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George J. Dance wrote:

> On Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 7:26:51 PM UTC-4, Zod wrote:
>> On Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 4:11:11 PM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
>
>> > Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
>> > At Lord's, by Francis Thompson
>> >
>> > It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
>> > Though my own red roses there may blow;
>> > It is little I repair to the matches of the Southron folk,
>> > Though the red roses crest the caps, I know.
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2021/08/at-lords-francis-thompson.html
>> Quite cool but can you find some Beat poets, GD...?

> I'll keep my eyes open, but it's not easy to find. The Beat movement was too recent, and almost everything is copyrighted. Probably the closest thing I'll be able to find that I can use is a WCW poem.

> I've been going through my sports poems so far this month, because of the Olympics. I do have a poem by WCW in there and, since you asked, I'll blog it tomorrow.

Here is Peter Orlovsky reading a poem, one of the early Beat poets...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v~9dNkxECxI