Poetry recitals / enactments / animations on YouTube

[KEV67]

The thing I enjoyed most during this Victober was watching the recitals on YouTube. I thought I would post a thread where you could link your favourites. I will start off with this one. John Keats died in 1821, so I did not post it in the Victober thread. It is read by Ben Whishaw, who is a very good actor if you ask me.

 

 

Initially I thought it was a poem about sexually transmitted infections. Then I read a comment it was about tuberculosis, which sounds plausible too.

Edited November 1, 2022 by KEV67

[KEV67]

This is another one I liked. Christopher Ecclestone's northern accent suits it.

 

[Madeleine]

Thanks for the Keats poem, have you seen the film "Bright Star" where Ben Whishaw played Keats?  He reads very well.

[KEV67]

35 minutes ago, Madeleine said:

Thanks for the Keats poem, have you seen the film "Bright Star" where Ben Whishaw played Keats?  He reads very well.

'fraid not. I heard about it.

[lunababymoonchild]

This is such a good idea!

 

I love Desiderata, this is the one that I'm most familiar with :  

 

 

[lunababymoonchild]

Another favourite of mine is Lord Ullin's Daughter by Thomas Campbell but I can't find a clip of it that I like.

[KEV67]

Still amazed John Cooper Clarke's poem, Evidently Chickentown was used in The Sopranos.

 

 

Edited November 1, 2022 by KEV67

[lunababymoonchild]

Here's another favourite of mine.  It's by the punk poet John Cooper Clarke and it contains language than may be offensive to you. It does have a title but (if you listen to it) the title's on the clip and you'll hear the title at the end of the poem. For this reason I'll post it in a link and you can make up your own mind (please note that there is no blasphemy or profanity in this)

 

John Cooper Clarke 

[KEV67]

I used to see Attila the Stockbroker every now and again, but I have not recently.

 

[lunababymoonchild]

4 hours ago, KEV67 said:

I used to see Attila the Stockbroker every now and again, but I have not recently.

 

Never heard of him before. He's good!

[KEV67]

2 hours ago, lunababymoonchild said:

Never heard of him before. He's good!

He's a big Brighton and Hove Albion fan. I like him, although I find him left wing. He sings comic songs as well as poetry.

[lunababymoonchild]

8 hours ago, KEV67 said:

He's a big Brighton and Hove Albion fan. I like him, although I find him left wing. He sings comic songs as well as poetry.

So I found out. Bought My Heart On My Sleeve e-book

[poppy]

Love Icarus by Kate Tempest.

 

 

[KEV67]

On 11/2/2022 at 7:38 AM, lunababymoonchild said:

So I found out. Bought My Heart On My Sleeve e-book

I saw Atilla the Stockbroker tonight. There was some sort of left wing march through town today. I was reflecting that he had not changed much in the 30 years I had first seen him. He is still a very left-wing firebrand. One thing that cheered me is that his new stuff is still good.