Reading Poetry

I was tipped off over the weekend about a cache of poems read aloud on YouTube.  I hadn't seen the work before, so I was initially excited.

When I delved into the videos I quickly grew disappointed.

As good of an idea as this work is, I find it almost intolerable to listen to the reader, whose voice and interpretations in many instances do not give the selected poems their due.

Listen, some poets and poems are tougher than others.  Not every poet writes lines meant to be approached  like the reader is lifting a rare teapot from a glass display case.

Sometimes the poet is attempting to smash the glass encasement.  It is not a good idea to take that impulse away from him.

But, don't take my word for it.  Here is the YouTube channel.

TS