The Poets, the Dreamers, and You
Hayden Carruth
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, a poetry compilation show with a remembrance of Hayden Carruth, a poem by, and song for, Kenneth Rexroth and more Poets Laureate past and present than you can shake a stick at, including: Billy Collins (U.S.), Robert Bly (Minnesota) and Maxine Kumin (U.S./ New Hampshire). Also included are songwriter/poets Elvis Costello, Brad Paisley, Nellie McKay and Nick Lowe. Plus the National Champion of Poetry Out Loud (2009). In Lake Wobegon, Judy Inqvist volunteers to chaperone the sophomore class to the zoo in order to gather material for a poem she's writing.
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Segment 1
- 00:00:00 - Logo Open
- 00:00:12 - Tishomingo Blues
- 00:00:55 - GK Intro
- 00:02:54 - Cowboys Script
- 00:13:45 - Will Farley (National Champion of Poetry Out Loud) reads "Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes
- 00:19:12 - "Rexroth's Daughter," Greg Brown
- 00:23:28 - GK reads "Andrée Rexroth," by Kenneth Rexroth w/ Meta Weiss, cello
- 00:26:20 - GK Intro Powdermilk
- 00:26:49 - Powermilk Biscuit Break
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Segment 2
- 00:28:26 - Robert Bly reads a few poems: "Loving the Old Ones," "Wanting Sumptuous Heavens," "The Slim Fir Seeds," and "I Have Daughters and I Have Songs"
- 00:35:43 - "I'm Gonna Miss Her," Brad Paisley
- 00:38:02 - GK "Spring Poem" with Gary Raynor
- 00:42:53 - River script with Billy Collins
- 00:55:07 - GK Intermission Credits
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Segment 3
- 00:59:18 - GK Welcome Back
- 01:00:07 - Billy Collins reads "Ballistics" and "Hangover"
- 01:03:13 - "I've Let Things Slide," Nick Lowe
- 01:06:23 - Guy Noir with Deborah Garrison
- 01:21:55 - GK reads Hayden Carruth ("6," "The Fantastic Names of Jazz," "Forty-Five")
- 01:26:32 - "Indoor Fireworks," Elvis Costello
- 01:29:31 - GK Intro
- 01:30:01 - "The Drink," read by Ron Padgett
- 01:31:02 - "I Wanna Get Married," Nellie McKay
- 01:35:14 - Maxine Kumin and GK read "The Long Marriage," "Continuum," and "Wagons"
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Segment 4
- 01:38:40 - The News from Lake Wobegon
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Segment 5
- 01:54:03 - GK Credits
- 01:55:09 - "Calling For Me," Iris DeMent
- 01:58:35 - GK Recorded Credits
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