Mark Van Doren Reads from His Collected and New Poems

Mark Van Doren (1894–1972), poet, writer, critic, and scholar, reads 32 poems from his Collected and New Poems: 1926–1963. The range of his subjects is broad: children, animals, people of every sort, night and day, sun and snow, love, memory, and poets. The liner notes state “…his subject matter is the life of the mind as well as the life of the senses; neither to him is more important than the other; both are necessary for a full life.” Descriptive notes include an introduction and texts of the poems.

Track Listing

101	O World / Morning Worship / Prophet	Mark Van Doren	03:11
102	Undersong	Mark Van Doren	04:39
103	The God of Galaxies / He Loves Me / The Bird Desire	Mark Van Doren	03:21
104	Sonnet XXVIII / Soft, Soft, Soft / My Poor Love	Mark Van Doren	02:46
105	The Sign in the Sky / Unresponsive / Woman of Few Words	Mark Van Doren	02:46
106	The Deepest Dream / Born Brothers / Dialogue in December	Mark Van Doren	02:50
201	Civil War / This Amber Sunstream	Mark Van Doren	03:10
202	The Child at Winter Sunset / After Dry Weather / To a Child with Eyes/ Goodnight	Mark Van Doren	03:20
203	The Plague / Family Prime / Homer, Sidney, Philo / He's Coming	Mark Van Doren	03:51
204	The First Snow of the Year / Sleep, Grandmother	Mark Van Doren	03:13
205	Dunce Songs	Mark Van Doren	05:16
206	When the World Ends / Epitaph / Farewell and Thanksgiving	Mark Van Doren	01:46