Lyrical Poems of R. P. Blackmur, Audio readings by Walter Rufus Eagles: Richard P. Blackmur

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Twelve Sonnets & Other Poems by Richard P. ("R. P.") Blackmur
[1904-1965] [Note]

Blackmur is more remembered these days as a literary critic, although "He preferred to think of himself as a poet." [-Denis Donoghue] Be that as it may, his poetic works (he wrote three books and a collection) are out of print as 5/24/03. We at Eaglesweb have begun to redress this wrong to a major American poet with the following publication of a selection of audio recordings. . . . . . . . . . .

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The Cellar Goes Down with a Step [1:27]
Judas Priest [3:08] [a quartet of sonnets]
Of Lucifer [3:19] [a quartet of sonnets]
Mirage [0:44]
Of Mind's Silvering [0:49] [sonnet]
Ripeness Is All [0:40]
Since There's No Help. . . [0:54] (Hear also Michael Drayton's Elizabethan Sonnet)
The Spear [1:04]
Views of Boston Common and Near By [1:35]
Wind and Weather [0:55] [sonnet]
Witness of Light [0:51]
The Witnessing Eye [0:46]

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