Thoughts on the Art of Poetry Author:Robert Bly Recorded Live - Two Cassettes Bly relates what it is like to be a poet and struggle with the art of poetry. Note: The inherent difficulties of live recordings and the age of some of the recordings can cause variations in the sound quality. ROBERT BLY: A 20th century minstrel, Bly has written poetry all his life and has received a Natio... more »nal Book Award for his poems. Goethe said, "The most beautiful instrument in the whole world is the human voice." Bly reminds us the human voice has power, and in a poetry reading the voice is a tangible thing that vibrates and radiates into the body of the listener.« less