White Apples by Donald Hall

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White Apples by Donald Hall

Series: Poetry Off the Shelf
From: Curtis Fox
Length: 00:01:08

Poet Donald Hall reads his poem White Apples Read the full description.

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Host Intro: This is Poetry Off the Shelf from The Poetry Foundation. Few contemporary American writers have devoted themselves more fully to the art of poetry than Donald Hall. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, and educated at Harvard and Oxford, Hall retired from teaching in 1975 and returned to his family's farm in New Hampshire. This poem, White Apples, is about his father's death. Host Outro: That was the poem White Apples, read by the author, Donald Hall.The piece was produced by PoetryFoundation.org. You can find out more about Hall, and read some of his poems, at the website PoetryFoundation.org.