Today I sent in my list of recordings for The Goodnight Show, and Didi invited me to make any comments I wanted. Really, all I wanted to say was “Please don’t hate me if I mangled your poem!” So I just said thank you and will keep my fingers crossed.

Julie Carter, making enemies through poetry, one reading at a time!

Some poems really are much harder to read aloud than others, and it isn’t necessarily because the sounds are particularly dense or tricky. Some poets put a “that” or an “as” where I wouldn’t, or leave them out where I would put them in, and I find myself stumbling. One poem had a mini tongue twister that I never would have noticed without trying to record it. And I’m sure my rather plain Jane interpretations aren’t what the poets were always hoping for. Still, this is a fun venture and I’m glad to be a part of it. I’ll link to the show when it airs.