Poetry in Song
Carl Solomon, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs (Wikimedia)
National Poetry Month is here
Shift your brain into high gear
Ponder a song that was ere a poem
Plenty to choose, I'm sure you know 'em
In the comments have them arrayed
After nine you'll hear some played
Hear your requests weekdays after 9 a.m.
Today's set:
- Japanese Breakfast "Orlando in Love"
Matteo Maria Boiardo "Orlando Innamorato" - Arctic Monkeys "I Wanna Be Yours"
John Cooper Clarke "I Wanna Be Yours" - Sarah Jarosz "Annabelle Lee"
Edgar Allan Poe “Annabel Lee” - Aimee Mann "Humpty Dumpty"
Anonymous "Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall" - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
Sarah Josepha Hale "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

