Poetry : Page 7
Video: Andrew Huff delivers haiku from the news
At our May 7th edition last week, co-host Andrew Huff brought us a fistful of fine haiku ripped bleeding from current headlines: Bombs, explosions, floods: this April found our heartstrings and pulled them hard. April's heavy showers brought destruction, but...
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Video: Time is not on William Shunn's side
At the March 5th edition of Tuesday Funk, our monthly Poem by Bill raged against the ticking clock, and it went a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, May 7th,...
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Video: Spring haiku by Andrew Huff
At our April 2nd edition last week, we welcomed new co-host Andrew Huff and introduced a new monthly feature of Tuesday FunkHaiku by Andrew! For his debut appearance, Andrew dropped these spring verses on us: "March Madness" for some means...
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Video: Bill ♥ Laura
For your Valentine's Day pleasure, we present an original sonnet that co-host William Shunn composed for his wife, Laura Chavoen. From our Not Your Parents' Valentine's Day Edition, here's "14 Februarys": And if you enjoyed that, please join us at...
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Video: Sondra Morin serenades Chicago in verse
At our January 1st edition of Tuesday Funk, Sondra Morin read us some of her powerful poetry, and it sounded a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, February 5th, 2013,...
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Video: William Shunn gives us a taste of "Smoke"
At the January 1st edition of Tuesday Funk, our monthly Poem by Bill sang the praises of "Smoke," and sounded just a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, February 5th,...
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Video: William Shunn brings you this evening's "Tasting Notes"
At our November 6th edition of Tuesday Funk, co-host William Shunn read us some "Tasting Notes" straight from the Hopleaf beer menu... And if you found that tasty, you'll get another Poem by Bill at our December 4th reading, which...
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Video: William Shunn spins a "Grand" and profane epic
Last week our co-host William Shunn Had just a little too much fun Reading a poem that was meant to take the piss Out of the tropes of science fiction, In a faux-hiphoppish diction, And it sounded just a little...
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Video: William Shunn has no illusions of "Immortality"
As you know, we like to take things easy during the month of July. Therefore on this pre-holiday morning on which we'd normally be mounting a live episode of Tuesday Funk we present instead a poem from nearly a year...
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Video: William Shunn wags the dog
At our April Tuesday Funk reading, co-host William Shunn shared this short poem, "Old Man Walking an Old Dog"... And if you enjoyed that, though Bill himself will be absent, you'll get another new Poem by Bill at our very...
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