Gary Snyder: "Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout"
The Crane Bag Podcast
An exploration of the American poet Gary Snyder's poem "Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout" by poet and storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Iliad, Part Eight: The Wrath of Achilles
The Crane Bag Podcast
What moonlit god comes down to punish the Greeks with his arrows? What stray dog is the first unlikely victim of Agamemnon's wrath, and what the heck is that boat full of onions and cabbages doing in this story? The story of the Iliad continues, as brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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Pablo Neruda: "The Art of Poetry"
The Crane Bag Podcast
An exploration of Pablo Neruda's poem "The Art of Poetry" by poet, storyteller, and musician Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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Robert Frost: "Directive"
The Crane Bag Podcast
An exploration of Robert Frost's poem "Directive" by poet, storyteller, and musician Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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Oisin in the Land of Tir Na Nog
The Crane Bag Podcast
The epic of the Irish hero Finn MacCool (Fionn MacCumhail) comes to a close in this story brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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Emily Dickinson: "I heard a fly buzz when I died"
The Crane Bag Podcast
An exploration of Emily Dickinson's poem "I heard a fly buzz when I died" by poet, storyteller and musician Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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James Wright: "Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium"
The Crane Bag Podcast
An exploration of James Wright's poem "Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium" by poet, storyteller, and musician Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Iliad Part Seven: the Greeks Arrive at Troy
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When the Greek army arrives at Troy they encounter Cygnus, the indestructible man, and wrestle with the prophecy of Calchas which says that the first man to step ashore will be the first to die. www.JayLeeming.com
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Rumi: "The Diver's Clothes Lying Empty"
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An exploration of the poem "The Diver's Clothes Lying Empty" by Jalal al-Din Rumi, as translated by Coleman Barks. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Iliad, Part Six: Achilles Among the Dancing Girls
The Crane Bag Podcast
Before you go to war, it's probably best to spend a year living as a dancing girl on the island of Skyros. That's the wisdom which this beautiful story brings to us, just in time for us to put on our own dancing shoes and sing our way into the deepening wilderness of this epic brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
info_outlineHere's a rowdy dream-vision involving a house thatched with feathers, pigs that never die and a sea-god for whom story is the fire that warms his house; it's the journey of King Cormac into the Otherworld as brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
www.JayLeeming.com