"Studiously have I observed"
Hughes, Yamanaka, Pindyck, Kušar, Pardlo, Villa
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Langston Hughes:
Lois-Ann Yamanaka:
Maya Pindyck:
Meta Kušar (tr. from Slovenian by Ana Jelnikar and Stephen Watts):
Gregory Pardlo:
The California Raisins TV commercial, 1986:
What a joy to see Boss of The Food again, and in this raisoned [sic] context! Her video reading in The United States of Poetry project produced in 1996 was pure delight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqFat9GlEMM#ddg-play
Thanks for this, once again, starting my day with such pleasure.
I'm presently in Honolulu and the music of Lois-Ann Yamanaka's voice is in the air here. Thanks for including her poem in today's Sharpener.