Watch, Listen, Read Kayo Chingonyi reads Osip Mandelstam's "54" Osip Mandelstam's poem "54,” translated by Clarence Brown and W. S. Merwin, as read by Kayo Chingonyi. Part of the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation's Read By series of poetry films. Directed by Matthew Thompson and produced in collaboration with Poet in the City.