Tag: Poetry
“Return Baggage”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/A-Poet-Remembers-the-Lost-Children.mp3 Author Ewa Wampuszyc Air Date 1/5/2005 “Return Baggage” Transcript As we begin the year ahead with its new promise, let us take a moment to reflect on the children whose lives have passed so fleetingly — the victims of war, of hunger, of illness, of random tragedy. I can […]
A Halloween Party in 1905
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Celebrating-Halloween-A-Hundred-Years-Ago.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/28/2004 A Halloween Party in 1905 Transcript A young girl invites 16 boys and 15 girls to a Halloween party. All invitees happily accept and at six o’clock on October 31, the 31 guests arrive, greeted on the lawn by a life-sized witch. Her […]
On This Spot
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Susan-Goodmans-On-This-Spot-.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/11/2004 On This Spot Transcript As a graduate student, I studied with the poet, Charles Olson, who, among many other things — like coining the word, post-modern — held steadfastly to the idea that a poet had to locate him or herself in a […]
T. S. Eliot
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 […]
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 […]