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PS...Even the opening guitar theme was created by AI...Lovely!!

We'll see...I wanted to try to create a sense of what it might be like to have Arnold read the poem himself...I hope you enjoyed it...thanks for viewing....Frank

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen. Ich freue mich sehr, dass es Ihnen gefallen hat!

Yep, Nick...a very rough life...clearly influenced his writing and his sensibility...he was definitely an original...thanks for watching and for all your great support!!

Sadly, very true...Thank you for viewing...I apprecaite it....Frank

Thank you, so very much, Rox! So happy that you enjoyed it...I really appreciate you viewing, and sharing your wonderful words of encouragement and support!...all the best...see you soon...Frank

Thanks so much for viewing, Timo!...appreciate all the support...Glad you enjoyed the poems...and that particular line...All the best. my brother!

Thanks so much, brother!...Appreciate all your love and support...Frankie Stein would say.."Nick...Good"!...Giggity!

Thank you, so much, Hillary! Glad you enjoyed the interview and the reading..."An Allegiance Of Intellects" is one of my favorite ( and I think, one of my best ) poems...appreciate your amazing encouragement and support...looking forward to seeing you and Dub-ya soon...Love to you both!

Thank you, so much, Hillary...your wonderful words of support mean so much to me, and I appreciate it...I really thrilled in putting this video together, and am very proud of the finished product...I'm so glad you enjoyed it...Thanks for viewing....my best to you and Dub-ya...see you soon...Frank

Glad you enjoyed the video and the poems, Warren...this is really a very special and important American poetic volume...you should check more of it out. I think you'd enjoy it...Thanks for viewing and commenting...My best to you and Hillary!.

Glad you enjoyed the video and this marvelous poem by the great Wallace Stevens...hearing his reading adds so much to the work...Thanks for viewing and sharing your thoughts...I appreciate it, Rob...Frank

@@FrankIosue_NickandKnarf many composers, myself included, have tried setting his poetry, but in my humble opinion, they generally have little to add, since their is ample music in the sound of the words. Although I make one exception: Robin Holloway’s voluptuous setting of ‘Sea Surface full of Clouds. Worth hearing on YT.

Thank you, so much, my brother...So very glad you enjoyed it...I've had a lot of fun having some of my poems converted to song by the AI software on SUNO...you should check it out...it's fun...you can just make up stuff, or put in existing text, and the program does some amazing things...I've been inspired to make the videos from the poems / songs...and it's been a real delight...As always, I really appreciate your very kind words, and all your amazing encouragement and support, Andy...many thanks...Frank

Thank you, so much, Mekala, for the wonderful words of encouragement and support......Glad you enjoyed it...Yes, the SUNO program creates some amazing stuff, as you know...I really have enjoyed turning my poems into songs....and the songs inspiring the videos...Loved your song, too...so poignant and moving...Brett did a good job...Hope you are all well...Much love to you, Brett, Caiden and Ethan...Unk!

Thanks, Ron!...appreciate it...glad you enjoyed it...Frank

Gracias, Dub-ya!! Appreciate the kind words...So glad you dug it...I love how it came out!...Best to you and the Missus...see you soon...Frank

Thank you, Luis!! Appreciate the kind words...So glad you enjoyed it...I love how it came out! Hope you, Paola and Leandro are well...Praying for your Mom and Dad...May God Bless them and keep them safe...all the best, Luis...Frank

Thank you, Vincenzo...Glad you enjoyed it...Appreciate your very kind words...Simon and who?...ha ha...Giggity!...Love you, Brother...My best to the family!...Francesco!

.I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and the poems and paintings, Lisa...Williams was truly a unique and innovative force in the poetry of the 20th century....truly, as you say, a Renaissance man", who left a legacy of unforgettable poetry....Thank you, so much, for viewing, and for your very kind words... all the best...Frank

Thanks so much, Gene....Glad you enjoyed the video and Williams' terrific poems and Brueghel's wonderful paintings!...always appreciate your kind words of encouragement and support...all the best!....Frank

Glad you enjoyed the poem and video, Warren...You plum lover, you...always appreciate your viewership, great support and delightful comments!!..Hope all's well with you and Hillary...Looking forward to seeing you guys soon...all the best, my friend...Frank!

Thanks for viewing, Nick...yes, a long and accomplished life...Your poem was beautiful, too!...Did you make it up on your own or steal some of it?...ha ha...Seriously, I appreciate all the great support, Dear Brother!👍👍

Thanks for viewing, Lisa...and thanks for the very kind words...really glad you enjoyed it....Berryman was a huge influence on my writing...especially in my early days...A tragic, damaged soul...but a brilliant poet...eccentric, arrogant, but incredibly innovative and imaginative...and a master manipulator and craftsman of language and form...Thanks, again, Lisa...all the best....Frank

Thank you, so much, Gene!...I really appreciate you viewing and sharing your thoughts, and your very kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video, and these very unique and striking poems by Mr, Bones!...ha ha...Berryman was a big influence on much of my early and later writing...he has written many other outstanding "stuffs"...like "Canto Amor", "The Ball Poem", "The Moon, The Night and The Men" and "The Poet's Final Instructions"....if you're interested, worth checking into...Thanks, gain, Gene!...all the best...Frank

Thank you for viewing, Benjamin...I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and these wonderful poems by the masterful J.V. Cunningham...His kind of highly structured and formal / classical verse is not in favor much, nowadays...it's nice to find people who appreciate the intellect and craftsmanship displayed in these works...I have been an admirer since I was first exposed to his writing when I was an undergrad back in the early 70's...he influenced much of my own verse writing...Very good question about why I read the poems without pausing at the line breaks!...While many poets, when they read, pause longer at line breaks, you must always remember that poems are written in both sentences AND lines...The master verse writers, unlike the singers in songs, always try to subordinate the rhyme and meter so that when it is read, it reads like natural speech...not like a song...clearly, the structure and rhyme is deliberate...but, in my opinion ( and, I believe, the consensus among scholars ) the more that highly-crafted verse reads like speech ( while clearly exhibiting a mastery of craft and composition with rhyme and meter ), the greater the poetry...so, while reading the text, where we SEE the deliberate use of rhyme and meter, when a rhymed and metered poem is read aloud, that structure, in the best crafted poems, is less evident in its rigidity and musical regularity...and reads like natural speech...while still conveying the beauty and mastery of a highly organized and deliberately manufactured structure to the ear...but more subtly...that's about as well as I can explain it, Benjamin....there are poets who often prefer to exaggerate the line breaks for their desired effects...but, in general, I think the reading of a poem as "speech" and not "song" is more memorable and engaging...I hope that clarifies it or you...thanks, again, for your kind words and your thoughtful comments...I appreciate it...Frank

I hold the opposite view.

Wow, that's wonderful, C...Thank you for sharing my video with your class, and for your very kind words...I'm so gratified to hear that this video, on this remarkable and underappreciated poet, was engaging and informative for your class... I also have other videos that might be of interest to you ...here's a link to my UA-cam home page where you can browse my other poetry-related titles and content...Thank you, again! Frank www.youtube.com/@ImUpToMystic_FrankIosue/videos

@nickiosue6228 16 hours ago Great to hear that your students( and I) appreciate this work

@@FrankIosue_NickandKnarf Kees has been a favorite of mine for 40 years. Your video helped me to at last find a way to integrate his poems into my class!

@@c.7610 Thank you, C....glad it helped in some way!...Frank

So glad you enjoyed the video, and the selection of poems, Eva...I appreciate you viewing...Thanks, too, for your always kind words of encouragement and support...hope you are doing well....and hope to see you soon....all the best...Frank!

So very glad you enjoyed the selections, Gene...yes, the Herbert and Kelly poems are really wonderful...as are EECs and Edson's....I tried to get a real nice mix of well-known and lesser known works that resonate with me, and that a general audience of readers might enjoy experiencing...plus, you'd be surprised how challenging it is to find outstanding poems under 12 lines long ( and I didn't want to make the video a haiku festival....ha ha. )....as always, I try to find images and animated snippets to enhance the poetic atmospheres...I'm grateful that you feel I was as successful with that as I hoped I would be....Thank you, so much, for viewing and for your observations and comments, and for your kind words of encouragement and support, Gene.....all the best!...Frank

Thanks so much, John...glad you enjoyed my selections...Your support, encouragement and great friendship means so very much to me, my brother!....I value it and you...hope all's well...talk to you soon.

Thanks so much, Andy...glad you enjoyed the video....I appreciate all your encouragement and great support, my friend!

My favorite theme, Vince!!...ha ha...Seriously, so glad you enjoyed the poems and the video presentation of them....Appreciate you viewing and sharing your thoughts....Thanks for your great support....my best to you and ll the family!....Frank

Thanks so much, Hillary...so glad you liked the selections....I really wanted to showcase these poems, which I really like and admire a lot, and that fit the format...Glad you like the music too...I really played around with a lot of different pieces, until I finally settled on this really lovely and haunting instrumental...Thanks so much for viewing and for your always kind words and support!....Frank.

Thanks, Nick...glad you enjoyed the video...."Armchairs" is a real personal favorite of mine....My teacher and mentor back at Cal State, Henri Coulette, met and spent time with Zbigniew Herbert back in the early 70s, when I was in his writing class, and Coulette read "Armchairs" to us, when the book came out....Appreciate the support, Nicky!!!

Thanks for viewing and for the very kind words!...Indeed, he was...so many amazing poems from this brilliant, tragic poet!...He influenced my own writing tremendously...more poetry lovers need to discover him!...thanks, again...Frank!

"1926"...what a great poem by Kees..."Ja-Da"....I'm a huge admirer of Kees' work...such a tragic life...Thank you for viewing, Frank...glad you enjoyed the video...I appreciate it.

@@FrankIosue_NickandKnarf There is a documentary made in the 1990's by English Poet Simon Armitage for the BBC called 'Looking for Robinson'. He talks to aquaintances and admirers of Kees, visits important locations in his life, comments about the poetry and speculates about the disappearence. Very well put together, unfortunately it's not on yt so far.