Conversation Pieces

Aptly titled “Conversation Pieces,” the poems on this album are collaborations between pairs of readers who bring the text to life with their spirited interpretations of each poets’ work. Many popular poems are included on this album, including Christopher Marlowe’s “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” W.H. Auden’s “O What Is That Sound,” and Thomas Hardy’s “To The Moon,” re-interpreted in a performance that calls to mind a lively evening in a parlor. With pieces that emphasize the conversational and interactive nature of poetry performance, the album is especially useful for students. Liner notes include poem texts.

Track Listing

101	Liddell and Scott	Poetry reader	02:56
102	Old Shellover	Poetry reader	00:42
103	The Passionate Shepherd to His Love / The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd	Poetry reader	02:49
104	To the Moon	Poetry reader	01:23
105	Dialogue Between a Man and a Fish	Poetry reader	02:37
106	The Deserter	Poetry reader	01:30
107	O What Is That Sound?	Poetry reader	01:31
108	When Smoke Stood up from Ludlow	Poetry reader	01:19
109	The Unquiet Grave	Poetry reader	01:56
110	Waiting for the Barbarians	Poetry reader	02:35
201	Welsh Incident	Poetry reader	03:04
202	Santorin	Poetry reader	02:28
203	La Belle Dame Sans Merci	Poetry reader	02:56
204	The Ruined Maid	Poetry reader	01:56
205	Talk in the Night / Middle-Aged Conversation	Poetry reader	01:24
206	A Rapture on the Cornish Hills	Poetry reader	01:21
207	Bamboo: A Ballad for Two Voices	Poetry reader	06:10