It was a pleasure to contribute to our local production. You are invited to listen either: (note: times are Alaska standard / GMT minus 0900
On Dec.24th at 6:00 PM on KRNN Juneau, by live steam link…
https://www.ktoo.org/listen/krnn/
Or… On Dec.25th at 8:00 PN on KTOO Juneau by live stream link…
https://www.ktoo.org/listen/ktoo/
Millions of people around the world are opening Christmas presents during the holidays, but the festive season really doesn’t depend on elaborate gifts to bring its joy. Just ask poet Dylan Thomas, who continues to speak, from “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” a classic yuletide story. He was born over a 100 years ago – on Oct. 27, 1914 – in the Welsh coastal community of Swansea.
Thomas was a brilliant poet, but a troubled one. He drank too much, compromised his health, and died much too early in 1953 during a tour of New York City, where he’d gone to conduct some poetry readings to pay his bills. He didn’t merely recite poetry; he performed it, establishing a standard for poetry readings that many contemporary poets continue to follow.
Doggedly Yours 
thanks for your editing note.
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I think to be a good poet, you have to feel deeply. And sometimes those feelings are most troublesome.
BTW, the last line of your post that shows here is: a standard for poetry readings that many contem
where it stops. Merry Christmas!!
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I hope you enjoy it. We had fun producing it.
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Perform is exactly how to describe Dylan Thomas. Such a gigantic loss to the literary and poetry world. Hopefully will be able to check out the live performances you so kindly provided links for. Thank you! And happy ‘howlidays.’
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