Welcome. I’m an epic poet, rhapsode, poet-critic, and the author or editor of ten books, including The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem. Thank you for visiting.
We human beings on this planet need a new vision and understanding of life, to help bring us together, to see and feel and understand our common humanity, to step back from the brink of self-destruction. From the Moon, together, we can see it, a new global, universal vision of life. Many millions of people around the world have already evolved toward such a vision. The Parliament of Poets is set partly on the moon and evokes a way humankind can come together in peace.
I hope in time word will spread. Even a brief review of a sentence or two, a paragraph, here on my blog or wherever, would be greatly appreciated. I’d love to hear from you. Please let me and others know what you think.
Ringwald Theatre, Ferndale, Michigan. November 13, 2022
“A hopeful vision of peaceful coexistence as one united humanity. It was delightful to hear the voices of great poets and thinkers of the past in dialogue with the narrator. The performance was thought-provoking, moving, and inspiring. Our world is desperately in need of this message of peace, love and humanity.” —Rev. Eric Williams, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Rochester, MI
“Impressed, moved to laughter, tears. Held our attention for 90 minutes, stayed so energized, a feat in itself. A creative, powerful message with so many of the poet masters, phenomenal! Amazing life-time work!” —Rev. Leonetta Bugleisi, Unitarian Universalist
As a universal interfaith story, The Parliament of Poets tells the tale of a journey toward cosmos, Christian and spiritual unity, “Spiritual, Not Religious.”
Sundays, November 6th & 13th. 3:00 – 4:30 pm. 90 minutes. Ringwald Theatre at AFFIRMATIONS 290 West 9 Mile Road, Ferndale, MI 48220 TICKETS ONLINE at EarthrisePress.Net or at the Door. $22 General, $15 Student, Senior Or Pay what you can (minimum $6.00)
The more than fifty performances have included Wayne State University’s Studio Theatre at Hilberry Theatre, TheatreNOVA in Ann Arbor, Shelton Theatre in San Francisco, and a variety of settings, Unitarian and Episcopal churches, Rochester Municipal Park Band Shell, and The 8th Parliament of the World’s Religions.
The Parliament of Poets, Ringwald Theatre, Frederick Glaysher, 11-13-2022
“A hopeful vision of peaceful coexistence as one united humanity. It was delightful to hear the voices of great poets and thinkers of the past in dialogue with the narrator. The performance was thought-provoking, moving, and inspiring. Our world is desperately in need of this message of peace, love and humanity.” —Rev. Eric Williams, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Rochester, MI
“Impressed, moved to laughter, tears. A creative, powerful message, phenomenal! Amazing life-time work!” —Rev. Leonetta Bugleisi, Unitarian Universalist
The theatre company Apollo’s Troupe will perform the critically-acclaimed epic poem, The Parliament of Poets, written by Michigan poet Frederick Glaysher.
Sundays, November 6th & 13th, 2022. 3:00 – 4:30 pm. 90 minutes. At AFFIRMATIONS Theatre, 290 West 9 Mile Road, Ferndale, MI 48220. TICKETS at the Door. $22 General, $15 Student, Senior Or Pay what you can (minimum $6.00)
As a universal interfaith story, The Parliament of Poets tells the tale of a journey toward cosmos, Christian and spiritual unity. “Spiritual, Not Religious.”
The Program for Solo Performance, with further background information, can be found at Apollo’s Troupe on EarthrisePress.Net. Purchase the book (294 pages) at the performance, Bookshop.org,, BarnesAndNoble.com, or Books-A-Million.
“A Little Girl Alongside a Road” is a poem about an experience that I had in China in 1994 (correct date), near Dunhuang, Gansu, relatively close to Xinziang, where perhaps as many as 1.8 million Muslim Uighurs have now been thrown into concentration camps by China and subjected to horrifying abuse and slave labor. We human beings on this planet must honor and protect their dignity and humanity.
Special thanks to ML Lieblier, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, for hosting and inviting me to participate in his recent poetry reading benefit on Zoom for Book Beat bookshop on Sunday, December 6, 2020. Book Beat, Oak Park, Michigan, has a couple of my books available The Parliament of Poets and The Myth of the Enlightenment.
Into the Ruins of Modernity, 90 Minutes. TICKETS ALSO AT THE DOOR. Chairs 17, Social Distance Seating 0-10. Michigan Theater Building, Suite 208, Upstairs. 527 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. March: Friday, 7pm, 13; 20. Saturday, 7pm, 28. For mature audiences A dramatic solo performance by Frederick Glaysher surveying the horrors of modernity in a compelling and powerful confrontation with the trauma we human beings have wrought on ourselves, evoking a reaffirmation of our deepest human capacities for cooperation and peace. A complimentary book for the first ten people per event on each date. See brief bio under Lectures. For reviews, see The Parliament of Poets. We ask your understanding that high heels can not be worn on the ballet floor.
The Parliament of Poets, 90 Minutes. TICKETS ALSO AT THE DOOR. Chairs 17, Social Distance Seating 0-10. Celebrating Our Common Humanity. Reviving the storytelling role of the ancient Greek rhapsode. Solo Performance by Frederick Glaysher & Apollo’s Troupe. Michigan Theater Building, Suite 208, Upstairs. 527 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. March: Saturday, 7pm, 14; 21. Friday, 7pm, 27. April: Friday, 7pm, April 3; 10. Saturday 7pm, 4; 18.
Apollo calls all the poets of the nations, ancient and modern, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life. The Parliament of Poets sends the main character, the Poet of the Moon, on a Journey to the seven continents to learn from all of the spiritual and wisdom traditions of humankind. On Earth and on the moon, the poets teach a new global, universal vision of life.
A complimentary book for the first ten people per event on each date. See brief bio, at Lectures. We ask your understanding that high heels can not be worn on the ballet floor.
REVIEWS
“Like a story around a campfire.” —The Audience “A unique and moving experience.” —Jeff Thomas, Michigan Michael Chekhov Studio “Certainly wowed the crowd with the performance and the words themselves.” —Albany Poets News, New York “Mr. Glaysher has written an epic poem of major importance.” —ML Liebler, Department of English, Wayne State University “Intriguingly enjoyable. Frederick Glaysher’s hours of dedication have produced a masterpiece that will stand the test of time.” —Poetry Cornwall, No. 36, England, UK “Bravo to the Poet for this brilliant endeavour.” —Transnational Literature, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia “A great epic poem of startling originality and universal significance, in every way partaking of the nature of world literature.” —Hans Ruprecht, Carleton University, Canada, author on Goethe, Borges, etc. “A remarkable poem by a uniquely inspired poet, taking us out of time into a new and unspoken consciousness…” —Kevin McGrath, South Asian Studies, Harvard University, author on the Mahabharata “And a fine major work it is.” —Arthur McMaster, Department of English, Converse College, South Carolina, in Poets’ Quarterly “Don’t be intimidated by an epic poem. It’s really coming back to that image of the storyteller sitting around the campfires of the world, dipping into and weaving the story of humanity, in the most beautiful, mellifluous language.” —New Consciousness Review Radio, Portland, Oregon
Lectures, Sundays, 2pm, 1 Hour. TICKETS ALSO AT THE DOOR. Chairs 17, Social Distance Seating 0-10. Presents a reassessment of literature and life on this planet. Michigan Theater Building, Suite 208, Upstairs. 527 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. The Function of Criticism, March 15. The American Journey into Ulro, March 22. Poetry in the Nuclear Age, March 29. Saul Bellow’s Soul, April 5. The Dialectic of Chinese Literature, April 11. (changed from Easter Sunday the 12 to Saturday night the 11th) The Coming Victory of World Governance, April 19. A complimentary book for the first ten people per event on each date. For reviews, see The Parliament of Poets. We ask your understanding that high heels can not be worn on the ballet floor.
FREDERICK GLAYSHER is an epic poet, rhapsode, poet-critic, and the author or editor of ten books. Glaysher has given more than nine public lectures at the University of Michigan’s Rackham Amphitheatre, Wayne State University, Detroit Public Library, Austin International Poetry Festival (TX), Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church, Universalist Unitarian Church of Farmington, Troy Interfaith, Theosophical Society of Detroit, and Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, etc.
He also lectured for a decade on American literature, Non-Western Literature, Humanities, World Religions, and other English courses at Illinois State University, Gunma University in Maebashi Japan, Arizona Western College on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation, Mohave Community College, Lewis & Clark Community College, and Oakland University in his hometown of Rochester, Michigan.
Glaysher studied at the University of Michigan with the American poet Robert Hayden and edited his Collected Prose (UM Press) and Collected Poetry (Liveright). He holds two degrees from the University of Michigan, including a Master’s in English.
He lived for more than fifteen years outside Michigan—in Japan; in Arizona, on the site of one of the largest internment camps for Japanese-Americans during WWII; in Illinois, on the central farmlands and on the Mississippi; ultimately returning to his suburban hometown of Rochester.
A Fulbright-Hays scholar to China in 1994, he studied at Beijing University, the Buddhist Mogao Caves on the old Silk Road, and elsewhere in China, including Hong Kong and the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. While a National Endowment for the Humanities scholar in 1995 on India, he further explored the conflicts between the traditional regional civilizations of Islamic and Hindu cultures and modernity. Mr. Glaysher spoke on Robert Hayden at the centennial celebrations held for him at the University of Michigan in 2013, Wayne State University in 2014, and read at each event from the canto of his epic poem in which Hayden is a character.
As a universal interfaith story, The Parliament of Poets tells the tale of a journey toward cosmos, Christian and spiritual unity, “Spiritual, Not Religious.” Continue reading →
As a universal interfaith story, The Parliament of Poets tells the tale of a journey toward cosmos, Christian and spiritual unity. “Spiritual, Not Religious.” Continue reading →
Apollo calls all the poets of the nations, ancient and modern, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life. The Parliament of Poets sends the main character, the Poet of the Moon, on a Journey to the seven continents to learn from all of the spiritual and […]
A series of two different performances and six lectures, reviving the storytelling role of the ancient Greek rhapsode, and evoking a new global, universal vision of life. Continue reading →
