Reading aloud
I’ve been reading the Poetry Foundation blog lately. I wish dearly that they had an RSS feed of the postings so that I could have them delivered to my feed reader rather than having to remember to go out and fetch them, but the posts have been engaging enough so far that I’m remembering to fetch. One that struck a particular chord with me today with the reading I attended this weekend in mind is The Reading, by Kwame Dawes. It describes very well some of what I experienced as an audience member at the reading this weekend and is a good piece for anybody interested in reading his or her own work to take in.
CaptQuirk said,
July 15, 2007 @ 6:33 pm
Thanks for the link above to “The Reading.” I enjoyed reading it, and as I’m sure you’ll understand, I find myself agreeing with almost all of what Mr. Dawes says.
When I was being formally educated all those many years ago, it was common to teach a subject called elocution. I thought it a silly discipline at the time, but as I grown older, I come to appreciate more and more the beauty of the human voice and the simple act of speaking (or reading) well. Poetry provides a justification for practicing that skill that everyday conversation unfortunately does not.