{"id":2770,"date":"2017-04-24T11:14:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2017-12-24T15:28:03","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T20:28:03","slug":"poetry-month-robert-hayden-space-traveler-epic-poetry-reading-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/2017\/04\/24\/poetry-month-robert-hayden-space-traveler-epic-poetry-reading-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Month, Robert Hayden, Space Traveler, &#038; Epic Poetry Reading 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Poetry Month, Robert Hayden, Space Traveler, &amp; Epic Poetry Reading 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lzosT6_WZxY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, April 22, 2017. 1:00 &#8211; 2:30 PM.<br \/>\nDetroit Public Library, Main Branch. 5201 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202. Fine Arts Reading Room, 3rd Floor.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to speaking on Hayden and reading from some of his poems dealing with themes about outer space, Glaysher reads two excerpts from his epic poem <em>The Parliament of Poets<\/em>, in one of which Hayden is a character,\u00a0the other set in a village in East Congo, where rape has been used as a weapon of war, with Sogolon, a character from the Mali epic Sundiata.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are one in our struggles toward perfection. And I hope that we shall always be.\u201d \u2014Robert Hayden, Letter to Frederick Glaysher, November 14, 1979<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read a Free Chapter, The Parliament of Poets: An Epic Poem<br \/>\nAmazon, Hardcover, Kindle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Parliament-Poets-Epic-Poem\/dp\/098267788X\/\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Parliament-Poets-Epic-Poem\/dp\/098267788X\/<\/a><br \/>\nBarnes &amp; Noble, Hardcover, Nook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-parliament-of-poets-frederick-glaysher\/1112448232\">https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-parliament-of-poets-frederick-glaysher\/1112448232<\/a><br \/>\nBuy direct from Earthrise Press. Free shipping in the USA, UK, and Australia, processed within 24 hours.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/earthrisepress.net\/parliament_of_poets.html\">https:\/\/earthrisepress.net\/parliament_of_poets.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like a story around a campfire.&#8221; <strong>\u2014From the Audience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A great epic poem of startling originality and universal significance, in every way partaking of the nature of world literature.&#8221; \u2014Dr. Hans-George Ruprecht, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A remarkable poem by a uniquely inspired poet, taking us out of time into a new and unspoken consciousness&#8230;&#8221; <strong>\u2014Kevin McGrath, Lowell House, South Asian Studies, Harvard University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Glaysher has written an epic poem of major importance&#8230; Truly a major accomplishment and contribution to American Letters.&#8221; <strong>\u2014ML Liebler, Department of English, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Glaysher is really an epic poet and this is an epic poem! To put this in context, in my view the last complete and true epic poem in the English Language was Paradise Lost written by John Milton in the 17th century&#8230; One can hardly congratulate him enough, then, on this achievement, since it has been so long awaited&#8230; One fabulous quality of this poem is its clarity and luminous quality. I love the fact that despite the wide ranging topographical and lexical references this poem is easy to understand and follow: it is a poet writing for people, not one trying to be clever, and not one concealing their lack of poetry in obfuscation. Glaysher has written a masterpiece&#8230; I strongly recommend Frederick Glaysher\u2019s poem.&#8221; <strong>\u2014James Sale (UK), The Society of Classical Poets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And a fine major work it is.&#8221; <strong>\u2014Arthur McMaster, Department of English, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Very intrigued by his background. I&#8217;m extremely impressed with the quality and depth of the writing. So well written. It&#8217;s almost like a stepping stone into all this world lit that people might otherwise never touch.&#8221; <strong>\u2014R. J. Fox, Kerrytown BookFest, Ann Arbor, Michigan.<\/strong> Sept. 11, 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/Youtu.be\/YDaPs1dGS4c\">https:\/\/Youtu.be\/YDaPs1dGS4c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bravo to the Poet for this toilsome but brilliant endeavour.&#8221; <strong>\u2014Umme Salma, Transnational Literature, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2774\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/2017\/04\/24\/poetry-month-robert-hayden-space-traveler-epic-poetry-reading-2017\/apollo-erato-dpl-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2774\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2774\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2774\" src=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Apollo-Erato-DPL-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Apollo-Erato-DPL-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Apollo-Erato-DPL-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stain-glass window in the Detroit Public Library, with Apollo above Erato.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2776\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/2017\/04\/24\/poetry-month-robert-hayden-space-traveler-epic-poetry-reading-2017\/dpl_fg_mlphoto\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2776\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2776\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2776\" src=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DPL_fg_MLphoto-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DPL_fg_MLphoto-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DPL_fg_MLphoto.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frederick Glaysher.<br \/>Reading for Poetry Month, April 22, 2017<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2777\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/2017\/04\/24\/poetry-month-robert-hayden-space-traveler-epic-poetry-reading-2017\/dpl_youtube\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2777\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2777\" src=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DPL_YouTube-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DPL_YouTube-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DPL_YouTube-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DPL_YouTube-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DPL_YouTube.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frederick Glaysher.<br \/>Fine Arts Reading Room<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>YouTube Playlist &#8211; Epic Poetry Readings and Workshop. Copyright (c) 2012-2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\">Frederick Glaysher<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to speaking on Hayden and reading from some of his poems dealing with themes about outer space, Glaysher reads two excerpts from his epic poem The Parliament of Poets, in one of which Hayden is a character, the other set in a village in East Congo, where rape has been used as a weapon of war, with Sogolon, a character from the Mali epic Sundiata. <a href=\"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/2017\/04\/24\/poetry-month-robert-hayden-space-traveler-epic-poetry-reading-2017\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[826,7,825,804,29,186,184,232,739,12,827,807,46],"class_list":["post-2770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-epic","tag-826","tag-apollo-11","tag-detroit-public-library","tag-epic","tag-epic-poetry","tag-frederick-glaysher","tag-parliament-of-poets","tag-poetry","tag-poetry-month","tag-robert-hayden","tag-sundiata","tag-united-nations","tag-universality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3085,"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions\/3085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fglaysher.com\/TheGlobe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}