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CHICAGO ‹ The Poetry Foundation, in collaboration with HBO Family, is
pleased to announce the premiere of A Child¹s Garden of Poetry, airing
Thursday, April 28, at 6:30 p.m. Central Time on HBO.
The captivating program features whimsical animation, contributions from
kids, and readings by notable performers, including celebrities Claire
Danes, Carrie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ziggy Marley,
Dave Matthews, Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Jeffrey Wright and archival
recordings from renowned poets e.e. cummings, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and
Carl Sandburg.
Children share selections from their favorite poets (from Shakespeare to
Langston Hughes) as well as some of their own poetry‹and speak about their
personal appreciation for the art form, too.
³By bringing poetry to the young, this program is helping to create the next
generation of poetry lovers,² said Poetry Foundation president John Barr.
³Children are the future of poetry.²
Poems featured in the program include the following:
³My Shadow,² by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Julianne Moore
³The Road Not Taken,² by Robert Frost, read by Philip Seymour Hoffman
³sweet spring is your time . . . ,² written and read by e.e. cummings
³An Old Silent Pond,² by Matsuo Basho, read by Josh Hamilton
³Thoughts on a Still Night,² by Li Bai, read by Fiona, age seven
³The Tropics in New York,² by Claude McKay, read by Ziggy Marley
³When You Are Old,² by William Butler Yeats, read by Liam Neeson
³Harlem 2,² by Langston Hughes, read by Kason, age eight
³Calico Pie,² words and illustrations by Edward Lear, song by Natalie
Merchant
Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, read by Jeffrey
Wright
³Recuerdo,² written and read by Edna St. Vincent Millay
³Brother,² by Mary Ann Hoberman, read by Carrie Fisher
³ ŒHope¹ is the thing with feathers,² by Emily Dickinson, read by Claire
Danes and signed by Rachel, age nine
³Buffalo Dusk,² written and read by Carl Sandburg
³Daffodils,² by William Wordsworth, read by Dave Matthews
³The Lake Isle of Innisfree,² by William Butler Yeats, read by Liam Neeson
and Emily, age six
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