[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, March 9, 1967] / Jon Silkin.

Recorded in 146 Diefendorf Hall, University at Buffalo on March 9, 1967 on a 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.

Poet Jon Silkin performs poetry from A peaceable kingdom (1954), The re-ordering of the stones (1961), Nature with man (1965) and Amana grass (1971). Silkin relates the story of his infant son's death and also about his concern for the welfare of animals.

Jon Silkin.

The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries. Digital conversion was made possible through a 2009 National Endowment for the Humanities grant.

1967

Sound recording

PCR294

from A peaceable kingdom:A death to us --Caring for animals --Death of a son --The child --Burying. --from The re-ordering of the stones:The coldness. --from Nature with man:Defense --Dandelion --Lilies of the valley --A strawberry plant --A daisy --Moss.from Amana grass:Divisions.

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