Ancient Chinese Poetry: This show features the work of two poets. Do they express concerns many of us think about in the 21st century? Do they suggest how to adjust certain of our attitudes? All the poems are from A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems, translated by Arthur Waley (Knopf, 1919). (Many poems by these same authors may be found in a variety of translations.) T'ao Ch'ien (362-427): "Returning to the Fields," "Moving House," "In the quiet of the morning I heard a knock at my door," "Reading the Book of Hills and Seas." Po-Chu-I (772-846): "The Letter," "Being Visited by a Friend During Illness," "A Dream of Mountaineering." The show's theme music is Philip Aaberg's "Going-to-the-Sun," from his CD Live from Montana (Sweetgrassmusic.com).
“Remembering the First World War”: Our first poem details the life of a veteran who managed to survive the carnage and reflects on–or tries...
"Dogs in Homer, Homer's Dog, Other Dogs." What truths about dogs did Homer know nearly 3000 years ago? If Homer lived with a dog,...
“Neighbors”: When you recall the places where you lived, do you inevitably reflect on who else was in close proximity? This episode presents three...