
Before the printed word was the oral tradition of the minstrel, the troubadour, the travelling player, the wandering prophet or griot, the magician. Words are made to be spoken out loud, especially when they are crafted for expression with sound and senses involved. This is the...

Bart Wolffe has been writing poetry for many years and this handy pocket edition is a personal choice of his poems that he enjoys reading aloud. The spoken word, when weighed well, can evoke and resonate and turn language into a living art, the voice into an atmospheric experience...