FM #1741 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1741 in the series.
This session shares the Favorite Poem Reading facilitated by Steve Sherlock at the Franklin Public Library on Saturday, April 18, 2026. April is National Poetry Month and this ‘poetry and conversation” was a good way to celebrate poetry.
The consensus of the group was to do this more frequently rather than wait until next April rolls around. Stay tuned. The next one may be in August or September.
The list of the readers and poems or poets read is found in the show notes
The recording runs about 50 minutes, so let’s listen in.
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Marc Cohen read one by Robert Frost “To Earthward”
To Earthward by Robert Frost - Poems | Academy of American Poets https://share.google/vLq8c8OjHGob31lmx
Stephen Karunakaran read a few short selections from “THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural” in Tamil and English https://thomaspruiksma.com/books/tiruvalluvars-tirukkural/
Faith Flaherty talked about and read a couple of versions of “How can I keep from singing”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Can_I_Keep_from_Singing%3F
Ken Ojukwu read a version of “The Man in the Glass”
https://allpoetry.com/The-Man-in-the-Glass
Steve Sherlock read (and provided a sample taste of watermelon pickle)
“Reflections on a gift of watermelon pickle received from a friend called Felicity”
https://oklahoma.agclassroom.org/resources/food/songs/reflections/
Jayson Joyce read Wendell Berry’s “The Peace of Wild Things”
https://onbeing.org/poetry/the-peace-of-wild-things/
Faith also read Shel Silverstein “I can not go to school today”
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