26 episodios
Echoes Of The Vacillating Heart Echoes Of The Vacillating Heart
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Words have incredible power. In their best shade, they spark joy, bring solace and build worlds. Through them, we impart concrete shapes to experiences and emotions that otherwise would perpetually remain locked within us. It is this transformative power of words that this podcast hopes to celebrate. From readings of timeless poetry to mesmerizing prose by literary giants to our own personal experiments at wordplay, we seek here to create immersive experiences of beauty that capture the myriad shades and moods of our human existence.
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Leisure. Poem by W.H. Davies
William Henry Davies, (1871—1940) was an English poet whose lyrics have a force and simplicity uncharacteristic of the poetry of most of his contemporaries.
https://youtu.be/r9ZaCUyDkLk
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Excerpt From The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898 — 1956) is widely considered as one of the most important figures in Twentieth Century literature. An acclaimed poet, he is best known as a playwright and director. His 'epic theatre' revolutionized the theatre by creating radical breaks from traditional literary and theatrical form in an effort to facilitate social change. He targeted designing a revolutionary aesthetic which would facilitate the advent of a Marxist revolution.
https://youtu.be/2lNDo0leb7I
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Faces. Poem by Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American lyric poet whose short, personal lyrics were noted for their classical simplicity and quiet intensity. Some of her work anticipated modern feminist verse and the intimate, autobiographical style known as confessional poetry.
https://youtu.be/aj9iKrlQsjg
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Hour After Hour, Day After Day. Poem by Rosalia de Castro
Hour after Hour, Day after Day ("Hora tras hora, día tras día") Translated by Muriel Kittel. Rosalia de Castro (1837-1885) was a Galician writer, best known for her poetry and for her contribution to the revival of the Galician language in Spain. She was also one of the leading figures of the ‘Rexurdimento’ (Galician Revival), a literary movement that bloomed during the second half of the 19th century that aimed to liberate Galicia from its cultural and political ostracism.
https://youtu.be/Kl5hrtb5ejI
Music Credits: Floating Home by Brian Bolger -
Invictus. Poem by William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley (1849-1903) was an influential British editor, critic and poet of the late-Victorian period. As the editor of several literary magazines, Henley exerted a considerable influence on the literary culture of his time. He and his followers (known jokingly as the Henley Regatta) promoted realism and opposed Decadence in literature through his own essays and through the works of authors he published.
https://youtu.be/qA9BKBx0NpY
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The Pool And The Soul. Poem by Victor-Marie Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (1802-1885), was a prominent literary figure during the nineteenth century Romantic Movement in France. He was an eminent French novelist, poet, playwright and essayist. It was his poetry that first earned him fame in the literary world and later his novels and plays brought him recognition.
https://youtu.be/J1Rl-ktNrkM
The Pool and the Soul ("Comme dans les étangs.") Translated by R.F. HODGSON.
Music Credits: Underwater Exploration by Godmode