you gots to admit Ted Berrigan reading The Sonnets is Niftyville. the intro is fascinating. he's respectful of the masters yet wants to squeeze into the realm himself. that kind of love and fame thing. and very conscious of a thing called being a poet, which he honours with seriousness.

Penn Sound also has Koch (who I don't mean to put in opposition to Berrigan, honest). gosh he has a nice voice. and listen to the audience, you can tell they are ready to laugh. which is a really nice thing. not that every poet should be funny, but that there's an expectaion of pleasure, surprise, energy.