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Voicing and Sharing Poems from a Wide Range of Voices.


“Saint Francis and the Sow” by Galway Kinnell

Text of Poem. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42683/saint-francis-and-the-sow

Click above to hear the Afterward for “Saint Francis and the Sow” Please note I mispronounced his last name–Kinnel is pronounced Kanal. Thank you Linda for sharing this link below. You can hear Galway Kinnell read his poem “Why Regret” if you click below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLgztm9GU7k


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4 responses to ““Saint Francis and the Sow” by Galway Kinnell”

  1. wonderful poem! So unexpected!

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  2. I wish I could remember who first shared this poem with me. I think it was Kim Stafford. Lovely to be reminded of it again today and hear it in your voice. Thank you.

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  3. What a great project–reading poetry and then commenting on it. I do love this poem, and your further research into Kinnell and this poem open me to new considerations. Thank you!

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    1. Thanks so much for your comments. It will be fun to see how this projects evolves, and I bet it will be in ways I haven’t imagined. For example, a few days ago I recorded another poet and I voicing a poem for two voices, and this poem came from a small collection found in a thrift store near Grants Pass. The collection consists entirely of poems for two voices. The poems are nature based, clever, and fun, but they give me ideas about writing other pieces for multiple voices. Anyway, this week coming up we will have a guest voice, so pop back in if you have time to hear Penelope Scambly Schott read one of her poems.

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