Poetry Karaoke

Karaoke may be where the party goes to die, but Poetry Karaoke will give you life!

Please consider supporting the poets we mention in today's show! If you need a good indie bookstore, we recommend Loyalty Bookstores, a DC-area Black-owned bookshop.

Constant Craving is a great song by kd lang. Read Marianne Moore's iconic poem "Poetry" here.

Show You the Shape of My Heart, Backstreet Boys. Watch a fabulous interview with Mona Van Duyn here (~30 min).

You can watch Robert Bly read three of his poems in his writing studio here (~5 min).

Watch Galway Kinnell give a reading and an interview about his influences here (~30 min). You can read his poem "The Bear" here.

Listen to Air Supply's "Sweet Dreams" here. 

Here's an interview with Ron Silliman in which he discusses his relationship with Ezra Pound (~5 min).

Watch Kylie Minogue sing "Your Disco Needs You" live at Royal Albert Hall (~4 min). And you can watch the official video for "Into the Blue" here.

Watch Yusef Komunyakaa's answer to how writing and art has changed him here. (~3 min).

Here's Heart's "These Dreams" -- a great karaoke ballad!

Kevin Killian was interviewed in 2011 as part of the "Big Joy" collection at Georgia State University (~50 min). 

Listen to Idina Menzel talk about her Wicked injury here.

Frankie and Ariana Grande cover "Seasons of Love" here. Or, since we mention a nuptial ceremony in the show, here's a wedding-party cover of the song with the most washed-out bridesmaids who ever did bridesmaid. (You're welcome, Aaron!)