The Performances
The Poetry of War
Created and Arranged by Barbara Adams
Directed by Christine Crawfis
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY!
Friday. November 5, 2004
8 PM
Unison Arts and Learning Center
Mountain Rest Road in New Paltz
Admission: $9 for Unison members
and $12 for non-members
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Carnage on a monstrous scale is the inevitable outcome of war, yet poets are often born in battle. The poems in this program cover 600 years of war, from Henry IV to World War II. They were written by patriots, soldiers turned pacifists, impotent observers, and a nurse. There are a rare few written by women. Poets include Shakespeare, Tennyson, Hardy, Yeats, Sassoon, Owen, Auden, Whitman, Jarrell, Hecht, Simic, Eberhart, and McGinley.
Readers for The Poetry of War will include Guy Anthony, Ruth Berg, Gerard Brooks, William Connors and June Finer.
