Poetry, Poets, and Poetesses part 2

Despite the picture of Ono no Komachi above (although Jane Hirschfield has translated her work), here are a few links on the poets we saw Monday night (and, in the case of Coleman Banks, will see next Monday):

These sites include a biography of Mary Tall Mountain and examples of some of her works:

http://www.freedomvoices.org/tallmountain/mary.htm

http://www.freedomvoices.org/wolf.htm
http://www.npatterson.net/sara/maryjoe.html

This essay from an Indonesian literary journal includes "Good Grease," one of the poems that Ms. Tall Mountain read in the video:

http://www.angelfire.com/journal/fsulimelight/voice.html


These sites include a brief biography of Jane Hirschfield and examples of some of her poems:

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/563

http://www.slate.com/id/2120051/
http://www.poetseers.org/contemporary_poets/jane_hirshfield/janep/recalling_a...

This review also contains examples of her translation of Ono no Komachi's poetry. (Here Ms. Hirschfield collaborated with Mariko Haritani.)

http://www.poetrylives.com/SimplyHaiku/SHv4n4/reviews/Hirshfield.html

Below are interviews with Ms. Hirschfield:

http://www.poetrylives.com/SimplyHaiku/SHv4n4/features/Hirschfield.html

http://www.bu.edu/agni/interviews-exchanges/online/2006/towler.html

And these are sites with examples of Coleman Barks' translations of Rumi. (Note that he too collaborates with a translator.)

http://peacefulrivers.homestead.com/Rumilove.html

http://www.elsajoy.com/unseenrain.html

http://www.thrasherqawwal.com/rumi.html

Here is the biography from his website:
http://www.colemanbarks.com/

And, finally, here are the lyrics to Richard Thompson's version of "Bonnie St. Johnstone":

http://www.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=845