May Swenson- The Pregnant Dream

May Swenson reads her poem "The Pregnant Dream" for the 1969 video "Poetry is Alive & Well & Living in America", directed by Fran Ross and produced by Media Plus Inc.

[charlestaylor]

Interesting abstract imagery. It's a dream poem, and it's about how people don't listen, and seems even truer today.

[mattgoodwin]

If I wanted to listen to harsh, distracting music instead of the words of a poem, I would find a different video. The music totally obscures the poet's verbal music.