Listen "Hiber-Nation 18 -- A Handy Guide for Beggars Part 2.3 by Vachel Lindsay"
Episode Synopsis
Amazon: Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity (Paperbound)A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity,
by Vachel Lindsay.
True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen
states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers,
reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you
suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s
& '70s?
Part 2.3, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes:Poem "The Town of American Visions""On Being Entertained One Evening by College Boys"Poem "That Which Men Hail as Kings""Near Shickshinny, Part 1"Music by Kevin MacLeod.
by Vachel Lindsay.
True story. In 1906, young poet Vachel Lindsay wanders through a dozen
states, with no money and no baggage, staying with random strangers,
reciting poetry and teaching "The Gospel of Beauty." So, what do you
suppose that was like? Wonder why this book was popular in the 1960s
& '70s?
Part 2.3, "A Mendicant Pilgrimage in the East." Includes:Poem "The Town of American Visions""On Being Entertained One Evening by College Boys"Poem "That Which Men Hail as Kings""Near Shickshinny, Part 1"Music by Kevin MacLeod.