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Tonight on White Ash Flies, Zander's Appendix and Other Gratuitous Organs presents 2 Poems for the Dog Days, written and read by Colin Mahoney.

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White Ash Flies presents Episode 3 of Edward Gibbons' The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1, read by Colin Mahoney.

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Tonight on White Ash Flies, Episode 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, read by Colin Mahoney.

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Taped Tuesday, White Ash Flies presents Episode 3 of SONNET OCTAGON, pitting 3 sonnets written by Thomas Wyatt (1503?-1542) against 3 by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), read by Colin Mahoney.

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A shorter number tonight on Zander's Appendix: Poem Containing My Daughter's House, Drawn and Cut by Hand, written and read by Colin Mahoney.

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White Ash Flies presents Episode 4 of The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, read by Colin Mahoney.

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Tonight, on White Ash Flies: Episode 2 of John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra, read by Colin Mahoney.

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"god's green fire grows over us the city burns

and is rebuilt in waking light"

Zander's Appendix brought along two poems this Sunday: Lot's Lament and The House of the Stare, written and read by Colin Mahoney. Lift the hood and have a look, so to speak.

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"'Don't you dare to bite Toto! You ought to be ashamed of yourself, a beast like you, to bite a poor little dog!' 'I didn't bite him,' said the Lion, as he rubbed his nose with his paw where Dorothy had hit it."

White Ash Flies is back with Episode 3 of The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Shake the rust off the weekend!

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"The whole landscape glows like a human face in a glory of enthusiasm, and the blue sky, pale around the horizon, bends peaceably down over all like one vast flower."- John Muir

Tonight on White Ash Flies, Episode 1 of My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir, read by Colin Mahoney. Better resole your boots.

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"...and the swallows are at play again... over the lawns of the upper air."

In Zander's Appendix today: 3 Poems Containing Birds, written and read by Colin Mahoney. May your weekend be long on sunshine and relaxation..In Zander's Appendix today: 3 Poems Containing Birds, written and read by Colin Mahoney. May your weekend be long on sunshine and relaxation

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"...from this time forth my thoughts be bloody..." 

Another round of Sonnet Octagon, on White Ash Flies: 3 sonnets by Edmund Spenser eyeball to eyeball with 3 by William Shakespeare.  Bring some clean towels.

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"How could you, Sheelah, listen to his Tales, 

Or crack such Lice as his betwixt your Nails?" 

- Jonathan Swift, A Pastoral Dialogue 

If like me you like your satire dark, we're serving up #YourTuesdaySpleen: 2 Poems by #JonathanSwift, on #WhiteAshFlies.

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"A crown of glory, which doth flower always; The ends crown our works, but thou crownest our ends..." - John Donne, La Corona Tonight on Zander's Sunday Sauce, La Corona, a sonnet sequence by John Donne, on White Ash Flies. Here's to spring and all that implies!

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Tonight, bounding from Zander's Appendix: 2 Poems Against Malice, written and read by Colin Mahoney, on White Ash Flies.

49 sec, The Strange Death of the Count de Foix 3 min, They Built Her a Close Heaven

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"The walls rise in a man's face, Clouds grow out of the hill   at his horse's bridle." - Rihaku, Ezra Pound trans. Tonight, Episode 1 of Cathay, Chinese poems in translation (via Japanese and Italian) by Ezra Pound, on White Ash Flies. Give the weekend a squeeze!

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"And if with god thou time thy hartie songe..." - Psalm 37, trans. by Thomas Wyatt: Tonight on Zander's Sunday Sauce, a side-by-side of Psalm 37 in two translations. Finish strong.