Various Artists: Some Haystacks Don't Even Have Any Needle

Eleven actors - Anne Anglin, René Auberjonois, Georg Stanford Brown, Donald Gallagher, Donald Griffith, Donald Harron, Kate Hawley, Pamela Hoffman, William Hutt, Dave McKnight, and Tony Randall - read 51 poems by 20th-century poets. This 2-LP set was produced to accompany the textbook of the same name published by Scott, Foresman and Company in 1970. The selection of poets is very tasty and includes works by Cummings, Millay, Auden, and Yevtushenko.

AN EASY DECISION by Kenneth Patchen — read by Tony Randall

THE BICYCLE by Jerzy Harasymowicz — read by Donald Harron

THE BAGEL by David Ignatow — read by Donald Harron

ART REVIEW by Kenneth Fearing — read by Tony Randall

UNGAINLY THINGS by Robert Wallace — read by Tony Randall

FROM A 19th CENTURY KANSAS PAINTER’S NOTEBOOK by Dave Etter — read by William Hutt

CORNER by Ralph Pomeroy — read by Dave McKnight

REEL ONE by Adrien Stoutenburg — read by René Auberjonois

FAST RUN IN THE JUNKYARD by Jeannette Nichols — read by Tony Randall

THE CENTAUR by May Swenson — read by Anne Anglin

THE DREAMER by William Childress — read by Georg Stanford Brown

THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS by Robert Hayden — read by René Auberjonois

FIXER OF MIDNIGHT by Reuel Denney — read by Donald Harron

WHAT SHE DID IN THE MORNING... by Merrill Moore — read by Tony Randall

TWO FRIENDS by David Ignatow — read by René Auberjonois and Kate Hawley

SYMPTOMS OF LOVE by Robert Graves — read by Georg Stanford Brown

THE PICNIC by John Logan — read by Donald Harron

JACK HATES ALL THE GIRLS by E. E. Cummings — read by Dave McKnight

SINCE FEELING IS FIRST by E. E. Cummings — read by Tony Randall

THE INVOICE by Robert Creeley — read by Donald Harron

THE FLAT by Laurence Lieberman — read by Tony Randall

MODEL T by Adrien Stoutenburg — read by Dave McKnight

TRAVELING THROUGH THE DARK by William Stafford — read by René Auberjonois

THE DOUBLE-PLAY by Robert Wallace — read by René Auberjonois

COBB WOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT by Robert Fitzgerald — read by Donald Harron

EX-BASKETBALL PLAYER by John Updike — read by René Auberjonois

THE BATTLE by Louis Simpson — read by William Hutt

THE HEROES by Louis Simpson — read by Donald Gallagher

APOSTROPHE TO MAN by Edna St. Vincent Millay — read by Tony Randall

WARNING by Larry Rubin — read by Anne Anglin

THE UNKNOWN CITIZEN by W. H. Auden — read by Tony Randall

IN PLACE OF A CURSE by John Ciardi — read by Tony Randall

MOURNING POEM FOR THE QUEEN OF SUNDAY by Robert Hayden — read by Dave McKnight

LIES by Yevgeny Yevtushenko — read by Tony Randall

THE DINOSAUR BONES by Carl Sandburg — read by Donald Griffith

THE ORB WEAVER by Robert Francis — read by René Auberjonois

A BLESSING by James Wright — read by Donald Harron

ODE TO THE AMOEBA by Arthur Guiterman — read by Tony Randall

THE DIVER by Robert Hayden — read by René Auberjonois

LOBSTERS IN THE WINDOW by W. D. Snodgrass — read by René Auberjonois

RAIN OR HAIL by E. E. Cummings — read by Dave McKnight

MY OLD MAID AUNT by Dodi Schultz — read by Pamela Hoffman

ELEGY FOR A JAZZ MUSICIAN by Ernest Kroll — read by Dave McKnight

THE RAINWALKERS by Denise Levertov — read by René Auberjonois

THE MARKET MAN by John Ratti — read by René Auberjonois

WHAT ARE THE MOST UNUSUAL THINGS YOU FIND IN GARBAGE CANS? by James Schevill — read by Donald Harron

BATS by Randall Jarrell — read by Tony Randall

AT THE AIRPORT by Howard Nemerov — read by Tony Randall

EGO by Philip Booth — read by Donald Harron

MALFUNCTION by Richard E. Albert — read by Tony Randall

DAVID by Earle Birney — read by René Auberjonois

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