Mike Jackman, Words & Music

Tag: readings

  • Listen to Some of My Poems on Soundcloud

    Hearing a poem is often stronger and more enjoyable than reading one. I’ve placed audio files of me reading eight of my poems on Soundcloud. Enjoy these.

    Michael reads at Kentucky Homefront live taping, Louisville, KY, April 2017.
    Michael reads an original story at the Kentucky Homefront radio show live taping at Adath Jeshurun in Louisville, April, 2017. The show was a tribute to late singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.

    Pick an opening line:

    • “When spring began to breed mosquitos…” Listen (“DDT
      (Or, a psalm to dichloro-diphenyl tri-chloroethane)”‘
    • “Jim writes, ‘I feel like the designated scribe of the apocalypse…” Listen (“Bat Houses”)
    • “Mame, du host fayer gemakht…” (“Mama, you made fire…”) Listen (“Mama” By Razjel Zychlinsky, read by Michael Jackman in Yiddish and English)
    • “They kicked them off the field, the Yeshiva boys…” Listen (“Yeshiva Students Kicked off Baseball Field, Forest Park, Queens, Circa 1981”)
    • “I was playing war with little men of plastic…” Listen (“Blackout”)
    • “His Grace, Duke Gonzaga, exempted Salomone Rossi Hebreo…” Listen (“Mantua, 1606”)
    • “There are some rotting joists in the crawlspace…” Listen (“Letter from Spickert Knob;” Runner-up, Raynes Poetry Prize)
    • “How the rain, any rain, and the sun…” Listen (“How the rain”)

    If you enjoyed listening to my poems on Soundcloud, you might like to hear some of my music as well. I suggest my cover of “Colours” by Donovan.

    Michael, playing guitar; his dog Monty looks on
    Michael poses for a music publicity photo; his dog Monty looks on.

  • Slideshow from KY Homefront Show

    Here’s a slideshow of me reading my story “Belonging” on the Kentucky Homefront radio show taped 2 April 2017 in front of a live audience. It will be broadcast on WFPL, Louisville some time in 2017.

     

     

     

     

  • I’ll be appearing as a featured storyteller on Kentucky Homefront radio show – tickets available

    I’m excited to be the featured story teller on the Kentucky Homefront Radio Show, which will be recorded live in Louisville, KY on Sunday, April 2, 2017. Two shows will be taped that night. My friend and talented writer Bob Sachs will also be a featured storyteller. I’ll be performing during the second show.

    The first show will be a tribute to Bob Dylan, and the second, to Leonard Cohen, two great songwriter/poets we lost recently.

  • Found on MixCloud – Subterranean Phrases Spoken Word & Music Improv

    Okay, so this is pretty neat. I was searching the Web for info for my annual report at IU Southeast (performances, press, and such), and found a podcast of a poetry spoken word and music improv performance I did in October, 2013, for the Subterranean Phrases series at the Decca Restaurant in Louisville, KY.

    9 October 2013: Poet Michael Jackman with Ryan McCaslin, trumpet and Matt Taylor, keys.

  • enjoyed reading at the Tim Faulkner Gallery

    Thanks to Selena McCracken and the IU Southeast English Club for arranging the Kentuckiana Poetry Festival reading last night at the Tim Faulkner Gallery, and also allowing me to play some guitar as well. I hear it will be broadcast on WXOX 97.1 FM Louisville.

    My poetry/music set:

    1. “Who’ll Stop the Rain?” – Dan Fogerty/Creedence Clearwater Revival
    2. “Big Yellow Taxi” – Joni Mitchell
    3. “DDT, or A Psalm to dichloro-diphenyl tri-chloroethane” – Jackman
    4. “Bat Houses” – Jackman
    5. “Mame” – Razjel Zychlinsky – in Yiddish and then in English
    6. “Yeshiva Students Kicked Off Baseball Field, Forest Park, Queens, Circa 1981” – Jackman
    7. “Blackout” – Jackman
    8. “Mantua, 1606” – Jackman (Published – Jewish Currents, runner up Raynes Poetry Prize)
    9. “Letter from Spickert Knob” – Jackman
    10. “How the Rain” – Jackman

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Mike Jackman, Words & Music

Singer-Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, Writer