out to be? Here's his Spectrist poem written as "Anne Knish."
American poet Arthur Davidson Ficke wrote this meditation comparing the creation of poetry in our time to the classical Chinese era. For more about this an other combinations of various word with original music, visit frankhudson.org
Muriel Stode wrote strange poetry and we, in turn, do something strange with it. For more about this and other combinations of various words with various original music, visit frankhudson.org
De la Mare's short ode to a winter scene performed with orchestra backing. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org