Literature and the Love of Life

presented by Dr Kelp

2007-03-22

Langston Hughes

I have just discovered a wonderful American poet called Langston Hughes. I know that all the literati in the US will have heard of Hughes but down here is New Zealand he doesn't feature on our literary scene. I was listening to the podcast from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ and they were reading some of Hughes poems. They then had a recording of him reading his own works. Awesome, what a voice, what touching poetry. I particularly enjoyed some words from "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

I’ve known rivers:

 

I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

This seemed very deep to me. It ties back into Hughes visit to Africa when he was a young man in the 30's.

Kind Regards

DK

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2007-03-12

Mellow Day

I'm just mellowing out here listening to a song of Aaron Nevilles called "Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue". He has the most fantastic voice. He came to NZ a couple of years ago and I went to see him - what an experience. I have also subscribed to an awesome podcast called "Coffee-Break" Spanish. You can get it from Podcast Alley. We don't have many Spanish speakers in NZ but one of my colleagues is Columbian so I get to practice.

Keep well

DK

2007-03-03

The Tardy Blogger

Hi All

Just realized that I have not blogged this year. It has been a great year so far. I'm doing my final BA paper and will be finished on June 01. I have started my own health management consultancy practice and I'm getting heaps of work.

I read a great book recently called The Kite Runner - I would highly recommend it. It is set in Afghanistan and the USA. It was one of those books that I just couldn't put down.

Have a great day

DK

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