Robert Bly
Robert Bly
Reading Date: Wednesday, November 30, 1966
- Introduction
- "September Night with an Old Horse"
- "At the Funeral of Great-Aunt Mary"
- Translations of Issa's Haikus
- "Ducks"
- "Unanswered Letters"
- "Small Town"
- "Love Poem"
- "Taking the Hand"
- "Watering the Horse"
- "The Loon"
- "Come with Me"
- "The Busy Man Speaks"
- "Those Being Eaten by America"
- "As the Asian War Begins"
- "Johnson's Cabinet Watched by Ants"
- "Asian Peace Offers Rejected without Publication"
- "Counting Small-Boned Bodies"
- "Driving through Minnesota during the Hanoi Bombings"
- Translation of "I don't know what sort of God we've been talking about..." (2)
- Translation of "Student, do the simple purification..." (4)
- Translation of "Ode to My Socks"
Introduction-4762
by Richard Shelton
"September Night with an Old Horse"-4763
Bly, Robert. Silence in the Snowy Fields: Poems. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan, 1962.
"At the Funeral of Great-Aunt Mary"-4764
Bly, Robert. Silence in the Snowy Fields: Poems. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan, 1962.
Translations of Issa's Haikus-4765
Poems by Kobayashi Issa.
Annotation:
Issa, Kobayashi. Ten Poems. Tr. Robert Bly. N.p. , 1972.
"Ducks"-4766
Bly, Robert. Ducks. Menonmonie, WI: Ox Head Press, 1966.
"Unanswered Letters"-4767
Uncollected.
"Small Town"-4768
Uncollected.
"Love Poem"-4769
Bly, Robert. Silence in the Snowy Fields: Poems. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan, 1962.
"Taking the Hand"-4770
Uncollected.
"Watering the Horse"-4771
Bly, Robert. Silence in the Snowy Fields: Poems. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan, 1962.
"The Loon"-4772
Bly, Robert. The Loon. Marshall, MN: Ox Head Press, 1977.
"Come with Me"-4773
Bly, Robert. The Light Around the Body. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
"The Busy Man Speaks"-4774
Bly, Robert. The Light Around the Body. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
"Those Being Eaten by America"-4775
Bly, Robert. The Light Around the Body. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
"As the Asian War Begins"-4776
Bly, Robert. The Light Around the Body. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
"Johnson's Cabinet Watched by Ants"-4777
Bly, Robert. The Light Around the Body. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
"Asian Peace Offers Rejected without Publication"-4778
Bly, Robert. The Light Around the Body. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
"Counting Small-Boned Bodies"-4779
Bly, Robert. The Light Around the Body. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
"Driving through Minnesota during the Hanoi Bombings"-4780
Bly, Robert. The Light Around the Body. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
Translation of "I don't know what sort of God we've been talking about..." (2)-4781
Poem by Kabir, translated by Robert Bly.
Annotation:
Bly, Robert. The Kabir Book. Boston: Beacon Press, 1977.
Translation of "Student, do the simple purification..." (4)-4782
Poem by Kabir, translated by Robert Bly.
Annotation:
Bly, Robert. The Kabir Book. Boston: Beacon Press, 1977.
Translation of "Ode to My Socks"-4783
Poem by Pablo Neruda, translated by Robert Bly.
Annotation:
Bly, Robert. Neruda and Vallejo. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971.
To request a transcript or a captioned version of this audio or video material as a disability-related accommodation, please contact poetry@email.arizona.edu or 520-626-3765.
Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
In this reading, Robert Bly treats the audience to translations of Issa, Neruda, and Kabir more than five years before they began to be collected in his books. He also reads uncollected poems and poems from his book The Light Around the Body, which was published the year following this reading.
readingComments