The Power of Poetry, with Helena Bonham Carter and Jason Isaacs

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @Intelligence-Squared
    @Intelligence-Squared  4 года назад +179

    Did you enjoy this talk on the power of poetry? Then check out our video about letters that changed the world - ruclips.net/video/luMEjKFt5Qk/видео.html
    Letters include those from Michelangelo, Catherine the Great, Sarah Bernhardt, Rosa Parks, Virginia Woolf, Alan Turing and Leonard Cohen. Some are inspiring, some unsettling, others express foreboding and despair. Many celebrate love and sex.
    A cast of performers, including Young Vic director Kwame Kwei-Armah, rising star Jade Anouka, Dunkirk actor Jack Lowden, and West End star Tamsin Greig, brought the letters to life on stage.

    • @sirtomcrane4102
      @sirtomcrane4102 4 года назад +5

      Beautiful. "Short" significant poems....the most awe filled joy filled show. 'A few colorful/less "leaves' of grass'': great for those who experience the resonance of grace when they pick up a pen....where letters are enlivened in the "cave of the heart".

    • @kathymilkez1844
      @kathymilkez1844 4 года назад +3

      Disyphering the mirrors that unveil the soul coming towards the present. To see the morning sun and feel the warmth of an entire nation.
      Words
      Trusts
      Rippling water
      Art
      Part.

    • @PoetDesh
      @PoetDesh 3 года назад

      Of course, being a poet myself!

    • @ritazeghers499
      @ritazeghers499 3 года назад

      @@sirtomcrane4102 a

    • @astrodelik1972
      @astrodelik1972 3 года назад

      Me

  • @BarbaraMerryGeng
    @BarbaraMerryGeng 4 года назад +2028

    I came for Helena , but ended up finding deep appreciation for everyone on the panel ..

  • @elenahessinger3229
    @elenahessinger3229 4 года назад +1757

    The poems:
    10:19 - The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
    12:39 - Celia Celia by Adrian Mitchell
    14:53 - Your Task by Rumi
    17:39 - It Happens All The Time in Heaven by Hafiz
    26:00 - Atlas by U. A. Fanthorpe
    28:03 - Voice by Ann Sansom
    31:05 - The Price by Stewart Henson
    34:47 - Two Cures For Love by Wendy Cope
    41:27 - The Mistake by James Fenton
    45:13 - Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert
    48:05 - Love After Love by Derek Walcott
    54:06 - All That is Gold Does Not Glitter by J. R. R. Tolkien
    1:01:39 - Golden Retrievals by Mark Doty
    1:04:26 - Bedecked by Victoria Redel

  • @tfox285
    @tfox285 4 года назад +730

    Many literature classes nearly murdered my love of words. They had us participate in the autopsy of great works. Eviscerating, cataloguing, breaking them down to pieces so small and disarticulated that the beauty of the whole was unrecognizable.

    • @MelindaColden
      @MelindaColden 4 года назад +17

      beautifully said

    • @strawberrypez2938
      @strawberrypez2938 4 года назад +25

      Hence when people hear the word _poetry_, they squirm and mumble under their breath

    • @deefee701
      @deefee701 4 года назад +23

      Me too, put me off reading and that is my passion! It took ages to get back to books after leaving school.

    • @adelasussman3838
      @adelasussman3838 4 года назад +10

      Yes, I had the same experience. It's too bad. I wonderful teacher is one of the world's greatest gifts!

    • @hookbeak3516
      @hookbeak3516 4 года назад +1

      @Lily Anderson Oh please its ' literature' not 'litriture' did you not receive the red wavy line of Professor Spell Check on your device?

  • @thepoetryland
    @thepoetryland 4 года назад +200

    I love what Jeanette Winterson says about things outside of you will get destroyed easily, but the things inside stays.

    • @sobrevida157
      @sobrevida157 4 года назад +5

      Yes. I once heard that a possession is something you have that cannot be taken away... that's not much, is it? Our love, our hate? Our joy, our pain? Our knowledge, our memories. . . it's all inside.

    • @AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor
      @AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor 4 года назад

      So true!

    • @bhanu14pratap92
      @bhanu14pratap92 3 года назад

      Do follow me for some poetry :)! @agratagupta

    • @fruityblue9784
      @fruityblue9784 3 года назад +1

      Reminds me of the song Marceline sings in Adventure time called “Everything Stays” and it’s one of my absolute favorite songs!

    • @yolandadenblanken5536
      @yolandadenblanken5536 3 года назад

      I wonder

  • @MsSabrinator
    @MsSabrinator 4 года назад +65

    “The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it’s as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.”
    Alan Bennett, The History Boys

    • @yaknbo
      @yaknbo 3 года назад

      well said

    • @elly3359
      @elly3359 2 месяца назад

      I read this comment at exactly as it was being mentioned here 50:10

  • @TommyLikeTom
    @TommyLikeTom 4 года назад +242

    Helena Bonham Carter almost sings when she recites the poem. It's speech that is on the verge of singing

  • @kailaleegibbons6143
    @kailaleegibbons6143 6 лет назад +1680

    I'm here for Helena Bonham Carter

  • @JustHereForCatVideos
    @JustHereForCatVideos 4 года назад +410

    This video is two years old, and RUclips finally recommended it to me. Awesome to see Bellatrix Lestrange and Lucius Malfoy reading Muggle literature.

    • @mammamia17
      @mammamia17 3 года назад +6

      C mamo JAJSJJWHWHW

    • @ozsfi
      @ozsfi 3 года назад +3

      I once was driven home in a car with open top by an English boyfriend. Suddenly he said a bit of poem to me. I have forgotten what it was but it was amazing what an effect it had on me, just because it was in rhyme.

    • @Eimii_i
      @Eimii_i 3 года назад +3

      Nicu B- That’s what I thought!

    • @roxannemarie7859
      @roxannemarie7859 3 года назад +3

      Best comment

    • @ThatOn3simp
      @ThatOn3simp 2 месяца назад +1

      Its been 6 years..thanks youtube for nothing..I literally only have Helena on my page

  • @sophiawenbo8144
    @sophiawenbo8144 3 года назад +74

    Helena knows how to read.....she's literally got me engrossed into listening....

  • @audraelynnegrimmelhaussen8808
    @audraelynnegrimmelhaussen8808 4 года назад +167

    Jason Isaacs is so underrated.

  • @beatriced222
    @beatriced222 5 лет назад +135

    "Phenomenal woman,that's me"
    Omg,these words suit Helena so much!
    I love when she reads btw

  • @garimasane7713
    @garimasane7713 4 года назад +602

    Bellatrix and Lucius sitting and smiling..... WHY AREN'T PEOPLE RUNNING??

  • @Annayasha
    @Annayasha 4 года назад +194

    this is one of the most fascinating talks I've ever seen. In this time where everyone overtalks eachother and there's a lack of a real conversation hearing all this incredibly smart and sensible.people is like a breath of fresh air. Really amazing 🌟

    • @SparkleOnWithJoyfulJon
      @SparkleOnWithJoyfulJon 4 года назад +2

      I agree. ✨

    • @muncangel5993
      @muncangel5993 4 года назад +7

      well said! i just send it to a friend...this event is so uplifting in many ways...even if I only understood let´s say about 94%...I will again listen to it. The way they listen and speek with so much awareness is awesome...very inspiring to practice this kind of spoken art again moer often...

    • @nathanbranson9149
      @nathanbranson9149 2 года назад

      Intelligence Squared does a good job of creating a culture where everyone has designated time to talk, so it gives people space to relax a bit and elaborate.

  • @royalindication
    @royalindication 4 года назад +39

    I just love how Helena always transpires a mysterious aura around her. It's so fascinating. I'm really glad I clicked this video. Also 7 am here.

  • @dr.aniasara7038
    @dr.aniasara7038 4 года назад +20

    As a Poet from 17, I love this, and what you are exposing others to. I am finally creating books about my journey. Poetry is a part of my doctorate treatise. I am now 70 years young.

  • @blessing.mp4
    @blessing.mp4 4 года назад +98

    RUclips recommended this to me two days ago and it had 50k views, now it’s at 66k and I’m so happy they’ve finally got their priorities right

  • @janswimwild
    @janswimwild 4 года назад +39

    “I had no language of my own and it’s the first time language has ever left me and it was very frightening” Jeanette Winterson, incredibly powerful understated words.
    This is a wonderful video, a gem in every phrase spoken or recited. Thank you.

  • @glennewton7034
    @glennewton7034 4 года назад +125

    I’m only 30 minutes into this video and this is probably, possibly one of my favourite videos on RUclips so far. Beautiful

    • @Allegedly_Me
      @Allegedly_Me 4 года назад +3

      Agreed. And the first one that had me taking notes and rewinding every few minutes just to enjoy the brilliance of their performances (William and Jeanette just as much as the others!) all over again. And again.

    • @sarahjohnson3313
      @sarahjohnson3313 4 года назад +2

      Same

    • @muncangel5993
      @muncangel5993 3 года назад +2

      so true...watched it multiple times now...seems to have been a wonderful event...the athmosphere is just so light and loving somehow...I sometimes just listen to it while ironing or so ;-)...also good language training...still words I have to learn...and it makes me want to understand every single world :-)

    • @cupofteawithpoetry
      @cupofteawithpoetry 2 года назад

      I agree! Just wish I'd been there in person.

  • @normadesmond6017
    @normadesmond6017 4 года назад +14

    Let Helena Bonham Carter just talk about anything and I am happy with it.

  • @tinaw.9485
    @tinaw.9485 4 года назад +22

    My favorite definition of poetry is that poems are “the stories of the soul.”

  • @alexantonopoulos4120
    @alexantonopoulos4120 3 года назад +6

    You know, I first discovered this in 2018, and all these years I have been revisiting it every couple of months. What I'm trying to says is, this is the greatest video on RUclips.

  • @lisaoppenheim8149
    @lisaoppenheim8149 4 года назад +23

    I really appreciate Jeannette Winterson: she was profound, humorous, and an active listener. I will return to more of her own writings.

  • @helenedwards1468
    @helenedwards1468 4 года назад +5

    Thank you so much. I cried. I finally acknowledged to myself that my late husband was not wholly responsible for our rather stale marriage, Voices.I also realised something that is a real comfort now, we also flew, really flew. Hearing such erudite people has awakened such a joy in me, awake half of the night finding poems on the internet, especially Anthony Wilson, Lifesaving poems. In this second lockdown this will be such an internal happiness, no one can lock that down. Thank you again, hope you haven’t minded me making this personal, i can imagine the poetry pharmacy sessions get quite intense.

  • @samr2c854
    @samr2c854 4 года назад +40

    Helena Bonham Carter made me speechless while reading reading that Phenomenal Woman..wow!!

  • @mellonlord4616
    @mellonlord4616 4 года назад +30

    Jason's reading of Voice was IT.

    • @Allegedly_Me
      @Allegedly_Me 4 года назад

      But also his reading of The peace of wild things with that American accent!

  • @theempress1104
    @theempress1104 4 года назад +79

    OMG, the definition of Poetry being language at its most concentrated and most distilled. Amazing words. So true. Poetry is almost like a picture being worth a thousand words in its power to convey so much in such little time.

  • @arvenblack5656
    @arvenblack5656 6 лет назад +396

    The moment u see Bellatrix and Lucius sitting next to each other

    • @GemmaJohnshat
      @GemmaJohnshat 4 года назад +10

      Tom Burke (who sits centre-stage in this video) is also the godson of Alan Rickman (Snape), Great Britain is a small island....

    • @esmefishman6656
      @esmefishman6656 4 года назад

      @@GemmaJohnshat and every single person on it seems to have been in Harry Potter

  • @iris9618
    @iris9618 4 года назад +36

    Woah this poetry reading really blew me away. As a teacher (to be) there's so much usefull stuff in here, even though I'm in Belgium and don't teach English but Dutch. I'm about to translate some of the poems and use those in my lessons. Really loved Helena's reading of Phenomenal Woman!

  • @turkeysub7168
    @turkeysub7168 4 года назад +242

    I wish Alan Rickman could have been apart of this line up reciting poetry 💔😭

  • @inxbyinxby7837
    @inxbyinxby7837 4 года назад +313

    So glad RUclips suggested this. I've been so starved for this kind of conversation. A poem recommendation "Listen.." by Ogden Nash.

    • @samanthabinns90
      @samanthabinns90 4 года назад +1

      Wow! Stonking recommendation. Thank you for sharing the love.

    • @Kelly_r_v
      @Kelly_r_v 4 года назад

      Me too!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @wickandde
      @wickandde 4 года назад

      Same.

    • @hookbeak3516
      @hookbeak3516 4 года назад +1

      inxby inxby Listen...
      ' There is a knocking in the skull,
      An endless silent shout
      Of something beating on a wall,
      And crying , "Let me out!"
      and this continues for
      another five stanzas.
      Very tasty, deliciously
      dark.

    • @CelebrianUndomiel
      @CelebrianUndomiel 4 года назад +1

      "His lonliest is when he pretends that he is not alone" ...jesus, that hit me hard

  • @jamesjohngarner
    @jamesjohngarner 6 лет назад +315

    "I hope you recognize the voice". Yes, it sounds exactly like Emma Thompson's.

    • @nanonano03
      @nanonano03 6 лет назад +20

      I was actually just listening (not watching bc i was doing some other things) and i thought it was Emma T.

    • @28105wsking
      @28105wsking 4 года назад

      Yes, I thot so too. But I'm an ignorant American and Emma's is the one I know best. How delightful that there is more than one wonderful voice!

    • @starchf
      @starchf 4 года назад

      No lah

    • @marcbuccola253
      @marcbuccola253 4 года назад +3

      @@johnmulligan455 she is one of the best journalist from radio 4 bbc. The greater, and charming Sarah Montague. Marc from France.

    • @YiskaGudricht
      @YiskaGudricht 4 года назад

      jamesjohngarner where is Emma T.?

  • @wiktoria_dyszy
    @wiktoria_dyszy 4 года назад +2

    English is not my language . It’s strange for me to feel and understand poetry cause during my lessons at school never understood it in my native language but here I understand and feel it. I have joy listening and it’s giving me reflections that’s amazing

  • @ShuaybGanatra
    @ShuaybGanatra 4 года назад +144

    POEMS READ IN THE PROGRAM 1/2
    The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
    When despair for the world grows in me
    and I wake in the night at the least sound
    in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
    I go and lie down where the wood drake
    rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
    I come into the peace of wild things
    who do not tax their lives with forethought
    of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
    And I feel above me the day-blind stars
    waiting with their light. For a time
    I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
    Celia Celia by Adrian Mitchell
    When I am sad and weary
    When I think all hope has gone
    When I walk along High Holborn
    I think of you with nothing on.
    Your Task by Rumi
    Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.
    (attributed to Rumi and translator is unknown.)
    It Happens All The Time In Heaven by Hafiz
    It happens all the time in heaven,
    And some day
    It will begin to happen
    Again on earth -
    That men and women who are married,
    And men and men who are
    Lovers,
    And women and women
    Who give each other
    Light,
    Often will get down on their knees
    And while so tenderly
    Holding their lover’s hand,
    With tears in their eyes,
    Will sincerely speak, saying,
    My dear,
    How can I be more loving to you;
    How can I be more kind?
    (From The Subject Tonight Is Love, renderings by Daniel Ladinsky)
    Atlas by UA Fanthorpe
    There is a kind of love called maintenance,
    Which stores the WD40 and knows when to use it;
    Which checks the insurance, and doesn’t forget
    The milkman; which remembers to plant bulbs;
    Which answers letters; which knows the way
    The money goes, which deals with dentists
    And Road Fund Tax and meeting trains,
    And postcards to the lonely; which upholds
    The permanently rickety elaborate
    Structures of living; which is Atlas.
    And maintenance is the sensible side of love,
    Which knows what time and weather are doing
    To my brickwork; insulates my faulty wiring;
    Laughs at my dryrotten jokes; remembers
    My need for gloss and grouting; which keeps
    My suspect edifice upright in the air,
    As Atlas did the sky.
    Voice by Ann Sansom
    Call, by all means, but just once
    don’t use the broken heart again voice;
    the I’m sick to death of life and women
    and romance voice but with a little help
    I’ll try to struggle on voice
    Spare me the promise and the curse
    voice, the ansafoney Call me, please
    when you get in voice, the nobody knows
    the trouble I’ve seen voice; the I’d value
    your advice voice.
    I want the how it was voice;
    the call me irresponsible but aren’t I nice voice;
    the such a bastard but I warn them in advance voice.
    The We all have weaknesses
    and mine is being wicked voice
    the life’s short and wasting time’s
    the only vice voice, the stay in touch,
    but out of reach voice. I want to hear
    the things it’s better not to broach voice
    the things it’s wiser not to voice voice.
    The Price by Stuart Henson
    Sometimes it catches when the fumes rise up
    among the throbbing lights of cars, or as
    you look away to dodge eye-contact with
    your own reflection in the carriage-glass;
    or in a waiting-room a face reminds you
    that the colour supplements have lied
    and some have pleasure and some pay the price.
    Then all the small securities you built
    about your house, your desk, your calendar
    are blown like straws; and momentarily,
    as if a scent of ivy or the earth
    had opened up a childhood door, you pause,
    to take the measure of what might have been
    against the kind of life you settled for.
    Two Cures for Love by Wendy Cope
    1. Don’t see him. Don’t phone or write a letter.
    2. The easy way: get to know him better.

  • @chopin65
    @chopin65 3 года назад +2

    Jeanette Winterson's greatness can be observed in her tremendous capacity for joy, compassion for the comedy in pain, and the salvation she preserves for us all.
    Thank you, Jeanette Winterson. Your art makes life bearable.

  • @inotherwords2024
    @inotherwords2024 4 года назад +155

    A poem is a secret the heart cannot keep ❤️ -robin wiencek

    • @musicfan1935
      @musicfan1935 4 года назад +2

      then it's not a secret

    • @hookbeak3516
      @hookbeak3516 4 года назад +3

      Can you keep a secret
      Can you keep it well,
      Can you keep a secret
      And never, never tell?

    • @hookbeak3516
      @hookbeak3516 4 года назад +2

      If I were a tree
      All my life, &
      my colour
      would hide
      beneath, the
      leaves
      that
      fall.
      " Take a rake & scrape them in a neat pile, my dear "

    • @AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor
      @AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor 4 года назад

      Beautiful.

    • @keatsgipsy9991
      @keatsgipsy9991 4 года назад

      ❤️

  • @Remnants100
    @Remnants100 Год назад +1

    I have been a Poet in isolation all of my life; how I now wish I had engaged with others of that ilk. So much can be shared and absorbed through a forum such as this one. My sincere thanks to all concerned and to 'Intelligence squared'

  • @suzannedesylva3805
    @suzannedesylva3805 4 года назад +57

    "...carbon beings in a silicon world..." I am so happy to have found this channel.

    • @milan4989
      @milan4989 4 года назад

      which poem is this from? i might have missed it in the video ^^;

    • @mrunalvora209
      @mrunalvora209 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@milan4989 The second poem... Celia Celia... Hower about 10 mins in and i guess you'll find it

  • @taylorraven9765
    @taylorraven9765 3 года назад +2

    The story William told about the gay Muslim man just hits hard. The atmosphere was quiet and emotional. The poem is wonderful.

  • @SewHungryHippie
    @SewHungryHippie 4 года назад +6

    Completely amazed at the power of this talk and the poems. I came for Helena and ended up staying the whole way through, impacted powerfully. Thank you.

  • @denise2169
    @denise2169 3 года назад +2

    I came for Helena, and had never really understood the power of poetry until I heard this. Thank you!

  • @nengkai10
    @nengkai10 3 года назад +4

    Poetry is really powerful, it brings out the angel and monster of the reader but also hits the very bottom of emotions. How I wish I had this experience in the classroom when I was a student, I would have appreciated it more in my early years.

  • @MandyJMaddison
    @MandyJMaddison 4 года назад +4

    8 and a half minutes in, and I am still sitting here stunned by Jeanette Winterson's description of encountering T.S Elliott. ......The discussion had rolled on, without any acknowledgement of what she said. It is almost as if there was nothing to add. So powerful a description of the power of poetry!

  • @jennyoshea1958
    @jennyoshea1958 4 года назад +20

    I'd never heard of William before. He talks so profoundly. I'm going to buy his book 🌟 I thoroughly enjoyed this talk and felt that everyone contributed something lovely for me to take away.

  • @Draculhuhn
    @Draculhuhn 4 года назад +99

    That was phenomenal.... I never dared going near poems. Now I might venture into a new adventure

    • @groderck14
      @groderck14 4 года назад

      Do it, you won't regret it♡

    • @nfv9039
      @nfv9039 4 года назад +7

      I don’t know why every time I try to do something artistic I just get stuck. With poems too I just can’t find the words to express what I want

    • @BlackStrawberry79
      @BlackStrawberry79 4 года назад +3

      @@nfv9039 just read a lot, the more you read the more you become comfortable with words and using and manipulating language to mean what you want it to mean.

  • @karlroger6481
    @karlroger6481 4 года назад +56

    The Poet is the legislature of the heart and soul. Invisible commanders of their own world, their own unique perspective, The ubiquitous point of view, which in any given moment is always and in in everything unique. My favorite poets are Walt Whitman and Rumi. The so called secular world and the sacred world are both aspects of the One Reality. The separation between the two are conceptual only. They say the poet sees the world through rose tinted spectacles. Not true! The poet see it as it is, the good and bad and the ugly. The poet sees that to which everybody else around is oblivious to, until they are reminded. I could say more, but ponder on it. Explanations can sometimes be traps. No matter what I know, how much I know, how much I understand, I can tell you nothing that you don't already know. Poetry truly is the elixir for the soul.

    • @meadowrae1491
      @meadowrae1491 4 года назад

      @K C I'm glad your kind is relegated to the internet and is no longer welcomed in the public square. I'm sorry you've chosen to live your precious life this way.

  • @KxNOxUTA
    @KxNOxUTA 2 года назад +1

    48th-ish minute. Me coming from a Tom Hiddleston video cause I saw Helena Bonham Carter in the thumbnail. I click into the middle of the video. She speaks a sentence and it hits me, that this iis the exact same poem that truck me, when Tom Hiddleston read it in another video a day or two ago. The Very Same Poem is haunting me. And it's reminding me AGAIN what I keep getting reminded of frequently in card readings. To feast on life and bring joy back in.
    Here I am, trying, while at the bottom of things.
    Moreso than ever. When even getting this far has cost me tremendous effort.

  • @tinaw.9485
    @tinaw.9485 4 года назад +142

    In my SIX minutes of viewing, I have been interrupted with commercials THREE times. What a shame to mar such a soul-filling discussion with these excessive breaks. It discourages viewing a program from which many would benefit.

    • @BarbaraMerryGeng
      @BarbaraMerryGeng 4 года назад +4

      Sign up for RUclips premium ? no ads

    • @tenyc3449
      @tenyc3449 4 года назад +18

      Seriously. Quite annoying and completely distracted from the conversation. It's fairly sad when videos on what used to be a free platform for information and content sharing have turned into greed and money accumulation for folks who don't even have a need for said money.

    • @magnoem1
      @magnoem1 4 года назад +16

      get an adblocker
      fuck youtube

    • @itsokay2606
      @itsokay2606 4 года назад +2

      @@tenyc3449 don't be greedy yourself. Pay for a good quality content made for you to enjoy

    • @joffy9373
      @joffy9373 4 года назад +14

      Here girl, let me give you a real life hack, either A use pc, aka Adblocker, or if on phone, fast forward the video until the end and dont have autoplay on next video on in the settings. It will remove all the ads, then just click replay on the video - no ads, enjoy.

  • @taylorraven9765
    @taylorraven9765 3 года назад +2

    I really like Tom's recitations. His voice is mesmerising.

  • @nanonano03
    @nanonano03 6 лет назад +41

    I love Helena!!! I'm here for Helena Bonham Carter! ^_^

  • @DadePomsouvan
    @DadePomsouvan 5 лет назад +23

    Poetry is not just words, but also the silent voice that speaks to our soul!

    • @teok.391
      @teok.391 4 года назад

      This is poem by itself! Love it!

    • @teok.391
      @teok.391 4 года назад

      This is poem by itself!

  • @joeygenes
    @joeygenes 4 года назад +3

    It happens all the time in heaven had me choking and sobbing for a few moments. I bursted to tears.

  • @pedroheberle6665
    @pedroheberle6665 4 года назад +17

    I find difficult to express how much I love the Internet

  • @arbre4all
    @arbre4all 5 лет назад +11

    Wow, I cried during "It happens all the time in heaven". I needed that.

  • @etherealtb6021
    @etherealtb6021 4 года назад +14

    My goodness. This just came up on my playlist & even though I wasn't really interested, I love Jason Isaacs & studied literature, so I let it play. My God! I had no idea the affect this would have on me. That poem, The Mistake, resonated so hard with me. Thank you.

  • @伊藤愛真-v1h
    @伊藤愛真-v1h 4 года назад +6

    It is so good to hear English with British accent! Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed all the poems read here and learned the importance of poems in our lives.

  • @petercrossley2956
    @petercrossley2956 4 года назад +11

    As a gay man in his 70s, C.P. Cavafy (brought to me by an actress of a play of whom I was SM in the '60s) has become my go-to poet in times of distress and joy. Please give him a try. Garcia Lorca's poetry can also absorb and elucidate the blazing fire and gentle meadow streams that are part of any sentient being's life.

  • @aaronmcmurray2629
    @aaronmcmurray2629 4 года назад +17

    Got goosebumps when Helena read out Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman"

    • @CelebrianUndomiel
      @CelebrianUndomiel 4 года назад

      Me too! Every woman needs to recite that to herself every morning into the mirror.

  • @thestreamer1481
    @thestreamer1481 4 года назад +2

    my favorite poem is :
    Shre nazg golugranu kilmi-nudu,
    Ombi kuzddurbagu gundum-ishi,
    Nugu gurunkilu bard gurutu,
    Ash Burz-Durbagu burzum-ishi,
    Daghburz-ishi makha gulshu darulu.
    Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
    ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul,
    Daghburz-ishi makha gulshu darulu.

  • @silver17s91
    @silver17s91 4 года назад +34

    Helena and Jason and Poetry? It seems like my kind of party :o

  • @denise2169
    @denise2169 3 года назад +1

    « Let the words do something to you; don’t do something to the words. »
    As a teacher, I love to help children find the power and emotions in words. It’s also important to help students learn to respect the feelings of others, through sharing and celebrating their words. We talk about how it takes courage to share our personal work. We don’t count syllables or worry about rhyme (thought they can use rhyme, if they wish), but focus on the snapshot of time that the words give to us.
    For me and my students, success is not about rhyme (as one of the panelist’s said, this can easily kill poetry if the focus is overdone), but is rather about expressing something that is personal, powerful and unique for that moment.

  • @cisamalfoy6305
    @cisamalfoy6305 4 года назад +9

    Jason Isaacs ♥♥♥ HBC and Poetry = Perfection.

  • @chrisparsonson420
    @chrisparsonson420 4 года назад +2

    I'm 78. When I was at school a trainee teacher introduced us to 'Other Men's Flowers'. Poems collected by Load Wavell. It was first printed in 1941. I bought my kids a copy each two years ago (2008). I've had a copy since I left school. My first copy got lost so I had to replace it.

  • @n3bie
    @n3bie 6 лет назад +27

    Really enjoyed this! Thank you all involved! Mr. Isaacs, you're a fantastic reader. I loved you as Malfoy, AND as Lorca, loved you as the inquisitor, loved you as Commander Zhao, loved you as Captain Hook and in so many other roles, and I was so excited to see your involvement with my first love, poetry.

  • @alibeaumont-filder3185
    @alibeaumont-filder3185 4 года назад +2

    Opened my eyes, ears , mind and soul. James Fenton poem ... sadly brings the deepest realisation. Yet so many enlightenments still unfolding .

  • @merxeddie6474
    @merxeddie6474 5 лет назад +19

    Why do pathological angry bitter personalities bother to roam RUclips simply to regurgitate their bile over us who simply want to be entertained,educated,and yes amused Poetry has been an inspiration a consolation and by the genius of the creative artist helped to develop my sensibilities and fully relish the English language.Great actors and authors reading great poems for an hour and half! How bads that sados.

  • @karenhall2988
    @karenhall2988 4 года назад +2

    I loved seeing Jason Issacs rapt attention as the final poem was read. Complete presence, totally in the moment. Bliss. That alone, could tempt a non-believer to try poetry at least once. Wonderful recording. Thanks to all involved. God be with the days.

  • @nuandamele5360
    @nuandamele5360 4 года назад +14

    Thank you so much for this ear - and mind massage. I found this video because I searched videos with helena bonham carter and I endet up with buing the book. And like the book, I can watch and mostly listen this video several times. It is a beatiful conversation. And it was the first time I learned that when a poem is read and I hear every savoring of each word the poem comes so much more to life than silence reading. So next time i read a poem, I have to read it loud.
    Thank you!

  • @oflightbeguile
    @oflightbeguile 4 года назад +2

    She lit a burner on the stove
    And offered me a pipe
    I thought you'd never say hello, she said
    You look like the silent type
    Then she opened up a book of poems
    And handed it to me
    Written by an Italian poet
    From the thirteenth century
    And everyone of them words rang true
    And glowed like burnin' coal
    Pourin' off of every page
    Like it was written in my soul
    From me to you
    Tangled up in blue-BOB DYLAN. I collect lyrics and poems in my mind, to me it's a about those little lines of truth that help sort our head or make us smile, their meaning can change when you change.

  • @tiffsaver
    @tiffsaver 4 года назад +14

    I truly enjoyed this hour, thank you so much for posting:)
    I'm a guy largely raised on the movies, when there was a TV show in the sixties called, "The Twilight Zone," and the writer/creator was the wonderful Rod Serling. As a combat veteran of WWII, many of his episodes centered around the inhumanity and irony of war. In one of my favorite episodes called, "Changing Of The Guard," Serling quoted several lines from poets like Browning, and even as a brainless 14-year old, I found myself curiously moved by the timeless beauty of their words. It seems that through the often vacuous medium of television I have managed to learn some magnificent quotes from the great poets and writers, from Shakespeare to Roddenberry, words that have stayed with me like old, dependable friends for over 60-years.

  • @Kelly_r_v
    @Kelly_r_v 4 года назад +2

    I found this youtube account thanks to algorithm gods and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREATFUL. The poem "failing and flying " brought me to tears. Thank you for this and if you can please listen to their episode about SPEECHES that changed history. Another gem!!!!!!!!

  • @lordwolfgangjosephuskaiser6778
    @lordwolfgangjosephuskaiser6778 4 года назад +3

    Great Video.
    Helena Bonham Carter is like Amy Nuttall, Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman, Daniel Craig, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Karen Gillan, Bonnie Wright, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley, Geoffrey Rush, Jeremy Irons one of my favorite actors and artists.

  • @julietsaruhas3510
    @julietsaruhas3510 5 месяцев назад

    Lovely interpretation of "what is a poem?" by all guest speakers but was especially moved by Ms. Winterson.
    Took a moment to pause, rewind and listen again because of how it impacted me. I could have never succinctly and beautifully stated it as she had, but I suppose that is the beauty of it - we all have our own interpretation of a thing.
    Her interpretation of a poem:
    "Language at its most concentrated; its the place where the thing is distilled into the tightest possible place so that you can trust it not to break under you when you put your own weight on to it." - Jeanette Winterson

  • @Stephanie-hn3yn
    @Stephanie-hn3yn 4 года назад +8

    Helen reading Love After Love was amazing 💕

  • @Buddanutslol
    @Buddanutslol 3 года назад +1

    I am neither gay, nor Muslim but hearing the story behind It Happens All The Time in Heaven, then hearing the words for myself was a beautiful, cathartic experience.

  • @linlomox
    @linlomox 4 года назад +25

    was planning to watch this while doing other things, but ended up just gulping it in one go fully focused. I needed this and didn't know it.

  • @mone3838
    @mone3838 28 дней назад +1

    Estoy COMPLETAMENTE enamorada de cada uno de estos poemas, mil gracias por darnos un espacio a todos los amantes de la palabra ¡Gracias de verdad!

  • @neildewestelinck6639
    @neildewestelinck6639 4 года назад +8

    Helena could read to me, always.

  • @ulissina1
    @ulissina1 Год назад +1

    Made me cry. Really beautiful, all this.

  • @soulinsideabody6659
    @soulinsideabody6659 4 года назад +9

    It began
    With a whisper in my ear:
    "I think it's time."
    Suddenly all we held dear was on the line.
    As your heart measured in mountains fell and climbed.
    You're okay, you're okay, you're okay, you're okay.
    Amen.
    We were changed in an instant.
    We became so much more.
    Our definition of perfect was written when she was born.
    She drew her first breath out of what love meant.
    In my heart, reconciled all the darkness and light inside my chest.
    As her hands held tight.
    And her eyes met mine, I saw the future unfold in sliver and gold.
    And I'm already proud.
    Beautiful like your mother,
    You are grace, you are light.
    The better version of our past.
    From the start of life.
    We will learn from each other.
    As you grow up, we will too.
    And our reflections of one another.
    We will start something new.
    We were changed in an instant.
    We became so much more.
    Our definition of perfect was written when you were born.
    There is so much to tell you.
    There is so much to see.
    We will show you the oceans, and everything in between.
    What a privilege to love you,
    To teach you all that we know.
    To watch you build a collection of dreams that you can call your own.
    By Ryan O'Neal
    He is a musician,he publishes his music under the name of "sleeping at last"
    Since this comment section is full of people who love and cherish poetry,I thought that his band is perfect for people who like peotry and music
    I would be really happy to hear what you guys think.

    • @lpine4211
      @lpine4211 4 года назад +1

      I love the first paragraph. Feels relevent right now. I related it to now anyway...

  • @snapesgirl8082
    @snapesgirl8082 3 года назад +2

    I saw Helena and Jason and my heart melted 💕

  • @MountainTopReviews
    @MountainTopReviews 4 года назад +8

    Tom Burke is the best reader. He takes his time. His voice is naturally engaging.

    • @ducksindeepsea
      @ducksindeepsea 4 года назад +2

      @Nim Boo what the actual fuck man why does it matter to you if their parents and grandparents where born on a certain patch of land that literally doesn't say anything about them as people or their quality to present poetry. Just reflect on yourself and why you might have those belittling ideas pls

  • @upendasana7857
    @upendasana7857 3 года назад +1

    wow William is a poetry doctor! what an amazing thing to do to match someone with a poem for what they need at that time and yes loneliness is probably one of the biggest problems in our society

  • @dhantravel
    @dhantravel 4 года назад +60

    I need bedtime stories narrated by HBC

  • @ondinefinn
    @ondinefinn 4 года назад +4

    Thank you all so much for gifting us this opportunity to observe, learn, enjoy... bless🙏🏽👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @christophergraves6725
    @christophergraves6725 4 года назад +17

    I don't know if it varies by the viewer, but RUclips had advertisements going every few seconds. It was so bad that I had to turn off a fascinating video.

    • @rebeccaamery7128
      @rebeccaamery7128 4 года назад +1

      Yup, 14 ads is way too much.

    • @Joyadahdal
      @Joyadahdal 4 года назад +3

      Guys, install an ad blocker.

    • @solluvver
      @solluvver 4 года назад +2

      Click to the very end of the video, then press restart or go back to the start. The ads should be gone!

    • @christophergraves6725
      @christophergraves6725 4 года назад

      @@solluvver Okay, I'll try it. Thanks.

    • @GO-fr9ec
      @GO-fr9ec 4 года назад

      @@solluvver
      Wow thanks for the great tip!! My cyber hug to you!!!

  • @nikkinocturnal6512
    @nikkinocturnal6512 4 года назад +12

    This is the best thing that’s showed up on my algorithm in a long time. Loved this! 🧡

    • @Michallote
      @Michallote 3 года назад

      I actually sought after it

  • @johnmartlew5897
    @johnmartlew5897 4 года назад +5

    I’m only one minute into the intros. I already feel better for having come here.

  • @justLi24
    @justLi24 4 года назад +11

    The best recommendation by RUclips ♥️

  • @andrewrudygalindo2646
    @andrewrudygalindo2646 4 года назад +38

    What. A. Treat. Didn’t know I needed this.

  • @elenababa1369
    @elenababa1369 4 года назад +6

    Please do more of this! I have seen the power of Poetry on young people. Loved what was said about teaching it!

  • @amyallen4459
    @amyallen4459 4 года назад +15

    I really need a series of this.
    Just 3 more of the same people.

    • @renekumar8290
      @renekumar8290 3 года назад

      Yes man wheres the petition

    • @williamhemsley2828
      @williamhemsley2828 3 года назад

      Three quarters of a century swimming and
      smashing against the swells and oe'r capping of monstrous cold waves, and finally a digital island---well done all--build a lighthouse now, please and for pity's sake--there are more swimmers out in the darkening
      waves of this plunging century.

  • @markfrank0924
    @markfrank0924 3 года назад

    William is amazing, I came out of general interest but stayed for William. He has been given an incredible gift and he gives it back so well.

  • @nafisejahangiri1129
    @nafisejahangiri1129 4 года назад +9

    i should note that the poem "It happens all the time" is not originally from Hafiz, its actually a poem by Daniel Ladinsky who's written several books in the name of the great poet Hafiz but doesn't even know persian and his poems bear little or no resemblance to what Hafez has composed.

    • @samank8628
      @samank8628 4 года назад +1

      True, and also Western poets tend to eliminate many references. Persian literature is one of the greatest contributions to humanity.

  • @CelebrianUndomiel
    @CelebrianUndomiel 4 года назад +2

    I love that they read Tolkien's poem, I've gone to so many of his poems myself when I needed some hope

  • @MARYANNE269
    @MARYANNE269 4 года назад +7

    This is a bloody brilliant program. 👍

  • @silverygrey465
    @silverygrey465 8 дней назад +1

    What a feast of lovely poems read by fine people ❤

  • @MrTorleon
    @MrTorleon 4 года назад +15

    Utterly, utterly wonderful. The power of poetry, the power of voice - sit back and enjoy this astonishingly good session :)

  • @jpw6424
    @jpw6424 4 года назад +3

    such great poems, i wish each speaker took a few seconds and stood silent after each poem though, felt like the applause came before the last line resonated

  • @CassieSmart365
    @CassieSmart365 4 года назад +9

    Helena bonham carter.