UA Poetry Center
Nanao Sakaki performs poems and songs in the courtyard of the Poetry Center on Cherry Avenue. Asking the audience, "Any questions? I'll answer by my poems," Sakaki addresses themes raised by audience members such as anger, feeling at home, time, walking, and love for the desert and all forms of life.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
In response to an audience member who asked for a poem about anger.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
In response to a partially inaudible question about rattlesnakes shedding their skin.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
In response to an audience member who asked "What's it like where you're from: your home?" Differs from published version.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
In response to an audience member who called out, "I have a sponge." Differs from published version.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
In response to an audience member who asked Sakaki to sing his favorite song.
Performed in English, Chinese, Czech, and Indonesian.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
In response to an audience member who asked about the poet's connection to human and biological history.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Published version bears the title "A Dance of Coral." Differs substantially from published version.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Differs slightly from published version.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Differs from published version.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Brief skip between 0:11 and 0:15.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
In response to an audience member who asked for a poem about walking. Differs from published version.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
This song inspired Sakaki's poem "Come Come Rain."
Differs from published version.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
Differs from published version.
Sakaki, Nanao. How to Live On the Planet Earth: Collected Poems. Nobleboro, ME: Blackberry Books, 2013.
