Stoney founded and taught the Understanding Poetry course for many years, and always found a reason to bring poems and songs to the lives of others.

We wanted to share some photos and videos of Stoney’s famous Understanding Poetry finale, which often included a rendition of the traditional folk songs, “I’ll Fly Away,” “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” and a creative take on “This Land Is Your Land.”

Each year, a variety of mystery guests would also perform–mostly students but sometimes some old friends would return.  Also included are clips from the hootenanny, a similar celebration of music from the  Symposium that Stoney coordinated in 2016, ” Poems, Ballads, Songs.”