Poetry is meant to be heard – the human voice’s connection to the ear. Here are some poems to enjoy, many of them recorded with Nora Bumanis, principal harpist of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

Locate the Site (from The Occupied World) – performed with Nora Bumanis

01 Locate the site

Give the City its Three Names (from The Occupied World) – performed with Nora Bumanis

Give the city its three names

River Our Bedrock  (from The Occupied World) –  performed with Nora Bumanis

River our bedrock

The Moon of Strippers (from Tales for an Urban Sky) performed with Nora Bumanis

Moon of strippers

Time Travel is a One-way Street (from Time Travels Light) performed with Nora Bumanis

Time Travel is a One-Way Street

Aubade (from Lattice of the Years) performed with Nora Bumanis

Aubade

Safekeeping (from Lattice of the Years) performed with Nora Bumanis

Safekeeping

Music (from Corona radiata – “Ear”) accompanied by Nora Bumanis
Music

Homing (from Corona radiata – “Head”) accompanied by Nora Bumanis
12 Homing

The God of Cats (from Standard Candles) –  read by Bob Chelmick as part of CKUA’s Road Home program.