Anatomy of a Whale
Matt Barnard
Like all the best poets, Matt Barnard knows how to make poems bigger than themselves; short lyrics like ‘Please Follow the Yellow Line,’ ‘The Day Twilight Went on for Days’ and ‘Border Patrol’ manage to fill the page and the time beyond their reading, treading a nice line in Larkinesque terror. Writers like Charles Boyle and Charles Simic also come to mind in the poet’s highly original metaphors, his ability to draw symbol from the everyday. There are lyrics here on everything from cows named after Jane Fonda and Bette Davis to villanelles about intellectual property and the knotty question of dying hair in middle age. This is a poet with the highest regard for the reader, who offers us poems that lay out a welcome mat, before ushering us into the conservatory to look out at that incredible, incredible view.
Duration - 44m.
Author - Matt Barnard.
Narrator - Matt Barnard.
Published Date - Sunday, 26 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2018 Matt Barnard ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Like all the best poets, Matt Barnard knows how to make poems bigger than themselves; short lyrics like ‘Please Follow the Yellow Line,’ ‘The Day Twilight Went on for Days’ and ‘Border Patrol’ manage to fill the page and the time beyond their reading, treading a nice line in Larkinesque terror. Writers like Charles Boyle and Charles Simic also come to mind in the poet’s highly original metaphors, his ability to draw symbol from the everyday. There are lyrics here on everything from cows named after Jane Fonda and Bette Davis to villanelles about intellectual property and the knotty question of dying hair in middle age. This is a poet with the highest regard for the reader, who offers us poems that lay out a welcome mat, before ushering us into the conservatory to look out at that incredible, incredible view. Duration - 44m. Author - Matt Barnard. Narrator - Matt Barnard. Published Date - Sunday, 26 January 2025. Copyright - © 2018 Matt Barnard ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:13
A Lamp Shop
Duration:00:00:44
Please Follow the Yellow Line
Duration:00:00:51
Eel
Duration:00:01:08
The Day Twilight Went on for Days
Duration:00:00:42
Border Patrol
Duration:00:01:02
Vision of Heaven
Duration:00:01:06
Wedding at Elgin
Duration:00:00:55
What the Water Gave Kahlo
Duration:00:01:16
The Scribes Bewail the Earth's Circumference
Duration:00:00:50
Southampton in Paris
Duration:00:00:50
The Barker's Tale
Duration:00:01:04
Cows Under a Dark Sky
Duration:00:00:45
The Counterfeit Jew
Duration:00:00:46
The Old Whaler, Jonah
Duration:00:01:45
Hairy Panic
Duration:00:01:08
The Art of Making Weight
Duration:00:00:36
Dogdom
Duration:00:01:05
St Francis and the Animals
Duration:00:00:42
Portrait of a Dead Girl
Duration:00:01:30
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Duration:00:00:48
Company
Duration:00:00:51
Two Beotian Women
Duration:00:00:47
Narcisse
Duration:00:00:38
Washing Day
Duration:00:01:01
Intellectual Property
Duration:00:01:03
Our Neighbour's Cows
Duration:00:00:45
Crows
Duration:00:00:26
Gifts of the Magi
Duration:00:00:43
The Census of Quirinius
Duration:00:00:58
Robin's Last Arrow
Duration:00:00:33
Learning Magic
Duration:00:00:44
A Portrait of the Artist as a Sasquatch
Duration:00:01:03
The Sore Thumb
Duration:00:01:08
The Gift
Duration:00:00:57
Noah to God
Duration:00:00:40
The Anaesthetist
Duration:00:00:49
My Son's Heritage
Duration:00:01:22
Bride and Groom Consume One Another
Duration:00:01:05
Dance Mosquito
Duration:00:00:57
Carcasses
Duration:00:02:20
River in Spate
Duration:00:00:58
The Poet's Voice
Duration:00:00:53
Skating at Earith
Duration:00:01:22
Your Letting Your Hair Go Grey Again
Duration:00:00:53
The Bends
Duration:00:00:54
A Gibbous Moon
Duration:00:00:45
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:16