Danse Russe
William Carlos Williams
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Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work day, between seeing patients, he often dashed off poems on the backs of blank prescription pads that he kept in his pocket. This particular poem was written in just such a spontaneous way, after seeing the Russian Ballet perform in Manhattan. Each of the 16 readers in this collection took the challenge to make the same kind of leap - reading it spontaneously.
(Summary by Alan Davis-Drake) (0 hr 17 min)
Chapters
| Version 1 | 1:06 | Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
| Version 2 | 0:56 | Read by Chris Goringe |
| Version 3 | 0:55 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| Version 4 | 0:59 | Read by Ezwa |
| Version 5 | 1:00 | Read by Ianna Drake Rosenthal |
| Version 6 | 1:46 | Read by John Gonzalez |
| Version 7 | 1:01 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
| Version 8 | 1:07 | Read by featherheadfop |
| Version 9 | 1:05 | Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021) |
| Version 10 | 1:05 | Read by Lenny Glionna Jr. |
| Version 11 | 0:50 | Read by Laura M.D. |
| Version 12 | 1:17 | Read by Michael Sirois |
| Version 13 | 0:58 | Read by Maria Morabe |
| Version 14 | 0:56 | Read by Maddie |
| Version 15 | 1:02 | Read by Sean McKinley |
| Version 16 | 1:06 | Read by Sean McGaughey |