From Francesca Rheannon
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Producers: Francesca Rheannon

Earlier version originally aired on 88.5 WFCR in Amherst on 4/29/05 on local feature slot of ME.
Poetry Provides Peek Into the Past
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Trax 1: Poetry has long been used to tell stories about the past: think of Homer?s Odyssey or Henry Longfellow?s ?Midnight Ride of Paul Revere?. Poetry may be uniquely suited to the task, says Janet Aalfs. She?s Poet Laureate of the small New England city, Northampton, Massachusetts:
Aalfs Ax1: There's a way that the heart can come alive, that the heart of history can come alive; even though poetry is not necessarily fact, per se, I believe it gets more to the truth of a culture or a person's existence in the context of actual historical events.
TRAX2: Annie Boutelle is one of several poets exploring the genre of historical poetry. A founder of Smith College?s Poetry Center, she became fascinated by Celia Thaxter, a 19th century poet from New England. Tha...
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Scott Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag
Carlos Nakai, Gateway