Author Archives: julian peters comics

Video of “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson

Posted on June 29, 2020

Another video interpretation by Jim Avis of another of my comics adaptations of an Emily Dickinson poem. This time it’s “’Hope’ is the thing with feathers.” The musical accompaniment is by perennialEnglish. My comics adaptation, along with 23 others, can … Continue reading →

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Video of “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson

Posted on June 22, 2020

  Another sensitive and ingenious adaptation of one of my poetry comics by Jim Avis. This time it’s the celebrated Emily Dickinson poem, “Because I could not stop for Death.” The reading is by the great Cynthia Nixon. The comics … Continue reading →

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“The Trees” by Philip Larkin in Plough Quarterly

Posted on June 12, 2020

Follow this link to read my visual interpretation of Philip Larkin’s poem “The Trees” (written in 1967) in a special Covid-themed issue of Plough Quarterly. https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/poetry/philip-larkin-the-trees?fbclid=IwAR1MHVtphEFYN9fNur4e_ME0_np2iT6X9gDcgr9gKV5Kdv2IxA5LVNR8LYU  

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Interview with Amanda LeClaire for “CultureShift” on Detroit’s NPR

Posted on June 4, 2020

Here is a link to the interview I did a couple of weeks ago with Amanda LeClaire for her program “CultureShift” on WDET  101.9FM, Detroit’s National Public Radio station. In the interview we discuss my recently released book, “Poems to … Continue reading →

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Video of “The Given Note” by Seamus Heaney

Posted on May 25, 2020

Another video adaptation of one of my poetry comics by Jim Avis. This time it’s Seamus Heaney’s “The Given Note,” with a beautiful understated reading by the poet himself. This adaptation, along with 23 others, can be found in my … Continue reading →

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Video of “The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy

Posted on May 11, 2020

Another very sensitive video adaptation of one of my poetry comics, by James Avis. This time it’s my comics version of Thomas Hardy’s poem “The Darkling Thrush,” which was written on the 31st of December, 1900, a date considered by … Continue reading →

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Video of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot

Posted on May 4, 2020

Another video adaptation of one of my poetry comics by James Avis. This time it is non other than “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot. I like the subdued simplicity of James’s reading, which, combined … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Susan Mulder for the Poet Kind Podcast

Posted on April 17, 2020

Last week I sat down (well, I’m sitting most of the time these days) for a chat with the poet and artist Susan Mulder of the Poet Kind Podcast on the subject of my new book, Poems to See By. … Continue reading →

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Video of “The Drunken Boat” by Arthur Rimbaud

Posted on April 15, 2020

Another video adaptation of one of my poetry comics, created by James Avis. This time it’s the comics version of Arthur Rimbaud’s “Le bateau ivre,” which I created nearly a decade ago now. The reading of the poem, in English … Continue reading →

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Video of “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas

Posted on April 5, 2020

Another video adaptation of one of my poetry comics by James Avis. Here the comics version of Dylan Thomas’s famous villanelle, “Do not go gentle that good night,” is accompanied by a stupendous reading by the Welsh poet himself.

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