Naomi Replansky

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Poetry Reading at the Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, November 15, 2016

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Naomi Replansky Reads from her Collected Poems (Black Sparrow Books, 2012), New York, October 23, 2015

1. The Invisible Man (1947) (2:14): MP3
2. The Hunters (1942) (0:47): MP3
3. Ring Song (1944) (1:07): MP3
4. The Constant Suicide (1943) (0:43): MP3
5. Restless Dialogue (1945) (1:47): MP3
6. In Syrup, In Syrup (1946) (0:45): MP3
7. Take the Snake (1947) (0:59): MP3
8. Ceremony (1939) (1:48): MP3
9. The Ratless Cat (1934) (1:18): MP3
10. When I Melt Down (1944) (0:58): MP3
11. The Refuge in the Forest (1939) (1:50): MP3
12. Waking in Alarm Before the Alarm (1972) (1:23): MP3
13. Age: Two Voices (1990) (1:43): MP3
14. The Inventor (1977) (1:02): MP3
15. Recognition (1985) (0:54): MP3
16. Fire in the City (1972) (0:32): MP3
17. Among the Gentiles (1970) (1:22): MP3
18. A Visit to Mathland (1962) (1:38): MP3
19. After the Argument (1974) (0:25): MP3
20. Loss in Los Angeles (1962) (0:37): MP3
21. The Fall (1972) (0:55): MP3
22. Trying to Paint Clouds (1986) (0:37): MP3
23. Blank Page (1990) (0:43): MP3
24. The Weeping Sea-Beast (1965) (1:22): MP3
25. Modern Sorcery (1950s) (0:30): MP3
26. Clay (1950s) (0:34): MP3
27. Revelations (1950s) (0:57): MP3
28. Into Skid Row (Los Angeles, 1956) (1:20): MP3
29. Dreaming: A Drama in Hundreds of Thousands of Acts (1970s) (1:34): MP3
30. from Observations (1960-2000) (0:37): MP3
31. Death of an Actor (1987) (0:39): MP3
32. Colors (1990s-2002) (1:25): MP3
33. Grievances Presented to the Boss, the Muse of Lyric Poetry, by the International Union of Lyric Poets (1995) (2:50): MP3
34. Where is Ursula (2003) (1:15): MP3
35. On a Splintered Boardwalk (1965, 2009) (1:20): MP3
36. Walking Back (2010) (1:07): MP3
37. The Swamp (from the German of Bertolt Brecht) (Undated) (1:16): MP3

1. They flee from me that sometime did me seek (Thomas Wyatt) (1:54): MP3
2. Full Fathom Five (William Shakespeare) (0:58): MP3
3. Fear No More the Heat of the Sun (William Shakespeare) (1:34): MP3
4. Love III (George Herbert) (1:34): MP3
5. London (William Blake) (1:11): MP3
6. The Question Answer'd (William Blake) (0:41): MP3
7. The Sick Rose (William Blake) (0:24): MP3
8. Poem by Issa (0:23): MP3
9. I Am (John Clare) (1:46): MP3
10. After Great Pain (Emily Dickinson) (1:07): MP3
11. The Soul Selects Her Own Society (Emily Dickinson) (0:38): MP3
12. from Vacillation (W.B. Yeats) (0:48): MP3
13. from A Dialogue of the Self and Soul (W.B. Yeats) (2:09): MP3
14. Anecdote of the Jar (Wallace Stevens) (0:48): MP3
15. The Snare (James Stephens) (0:59): MP3
16. I Wake and feel the Fell of Dark (Gerard Manley Hopkins) (1:17): MP3
17. Prayer to Persephone (Edna St. Vincent Millay) (0:42): MP3
18. A Black Stone Upon a White Stone (César Vallejo) (1:53): MP3
19. Not Waving but Drowning (Stevie Smith) (0:59): MP3
20. A Child III (John Betjeman) (1:15): MP3
21. Death Fugue (Paul Celan) (3:26): MP3
22. Sadiq (Brian Turner) (1:06): MP3

Naomi Replansky Reading from Collected Poems (Black Sparrow Books, 2012)

Reading at the home of Marcia Eckert and Tom Haller, New York, June 17, 2015

1. The Journey Here (1945) (1:50): MP3
2. Relentless Dialogue (1:46): MP3
3. Foreigner (1950 (0:58): MP3
4. The Oasis (1987) (1:36): MP3
5. Gray Hairs (1980) (0:22): MP3
6. Walking in Alarm before the Alarm (1972) (1:23): MP3
7. Delta of Age (1980) (0:27): MP3
8. Factory Poem (1953) (1:12): MP3
9. Night Prayer for Various Trades (1957) (1:31): MP3
10. The Fall (1972) (0:56): MP3
11. Jealousy (1961) (0:16): MP3
12. The Contary Muse (1983) (0:54): MP3
13. Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol (1990) (2:35): MP3
14. Epitaph: The Clown (c.1960-2000) (0:15): MP3
15. Catalogue (2002) (1:59): MP3
16. About Not Writing (2011) (0:58): MP3

Reading at the home of Marcia Eckert and Tom Haller, New York, November 19, 2014

1. The Balloon (Paris, 1950) (2:03): MP3
2. Epitaph: 1945 (0:44): MP3
3. Complaint of the Ignorant Wizard (1949) (1:46): MP3
4. Housing Shortage (1946) (1:21): MP3
5. The Sightseers (1951) (2:16): MP3
6. You Walked a Crooked Mile (1938) (1:33): MP3
7. Foreigner (1950) (1:13): MP3
8. The Oasis (1987) (1:59): MP3
9. Changes of Climate (undated) (2:16): MP3
10. Gray Hairs (1980) (0:40): MP3
11. An Inheritance (1973) (1:32): MP3
12. Factory Poem (1953) (1:31): MP3
13. Memory of a Party (1972) (2:00): MP3
14. In the Woods (1967) (1:31): MP3
15. Jealousy (1981) (0:25): MP3
16. The Dangerous World (1981) (0:42): MP3
17. I Met My Solitude (1981) (2:11): MP3
18. The Human Intellect Divine (about 1990) (0:21): MP3
19. Catalogue (2002) (2:54): MP3

Reading for the magazine Lilith, 2009

1. In the Woods (1967) (1:13): MP3
2. Jealousy (1981) (0:16): MP3
3. Gray Hairs (1980) (0:20): MP3
4. Epitaph: 1945 (0:33): MP3
5. Complaint of the Ignorant Wizard (1949) (1:29): MP3
6. Housing Shortage (1946) (1:13): MP3
7. I Met My Solitude (1959) (1:48): MP3

Reading for Poets House, New York, July 10, 2012

1. Complaint of the Ignorant Wizard (1949) (1:55): MP3
2. Housing Shortage (1946) (1:34): MP3
3. You Walked a Crooked Mile (1983) (1:07): MP3
4. Foreigner (1950) (1:25): MP3
5. The Oasis (1987) (1:56): MP3
6. Changes of Climate (undated) (2:20): MP3
7. Gray Hairs (1980) (0:39): MP3
8. An Inheritance (1973) (1:32): MP3
9. On the Street (New York City, Winter 1988) (1:57): MP3
10. Night Prayer for Various Trades (1957) (2:00): MP3
11. Hare and Tortoise (1987) (0:19): MP3
12. The Dangerous World (1981) (0:45): MP3
13. Jealousy (1981) (0:22): MP3
14. Death and Exile (c.1965) (1:21): MP3
15. Catalogue (2002) (2:35): MP3
16. About Not Writing (2011) (1:31): MP3

Recordings courtesy of Richard Swigg.

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