Lucien Stryk: Selected Poems

Lucien Stryk (1924–2013) was an English professor and a poet who also translated Buddhist literature and Zen poetry. His own poems in turn have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, French, Italian, Swedish, and Spanish. Influenced by Walt Whitman, Paul Éluard, and Basho, Stryk in this recording from 1983 reads poems from his book Collected Poems, 1958–1983. The poems are printed in the text. This is one of two recordings of poetry readings by Stryk; the other, of Zen poetry, is catalogue number FW09855 (Zen Poems: Read by Lucien Stryk).

Track Listing

101	Return to Hiroshima / The Mine: Yamaguchi / The Woman Who Lived in a Crate / The Balloon / Notes for a Guidebook Lucien Stryk	09:47
102	Torero / Escale / Chekhov in Nice / Oeuvre / To a Japanese Poet Lucien Stryk	10:01
103	Zen: The Rocks of Sesshu / The Quake / Etude / Objet d'Art / Cormorant Lucien Stryk	08:23
104	Christ of Pershing Square / The Cannery / The Pit / Awakening / Elegy for a Long-Haired Student Lucien Stryk	08:55
105	South / The Goose / Fishing with my Daughter / Rites of Passage / Here and Now Lucien Stryk	05:24
106	Morning / Rain / The Unknown Neighbor / Sirens / The Duckpond Lucien Stryk	07:42
107	Love Poem / Letter to Jean-Paul Baudot, at Christmas / You Must Change Your Life / Juggler / Old Folks Home / Siberia / Cherries Lucien Stryk	06:53