Some poets' voices don't seem to fit their work, others' don't meet our own expectations, but Julio Cortázar added hugely to his poems when reading them aloud.
Not theatrical, just completely and uniquely Cortázar, his Argentinian accent formed a partnership with the words that lifts them off the page. Here's a link to an original recording that shows what I mean:
A suitable soundtrack to another glorious British summer!
MO8 FHP8 Jane Sharp MO8 – AprilApril ascentsMarch comes to a likely
endshowering showers, spit spatsratatat on roofs in rapid beats.Cold water
to wash away...
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