John Godfrey

John Godfrey on writing, filmed by Ted Roeder, circa 2013

Reading of new poems, filmed by Ted Roeder, circa 2013

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, March 24, 2012

Complete reading (33:47): MP3

Reading for the Readings in Contemporary Poetry series at Dia Art Foundation, New York:Chelsea, September 22, 2011

with Anselm Berrigan

1. Tiny Gold Dress (1:23): MP3
2. Dispelling Face (1:11): MP3
3. Room to Sleep (1:00): MP3
4. Daredevils (0:58): MP3
5. Black Lapel (0:43): MP3
6. Naked Fingers (1:28): MP3
7. Despite Murder (0:58): MP3
8. You Can't Tell (0:39): MP3
9. To You For By (1:11): MP3
10. Worth More Alive (1:30): MP3
11. In Your Waking Life (0:54): MP3
12. On Turbulence (0:51): MP3
13. The Urge (1:03): MP3
14. Only to Pry (1:05): MP3
15. Such Angels (1:17): MP3
16. Off the Curb (0:48): MP3
17. Deep in Wary (0:53): MP3
18. Ambient Eulielasions (0:55): MP3
19. Arrows in Sand (1:05): MP3
20. Betrays Nothing (0:48): MP3
21. Cloud That Breaks (0:45): MP3
22. On The Level (0:44): MP3
23. Hear Right (0:55): MP3

• Complete reading (23:29): MP3

  Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, February 23, 2008

  1. Alan Davies' introduction: (00:49): MP3
  2. Waiting there (00:50): MP3
  3. Depends (01:10): MP3
  4. All the hair (00:49): MP3
  5. The dead pan ((01:19): MP3
  6. Starling leaves the carwash (01:10): MP3
  7. In the clouds (00:50): MP3
  8. Hang better (00:37): MP3
  9. A selection (01:00): MP3
  10. Straining to hear (01:11): MP3
  11. Floss at the barbecue (00:52): MP3
  12. Then her face (00:43): MP3
  13. Four feet (00:55): MP3
  14. Persuade 00:52): MP3
  15. Last hair (01:10): MP3
  16. Chill off (00:34): MP3
  17. Around the world (01:08): MP3
  18. Through the wall (00:45): MP3
  19. Don’t reach (02:39): MP3
  20. Accent geography (00:34): MP3
  • Complete reading (file damaged) (29:01): MP3

  Recorded live at WKCR-FM (New York) by Tom Kelly on November 17, 2002

  1. Shadow Feet (4:08): MP3
  2. Rockin (0:51): MP3
  3. Give Off (0:46): MP3
  4. Bleach (0:40): MP3
  5. Vitals (0:41): MP3
  6. Downy Skin (0:35): MP3
  7. Phenomenal (0:36): MP3
  8. Dim Dud (1:05): MP3
  9. Protection (0:54): MP3
  10. Front Seat (0:44): MP3
  11. Privacy (0:38): MP3
  12. Flood Monkey (0:54): MP3
  13. Expect (0:34): MP3
  14. Wavy (0:37): MP3
  15. The Beautiful One (0:43): MP3
  16. Spread (0:41): MP3
  17. Know How (0:54): MP3
  18. Footprints (0:51): MP3
  19. Rain (0:51): MP3
  20. Three Ways (0:55): MP3
  21. Flakes (0:45): MP3
  22. Alone (0:47): MP3
  23. Baby Proofs (0:26): MP3
  24. Food of Others (0:37): MP3
  25. Priceless Sport (0:46): MP3
  26. Tide (0:39): MP3
  27. Heavy Building (0:40): MP3
  28. Savor (0:47): MP3
  29. Flesh (2:24): MP3

  Segue Series Reading at Double Happiness, New York, April 27, 2002

  • Complete reading (22:52): MP3

  Wednesday Series: John Godfrey and Ange Mlinko, St. Mark’s Church, NY, October 10, 2000

  Recorded on audiocassette. Recording hosted by the Library of Congress.

  1. Side A (30:41): link

  Brown University, April 21, 1994

  1. Accede in Kind (2:51): MP3
  2. The Dream You Threw (3:52): MP3
  3. Ocean Floor (2:21): MP3
  4. Grown in Blood (2:51): MP3
  5. Grasp is Provide (5:10): MP3
  6. At the Level of Heart (4:49): MP3
  7. Manger Lined With Fur (3:12): MP3
  8. Wind Darken Your Door (3:31): MP3
  9. Pouring Gulf (2:32): MP3
  10. This Big Wingspread (4:33): MP3
  11. Some Deeds Wither (4:48): MP3

  Complete reading (40:34): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, June 10, 1989

Complete reading (26:08): MP3

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, October 22, 1983

1. Introduction (00:44): MP3
2. Third pepsi right hand (01:11): MP3
3. The hubs outside the door (00:47): MP3
4. Thunder puddles (01:38): MP3
5. Out of my tree (02:00): MP3
6. “Lose a brother” (01:45): MP3
7. Declarations from the air (01:16): MP3
8. The cheapest way west in the cave (01:57): MP3
9. Check one (01:11): MP3
10. The blessed virgin is a ten (01:51): MP3
11. So let’s look at it another way (01:43): MP3
12. What it takes 00:53): MP3
13. Video (00:54): MP3
14. Telegraph (00:44): MP3
15. Pact (00:47): MP3
16. This train (00:36): MP3
17. Strays (00:38): MP3
18. The great pretender (00:50): MP3
19. The avenue and the United States (01:02): MP3
20. Lick and roll animal (00:45): MP3
• Complete reading (25:52): MP3

from The World Record: Readings at the St. Mark's Poetry Project, 1969-1980, recorded February 28, 1979

Show Me a Rose (0:49): MP3

Reading, St. Marks' Church in the Bowery Poetry Project, March 7, 1989

1. Introduction (05:22): MP3
2. Here comes yesterday (00:58): MP3
3. Diamond suture (01:39): MP3
4. Poem (00:55): MP3
5. Tones revert (01:57): MP3
6. Museum of Mars (02:27): MP3
7. Marshal air (02:01): MP3r
8. Poem (2) (01:11): MP3
9. Joey (00:47): MP3
10. Poem (3) (00:48): MP3
11. Up shit creek with Blackie (00:58): MP3
12. Sonnet (00:55): MP3
13. Unholy spring (00:59): MP3
14. Nativity day (01:13): MP3
15. “Done, done…” (00:41): MP3
16. For you (00:34): MP3
17. Love for love (00:46): MP3
18. Flora (01:50): MP3
19. Poem (4) (00:32): MP3
20. Hers (01:00): MP3
21. Manhatten or gratten (00:37): MP3
22. “You agitate” (01:04): "MP3
23. Show me a rose (01:22): v
24. Our Lady, for Ted Berrigan (01:59): MP3
25. The city keeps (03:04): MP3
26. Corsage (03:12): MP3
• Complete recording (41:31): MP3

Recordings from the Maureen Owen Collection of Greenwich Village Poetry, at the Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Segue Series Reading at the Ear Inn, New York, December 16, 1978

1. [Mezzanines of nightfall...] (0:47): MP3
2. Unholy Spring (0:50): MP3
3. A Friend at Large (0:43): MP3
4. Joey (0:42): MP3
5. Here Comes Yesterday (0:43): MP3
6. An Allentonian Theme (1:03): MP3
7. Flora (1:35): MP3
8. By Antique Vogues (0:36): MP3
9. Poem (0:33): MP3
10. Dog Bite (0:32): MP3
11. [You unzip the sky...] (0:27): MP3
12. Hers (0:53): MP3
13. High Priest (0:51): MP3
14. Sonnet (0:38): MP3
15. Our Lady (1:17): MP3
16. Nope (1:02): MP3
17. [Somewhere does the sky...] (0:53): MP3
18. [The mountain was slippery...] (1:02): MP3
19. The City Keeps (2:40): MP3
20. Venus (1:09): MP3

Complete reading (19:04): MP3

Appearing on Public Access Poetry with Michael Scholnick, July 7, 1977

Reading at St. Mark's Poetry Project

• Complete recording (1:33): MP3

Also of Interest:

• on Exact Change Yearbook 1995, no. 1 (ed. Peter Gizzi)
• Segue Reading at Double Happiness NYC

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2012 John Godfrey. Used with permission of John Godfrey. Distributed by PennSound.