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Sansera performs “Jasper Texas” by Marilyn Buck,
Date: 11/18/2002Call Number: WP 006Format: CDProducers: KPFA Tony PerooCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Sansera, women’s acapella singing group, put Marilyn Buck’s poem, “Jasper, Texas” to music. The poem/song relates the viscious murder of James Byrd and violent racism, to music. Original recording for the Wild Poppies cd.
Carolyn Baxter performs “Thought You Were the One” by Marilyn and her work, “My Block”
Date: 9/15/2003Call Number: WP 007Format: CDProducers: Carolyn BaxterCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Carolyn Baxter, composer, musician, actor and former inmate with Marilyn Buck, puts Marilyn Buck’s poem, “Thought You Were the One”, to music and performs her own, “My Block”, as well.
Kwame Ture acknowledging Marilyn Buck
Kwame Ture, leader of the Black Power movement in the U.S., honors Marilyn Buck for her struggle as a political prisoner and acknowledges her poetry as political expression. Original recording recorded for the Wild Poppies CD.
Chrystos reads Marilyn Buck poems “Authenticity” and “Back Lit” and her own peom “Honor Dance for The Four Winds”
Chrystos, Native American poet and activist, reads two poems by Marilyn Buck, “Athenticity” and “Back Lit”. Recorded for the Wild Poppies CD. She also reads her own poem, Honor Dance for The Four Winds,” dedicated to a group of Native American women imprisoned at Dublin Federal Prison where Marilyn is currently incarcerated. “Honor Dance to The Four Winds” and “Authenticity” are on the WP CD.
Carlos Quiles reads “El Silencio de Amenecer” and “Vieques en Solidaridad” by Marilyn Buck. Music played by Eugenio Maldonado.
Carlos Quiles, Puerto Rican poet and activist, reads two poems in Spanish by Marilyn Buck, “El Silencio de Amanecer” and “Vieques en Solidaridad”. Puerto Rican band, El Viejo Mago, sing two songs in honor of Marilyn Buck. Second track icludes poems read by Carlos Quiles with the sound of rain on the rooftop in the background. Music by Eugenio Maldonado .
Rajasvini Bhansali reads Marilyn Buck’s “A 15 year-old Palestinian Woman in Prison” and “Jasper, Texas”
Poet and community organizer, Rajasvini Bhansali, reads poems by Marilyn Buck “A 15-year old Palestinian Woman in Prison” and “Jasper, Texas”.
Elana Levy reads two of Marilyn Buck’s poems, “I Saw Your Picture Today” and “Soup Pot Scrubbing”
Elana Levy reads two of Marilyn Buck’s poems. The first poem, “I Saw Your Picture Today”, is dedicated to Lori Berenson, international political prisoner. The second poem is called “Soup Pot Scrubbing”.
devorah major reads “Prison Chant” by Marilyn Buck and her own poem, “A Political Poem”. Uchechi Kalu reads “A 1950’s Girl Thinks About Love On A Swealtering Summer Day” by Marilyn Buck and her own poem, “They Came For Me”.
SF Poet Laureate, devorah major, reads “Prison Chant” by Marilyn Buck and also reads her own poem called “A Political Poem”. Poet/teacher Uchechi Kalu, reads “A 1950’s Girl Thinks About Love On a Swealtering Summer Day” along with her own poem called “They Came For Me”.
Rajasvini (Vini) Bhansali reads her poem, “Yellow Asters”
Date: 12/3/2003Call Number: WP 013Format: CDProgram: Wild PoppiesCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Vini Bhansali reads her poem, “Yellow Asters” about Marilyn Buck and political prisoners. Bhansali was a poet/teacher at Dublin Federal prison.
Carolyn Baxter performs “Truthful”
Date: 7/4/2003Call Number: WP 014Format: CDProducers: Carolyn BaxterCollection: Materials Recorded and Gathered for "Wild Poppies"
Carolyn Baxter, writer, musician, actor and former prisoner with Marilyn Buck at Alderson Federal Prison sings and plays “Truthful” about the exploitation of young women in the ghetto.
