Poetry Karaoke

Karaoke may be where the party goes to die, but Poetry Karaoke will give you life!Please consider supporting the poets we mention in today's show! If you need a good indie bookstore, we recommend Loyalty Bookstores, a DC-area Black-owned bookshop. Constant Craving is a great song by kd lang. Read Marianne Moore's iconic poem "Poetry" here. Show You the Shape of My Heart, Backstreet Boys. Watch a fabulous interview with Mona Van Duyn here (~30 min).You can watch Robert Bly read three of his poems in his writing studio here (~5 min).Watch Galway Kinnell give a reading and an interview about his influences here (~30 min). You can read his poem "The Bear" here. Listen to Air Supply's "Sweet Dreams" here.  Here's an interview with Ron Silliman in which he discusses his relationship with Ezra Pound (~5 min).Watch Kylie Minogue sing "Your Disco Needs You" live at Royal Albert Hall (~4 min). And you can watch the official video for "Into the Blue" here.Watch Yusef Komunyakaa's answer to how writing and art has changed him here. (~3 min).Here's Heart's "These Dreams" -- a great karaoke ballad!Kevin Killian was interviewed in 2011 as part of the "Big Joy" collection at Georgia State University (~50 min). Listen to Idina Menzel talk about her Wicked injury here. Frankie and Ariana Grande cover "Seasons of Love" here. Or, since we mention a nuptial ceremony in the show, here's a wedding-party cover of the song with the most washed-out bridesmaids who ever did bridesmaid. (You're welcome, Aaron!)