Poetry Breaks: Robert Bly Reads "Snowbanks North of the House"

The Poetry Breaks series is a series of videos filmed in the late 1980s and early 1990s by creator Leita Luchetti, who co-produced the series with the WGBH New Television Workshops. Poetry Breaks features short videos of internationally renowned poets reading their work, reading the work of other poets, and discussing their takes on poetry in a variety of locations. The Academy of American Poets has partnered with Luchetti to present these videos once again.

[@Minnesota418]

The first snow of Minnesota today, so I came here looking for this poem. The spoken delivery by Robert is always captivating.

[@Bastikovski99]

I remember the first time I heard this poem, in the community college poetry class where I met my wife. It instantly transported me back to age 7, at my grandparents’ house in upstate NY in winter. They had 9 children, and every sibling and their kids would crowd into the house on Christmas. Very fond memories.

[@ChurlsBeardSmug]

God bless Robert Bly but here he looks and sounds like Pee-Wee Herman doing an impersonation of Bill Murray reading poetry

[@DavidComdico]

No. It's pure Phil Hartman. Still, great poem.

[@akimbonorman]

peace.