Performed a bit of Poe and a bit of Whitman at a little gathering in Calvert Country yesterday. What a treat! Reminded me just how consuming it is to perform great literature: to become totally one with the imaginary world of the poet and the poem's persona, and let its contours take you where it … Continue reading the story "Capital Fringe: Who Can Say Poe Whitman"Post Archives tagged ‘song of myself’
Capital Fringe: Who Can Say Poe Whitman
Performed a bit of Poe and a bit of Whitman at a little gathering in Calvert Country yesterday. What a treat! Reminded me just how consuming it is to perform great literature: to become totally one with the imaginary world of the poet and the poem's persona, and let its contours take you where it … Continue reading the story "Capital Fringe: Who Can Say Poe Whitman"Poe Whitman Open July 10
I'm in the midst of getting my lines down. Having reached 60, with a thick brain and aching bones, even learning lines is a struggle for focus. The good thing is, even the Poe lines, that I learned four years ago, are still bubbling around inside my head like a foreign language, and once learned, … Continue reading the story "Poe Whitman Open July 10"