Poetry and About Poetry

I am honored to join with fellow poets and the Windmore Foundation writers for a Poetry Reading at the Culpeper County Public Library – October 18, 11:00 am

I am honored to join with fellow poets and the Windmore Foundation writers for a Poetry Reading at the Culpeper County Public Library - October 18, 11:00 am

An audio of my reading of “A Game” from “Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves”       http://www.davidanthonysam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/5-A-Game.mp3

An audio of my reading of “Once I Was a Starling” from “Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves”   http://www.davidanthonysam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/4-Once-I-was-a-starling.mp3

An audio of my reading of “Fatherhood” from “Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves”       http://www.davidanthonysam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/3-Fatherhood.mp3

An audio of my reading of “Prologue” & “The Songs Between” from “Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves” http://www.davidanthonysam.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2-Prologue-and-The-Songs-Between.mp3  

Here is the Germanna Today TV episode with Allan Peterson, award-winning poet: http://www.culpepermedia.org/video/gt_23-mp4/

Here is the Germanna Today TV episode with Allan Peterson, award-winning poet: http://www.culpepermedia.org/video/gt_23-mp4/

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a classic I never got around to reading as a child. I skipped over children’s books to comics and adult classics like “War and Peace.” Now, as an adult, I find the tale enjoyable and gratifying to read, with little editorial comments sprinkled throughout. My favorite: “‘For,’ they said ‘there is not another city in all the world that is ruled by a stuffed man.’ And, so far as they knew, they were quite right.” View all my reviews

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a classic I never got around to reading as a child. I skipped over children's books to comics and adult classics like "War and Peace." Now, as an adult, I find the tale enjoyable and gratifying to read, with little editorial comments sprinkled throughout. My favorite: "'For,' they said 'there is not another city in all the world that is ruled by a stuffed man.' And, so far as they knew, they were quite right." View all my reviews

Dreaming the Garden by Ann Stanford My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is Ann Stanford’s last collection, and it shows her still vital and alive to words and images and the passion of the world. Stanford is another fine writer of the 20th Century that is relatively unknown and unread now—indeed a shame, since her poetry rewards the reader living with it for a while. View all my reviews

Dreaming the Garden by Ann Stanford My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is Ann Stanford's last collection, and it shows her still vital and alive to words and images and the passion of the world. Stanford is another fine writer of the 20th Century that is relatively unknown and unread now---indeed a shame, since her poetry rewards the reader living with it for a while. View all my reviews

Once upon a time, poetry mattered enough to get banned: “ Howl ” – Allan Ginsburg “ Song of Myself ” – Walt Whitman About Poetry’s Read a banned poem out loud.

Once upon a time, poetry mattered enough to get banned: " Howl " - Allan Ginsburg " Song of Myself " - Walt Whitman About Poetry's Read a banned poem out loud.

What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems by Ruth Stone My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ruth Stone’s poetry is under appreciated—she stands as one of the more consistently excellent poets of the 20th and early 21st Centuries. Her clarity of language and imagery, her personally honest but not indulgently confessional subjects, and the starling quality of her poetry from across multiple decades all argue for her verse to be read. View all my reviews

What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems by Ruth Stone My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ruth Stone's poetry is under appreciated---she stands as one of the more consistently excellent poets of the 20th and early 21st Centuries. Her clarity of language and imagery, her personally honest but not indulgently confessional subjects, and the starling quality of her poetry from across multiple decades all argue for her verse to be read. View all my reviews

My next poetry reading and book signing: Poetry Reading at Germanna Fredericksburg Area Campus 10000 Germanna Point Dr. Fredericksburg, VA 22408 October 16, Noon to 1:00 

M y next poetry reading and book signing : Poetry Reading at Germanna Fredericksburg Area Campus 10000 Germanna Point Dr. Fredericksburg, VA 22408 October 16, Noon to 1:00 PM 

Thank you Germanna  Professor Sunithi Gnanados’ for allowing me to visit your English Class this wee, read from my own poetry, and show influences from the Romantic poets on some of my poems. The students were engaged and seemed to appreciate the opportunity. One comparison I made was between the opening poem of my book “Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves” with Wordsworth Book Twelve of his Prelude: From The Prelude Book Twelfth William Wordsworth  There are in our existence spots of time, That with distinct pre-eminence retain A renovating virtue, whence–depressed  By false opinion and contentious thought, Or aught of heavier or more deadly weight, In trivial occupations, and the round Of ordinary intercourse–our minds Are nourished and invisibly repaired; A virtue, by which pleasure is enhanced, That penetrates, enables us to mount, When high, more high, and lifts us up when fallen. This efficacious spirit chiefly lurks Among those passages...

Thank you Germanna  Professor Sunithi Gnanados' for allowing me to visit your English Class this wee, read from my own poetry, and show influences from the Romantic poets on some of my poems. The students were engaged and seemed to appreciate the opportunity. One comparison I made was between the opening poem of my book "Memories in Clay, Dreams of Wolves" with Wordsworth Book Twelve of his Prelude: From The Prelude Book Twelfth William Wordsworth  There are in our existence spots of time, That with distinct pre-eminence retain A renovating virtue, whence--depressed  By false opinion and contentious thought, Or aught of heavier or more deadly weight, In trivial occupations, and the round Of ordinary intercourse--our minds Are nourished and invisibly repaired; A virtue, by which pleasure is enhanced, That penetrates, enables us to mount, When high, more high, and lifts us up when fallen. This efficacious spirit chiefly lurks Among those pa...

The Journal “The Write Place At the Write Time” accepted my poem “Betrayals” for publication in its September 22, 2014 edition. http://www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org/

The Journal "The Write Place At the Write Time" accepted my poem "Betrayals" for publication in its September 22, 2014 edition. http://www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org/

The journal “The Birds We Piled Loosely” has accepted my poem “Bad Dreams” for publication in the near future http://birdspiledloosely.wordpress.com/ .

The journal "The Birds We Piled Loosely" has accepted my poem "Bad Dreams" for publication in the near future http://birdspiledloosely.wordpress.com/ .

Thank you Sunithi Gnanadoss for organizing my reading and introducing me. Thanks also to the Art Center in Orange for a wonderful venue and to the very appreciative audience members who attended and also purchased copies of my book. And, of course, always my deepest love and thanks to Linda.

Thank you Sunithi Gnanadoss for organizing my reading and introducing me. Thanks also to the Art Center in Orange for a wonderful venue and to the very appreciative audience members who attended and also purchased copies of my book. And, of course, always my deepest love and thanks to Linda.