"Hero and Leander" by Salvator Rosa‘Byron Swims the Hellespont’ by Joseph S. Salemi: A Reading by Andrew Benson Brown The Society May 6, 2023 Culture, Poetry, Readings, Video 8 Comments . If you enjoy this video from Andrew Benson Brown’s Classical Poets Live, please click on “Watch on YouTube” and then press like and subscribe. . . . NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Trending now: 8 Responses James Sale May 6, 2023 Fabulous poem; beautiful and expressive reading. Well done both. Reply Joseph S. Salemi May 6, 2023 Dear Andrew — My deepest thanks to you for this wonderful surprise. I didn’t expect it, and I am very grateful, and truly honored. Reply ABB May 7, 2023 My pleasure. This is the first of many planned readings, so I’m sure I’ll get around to more of your work in the future. Reply Susan Jarvis Bryant May 7, 2023 What a wonderful idea. I love the production. It’s thoroughly engaging and highlights Dr. Salemi’s superb poem beautifully. I’m sure its visual appeal and engaging reading will inspire budding poets. It does appear, however, out of order on my screen. Some of the later slides seem to show up on my screen before they should, which is somewhat distracting. Is that by design? Reply ABB May 7, 2023 Thanks for noticing this, Susan, I will correct it. Reply ABB May 7, 2023 Ok, fixed and re-uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VahmUnlLEY0 added an end screen with appropriate music Reply Damian Robin May 8, 2023 Wow, an achievement or what ? Word perfect except for ‘true’ for ‘due’ near the end. A great audiovisual rendition of an expert’s fine poem. More please, thank you, ABB. Reply ABB May 10, 2023 Ahhh always one more error! Thanks for catching. Planning on doing more, yes. My hope is that this will play a small role in bringing more attention to SCP poets. Can’t count on the mainstream institutions to make us famous—have to do it ourselves. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Joseph S. Salemi May 6, 2023 Dear Andrew — My deepest thanks to you for this wonderful surprise. I didn’t expect it, and I am very grateful, and truly honored. Reply
ABB May 7, 2023 My pleasure. This is the first of many planned readings, so I’m sure I’ll get around to more of your work in the future. Reply
Susan Jarvis Bryant May 7, 2023 What a wonderful idea. I love the production. It’s thoroughly engaging and highlights Dr. Salemi’s superb poem beautifully. I’m sure its visual appeal and engaging reading will inspire budding poets. It does appear, however, out of order on my screen. Some of the later slides seem to show up on my screen before they should, which is somewhat distracting. Is that by design? Reply
ABB May 7, 2023 Ok, fixed and re-uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VahmUnlLEY0 added an end screen with appropriate music Reply
Damian Robin May 8, 2023 Wow, an achievement or what ? Word perfect except for ‘true’ for ‘due’ near the end. A great audiovisual rendition of an expert’s fine poem. More please, thank you, ABB. Reply
ABB May 10, 2023 Ahhh always one more error! Thanks for catching. Planning on doing more, yes. My hope is that this will play a small role in bringing more attention to SCP poets. Can’t count on the mainstream institutions to make us famous—have to do it ourselves. Reply
