Of Poetry and Power: Poems Occasioned by the Presidency and by the Death of John F. Kennedy

Compiled by Erwin A. Glikes and Paul Schwaber and read by Irene Dailey and Martin Donegan, this 1965 release, Of Poetry and Power: Poems Occasioned by the Presidency and by the Death of John F. Kennedy, features works by 52 poets. “With the exception of Abraham Lincoln, no president has inspired so much good poetry,” write Glikes and Schwaber in extensive liner notes that include the text of each of the poems appearing in this volume. They, too, appropriately note what John F. Kennedy said of poet Robert Frost: “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.” This recording also includes excerpts from a speech Kennedy made at the dedication of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College in October 1963.

Track Listing

101	Robert Frost: For John F. Kennedy, His Inauguration Irene Dailey	03:23
102	Robert Frost: The Gift Outright Irene Dailey	00:54
103	Cynthia Ozick: Footnote to Lord Action Martin Donegan	01:02
104	Florence Victor: Berlin Crisis Irene Dailey	00:34
105	George Hitchcock: Mr. Kennedy Proposes to Pacify the Caribbeans Martin Donegan	00:49
106	Jonathan Williams: Davenport Gap Irene Dailey	00:37
107	Charles Wright: November 22, 1963 Martin Donegan	00:32
108	Richard O'Connell: Nekros Martin Donegan	01:19
109	Chana Faerstein: Bulletin Irene Dailey	01:05
110	Gwendolyn Brooks: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy Irene Dailey	00:41
111	David Ignatow: Before the Sabbath Martin Donegan	01:11
112	Josephine Miles: Frontier Irene Dailey	01:06
113	Donald Hall: Spider Head Martin Donegan	01:02
114	Dorothy Gilbert: At the Brooklyn Docks Irene Dailey	01:56
115	Richard Hugo: Kennedy Ucciso Martin Donegan	02:00
116	G.S. Fraser: Instead of an Elegy Irene Dailey	01:24
117	Michael Goldman: The Spontaneous Man, The Gifted Assassin Martin Donegan	00:29
118	William Butler: November 25, 1963 Martin Donegan	01:13
201	John Berryman: Formal Elegy Martin Donegan	06:16
202	Anselm Hollo: Until Death Do Us Part Irene Dailey	01:27
203	Harvey Shapiro: National Cold Storage Company Martin Donegan	01:02
204	Thomas Whitbread: November 25, 1963 Martin Donegan	01:04
205	Marjorie Mir: Four Days in November Irene Dailey	00:31
206	Richard Barker: Night of the President's Funeral Martin Donegan	00:33
207	X.J. Kennedy: Down in Dallas Irene Dailey	00:57
208	George Cuomo: The Man of My Dreams Martin Donegan	00:53
209	Ruth Landshoff Yorck: I M J F K Irene Dailey	00:59
210	Lorenzo Thomas: Not That Hurried Grief Martin Donegan	02:49
211	Robert Hazel: Guard of Honor Irene Dailey	05:38
212	Jack Marshall: Elegy for the New Year Martin Donegan	01:59
213	Howard Moss: Traction Irene Dailey	00:57
301	Robert Watson: Lines for a President Martin Donegan	02:11
302	Gray Burr: A Death Before Killing Irene Dailey	00:52
303	Richard Frost: On Not Writing an Elegy Martin Donegan	01:15
304	Jerome G. Rothenberg: Cortège Irene Dailey	01:48
305	William Inman: Jacqueline Martin Donegan	00:25
306	Marvin Solomon: Sonnet for John-John Martin Donegan	00:58
307	H.L. Mountzoures: Three Nights of Mourning: John F. Kennedy Irene Dailey	04:38
308	Richard Eberhart: The Spirit of Poetry Speaks Martin Donegan	00:24
309	Raymond Roseliep: For John Kennedy, Jr. Irene Dailey	00:38
310	Oscar Mandel: We Who Do Not Grieve In Silence Martin Donegan	02:48
311	Alan Ansen: The Death of Nearchus Martin Donegan	01:58
312	W.H. Auden: Elegy for JFK Irene Dailey	00:34
313	Robert Sward: Five Poems for JFK Martin Donegan	03:48
401	Edward Pols: Untitled Martin Donegan	03:40
402	Barbara Guest: Verba in Memoriam Irene Dailey	01:40
403	Neil Myers: Kennedy Poem Martin Donegan	01:05
404	Gregory Corso: Lines Written Nov. 22, 23 - 1963 Martin Donegan	03:29
405	Carol Bergé: Pavane for the White Queen Irene Dailey	05:51
406	Philip Booth: Thanksgiving 1963 Martin Donegan	00:46
407	Anthony Ostroff: Intimate Party in Guadalajara, Dec. 1963 Martin Donegan	02:55
408	Barry Spacks: By This to Remember Martin Donegan	00:44
409	Alaster Reid: That Dying Irene Dailey	01:16
410	JFK at Amherst College, Oct. 26, 1963 John F. Kennedy	06:56