April is National Poetry Month and, at the LA Books Examiner, this is a cause for celebration. What a great opportunity to share with you some of our favorite poets and, perhaps, to urge you to take some time throughout the month to discover some new poets on your own.
And what better way to kick things off than a reading of "O Captain, My Captain" by America’s premier poet, Walt Whitman. Best known for Leaves of Grass (1855), Whitman was a controversial figure and extremely influential artist who virtually unlocked standard poetic conventions and structure, opening the door for a more natural ‘speaking’ style of poetry writing known as free verse.
With this in mind, let’s all hit the pause buttons on our lives for a few minutes and enjoy this reading of Walt Whitman’s “O Captain, My Captain”…which many of you might remember from the memorable climactic scene in the popular film Dead Poets Society with Robin Williams.
For more great poetry videos, check out Pause for Poetry at the LA Books Examiner. And check back in often this month for more great works and local events in celebration of National Poetry Month.
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Thanks for the post. Well done!
April is Poetry Widow Month for me with all the readings my husband goes to during the month. He loves this month.
Thank you for the reading, it was very enjoyable.
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Nice!
Thanks,
I'm not a huge Whitman fan, but I love this piece and I love April poetry month. Like Amanda's husband, I'm like a kid in the candy store with all the great events going on and the ones I create on my own.
Thanks for pausing for poetry!
Dead Poets Society was one of my favorite movies. Besides the "Oh Captain, My Captain" Whitman reference, I loved the other Whitman line that they used, "I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world."
We use the word "Yawp" far too little these days, as far as I'm concerned...
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