Dog Days
We’re right in the middle of that hot spell of summer that the ancients called the “dog days,” and William Jay Smith has some poems for us today about this steamy time.
Poems for July
William Jay Smith is one of our leading poets for young people. He joins us today with some poems to begin the month of July.
John Ciardi
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/John-Ciardi-The-Man-Who-Sang-the-Sillies.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/25/2001 John Ciardi Transcript “Once long ago in a far away beginning ‘by the sea’ In, of course, a kingdom, one fine day With (why not?) A lark in a tree (Yes all the poems I ever see Put all their larks in the […]
Poetry Day in Florida
Author John Cech Air Date 5/25/2001 Poetry Day in Florida Transcript Its already gotten warm in Florida, the kind of warm that sets you dozing and dreaming. And one of the most famous poems ever written about Florida, Samuel Taylor Coleridge s Kubla Kahn came out of a dream. Back in eighteenth century England, Coleridge […]
Counting Out Rhymes
It’s springtime, and the playgrounds are finally un-thawed and ready for games. Here’s Kevin Shortsleeve with some thoughts about one of the ways kids choose up sides.
Walter de la Mare
Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 4/25/2001 Walter de la Mare Transcript Walter De la Mare was born in England in 1873. He was raised in a Victorian landscape of childhood that presented a dichotomy of poetic views. On the one side, there were the irreverent and humorous authors like Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, while […]
“Re-Bop Read Aloud For Kids, By Kids”
You’re hearing Ruthie, who’s eight, reciting part of the poem, “Where a Cloud Sleeps” from a wonderful CD called “Re-Bop Read Aloud / For Kids, By Kids” from ReBop Records in Marshfield, Vermont.
Robert Frost
Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 03/28/2001 Robert Frost Transcript One of America’s most beloved poets, Robert Frost, is unique in that he is one of the few, quote-unquote, “serious” poets of the twentieth century who was appreciated by both adults and children. In the nineteenth century, poets like Longfellow and Poe – writing in rhyming […]
Gelett Burgess
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Gelett-Burgess.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 1/30/2001 Gelett Burgess Transcript Gelett Burgess, was an American editor, writer, and humorist, born in Boston on January 30, 1866. Although he has a long list of publications, adult and juvenile, he is remembered primarily for three achievements. First, he was the creator, in […]