{"id":177,"date":"2015-03-11T15:53:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T15:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/dir\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:02:12","slug":"listening-booth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com\/?page_id=177","title":{"rendered":"Listening Booth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poetry You Can Hear<\/h4>\n

Welcome to the Listening Booth.\u00a0Sometimes, it's refreshing to\u00a0rest your weary eyes and listen to poems.<\/p>\n

Note<\/strong>: When - in the 1970s -\u00a0I came upon the\u00a0poems of Phyllis McGinley about life in suburban\u00a0New York, the 1961 Pulitzer Prize winner\u00a0seemed to grant me\u00a0permission to write about my life as a woman of\u00a0the Boomer\u00a0generation. Unlike\u00a0McGinley, I did not always rejoice in what I found to be true,\u00a0chafing at the conventional view of a woman's role.\u00a0I did rejoice in the natural world, the everyday\u00a0beauty around me and the joy I found in motherhood.<\/p>\n

Learn\u00a0about\u00a0my times here and in the Poetry Reading Room. Click a title link below to hear\u00a0a poem. Thank you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Three Trees at Dusk, Chatsworth, CA<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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People<\/h5>\n

Happy Birthday, Bill Shakespeare<\/a>
\nIn the Wake of La Mere<\/a>
\nWatching Jenny Mow<\/a>
\nForeground<\/a>
\nVincenzo's 40-Something Birthday<\/a>
\nMcHenry's at the Farm<\/a>
\nTo a Woman of Science: Our Findings<\/a>
\nBetween Heaven and Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Nature<\/h5>\n

The Fuss <\/a>
\nFinally<\/a>
\nCanada Club - My Nightcap<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Human Nature or Whatever<\/h5>\n

Interlaken 1976<\/a>
\nNot Mary's<\/a>
\nProfessional Considerations<\/a>
\nAt the Bunkers II <\/a>
\nRiding the Rail<\/a>
\nSetting It High<\/a>
\nBut, Who's Counting?<\/a>
\nReining Moments?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Birch Tree by a Dock, Lake George, NY<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Kid-Friendly Poems<\/h5>\n

In 2008, I built a page of Kid-Friendly poems for my faraway grandchildren. You'll find links to poems listed below. There is a list of fun kid activities, too. If you are a child in mid-kidhood and older (or a child at heart), listen to poems about:<\/p>\n