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
Duración:00:00:13
A Lamp Shop
Duración:00:00:44
Please Follow the Yellow Line
Duración:00:00:51
Eel
Duración:00:01:08
The Day Twilight Went on for Days
Duración:00:00:42
Border Patrol
Duración:00:01:02
Vision of Heaven
Duración:00:01:06
Wedding at Elgin
Duración:00:00:55
What the Water Gave Kahlo
Duración:00:01:16
The Scribes Bewail the Earth's Circumference
Duración:00:00:50
Southampton in Paris
Duración:00:00:50
The Barker's Tale
Duración:00:01:04
Cows Under a Dark Sky
Duración:00:00:45
The Counterfeit Jew
Duración:00:00:46
The Old Whaler, Jonah
Duración:00:01:45
Hairy Panic
Duración:00:01:08
The Art of Making Weight
Duración:00:00:36
Dogdom
Duración:00:01:05
St Francis and the Animals
Duración:00:00:42
Portrait of a Dead Girl
Duración:00:01:30
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Duración:00:00:48
Company
Duración:00:00:51
Two Beotian Women
Duración:00:00:47
Narcisse
Duración:00:00:38
Washing Day
Duración:00:01:01
Intellectual Property
Duración:00:01:03
Our Neighbour's Cows
Duración:00:00:45
Crows
Duración:00:00:26
Gifts of the Magi
Duración:00:00:43
The Census of Quirinius
Duración:00:00:58
Robin's Last Arrow
Duración:00:00:33
Learning Magic
Duración:00:00:44
A Portrait of the Artist as a Sasquatch
Duración:00:01:03
The Sore Thumb
Duración:00:01:08
The Gift
Duración:00:00:57
Noah to God
Duración:00:00:40
The Anaesthetist
Duración:00:00:49
My Son's Heritage
Duración:00:01:22
Bride and Groom Consume One Another
Duración:00:01:05
Dance Mosquito
Duración:00:00:57
Carcasses
Duración:00:02:20
River in Spate
Duración:00:00:58
The Poet's Voice
Duración:00:00:53
Skating at Earith
Duración:00:01:22
Your Letting Your Hair Go Grey Again
Duración:00:00:53
The Bends
Duración:00:00:54
A Gibbous Moon
Duración:00:00:45
Ending Credits
Duración:00:00:16