“Good Morning,” he said, “this is John Ciardi prowling around your breakfast table and peering into your cereal bowl to find a whole cluster of words there.” It was his introduction to one of the pieces he did on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition in the 1980s. To hear the whole thing, go here and click on “Listen. ”
If you like that one, go here for five NPR podcasts of Ciardi sending “good words to you.” (This page is a slowwwwww loader. Be patient)