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"Live On Stage"
Video Recordings of Actual Performances:
(Arrayed in chronological order of the original appearance)

We are receiving increasing levels of viewer interest in videos of previous
performances. Accordingly, we are reviewing our library of past shows

and will post additional videos as soon as they have been formated.


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Performance at St Anthony Park 2023

"Rollicking Requiem" by: Peter J. Thomas
Performed at: "The Saint Anthony Park Arts Festival"
Saint Paul, Minnesota, June 3, 2023

Click on the following link for video
:
https://youtu.be/0w4UCMsTaYk
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Appearing at Wussow's, Sep 15, 2022
(Photo 2022 by: JAB IntraMedia)

Reciting his own edgy tale:
"Method in Mookie's Madness"
at Wussow's Concert Café, Duluth, MN
15 September 2022

Click on the following link for video:

https://youtu.be/kFcTGQJa20M

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Appearig at Wussow's July, 2022
(Photo 2022 by: JAB IntraMedia)

Reciting his real life experience poem
"The Bistro Blues"
at Wussow's Concert Café, Duluth, Minnesota
21 July 2022

Click on the following link for video:

https://youtu.be/zJUb0CpCrf4
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Reciting at the U of M Duluth, 2022
(Photo 2022 by: JAB IntraMedia)

"Even More Poems for People Who Hate Poetry"
From an appearance at the University of Minnesota, Duluth
11 July 2022

Video Number 1:
"On Solitude" by Alexander Pope
"The Widow Malone" by Charles Lever
"How Big Was Alexander" by Elijah Jones
"Three Years" by Wendy Xu
Excerpts from "The Confessions" by J. J. Rousseau

Video Number 2:
"Alone" by Edgar Allen Poe
"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
Excerpts from Irving Babbitt

Video Number 3:
"Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
"Casey's Revenge" by James Wilson
"Casey - Twnety Years Later" by Clarence P. McDonald

Click the following single link to access all three videos from this show:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4liOZqsVIxptnSO9gQZJCQE0TdOjj7zv

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Live Bard and Lyric Poetry, UMD 2021
(Photo 2021 by: JAB IntraMedia)
"More Poems for People Who Hate Poetry"
A live show at the University of Minnesota, Duluth
14 July 2021

Video Number 1:
"The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes
An Excerpt from "Faust" by Goethe

Video Number 2:
"Etiquette" by W. S. Gilbert

Video Number 3:
(The Equivacation of Lyric Poetry)
""When You Are Old" by Wm. Butler Yates
"The Good Poet" by Elias Giordano
"Some Joy For Morning" by Peter Gizzi
"Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins

Video Number 4:
"Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
"Casey's Revenge" by James Wilson

Video Number 5:

(Modern Poetic Perceptions on Human Nature)
"A Children's Story" by Louise Gluck
"Epitasis" by Peter J. Thomas

Video Number 6:
"Rollicking Requiem" by Peter J. Thomas

Video Number 7:
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert Service


Click on the following link for seven videos comprising the entire show
:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4liOZqsVIxqvgSuR8UPfxvgi1SmF0voE

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Performing at Wussow's Cafe 2021
(Photo 2021 by: JAB IntraMedia)

Recition of Poems written by Peter J. Thomas:
"Ten Feet High" - "Epitasis" - "The Jello Chronicle"
performed at Wussow's Concert Cafe Duluth, MN
17 June 2021

Click on the following link for video:
https://youtu.be/s-7lWXxH1Dg
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Casey at the Bat UMD 2019
(Photo 2019 by: JAB IntraMedia)

"Poems for People Who Hate Poetry"
Performed at the University of Minnesota, Duluth
30 July 2019

Recording Number 1:
(Video uploaded 24 October 2022)
"Father William" by: Lewis Carroll
"The Yarn of the Nancy Belle" by: W. S. Gilbert
"Three Poems" by: Sarah Plimpton
"Danny Deever" by: Rudyard Kipling
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Click on the following link for video:
https://youtu.be/i6c-2dRs_90
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Recording Number 2:
(Video uploaded 31 July 2023)
THREE DIDACTIC POEMS:
"It Couldn't Be Done" by: Edgar Albert Guest
"Invictus" by: William Earnest Henley
"Ostler Joe" by: George R. Sims

Click on the following link for video:

 https://youtu.be/miyNAefidr0
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Recording Number 3:
(Video uploaded 31 July 2023)
THE ROMANTIC TEMPERMENT
and Its Consequences:
"Imitation of Walt Whitman" by: _
"Leaves of Grass" (excerpts) by: Walt Whitman

"Four-Legged Family..." by: Kathleen Murphy
"Soap and the Superego" by: Peter J. Thomas

Click on the following link for video:
 https://youtu.be/OU6wQoXSDcE

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Recording Number 4:
"Casey at the Bat" by: Earnest Lawrence Thayer

Click on the following link for video:

https://youtu.be/fDGGo0Rj8oo
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New Harmony, IN June 2019
(Photo 2019 by: JAB IntraMedia)
"The Men Who Don't Fit In" by: Robt. Service
Performed at "The Arts in Harmony"
New Harmony, Indianna, June 1, 2019

Click on the following link for video
:
https://youtu.be/6LvW9lJyNRE
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Reciting at Miramar Beach 2019
(Photo 2019 by: JAB IntraMedia)

Reciting "Etiquette"
by: W. S. Gilbert, 16 May 2019
Northwest Florida Theatre Festival
Miramar Beach, Florida
CLICK ON LINK:

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Reciting Vets Day 2018
(Photo 2019 by: JAB IntraMedia)
Excerpts from: Rudyard Kipling's:
"The Drums of the Fore and Aft"

Celebrating the 100th Aniversary of Veteran's Day
Performed at Enlightened Studios, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida
November 11, 2018

(Posted to this website and YouTube on 16 February 2021)

Click on the following link for video
:
https://youtu.be/ZbHaMV8Zt3s

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Reciting Roseville, MN 3028
(Photo 2019 by: JAB IntraMedia)
"Tenets of Romantic Poetry"
(with a Wry Response)
Friday, 24 August 2018
Roseville, Minnesota
CLICK ON LINK:
https://youtu.be/jls6u0RXuQ0
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Reciting at UMD, July 2018
(Photo 2019 by: JAB IntraMedia)
"Transition: Romanticism, Imagism, & Moralism
Performed at the Univ of Minn, Duluth
July 9, 2018

Click on the following link for video
:
https://youtu.be/iKJuCIjaGdY
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Reciting from Aristotle's "Poetics" Miramar, FL 2018
(Photo 2018 by: JAB IntraMedia)
Reflections on a High School Shooting
Prompts an Excerpt from Aristotle's "Poetics"
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Northwest Florida Theatre Festival
Miramar Beach, Florida
CLICK ON LINK:

https://youtu.be/UQNteQsgu4A
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Reciting excerpt from Henry V
(Photo 2018 by: JAB IntraMedia)
Reciting an Excerpt from Shakespeare's "Henry V"
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Northwest Florida Theatre Festival
Miramar Beach, Florida
CLICK ON LINK:

https://youtu.be/FHQV40aXHK0

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Bard Logo

A Live Interview with The Live Bard
April 29, 2018
Click on YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/miR7tFL3hS8

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Performing in Destin, FL, March 3, 2018

"Poems For People Who Hate Poetry"
Saturday, 3 March 2018
Destin, Florida

Poems That Bear a Message:
"The Old-Timer" by: Arthur Chapman
Click on the following link for video (Poem # 3):

 https://youtu.be/KY8qcEiqUJI

The Essence of Romanticism, Part # 1:
"Get Drunk" by: Charles Baudelaire
Click on the following link for video (Poem # 5):

https://youtu.be/UQ3kaQyLgKY

The Essence of Romanticism, Part # 2
"Leaves of Grass" by: Walt Whitman,
and the Consequences to Others of the Journey Inward
Click on the following link for video (Poems 7, 8, & 9):
 
https://youtu.be/DT-qFk_hkXs

"Coffeeshop" by: Charles Bukowski
Click on the following link for video (Poem # 13):

https://youtu.be/nxO2-_yarnY

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Destin 2017 Barroom Recitation
(Photo 2017 by: A. Snyder)
"Bawdy Barroom Ballads"
Saturday, 26 August 2017
Destin, Florida

Recording # 1:
Show Opening with"Danny Deever"
by: Rudyard Kipling
Click on the following link for video:

https://youtu.be/jOcpnBAeRcQ

Recording # 2:
"In the Workhouse: Christmas Day"
by: George R. Sims
Click on the following link for video:

https://youtu.be/IFl-SkU3Mjc

Recording # 3:
"The Foibles of Modern Poetry"
Click on the following link for video:

https://youtu.be/I6OLXaV3ldk

Recording # 6:
"Ode to a Senior Drill Instructor"
composed by: Peter J. Thomas
Click on the following link for video:

https://youtu.be/gK1-czlPsog

Concluding Show Recording:
"The Ballad of How MacPhearson Held the Floor"
written by Robert Service
Click on the following link for this new video:
https://youtu.be/rXVNUAovJiI

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Arts, Crafts and Antique Fair
Saturday, October 9, 2016
Bardstown, Kentucky

Bardstown Portrait

Recitation of:
"Mag"

written by Carl Sandbuirg, originally published 1916
Click on the following link for video of "Mag" :
https://youtu.be/6SiQkbBNyPU


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Recitation of:
"Fleurette"

(The Wounded Canadian Speaks)
written by Robert W. Service, originally published 1916

WWI Hospital Scene

This image is from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive,

University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit);

© “Canadian Field Ambulance,” by Unknown.

The Imperial War Museum

accessed November 11, 2016,

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/3682.

Click on the following link for video of Fleurette :
https://youtu.be/UZzF974uhpY`

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Mankato Performance 2014

Arts by the River
Performed at the Riverfront Amphitheater
Mankato, Minndesota

Sunday, 22 June 2014

This was a unique appearance as the Mississippi River was flooding the town and,
as can be seen, encroached into the orchestra pit which required the performance
to be given from the lower seats of the stadium making audio quality a bit spotty.

Click on the following link for video:
https://youtu.be/hPwdgtxqY8g

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Performing at Capitol Square, Madison, Wisconsin
Saturday, August 27, 2011

At Capitol Square Madison 2011

Show Introduction by the "Live Bard"
with an excerpt from The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
and a recitation of The Yarn of the Nancy Belle
by W. S. Gilbert

Click on the following link for video:
https://youtu.be/BUK12VqbirM

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Excerpt from Henry V, Prologue, Act 3
by Wm. Shakespeare

Click on the following link for video
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https://youtu.be/h-ElFeyDFtg

The Charge of the Light Brigade by Tennyson
Click on the following link for video
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https://youtu.be/xQ7lSC9dbfE

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Danny Deever by Rudyard Kipling
Click on the following link for video
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https://youtu.be/n4q2-D4a498

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Recitation of The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Click on the following link for video
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https://youtu.be/I-p84E6-yw8

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The Shooting of Dan Mc Grew by Robt. Service
Click on the following link for video
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https://youtu.be/GDxsOv3c8jU

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Ten Feet High by Peter J. Thomas
Click on the following link for video
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https://youtu.be/K_gaPvJAVrM

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The Face Upon the Floor by Hugh Antoine d'Arcy
Click on the following link for video
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https://youtu.be/sDyA0EJ9AEc

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Recitation of The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
Click on the following link for video
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https://youtu.be/HnTL5sMxhVE

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Orange Beach, Alabama
March 10 - 11, 2011

Orange Beach Tent 2011

Recitation of,

"Have Some Madera, Ma' Dear"
Original artists: the Limelighters
Click on the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44se3vOzjO0

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To hear audio recitations by
The Live Bard
Click either the highlighted link, or title below:

"Black"
by: Charles Bukowski
(Link for this audio is temporarily disabled)



"Along the Road"
by: Robert Browning Hamilton


"Eros &Shriveled Abstraction"
by Peter J. Thomas

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"Poetry is
indispensable -

if only I knew what for."

 

Jean Cocteau

 

 

 

"In a world where poetry

is a contest at best

and a competition at worst,

where the importance of a painting

is gauged by the price it can be sold for -

we are to be counted among the lost."

 

Walter Mosley


Performing at Milton, Florida

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"the Live Bard."