SoniByte 60 no http://www.sonibyte.com/rssfeed/4.xml A daily dose of poetry to enrich your day. Please send suggested readings to poem@sonibyte.com. Powered by SoniByte. en-us 2006 SoniByte, Inc A daily dose of poetry SoniByte poem@sonibyte.com A daily dose of poetry to enrich your day. Please send suggested readings to poem@sonibyte.com. Powered by SoniByte. http://www.sonibyte.com/rssimages/4.jpghttp://www.sonibyte.com/rssfeed/4.xml Arts http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7947.mp3 Joyce Kilmer Alarm Clocks by Joyce Kilmer "When Dawn strides out to wake a dewy farm Across green fields and yellow hills of hay The little twittering birds laugh in his way And poise triumphant on his shining arm. He bears a sword of flame but not to harm"... 1:15 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Joyce Kilmer no sonibyte-7947.mp3 Mon, 8 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT Alarm Clocks by Joyce Kilmer "When Dawn strides out to wake a dewy farm Across green fields and yellow hills of hay The little twittering birds laugh in his way And poise triumphant on his shining arm. He bears a sword of flame but not to harm"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7945.mp3 Denise Levertov To the Snake by Denise Levertov "Green Snake, when I hung you round my neck and stroked your cold, pulsing throat as you hissed to me, glinting arrowy gold scales, and I felt the weight of you on my shoulders, and the whispering silver of your dryness sounded close at my ears"... 1:07 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Denise Levertov no sonibyte-7945.mp3 Sun, 7 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT To the Snake by Denise Levertov "Green Snake, when I hung you round my neck and stroked your cold, pulsing throat as you hissed to me, glinting arrowy gold scales, and I felt the weight of you on my shoulders, and the whispering silver of your dryness sounded close at my ears"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7943.mp3 Pablo Neruda The White Mans Burden by Pablo Neruda "Lost in the forest, I broke off a dark twig and lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips: maybe it was the voice of the rain crying, a cracked bell, or a torn heart"... 1:12 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Pablo Neruda no sonibyte-7943.mp3 Sat, 6 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT The White Mans Burden by Pablo Neruda "Lost in the forest, I broke off a dark twig and lifted its whisper to my thirsty lips: maybe it was the voice of the rain crying, a cracked bell, or a torn heart"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7941.mp3 Elizabeth Bishop Argument by Elizabeth Bishop "Days that cannot bring you near or will not, Distance trying to appear something more obstinate, argue argue argue with me endlessly neither proving you less wanted nor less dear"... 1:21 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Elizabeth Bishop no sonibyte-7941.mp3 Fri, 5 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT Argument by Elizabeth Bishop "Days that cannot bring you near or will not, Distance trying to appear something more obstinate, argue argue argue with me endlessly neither proving you less wanted nor less dear"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7939.mp3 Rudyard Kipling The Watcher by Rudyard Kipling "Put forth to watch, unschooled, alone, 'Twixt hostile earth and sky; The mottled lizard 'neath the stone Is wiser here than I"... 0:46 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Rudyard Kipling no sonibyte-7939.mp3 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT The Watcher by Rudyard Kipling "Put forth to watch, unschooled, alone, 'Twixt hostile earth and sky; The mottled lizard 'neath the stone Is wiser here than I"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7893.mp3 James Joyce Strings in the Earth and Air by James Joyce Strings in the earth and air Make music sweet; Strings by the river where The willows meet"... 0:51 poems, poets, poetry, daily poem, James Joyce no sonibyte-7893.mp3 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT Strings in the Earth and Air by James Joyce Strings in the earth and air Make music sweet; Strings by the river where The willows meet"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7891.mp3 Adrienne Rich From a Survivor by Adrienne Rich "The pact that we made was the ordinary pact of men & women in those days I don't know who we thought we were that our personalities could resist the failures of the race"... 1:29 poems, poets, poetry, daily poem, Adrienne Rich no sonibyte-7891.mp3 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT From a Survivor by Adrienne Rich "The pact that we made was the ordinary pact of men & women in those days I don't know who we thought we were that our personalities could resist the failures of the race"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7889.mp3 George William Russell Childhood by George William Russell "How I could see through and through you! So unconscious, tender, kind, More than ever was known to you Of the pure ways of your mind."... 1:11 poems, poets, poetry, daily poem, George William Russell no sonibyte-7889.mp3 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDT Childhood by George William Russell "How I could see through and through you! So unconscious, tender, kind, More than ever was known to you Of the pure ways of your mind."... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7887.mp3 W. H. Auden Base Words Are Uttered by W. H. Auden "Base words are uttered only by the base And can for such at once be understood, But noble platitudes:--ah, there's a case Where the most careful scrutiny is needed To tell a voice that's genuinely good From one that's base but merely has succeeded." 0:46 poems, poets, poetry, daily poem, W. H. Auden no sonibyte-7887.mp3 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Base Words Are Uttered by W. H. Auden "Base words are uttered only by the base And can for such at once be understood, But noble platitudes:--ah, there's a case Where the most careful scrutiny is needed To tell a voice that's genuinely good From one that's base but merely has succeeded." http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7885.mp3 Henry Van Dyke A Home Song by Henry Van Dyke "I read within a poet's book A word that starred the page: "Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage!" 0:57 poems, poets, poetry, daily poem, Henry Van Dyke no sonibyte-7885.mp3 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT A Home Song by Henry Van Dyke "I read within a poet's book A word that starred the page: "Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage!" http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7883.mp3 E. E. Cummings Where's Madge then by E. E. Cummings "Where's Madge then, Madge and her men? buried with Alice in her hair, (but if you ask the rain he'll not tell where.)" 0:56 poems, poets, poetry, daily poem, E. E. Cummings no sonibyte-7883.mp3 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Where's Madge then by E. E. Cummings "Where's Madge then, Madge and her men? buried with Alice in her hair, (but if you ask the rain he'll not tell where.)" http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7881.mp3 Margaret Atwood Is/Not by Margaret Atwood "Love is not a profession genteel or otherwise sex is not dentistry the slick filling of aches and cavities" 1:18 poems, poets, poetry, daily poem, Margaret Atwood no sonibyte-7881.mp3 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Is/Not by Margaret Atwood "Love is not a profession genteel or otherwise sex is not dentistry the slick filling of aches and cavities" http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7821.mp3 Ted Hughes Lineage by Ted Hughes "In the beginning was Scream Who begat Blood Who begat Eye Who begat Fear Who begat Wing Who begat Bone Who begat Granite Who begat Violet Who begat Guitar Who begat Sweat Who begat Adam Who begat Mary Who begat God Who begat Nothing Who begat Never Never Never Never Who begat Crow Screaming for Blood Grubs, crusts Anything Trembling featherless elbows in the nest's filth" 1:05 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Ted Hughes no sonibyte-7821.mp3 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Lineage by Ted Hughes "In the beginning was Scream Who begat Blood Who begat Eye Who begat Fear Who begat Wing Who begat Bone Who begat Granite Who begat Violet Who begat Guitar Who begat Sweat Who begat Adam Who begat Mary Who begat God Who begat Nothing Who begat Never Never Never Never Who begat Crow Screaming for Blood Grubs, crusts Anything Trembling featherless elbows in the nest's filth" http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7819.mp3 Allen Ginsberg Fourth Floor, Dawn, Up All Night Writing Letters By Allen Ginsberg "Pigeons shake their wings on the copper church roof out my window across the street, a bird perched on the cross surveys the city's blue-grey clouds. Larry Rivers 'll come at 10 AM and take my picture. I'm taking your picture, pigeons. I'm writing you down, Dawn. I'm immortalizing your exhaust, Avenue A bus. O Thought, now you'll have to think the same thing forever!" 0:56 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Allen Ginsberg no sonibyte-7819.mp3 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Fourth Floor, Dawn, Up All Night Writing Letters By Allen Ginsberg "Pigeons shake their wings on the copper church roof out my window across the street, a bird perched on the cross surveys the city's blue-grey clouds. Larry Rivers 'll come at 10 AM and take my picture. I'm taking your picture, pigeons. I'm writing you down, Dawn. I'm immortalizing your exhaust, Avenue A bus. O Thought, now you'll have to think the same thing forever!" http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7817.mp3 Billy Collins Invention by Billy Collins "Tonight the moon is a cracker, with a bite out of it floating in the night, and in a week or so according to the calendar it will probably look like a silver football" 0:55 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Billy Collins no sonibyte-7817.mp3 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Invention by Billy Collins "Tonight the moon is a cracker, with a bite out of it floating in the night, and in a week or so according to the calendar it will probably look like a silver football" http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7815.mp3 Sara Teasdale Sea Longing by Sara Teasdale "A thousand miles beyond this sun-steeped wall Somewhere the waves creep cool along the sand, The ebbing tide forsakes the listless land With the old murmur, long and musical; The windy waves mount up and curve and fall"... 1:15 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Sara Teasdale no sonibyte-7815.mp3 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Sea Longing by Sara Teasdale "A thousand miles beyond this sun-steeped wall Somewhere the waves creep cool along the sand, The ebbing tide forsakes the listless land With the old murmur, long and musical; The windy waves mount up and curve and fall"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7813.mp3 William Carlos Williams To Waken An Old Lady by William Carlos Williams "Old age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze. Gaining and failing they are buffeted by a dark wind"... 0:50 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, William Carlos Williams no sonibyte-7813.mp3 Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT To Waken An Old Lady by William Carlos Williams "Old age is a flight of small cheeping birds skimming bare trees above a snow glaze. Gaining and failing they are buffeted by a dark wind"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7811.mp3 Pablo Neruda Your Feet by Pablo Neruda "When I cannot look at your face I look at your feet. Your feet of arched bone, your hard little feet. I know that they support you, and that your sweet weight rises upon them"... 1:00 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Pablo Neruda no sonibyte-7811.mp3 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Your Feet by Pablo Neruda "When I cannot look at your face I look at your feet. Your feet of arched bone, your hard little feet. I know that they support you, and that your sweet weight rises upon them"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7809.mp3 Langston Hughes Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes "When I get to be a composer I'm gonna write me some music about Daybreak in Alabama And I'm gonna put the purtiest songs in it Rising out of the ground like a swamp mist And falling out of heaven like soft dew"... 1:22 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Langston Hughes no sonibyte-7809.mp3 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes "When I get to be a composer I'm gonna write me some music about Daybreak in Alabama And I'm gonna put the purtiest songs in it Rising out of the ground like a swamp mist And falling out of heaven like soft dew"... http://www.sonibyte.com/audio/7753.mp3 Robert Browning Never The Time And The Place by Robert Browning "Never the time and the place And the loved one all together! This path--how soft to pace! This May -- what magic weather"... 1:35 poem, poets, poetry, daily poem, Robert Browning no sonibyte-7753.mp3 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 EDT Never The Time And The Place by Robert Browning "Never the time and the place And the loved one all together! This path--how soft to pace! This May -- what magic weather"...