Tag: Poem
Shel Silverstein’s Underwater Land
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.
Hilda Conkling, Child Poet
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 […]
St. Nicholas and Poetry
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 […]
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
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 […]
Good Manners Month
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 […]
Dr. Seuss, In Memoriam
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 […]
Remembering 9/11 in Poetry
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.”
Lothar Meggendorfer
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Lothar-Meggendorfer-Master-of-the-Pop-up.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 7/29/2003 Lothar Meggendorfer Transcript Movable books for children have been around since the late 18th century. Peter Haining, in his history of movable books, believes that during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, the German, Lothar Meggendorfer, created the most elaborate and […]
William Blake and the Angel
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/William-Blake-and-the-Angel.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 11/27/2002 William Blake and the Angel Transcript When he was ten years old, William Blake (who was born on November 28th in 1757) saw an angel in a tree outside his family’s house in London. Though no one believed him at the time, he […]
John Lennon – Imagining
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/John-Lennon-Imagining.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/9/2002 John Lennon – Imagining Transcript When John Lennon was 11 years old, he received a copy of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland as a birthday present. The surreal, nonsensical volume left a lasting impression on the young man. Lennon notes, “I was passionate about Alice in […]