2 AM Poetry Open Mic

We broadcast live from the Round the World Coffeehouse 2 AM Poetry Open Mic. Dig the wavelength of our little community of literary talent. The poets featured will be sharing their own work, or that of someone they admire.

The format tonight: after the poet has finished their recitation, any of our musicians here who feel inspired can step forward and play a little something in response. Just as the spirit moves them.

Walt Whitman

1 - I Was Looking a Long While - Walt Whitman, recited by Ralph Bellamy - 1944

2 - The Century of the Common Man - Sir Lancelot – 1942

John Masefield

3 - Sea-Fever - John Masefield, recited by Norman Corwin - 1940

4 - Granada by Isaac Albéniz - Andres Segovia – 1949

Edgar Guest

5 - The Good Little Boy - Edgar Guest - 1923

6 - Who Wants a Bad Little Boy - Al Jolson– 1924

Ogden Nash

7 - Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer - Ogden Nash - 1943

8 - Money - Tex Williams – 1954

Rudyard Kipling

9 - Boots - Rudyard Kipling, recited by Taylor Holmes - 1915

10 - Boots - Rudyard Kipling, sung by Peter Dawson – 1929

Langston Hughes

11 - Homesick Blues - Langston Hughes – 1950’s

12 - Lonesome Homesick Blues - The Carter Family with Mae Belle Carter – 1941

Robert Frost

13 - The Onset - Robert Frost – 1950’s

14 - The Snow Is Falling - Ray Charles – 1952

Dylan Thomas

15 - Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night - Dylan Thomas

16 - Rockin' Chair - Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra – 1929

Carl Sandburg

17 - Cool Tombs - Carl Sandburg

18 - Lonesome Graveyard - Joe Turner with Art Tatum and his Band - 1941

19 - Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone - Charlie Monroe and his Kentucky Pardners

Madison Cawein

20 - Deserted - Madison Cawein, recited by Norman Corwin - 1940

21 - 'Round the Old Deserted Farm - Ruth Gaylor with Bunny Berigan and his Orchestra – 1938

22 - The Drop of a Hat - Ogden Nash - 1943

23 - The Girl in the Little Green Hat - George Olsen – 1933

Hour Two:

24 – The Mad Hatter Matter – Johnny Dollar – 1957 (Radio Drama)

25 – The One Hundred Book Purchase – Author! Author! – 1939 (Radio Quiz Show)