We had the good fortune on the program to have the regular contributions of the award-winning poet, Lola Haskins, who wrote frequently and powerfully about her own childhood, and the experiences of her young grandchildren. Our programs also touch on such “classic” poets as Edward Lear and Ogden Nash, Mother Goose and Carl Sandburg.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/T-S-Eliot-That-Ol-Possum.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 9/23/2004 T. S. Eliot Transcript T. S. Eliot has been called “The greatest literary figure of the English-speaking world in the 20th Century.” He was the recipient of the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature and his poem, The Waste Land, is widely considered the most […]
That’s Pat Dailey with the opening of the title song for a CD called Underwater Land. It’s a collection of poems by the late Shel Silverstein, set to music and sung by Dailey and others.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Hilda-Conkling-Child-Poet.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 4/19/2004 Hilda Conkling, Child Poet Transcript It’s National Poetry Month, and many young people around the country will probably be writing some kind of verse — from haikus to rap lyrics — some time this month. Perhaps the most famous of all child poets […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Young-Poets-in-St-Nicholas-Magazine.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 4/13/2004 St. Nicholas and Poetry Transcript In 1899, the editors of St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls established monthly competitions in various arts, including poetry. The winning entries were published in the magazine, in a column called “The St. Nicholas League.” Each monthly competition had […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Childs-Christmas-in-Wales.mp3 Author Lauren Brosnihan Air Date 12/25/2003 A Child’s Christmas in Wales Transcript Though it’s a small country, many Christmas holiday traditions have their origins in Wales. For instance, some musicologists believe one of the most joyful and exuberant carols, “Deck the Halls” to be of Welsh origin. Caroling fits […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Chicago-Humanities-Festival.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/24/2003 Chicago Children’s Humanities Festival Transcript The other good reason to be in Chicago with your children over the next two weeks is the city’s Children’s Humanities Festival, which begins this weekend with the presentation of the Chicago Tribune’s Young Adult Book Prize. This […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Good-Manners-Month-2.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 9/26/2003 Good Manners Month Transcript Most parents have rules, rules, and more rules for just how they want their children to behave and they often have cruel little stories, known as cautionary tales, that go along with the rules showing exactly what will happen […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/In-Memorium-Dr-Suess.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 9/24/2003 Dr. Seuss, In Memoriam Transcript Dear Dr. Seuss, wherever you are, Whether you’re drifting off Zither or floating off Zarr, I just want you to know I miss you so much. Yes ever so muchly. Oh muchly, so much. I asked several Sneeches […]
That’s Tahkus Ekedal singing the first verse of Ted Arnold’s setting of Emily Dickinson’s poem, “Hope is the Thing with Feathers” from the CD “The Days Gone By, Songs of the American Poets.”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Revolutionary-Verses.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/8/2003 Francis Hopkinson Transcript In your studies of the American Revolution, it is unlikely that you spent much time on Francis Hopkinson. Hopkinson was the author of satirical and nonsensical essays that simultaneously delighted his allies and infuriated his enemies. A signer of the […]