On Feb 20, 2005, at 04:59, Rebecca Seiferle wrote:
>> I like cummings too. But you can't usually read
>> his work aloud
>
> Well, I don't know about usually, but I saw and heard a reading of
> several
> cummings poems by Martha Schlamme years ago that was incredible, of
> course
> her gifts were far from usual, but I've never read cummings the same
> way since,
> and I'd guess cummings himself must have often read his work aloud,
There are some extraordinary recordings available of Cummings reading
his poetry. I made a typographical video game as scenography for a
concert
of Cummings-inspired music a few years back, and we all listened to
Cummings reading as we worked on our videos/compositions. He has quite
a bizarre combination of perfectly refined Connecticut accent and an
obsessed priestly chanting monotone. In his mouth they don't sound like
the way they read at all, at least not to me, but they do sound like
some
other completely different though equally interesting poems.
If I get the chance I'll see if I can put a clip on my website,
--Knut
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