Robert Bly: October 25, 1961

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The Poetry Center presents Robert Bly, reading from his original poetry, subsequently published in his first book, Silence in the Snowy Fields (1962), and three translations of poems by Georg Trakl, César Vallejo, and Antonio Machado.

Originally Recorded By: APA
Location: SFSU, San Francisco
Date: 10/25/1961
Total Run Time: 0:40:00
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Opening remarks (0:04)
Remarks on "Sleet Storm on the Merritt Parkway" (1:52)
Sleet Storm on the Merritt Parkway (2:22)
Remarks on "Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River" (4:09)
Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River, I (4:21)
Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River, II (4:45)
Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River, III (5:05)
Remarks on "A Delicious Confusion" (5:41)
A Delicious Confusion, I (6:56)
A Delicious Confusion, II (7:40)
A Delicious Confusion, III (8:23)
A Delicious Confusion, IV (9:06)
A Delicious Confusion, IV (9:49)
Remarks on "Driving Through Ohio" (10:45)
Driving Through Ohio, I (11:02)
Driving Through Ohio, II (11:22)
Driving Through Ohio, III (11:47)
Remarks on "Poem in Three Parts" (12:19)
Poem in Three Parts (13:44)
Remarks on "Poem Against the British" (14:48)
Poem Against the British, I (15:00)
Poem Against the British, II (15:14)
Poem Against the British, III (15:38)
Remarks on "Walk in the Gardens of Italy" (15:59)
Walk in the Gardens of Italy (17:25)
Further remarks on "Walk in the Gardens of Italy" (18:49)
Remarks on recent poetry types and international poetry in regard to rhetoric (20:38)
Remarks on Austrian poet Georg Trakl's poem "On the Marshy Pastures" (21:33)
On the Marshy Pastures {Georg Trakl} (22:48)
Remarks on Peruvian poet César Vallejo's poem "The Spider" (23:42)
The Spider {César Vallejo} (24:47)
Remarks on Spanish poet Antonio Machado's poem "And He Was the Evil Spirit of My Dreams" (26:11)
And He Was the Evil Spirit of My Dreams {Antonio Machado} (26:27)
Remarks on three translated poems just read (27:18)
Remarks on "The Coming of Night" (27:42)
The Coming of Night, I (27:49)
The Coming of Night, II (28:35)
The Coming of Night, III (29:05)
Remarks on Brief Poems (29:51)
Love Poem (30:28)
Cottonwood Tree (30:51)
Taking the Hand of Someone You Love (31:18)
Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter (31:41)
Watering a Horse (32:09)
Remarks on "Clear Air of October" (32:31)
Clear Air of October (32:49)
Remarks on poem "Andrew Jackson's Speech" (33:55)
Andrew Jackson's Speech (34:25)
Remarks on "After the Industrial Revolution All Things Happen at Once" (35:15)
After the Industrial Revolution All Things Happen at Once (36:15)
Remarks on "Awakening" (37:43)
Awakening (37:54)

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