readings of poetry on the streets of Nashville, New Orleans and Naples December 22nd thru December 28th, 2008
Janet Kuypers read poetry in the streets (and sometimes in front of art centers like the life-sized replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, or at Marie Laveau’s tomb in New Orleans) while traveling around the country via car.
Kuypers also released a chapbook ofpoems read while reading poetry in the streets (and in cafes and restaurants too), called Taking Poetry to the Streets.
...on to the poems:
(in the order they were read during the show)
Statue
Order the “poetry in the streets” track on CD 6
from the CD set Live: :52
read in front of Marie Laveaux’s Tomb (which is alos next to Mayor Ernest N. Morial’s tomb, the first African American Mayor of New Orleans) in New Orleans 12/23/08
previously recorded
old time radio filter; 1:12 vocals track before 06/11/01 old time radio filter and reverb, 1:12 vocals track before 06/11/01 (1:18 vocals track 03-18-06)
(only the words “think of how these were the hands that should have pushed you away from me” vocals track 03-18-06)
(original old beat in the background, with only the words “think of how these were the hands that should have pushed you away from me”, smoothed so it’s not so static-filled)
(this is the 03/18/06 reading, with the original old smoothed beat and words in the background)
Janet Kuypers read poetry in the streets (and sometimes in front of art centers like the life-sized replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, or at Marie Laveau’s tomb in New Orleans) while traveling around the country via car.
