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Why do we read and write poetry? (Dead Poets Society)

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This morning, we're serving up some green eggs and ham. Or rather Neil Gaiman is. Whenever I think about someone reading Dr. Seuss' classic children's book, I can't help but think back to Jesse Jackson's classic reading on SNL in 1991. But who knows, maybe 20 years from now, another generation might call to mind this version by the unshaven Gaiman. If the reading whets your appetite a bit, don't miss our collection of Neil Gaiman's Free Short Stories, which includes, among other things, audio & video recordings of @neilhimself reading his own stories. We've got some more good Dr. Seuss material below.
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Neil Gaiman Reads Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham

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This morning, we're serving up some green eggs and ham. Or rather Neil Gaiman is. Whenever I think about someone reading Dr. Seuss' classic children's book, I can't help but think back to Jesse Jackson's classic reading on SNL in 1991.

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When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be - Audio... | Poetry Foundation

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Tom Hiddleston, The Love Book app (available at your app store). Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

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Oprah Recites Dr. Maya Angelou's Poem "Phenomenal Woman" | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

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Patrick Stewart reading Sonnet 29 'When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes'

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This performance is from THE SONNETS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE for iPad, described by the Sunday Times as 'an extraordinary achievement, that brings the sonnets bracingly to life and definitively sets the bar for the future of digital reading.'
Available on the iTunes App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/app/sonnets-by-william-shakespeare/id528646395?ls=1&mt=8
Find out more at www.thesonnets.tv

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Poetry Out Loud: Isabella Callery recites "Thoughtless Cruelty" by Charles Lamb

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Poetry In Voice 2016 winner Marie Foolchand recites at Griffin Poetry Prize awards ceremony

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Poetry Out Loud: Recitation by Anita Norman

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"If Tomorrow Starts Without Me" attributed to David Romano (read by Tom O'Bedlam)

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Children's Poetry Video: Selections from WORDS WITH WINGS by Nikki Grimes

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"Oh Captain My Captain!" by Walt Whitman

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Maya Angelou's Poem "On the Pulse of Morning"

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Automatically generate imaginative poetry using your own ideas. Select from a variety of structures and we’ll do the rhyming, syllable counting and imagery for you.

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Our Story

Dave Kapell, founder of Magnetic Poetry, was suffering from writer's block while trying to compose song lyrics. To overcome this problem, he wrote down interesting words on pieces of paper and rearranged them, looking for inspiration. What he hadn't figured into this experiment was his allergies. One good sneeze and any progress was sent flying across the room. Dave decided to glue the words to pieces of magnets and stick them to a pizza tin. Then he got hungry and the now magnetized words made their way to the refrigerator door. Before too long, Dave wasn't the only one rearranging his would-be song lyrics. When friends came over, Dave noticed they started to move the magnets around, amusing themselves by writing the first magnetic poems.

After seeing his friends having fun, Dave thought he might be able to sell his word kits at a local craft fair. He made up 100 kits and set up shop at Calhoun Square, a mall in the Uptown area of Minneapolis. All 100 kits were gone after 3 hours. That night, he recruited as many friends as pizza and beer could draw and made up more kits--all of which sold as rapidly the next day.

From these beginnings, Magnetic Poetry® has now sold over three million word kits, over one billion word tiles--growing from the Original Kit to a kid's line of kits, to foreign language kits, to over 100 Themed kits.

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