A tribute to Minnesota musician Willie Murphy and the scene he helped foster on West Bank side of the Mississippi in Minneapolis. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
Early 20th century poet Charlotte Mew wrote this strikingly modern sounding meditation on men out of balance with nature featuring majestic trees and a dead rat. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org
Fantasy is after all, just metaphor applied to a different layer of art. Another song using a changeling to stand for alienation. For more about this and other combination of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
Charlotte Mew cast a chilling fairy story with acute psychological insight. It's like Peter Pan meets Tam Lin! For more about his and other combinations of various words with original music, visit frankhudson.org
A fantastic and apocalyptic tale from the early 20th century with a psychedelic pop accompaniment. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
This Imagist poem about a rooster has a mysterious origin story concerning its author Hilda Conkling. For more about that and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
My performance of the final poem in Wallace Stevens' "Harmonium" collection is dedicated to David Shove. For more about this and other combination of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
Federico García Lorca's poem plays with death and youth mixing beauty and dark humor. For more about his and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org
D. H. Lawrence's epigrammatic poem on nature's view of self-pity performed to original music with drums. For more about this and other combinations of various words with music go to frankhudson.org
Rilke looked at a damaged Greek status of the god of poetry and saw something of himself, his art, and us in it. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music, visit frankhudson.org