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Revisiting: The Old Cumberland Beggar
Listen now (25 min) | Poetry Aloud: Wordsworth & Moral Observation
May 26
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King Arthur, in "The Holy Grail"
Listen now | We are in the time of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, but the days are darkening, and Camelot is rushing to its doom.
May 12
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April 2023
Poetry Can Deepen Our Understanding of Scripture
Listen now | It is a sorrow of mine to consider that most people who speak English and have graduated from our colleges and universities know very…
Apr 28
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Saint Peter
Watch now (9 min) | From The Hundredfold: The speaker is Saint Peter, on Good Friday, after he denied that he even knew Jesus, and the cock crowed, and…
Apr 7
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March 2023
Bartimaeus
Watch now (18 min) | From The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord.
Mar 31
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Bartimaeus
Watch now (18 min) | An Excerpt from The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord. The poem today is “Bartimaeus,” spoken by the blind man whom Jesus healed, as…
Mar 31
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From "The Second Temple"
Listen now | This week’s Poetry Aloud is an excerpt from my book-length poem, The Twelve-Gated City (in progress; © Anthony M. Esolen). The selection is…
Mar 17
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Resending Today's Poetry Aloud From The Twelve-Gated City
Listen now | The Second Gate (the Prodigal Son goes to the far country) | This week’s Poetry Aloud is a reading of an excerpt from my book-length poem…
Mar 10
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From The Twelve-Gated City
Listen now | The Second Gate (the Prodigal Son goes to the far country) | This week’s Poetry Aloud is a reading of an excerpt from my book-length poem…
Mar 10
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More from "Moses on Mount Pisgah"
Listen now | In this poem, the speaker, Moses is a very old man, watching the children of Israel far below as they prepare, under Joshua’s leadership…
Mar 3
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February 2023
Moses on Mount Pisgah
I have been finishing a book-length poem called The Twelve-Gated City, after the heavenly Jerusalem that John saw in a vision, in Revelation. Our…
Feb 24
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January 2023
Andrea del Sarto
Listen now (18 min) | Robert Browning (1855) What do you do if you’re an artist, aspiring to greatness, but there’s something in you that keeps you from…
Jan 27
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