Genevieve Taggard's emotional Mobius loop of a poem sung accompanied by violin, cello, piano, vibes, and acoustic guitar. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
Christina Rossetti's devotional Christmas poem given a different musical presentation. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
Dave Moore's song about human lights presented for winter solstice. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
Kenneth Patchen's moving and remarkably structured poem of two conversations in a bar performed with an electric band. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
For Emily Dickinson's Birthday: her poem about winter snow-cover performed with electric 12-string guitar and keyboards. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music go to frankhudson.org
Irish poet Joseph Campbell short and ambiguous poem about a rural traveler set to acoustic music. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
British poet A. E. Housman's short winter elegy gets a rock music setting inspired by Motorhead, yes Motorhead. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
The 400th audio piece from the Parlando Project! Fiddle, bass, drums, and keyboards accompany this spoken word piece about seasons, gardens, and doubt. For more on this piece and its creation, and many more combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
Another American Thanksgiving poem, this time written by Carl Sandburg and performed by the LYL Band. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music go to frankhudson.org
Emily Dickinson's Thanksgiving poem performed. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music go to frankhudson.org
Is this Hard(y) Rock Music? Thomas Hardy's autumn poem performed with cranked-up Telecasters. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
Dave Moore has a message—well, sort of—for the youth of today, and the LYL Band is going to back him up as he sings it. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music, go to frankhudson.org
After a young poet died, Carl Sandburg wrote a passionate elegy for her which is here performed with acoustic guitar. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music go to frankhudson.org
Adelaide Crapsey used this short verse form to contemplate her own imminent mortality. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music, visit frankhudson.org
In the early 20th century the unfortunately named Adelaide Crapsey invented her own poetic form, and this is a musical performance of two of her "cinquains." For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
Walt Whitman's striking comparison of marshal heroism and steadfast love presented with original "punk-orchestral" music. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
Early Modernist promoter Amy Lowell's actual poetry has until recently been overlooked, but here's a bluesy take on her poem of autumn love and loneliness. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
A folk-rock performance of two short poems attributed to Queen Elizabeth I of England, but written while she was imprisoned. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
For Halloween, a Carl Sandburg poem — now with electric guitars! For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music go to frankhudson.org
A meditation on birdsong and our human place in the book of nature performed with drums and piano. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
Christina Rossetti's take on "The Last Rose of Summer" ambiguously addresses the year's last bloom. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
Emily Dickinson's mysterious Fall poem performed with acoustic guitar. For more about this unusual poem and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
As the LYL Band plays, Dave Moore reads a short passage from Ross MacDonald's 1959 detective novel depicting a man reading before a band. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
Emily Dickinson gets meta with established poets musty Fall poems and replaces them with her concise images of the season. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music go to frankhudson.org
Emily Dickinson's "happy Autumn" poem performed with acoustic guitar, piano and Mellotron. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music go to frankhudson.org