Allen Ginsberg

                                                           A Supermarket in California

                                               Allen Ginsberg with Paul MaCartney

Randall Jarrell

                                                   The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner

Gwendolyn Brooks

                                                                    We Real Cool

Dylan Thomas

                                                 Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night

Traveling through the Dark

                                           William Stafford tells the story behind the poem 

Ballad of Birmingham

                                                        The Story Behind The Poem

                                                                 Ballad of Birmingham

e.e. cummings

                                                                            In Just

                                                  
                                                       pity this busy monster, manunkind

Langston Hughes

This first video is where the majority of your notes should come from. You might need to watch this more than once.

 
                                        
This next clip comes from the Library of Congress and really gives some great insights into Hughes through an examination of his poetry.  You might jot down a few notes from this video, but mainly I want you to hear Hughes' poetry.
                                      

 

No notes needed for the last two videos, but their both worth a listen. Notes will be collected at the beginning of class on Wednesday.         

                                    Langston Hughes reading "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

                                                            

                                                                "Theme for English B."

William Carlos Williams

                                                                   Spring and All

                                                            The Red Wheelbarrow

                                                                     This is just to say