Kicking off Black History Month early: an encomium to a great American artist's Jazz recording. For more about this and other combinations of various words with original music, visit frankhudson.org

A beautiful and harrowing poem by Ethna McKiernan performed with my music, completing our series of musical presentations of her work this winter. The previous 3 episodes here will show other aspects of why I encourage you to read more of McKiernan, perhaps in her final collection, which can be found at this link: https://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=543&a=74  For more about this and other various combinations of words, mostly poetry with original music, visit frankhudson.org

Poet McKiernan spent her last years helping the homeless, dedicating her final collection to them. Here's my performance of one poem of hers about that experience that was included in that collection, "Light Rolling Slowly Backwards," which is available from Salmon Poetry press https://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=543&a=74

Here's a moving song adapted from a poem in Irish-American poet Ethna McKiernan's "Light Moving Backwards"  collection. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music, visit frankhudson.org

Ethna McKiernan's arch poem may make you smile. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music go to frankhudson.org.

More Ethna McKiernan? https://www.salmonpoetry.com/details.php?ID=543&a=74

American poet Elinor Wylie's gorgeous lyric about walking with someone in winter snow performed in this new song setting. For more about this and other combinations of various words and original music visit frankhudson.org