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
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Return to Hiroshima / The Mine: Yamaguchi / The Woman Who Lived in a Crate / The Balloon / Notes for a Guidebook | Lucien Stryk | 9:47 | |
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Torero / Escale / Chekhov in Nice / Oeuvre / To a Japanese Poet | Lucien Stryk | 10:01 | |
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Zen: The Rocks of Sesshu / The Quake / Etude / Objet d'Art / Cormorant | Lucien Stryk | 8:23 | |
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Christ of Pershing Square / The Cannery / The Pit / Awakening / Elegy for a Long-Haired Student | Lucien Stryk | 8:55 | |
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South / The Goose / Fishing with my Daughter / Rites of Passage / Here and Now | Lucien Stryk | 5:24 | |
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Morning / Rain / The Unknown Neighbor / Sirens / The Duckpond | Lucien Stryk | 7:42 | |
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Love Poem / Letter to Jean-Paul Baudot, at Christmas / You Must Change Your Life / Juggler / Old Folks Home / Siberia / Cherries | Lucien Stryk | 6:53 |