Moderated by Rose-Marie G. Oster; 00:00 Oster introduces the panelist; 01:00 Peter Davison begins his discussion. He states the theme of the reading is called “The Life of Thingsâ€; 01:20 First, Davison reads a short poem called [“The Pletersâ€?] related to Philip Morrison’s plenary address regarding disarmament titled “The Price of Defense: A New Strategy for Military Spendingâ€; 04:00 Davison talks about the poems he has written in the last few years; 04:45 Davison also reads a poem called “Elsewhere in Colorado†about the World Affairs Conference in Boulder; 06:48 Davison reads a poem titled “Doors†that he wrote regarding his childhood home in Colorado; 09:42 Davison reads one more Colorado related poem called “Magpieâ€; 11:08 Davison talks about the notion of the life of things and reads a poem; 13:13 Davison talks about the collection of things and tells a story about a guy that collects beer cans. He continues to read a poem related to the collector; 15:16 Davison reads a poem called “The Diamond Pipe†and talks about a vein of diamonds in the ground and mining; 17:39 The next poem read is called “Stumpsâ€; 19:20 Next poem read is called “Groundâ€; 20:50 Davison reads a poem called “Into the Future†about a dark, political time; 21:55 Next poem read is titled “Dance of the Hours for It’s a Living†about working; 23:33 Next poem read is called “Headstone†regarding the Great Ridge; 25:53 Davison mentions that all the poems read so far were old poems already published in books. He continues to say he is now going to read new poems. He reads the next poem called “Barn Feverâ€; 34:40 Davison reads another poem called “January 1977†about the farm; 36:12 Davison reads the next two poems. The first poem is called “The Ram Beneath the Barn†and the second poem is called “My Lady the Lakeâ€; 39:03 Davison reads the next poem called “Untuned String†about his family piano. He was hoping a pianist named Lucas would hear his poem; 41:47 Davison’s next poem was inspired by John Cheever’s novel titled “Falconer†and the Falconer State Prison. The title of Davison’s poem is “Il Se Sauve†which is a French phrase for “he escapesâ€; 44:20 Davison reads a poem called “Paradise as a Gardenâ€; 46:40 Davison reads his final poem titled “The Sound of Wings.†He mentions the poem is written in four tenses; 49:57 Davison finishes his poetry reading and the audience applauds.
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Moderated by Rose-Marie G. Oster; 00:00 Oster introduces the panelist; 01:00 Peter Davison begins his discussion. He states the theme of the reading is called “The Life of Thingsâ€; 01:20 First, Davison reads a short poem called [“The Pletersâ€?] related to Philip Morrison’s plenary address regarding disarmament titled “The Price of Defense: A New Strategy for Military Spendingâ€; 04:00 Davison talks about the poems he has written in the last few years; 04:45 Davison also reads a poem called “Elsewhere in Colorado†about the World Affairs Conference in Boulder; 06:48 Davison reads a poem titled “Doors†that he wrote regarding his childhood home in Colorado; 09:42 Davison reads one more Colorado related poem called “Magpieâ€; 11:08 Davison talks about the notion of the life of things and reads a poem; 13:13 Davison talks about the collection of things and tells a story about a guy that collects beer cans. He continues to read a poem related to the collector; 15:16 Davison reads a poem called “The Diamond Pipe†and talks about a vein of diamonds in the ground and mining; 17:39 The next poem read is called “Stumpsâ€; 19:20 Next poem read is called “Groundâ€; 20:50 Davison reads a poem called “Into the Future†about a dark, political time; 21:55 Next poem read is titled “Dance of the Hours for It’s a Living†about working; 23:33 Next poem read is called “Headstone†regarding the Great Ridge; 25:53 Davison mentions that all the poems read so far were old poems already published in books. He continues to say he is now going to read new poems. He reads the next poem called “Barn Feverâ€; 34:40 Davison reads another poem called “January 1977†about the farm; 36:12 Davison reads the next two poems. The first poem is called “The Ram Beneath the Barn†and the second poem is called “My Lady the Lakeâ€; 39:03 Davison reads the next poem called “Untuned String†about his family piano. He was hoping a pianist named Lucas would hear his poem; 41:47 Davison’s next poem was inspired by John Cheever’s novel titled “Falconer†and the Falconer State Prison. The title of Davison’s poem is “Il Se Sauve†which is a French phrase for “he escapesâ€; 44:20 Davison reads a poem called “Paradise as a Gardenâ€; 46:40 Davison reads his final poem titled “The Sound of Wings.†He mentions the poem is written in four tenses; 49:57 Davison finishes his poetry reading and the audience applauds.
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