Two Poems by Jane Kenyon

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Two Poems by Jane Kenyon

Series: Poetry Off the Shelf
From: Curtis Fox
Length: 00:02:10

The poet Donald Hall reads two poems by his wife, poet Jane Kenyon Read the full description.

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Host Intro: This is Poetry Off the Shelf from The Poetry Foundation. The Poet Jane Kenyon was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and educated at the university there. In 1972 she married the poet Donald Hall, and by 1975 they had left Ann Arbor to take up residence in Hall's ancestral farmhouse in Danbury, New Hampshire. Kenyon died in 1995. In this next piece, Donald Hall reads two of Kenyon's poems, The Shirt, and Twilight After Haying. Host Outro: That was the poet Donald Hall reading The Shirt and Twilight After Haying, both written by his wife, the poet Jane Kenyon. The piece was produced by PoetryFoundation.org. You can find out more about Hall and Kenyon, and read some of their poems, at the website PoetryFoundation.org.