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Poems in the Park – 13Sep2026 – The Moss of his Skin by Anne Sexton. Poems in the Park – 11Sep2026 – If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking by Emily Dickinson. Poems in the P…

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Poems in the Park – 11Sep2026 – If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking by Emily Dickinson. Poems in the Park – 09Sep2026 – Muse by Anna Akhmatova. Today’s poetry reading is f…

Poems in the Park – 09Sep2026 – Muse by Anna Akhmatova. Today’s poetry reading is from Anna Akhmatova. A Soviet poet who suffered greatly for the ruined country she loved. Enjoy.   Poem…

Poems in the Park – 07Sep2026 – Blackberrying by Sylvia Plath. Today’s poetry reading is from Sylvia Plath. The title “Blackberrying” evokes a pleasant image. But remember who the…

Poems in the Park – 05Sep2026 – All the World’s a Stage speech from ‘As You Like It’ by William Shakespeare Poems in the Park – 03Sep2026 – Daybreak in Ala…

Poems in the Park – 03Sep2026 – Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes Today’s poem is from Langston Hughes. “Daybreak in Alabama.” Published in 1940, this poem sounds and feels like it…

“Go South” with The Four Jacks Annotated, Uncensored by Robert Pavchick. Poems in the Park – 01Sep2026 – After Death by Christina Rossetti I post poems on “odd” days because…

Poems in the Park – 01Sep2026 – After Death by Christina Rossetti I post poems on “odd” days because I’m odd. So you get a reading two days in a row! Today’s reading comes from Christin…

Poems in the Park – 31Aug2026 – Ode to a Maggot by Yusef Komunyakaa. For today’s reading, I read from American poet Yusef Komunyakaa. I normally don’t read from living poets because I d…

Poems in the Park – 29Aug2026 – Shrinking Away by Jim Northrup Poems in the Park – 27Aug2026 – Ebb by Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems in the Park – 25Aug2026 – You…

Poems in the Park – 27Aug2026 – Ebb by Edna St. Vincent Millay Poems in the Park – 25Aug2026 – You Know the Place – by Sappho The BIG Lie of the Inciting Incident The …

Poems in the Park – 25Aug2026 – You Know the Place – by Sappho The BIG Lie of the Inciting Incident The BIG LIE of the Writer’s Journey Poetry in the Park – 11Aug2026 …

The BIG Lie of the Inciting Incident The BIG LIE of the Writer’s Journey Poetry in the Park – 11Aug2026 – Cross by Langston Hughes Poetry in the Park – 09Aug2026 – Son…

The BIG LIE of the Writer’s Journey Poetry in the Park – 11Aug2026 – Cross by Langston Hughes Poetry in the Park – 09Aug2026 – Sonnet 128 by William Shakespeare Poetry…

Poetry in the Park – 11Aug2026 – Cross by Langston Hughes Poetry in the Park – 09Aug2026 – Sonnet 128 by William Shakespeare Poetry in the Park – 07Aug2026 – Bec…

Poetry in the Park – 07Aug2026 – Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Emily Dickinson Poetry in the Park – 05Aug2026 – Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost Poetry in t…

Poetry in the Park – 05Aug2026 – Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost Poetry in the Park – 03Aug2026 – Lament for a Maidenhead by Sappho Poetry in the Park – 01Au…

Poetry in the Park – 03Aug2026 – Lament for a Maidenhead by Sappho Poetry in the Park – 01Aug2026 – Sonnet 175 by Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry in the Park – 31Jul202…

Poetry in the Park – 01Aug2026 – Sonnet 175 by Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry in the Park – 31Jul2026 – Iago’s Speech from Othello by William Shakespeare Poetry in the…

Poetry in the Park – 31Jul2026 – Iago’s Speech from Othello by William Shakespeare Poetry in the Park – 29Jul2026 – Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats Poetry in the Pa…

Poetry in the Park – 29Jul2026 – Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats Poetry in the Park – 27Jul2026 – Macbeth’s Tomorrow Soliloquy by William Shakespeare This speech in…

Poetry in the Park – 17Jul2026 – ‘Come In’ by Robert Frost Poetry in the Park – A new video series 15July2026 – Today’s Reading: This Living Hand by John K…

Poetry in the Park – A new video series 15July2026 – Today’s Reading: This Living Hand by John Keats Part II of Monsignor Christian Fuchs calls for The Four Jacks to be banned &#8…

Slovakia & The Czech Republic – June 2026 Anna Novotney and Yours Truly. Above us hangs a painting of her home village Batizovce, Slovakia, as it looked in the 1940s. This journey starts …

Part II of Monsignor Christian Fuchs calls for The Four Jacks to be banned – 12Jun2026 Prof. Geezer B. Curmudgeon reviews The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir – 10Jun2026 Monsignor Ch…

Monsignor Christian Fuchs calls for The Four Jacks to be banned – 07Jun2026 Outtakes from Oscar Wilde’s Review of The Four Jacks – 01Jun2026 Poet Robert Frost complains about The …

Outtakes from Oscar Wilde’s Review of The Four Jacks – 01Jun2026 Poet Robert Frost complains about The Four Jacks – 22May2026 Oscar Wilde reviews The Four Jacks! – 19May2026…

Poet Robert Frost complains about The Four Jacks – 22May2026 Oscar Wilde reviews The Four Jacks! – 19May2026 Prof. Geezer P. Curmudgeon Recommends! – Shakespeare was a Woke Radica…

Oscar Wilde reviews The Four Jacks! – 19May2026 Prof. Geezer P. Curmudgeon Recommends! – Shakespeare was a Woke Radical! – 08May2026 Edgar Allan Poe reads a new verse from The Rav…

Prof. Geezer P. Curmudgeon Recommends! – Shakespeare was a Woke Radical! – 08May2026 Edgar Allan Poe reads a new verse from The Raven! – 02May2026 Prof. Geezer B. Curmudgeon Recom…

Edgar Allan Poe reads a new verse from The Raven! – 02May2026 Prof. Geezer B. Curmudgeon Recommends! – ain’t I a woman by bell hooks – 26Apr2026 Edgar Allan Poe Reviews The …

For several years, I’ve known that fellow Valparaiso University alum Richard Novotney was working on a fictional memoir grounded in his collegiate experiences and the years that immediately f…

Prof. Geezer B. Curmudgeon Recommends! – ain’t I a woman by bell hooks – 26Apr2026 Edgar Allan Poe Reviews The Four Jacks! – 20Apr2026 Prof. Geezer B. Curmudgeon Recommends!…

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