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#YeatsDay Marks Birth Of Nobel Poet
June 13, 2012 marks the 147th birthday of WB Yeats. To mark the event, poetry readings were held in Sligo, but we wanted to do something different.
We’ve collected some Yeats recitations from YouTube and there’s lots more out there. Is there clips you would add? Drop links in the comments below so we can all check them out!
For the day that’s in it, the National Library of Ireland posted the image above of baby WB sketched by John Butler Yeats.
Actor Cyril Cusack reads The Second Coming:
From AthenaLearning
Our own Colin Farrell reads When You Are Old:
From poetictouch2012
The Stolen Child is recited by Anya Yalin over images from the computer game Second Life:
From tracechops
Have you ever heard Yeats recite his own poetry? It’s a bit odd…
From godfreemorals
The Waterboys embarked on a fascinating project, called An Appointment With Mr Yeats, in 2011. The album consists of songs based on Yeats’ poetry. Here, Mike Scott talks to Ronan Collins on RTE Radio about the idea and the influence of Yeats on his career:
From RTERadio1
On Twitter, people used the hashtag #YeatsDay to reflect on the poet’s influence, or to have fun with his words:
@JohnMoynes
John Moynes I shall arise and go now to Nantucket... #yeatsday
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And we will finish off, appropriately enough, in Sligo:
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