Max,
I have ten grandchildren. How many do you need? Could send Fed Ex.
Deborah Russell
5519 Sefton Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21214
1-970-443-3648
> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 12:18:05 +1000
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> Subject: HBO does poetry for the young
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> I wouldn't mind sampling this. If only I had a grandchild to sit by me...
> Max
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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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