In order to deliver a poem effectively, a presenter must first understand what the poet
is conveying in the work. The artist must recognize the literary devices in the piece.
The performer must know the emotions behind each line. The following poems are
delivered by the performers with sense, sound, and soul.

Dr. Howard and UMHB Performance Studies Students/Alumni perform great poetry,
present techniques in poetry performance, and instruct/critique poetry presenters via
television, videoconferencing, and videostreaming for Texas Nafas, BellNet, and TISD.



Repertoire Performed by UMHB Performance Studies Students/Alumni
Prefaced by Dr. Diane Howard
for a Texa Nafas Television Documentary
on Performance of Poetry, May 2001

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost performed by Jane Polach

Bitter Strawberries by Sylvia Plath performed by Jessica Stockel

Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen performed by Peter McBride

Reflection on the Viet Nam War Memorial by Jeffery Harrison performed by Melinda Lovorn

Children Rhymes by Langston Hughes performed by Lisa Banks

The Cross by Langston Hughes performed by Shannon Robinson

A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes performed by Lisa Banks

Negro by Langston Hughes performed by Christine Pointer

Ithaca by Constantin Cavafy performed by Michael Peterson

I eared by Phedi Tlhobolo performed by Okechukwu Iwundu

Psalm 27 from The Bible performed by Lacey Thomas

If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking by Emily Dickinson performed by Cynthia Thibodeau

Psalm 63 from The Bible performed by Cynthia Brehm

The Wastelands by T.S. Eliot performed by Julie Kendig

In Memoriam by Alfred Lord Tennyson performed by Jenna Artus

The Delicate Rose by Sor Juana Inez De La Cruz performed by Sandra Rodriquez

The Balcony by Octavio Paz performed by Natalia Trejo

Years from Now by Kim Sowol performed by Angela Espada

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou performed by Christine Pointer

What If I am A Woman by Claudette Elaine Sims performed by Carlotta Russell Maneice

Coming Home by Roger Bradford performed by Suzanne White

Sonnet CXVI by William Shakespeare performed by Jessica Roush

Portuguese Love Sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning performed by Lauren Chamberlain

Performances of Poetry
Performed by UMHB Performance Studies Students
Prefaced by Dr. Diane Howard
Texa Nafas Television
May 2002

To a Louse by Robert Burns performed by Robyn Renfroe

Her Story by Naomi Long Madgett performed by Angelique Myers

Day of the Refugios by Alberto Rios performed by Brisa Ruiz 

Poverty Knock by an anonymous author performed by Mark Arrazola

I Never Heard the Word Escape by Emily Dickinson performed by Amy Vessels

That I Did Always Love by Emily Dickinson performed by Emily Kidwell  

A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost performed by Alma Shirtum

Stars by Robert Frost performed by Chase Williams

On the Late Massacre at Piedmont by John Milton performed by Ryan Busby

At Solemn Music by John Milton performed by Aaron Rosberg

The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake performed by Jessica Leonard

Love's Secret by William Blake performed by Stephen Milillo

Songs of Experience by William Blake performed by Josh Gwyn

The Asylum by MD Burke performed by Ginny Byrd

Ocean by Isabelle Burke performed by Christy Edwards

I Am Not Yours by Sarah Teasdale performed by Rhonda Bailey

Light Of Stars by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow performed by Eric Clawsen

America for Me by Henry Van Dyke performed by Kathy Olin  

Performances of Poetry
Performed by UMHB Performance Studies Students
Prefaced by Dr. Diane Howard
Texa Nafas Television
May 2003

Arnold Winkelried by James Montgomery  performed by Benjamin Tindall

Performances of Poetry
Performed by UMHB Performance Studies Students
Prefaced by Dr. Diane Howard
Texa Nafas Television
May 2, 2005

Colette Chadwell- Job 6

Amy Lunde- If I Forget Jerusalem by Yehuda Amichi

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