June 30, 2019 Two Harvest Poems
I read two poems that deal with harvest, Kelly W. Johnston's "Reaping," and my poem, "Picking," both of which appeared 42 years ago, on facing pages o...
Music I Once Could Dance To - Poems
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Poet, engineer, and scientist Roy Beckemeyer reads poetry - his own and that of other writers.
May 17, 2019 Excerpt from Walt Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric," and my poem "With Apologies to Walt"
Walt Whitman was born 200 years ago this month. To celebrate, in this installment of my podcast Music I Once Could Dance To, I read an excerpt from o...
April 21, 2019 "Opening the Hall Closet in February," Baseball," and "Grandma's Front Porch, 1950."
Three baseball poems, "Opening the Hall Closet in February," about anticipation baseball fans feel as winter's end approaches, "Baseball," an ode to t...
April 10, 2019 "The Letter," and "love's last letter."
Let's mellow the sweet tea of April with a bit of lemony twist. Here are two epistolary poems of love dwindling, love lost. Amy Lowell's "The Letter,"...
April 2, 2019 "April's Amazing Meaning," and "Spring, Bittersweet as Separation."
April - springtime, blossoms, young love - here are two poems about youth and spring romance: "April's Amazing Meaning," by George Dillon (1906-1968) ...
April 1, 2019 "Lessons," and "Music Composition 101"
This is the inaugural episode of Music I Once Could Dance To - Poems. Host Roy Beckemeyer reads two of his music-related poems to kick off April, whic...