Performances of Great
Poetry
from Around the World

Dr. Diane Howard
In order to deliver a poem effectively, a presenter must first understand
what the poet
is conveying in the work. The artist must recognize the literary devices in the piece.
The performer must know the emotions behind each line. The following poems have
been
delivered by the performers with sense, sound, and soul.
Dr. Howard and UMHB Performance Studies Students/Alumni
have performed
great poetry,
presented techniques in poetry performance, and instructed/critiqued poetry presenters via
television, videoconferencing, videostreaming, and webcasting for Texas
Nafas, BellNet,
TISD,
and the Apple
Learning Interchange.
(For other multi-cultural, global performances of literature and history, see
the following lists and links.
Ethnic Programs ,
Equal Opportunity Programs ,
Performances of Autobiography
and Literature )
African
I eared by Phedi Tlhobolo
performed by Okechukwu Iwundu
African American
Angelou, Maya
Collection
of Poems
performed by Sheraton McCarter Duffey
Still I Rise
and other poems performed by Christine Pointer
Weekend Glory
performed by Tamara
Harris
Giovanni,
Nikki
Balances performed by
Kristeya Price
Love Is performed by Carrie Kelley
The
Slave’s Complaint by George Horton performed by Will Johnson
Hughes, Langston
Collection of Poems
performed by Sterling Stewart
Children Rhymes
performed by Lisa Banks
A Dream Deferred performed by Lisa Banks
The Cross
performed by Shannon Robinson
Cultural
Exchange by Ryan Mosley
Life is Fine
performed by
Lorenzo Morgan
Negro
performed by Christine Pointer
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
performed by Lennard Ball
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
performed by
Joseph Warren
Night Funeral in Harlem
performed by Lejon L. Wright Sr.
The
Creation by James Weldon performed by
Dee
Hughes
Her Story
by
Naomi Long Madgett
performed by Angelique Myers
What If I am A Woman by Claudette Elaine Sims
performed
by Carlotta Russell Maneice
On Being
Brought to
American
Coming Home
by Roger Bradford
performed by Suzanne White
Ocean by Isabelle Burke
performed by Christy Edwards
The Asylum by MD Burke performed by Ginny Byrd
Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell performed by Matthew Irvine
Dickinson,
Emily
Afraid! Of whom am I
afraid?
performed by Alisha Osborn
I Never Heard the Word Escape
performed by Amy Vessels
If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
performed by Cynthia Thibodeau
That I Did Always Love
performed by Emily Kidwell
It Struck Me Every Day performed by Robyn Hynes
Frost, Robert
The Lockless Door
performed by Beth Prater
A Prayer in Spring
performed by Alma Shirtum
The Road Not Taken
performed by Jane Polach
Stars
performed by Chase Williams
Reflection on the Viet Nam War Memorial
by Jeffery Harrison
performed by Melinda Lovorn
Star-Spangled
Banner by Francis Scott Key performed in American Sign Language by Brooke
Bennett
Light Of Stars by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow performed by Eric Clawsen
Bitter Strawberries
by Sylvia
Plath
performed by Jessica Stockel
The Bells by Edgar Allen Poe performed by Charles Turner
I Am Not Yours by Sarah Teasdale performed by Rhonda Bailey
America for Me by Henry Van Dyke performed by Kathy Olin
My Creed by Howard Arnold Walter
performed by Sarah Snyder
American Indian
I am He by Robert Ellis
performed by Nicole Young
Biblical,
Jewish, Christian
Job 6
performed by Colette
Chadwell
If I Forget
Jerusalem
by Yehuda
Amichi
Isaiah 53
performed by Sarah Durham
The Prayer of St. Patrick attributed to St. Patrick
performed by Chad Crawford
Psalm 27
performed by Lacey Thomas
Psalm 63
performed by
Cynthia Brehm
Psalm 67 performed by Jamie Parker
Psalms
performed by Raychelle Presley
British
Poverty Knock by an anonymous author
performed by Mark Arrazola
Blake,
William
The Chimney Sweeper
performed by Jessica Leonard
Love's Secret performed by Stephen Milillo
On Another's Sorrow
performed by Ronnie McAdams
Songs of Experience
performed by Josh Gwyn
Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience
performed by Jennifer Lovell
To the Evening Star performed by Eric Clawson
Browning,
Elizabeth Barrett
My Kate
performed by Christie Curtis
Portuguese Love Sonnet
performed by Lauren Chamberlain
Meeting at
Night & Parting at Morning
by
Robert Browning
performed by
Megan Robertson
To a Louse
by Robert
Burns
performed by Robyn Renfroe
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
performed by Andrew Rey
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
performed by Jeremy
Thompson
Eliot, T.S.
Gus the Theatre Cat from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
performed by Day Lusby
The Wastelands
performed by Julie Kendig
As Kingfishers Catch Fire
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
performed by Mary Susan McGarr
Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon performed by Jennifer Ellis
The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear performed by Stacy Regian
Milton, John
On the Late Massacre at Piedmont
performed
by Ryan Busby
At Solemn Music
performed by Aaron Rosberg
Arnold Winkelried by James Montgomery performed by Benjamin Tindall
The Prayer of St. Patrick attributed to St. Patrick performed by Chad Crawford
Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen performed by Peter McBride
Rossetti, Christina
The First Day
performed by
Rachel Tomasek
A
Christmas Carol
performed by Tyna Hammond
A Daughter of Eve
performed by Sarah Ray
Goblin
Market
performed by
Jennifer Strickland
Shakespeare, William
Sonnet CXVI - Jessica
Roush
Portia from the Merchant of Venice
performed by Robin Wheeler
In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson
performed by Jenna
Artus
Yeats, William Butler
The Sorrow of Love performed by Josh Jones
When You are Old
performed by Jerica Sowers
The
Wild Swans at Coole
performed by
Kyle Tubbs
Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night by Dylan Thomas
performed by James Love
Lost
(In a Celtic dialect) – A Traditional Celtic Poem performed by Liz Unger
French
Qui
Quoi by Michel Deguy
performed
(In English and French) by
Donya Fagan
German
Der Panther (The
Panther in English and German) by Rainer Maria von Rilke, Translator -Martin
Greenberg,
performed by Justin Golden
Greek
Ithaca by Constantin Cavafy
performed by Michael Peterson
Hispanic
Song to the Most Holy
Name of Jesus by Fernanado de Cordova y Bocanegra performed by Brittany
Edwards
The Delicate Rose by Sor Juana Inez De La Cruz
performed by Sandra Rodriquez
I
Am a Product by Ben Weinmen performed
(in
Spanish and English) by Jeff
Contreras
Neruda, Pablo
Keeping Quiet
performed by
Diane Myers
Me gusta cuando callas
performed by Yasmin Blackwood
The Balcony by Octavio Paz
performed by Natalia
Trejo
Day of the Refugios by Alberto Rios
performed by Brisa Ruiz
Italian
An
Italian Evening by
Davide Rondoni
performed by Kimberly Stone
Japanese
Japanese poetry performed by Shuntaro
Yanasaki
Basho Matsuo
Collection
performed by Kazunori Yamaguchi
A
Crow on a Withered Branch (in Japanese and English) performed by Breanna
Sherbert
Korean
Years from Now by Kim Sowol
performed by Angela Espada
Persian
Ruba ' ie #12 by Rumi
performed by Layla Kalati
Polish
The Soul by Adam
Zagajewski performed by Josh Kubiak
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