8th century Chinese master poet Li Bai solves the problem of drinking alone, but there may be a catch! For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music, visit frankhudson.org

American satirist Mark Twain jotted down these skeptical notes about poetic genius around 150 years ago, I perform them today and wonder how much still applies. For more about this and other combinations of various words and and original music visit frankhudson.org

In the course of his novel Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain gives us a parody of 19th century memorial verse written by his character Emmeline Grangerford. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org

This song from Shakespeare's play Cymbeline asks what in the sum of life that death subtracts do we count. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org

A tale of an urban encounter representing our American moment in a time. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org

Rainer Maria Rilke's summer "picture poem" has dark undercurrents brought out in this stark performance with just guitar and voice of my own fresh translation from the German. For more about his and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org

A musical performance of a monologue about the experience of change in a small town, how change happens after  it happens. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music visit frankhudson.org