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Thomas DeFreitas
United States
Приєднався 4 вер 2020
Here are videos of me reading poetry or meaningful prose. And sporadic bursts of whimsy!
I'm a poet who lives just outside Boston.
I'm a poet who lives just outside Boston.
Julia Fehrenbacher: "The Most Important Thing"
A powerful affirmation that is, fittingly, the author's most well-known poem.
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Thomas DeFreitas: "Clean Breaks"
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Published as "Divorces" in my début collection WINTER IN HALIFAX (Kelsay Books, 2021).
Julia Fehrenbacher: "a message from love"
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From STAYING IN LOVE (CCB Publishing, 2021) by Julia Fehrenbacher, p. 134. Read with the author's permission.
Julia Fehrenbacher: "What I really need"
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Julia, with my eyes off the page for a second or two, I changed a "like" to an "as" and a "this" to a "the." Otherwise, I hope I've done your glorious poem justice.
The Morning After: Requiem & Ramble
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Amid the ugliness, please, please, please find the beauty. And if you can't find it, make it. Edited to add: I've closed comments. No, dear friends of the party opposite, you're not going to change my mind with logorrheic, ungrammatical eruptions on my comment threads. Peace to you, and light, and blessings.
Compline (Prayer at Night)
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Prayers adapted from Give Us This Day, a Roman Catholic prayer aid; from PRAYERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS, an Episcopal manual; and from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Here, I strive toward gender-inclusive language for God. I have achieved it imperfectly, I hastily concede.
An Order for Compline
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A service of Night Prayer, adapted from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of The Episcopal Church (pp. 127-135).
Mary Oliver: "More Beautiful than the Honey Locust Tree Are the Words of the Lord"
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A gorgeous sprawling sequence by the laurelled and lionised American poet (1935-2019).
Dylan Thomas: "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London"
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Dylan Thomas: "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London"
Cummings: "who were so dark of heart they might not speak"
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Cummings: "who were so dark of heart they might not speak"
Emily Dickinson: Poem 214 [in the Thomas H. Johnson edition]
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Emily Dickinson: Poem 214 [in the Thomas H. Johnson edition]
E. E. Cummings: "now air is air and thing is thing:no bliss"
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E. E. Cummings: "now air is air and thing is thing:no bliss"
Mary Oliver: "Mysteries, Yes" #poetry #maryoliver #outdoors
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Mary Oliver: "Mysteries, Yes" #poetry #maryoliver #outdoors
Thomas DeFreitas: "Song for W. H. Auden"
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Thomas DeFreitas: "Song for W. H. Auden"
Shakespeare: Polonius Reads Hamlet's Letter
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Shakespeare: Polonius Reads Hamlet's Letter
Thomas DeFreitas: "You Should Have Seen the Rain"
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Thomas DeFreitas: "You Should Have Seen the Rain"
Marilyn Nelson: "My Grandfather Walks in the Woods"
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Marilyn Nelson: "My Grandfather Walks in the Woods"
John Crowe Ransom: "Survey of Literature"
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John Crowe Ransom: "Survey of Literature"
love it.. I know you are talking about a fellow EASTIE..hope she sees this.. thank you~! always your number one fan..~!!👵😍
Very profound on many levels.
Thomas, what a deep honor it is to listen to you read my words....with so much depth and attention. You have done my poem so much more than justice. My deepest gratitude to you, dear poet. Julia
👵What I really need is to have winter... Love this.. Thank you for this..🥰
Very nicely recited!
Thank you so much!
i love this!!
💞IS THIS THE BROOK IN ARLINGTON??? LOVE THIS POEM.. THANK YOU THOMAS..👵
Yes, indeed it is!
😍👵👌THANK YOU FOR THIS READING~!!
🕳💗👵WISH I WAS THERE WITH YOU... LOOKS LIKE A NICE PLACE TO DRINK COFFEE OR TEA TO CHILL OUT... THANK YOU THOMAS..
SHE WOULD BE PROUD OF THIS SALUTE TO HER.. YOU DID GOOD😍
MY GRAND FATHER WALKS IN THE WOODS.. COULD THIS POEM SOUNDS LIKE ROBERT FROST.. A ROAD LESS TAKEN.. LIKED IT.. THANK YOU...THUMBS UP FOR THIS ONE..👵🚶♀💓
DOWN AT THE DOCKS * DON;T KNOW THIS POEM* VERY INTERESTING! I ENJOYED IT. THANK YOU..👵💞
WALES ONE OF YOUR POETS CAME FROM THERE... D.T. GOOD POEM.. THANK YOU SON~!💞👵
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Had a way with words that was captivatiing.. thank you Thomas👵💕
LOVE THIS POEM..YOU ARE SOMETHING!! THANK YOU💕👵
DYLAN THIS WAS AWESOME. THANK YOU~!👵💜
👌👵LOVED IT,, THANK YOU..~!
Superb performance
thank you so much!
👍💞👵🏻LIKE THE POEM THE ELIZABETH BISHOP "ONE ART"
FERN HILL *DYLAN YOU DID GOOD..😴💞👵
Complimenti! Bravissimo! Conserverò questo video. Grazie!
grazie anche a Lei!
tom you have a way with words.. you did good..
You did good Thomas ~!
💕 Mom You did good~!!..🌠
October is a good month.. Dylan Thomas had a way with words. You did good son..🌠💕
Jane Kenyon shE was married to Donald Hall>?? love the pome Thomas..
yes she was!
DiNada ~! Nitie nite ~! MoM💕