Question: What poem by this writer born in September 1872 was used in devotional and spoken word recordings?

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Elenco: Elenco is a Brazilian record label created in 1963 by Aloysio de Oliveira.  It was a major factor in the development of the Bossa Nova styles, also releasing samba, jazz, and spoken word recordings.  It is often considered as one of the most influential labels in the Bossa nova and MPB genre.

Michigan State University Libraries: Michigan State University Libraries (MSU Libraries) comprise the 29th largest academic library system in North America with over 4.9 million volumes and 6.7 million microforms.  A unit of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, United States, the library system comprises nine branch locations including the Main Library.  The Africana Collection is one of the largest of its kind in the nation with a collection of over 200,000 items.  Other significant collections include the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library, the largest academic voice library in the nation, containing a collection of over 40,000 hours of spoken word recordings and includes the voices of over 100,000 persons from all walks of life, and the Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collections which includes the extensive Comic Art Collection.  This collection includes over 100,000 comic books, and 10,000 related books and periodicals.  The Turfgrass Information Center is recognized as the most extensive public collection of turfgrass educational material in existence.

Max Ehrmann: Max Ehrmann (September 26, 1872 – September 9, 1945) was an American writer, poet, and attorney from Terre Haute, Indiana, widely known for his 1927 prose poem "Desiderata" (Latin: "things desired").  He often wrote on spiritual themes.

Interview disc: In media terms, an interview disc is a recorded disc with spoken word recordings in an interview style format, with a specific person or group of people, as opposed to the usual music features.  The source of the recording can vary.  Some of them feature recordings of a standard interview, others may feature recordings of a press conference, however these are still often referred to as an interview disc as they would feature questions and answers in the usual format, with the main difference only there would be more than one interviewer.  In both instances, such discs seldom contain actual music.

Spoken Word Canada: Spoken Word Canada, also referred to as SpoCan, is an organization of spoken word performers and organizers.  Formed from a committee of city representatives at the 2004 Canadian Spoken Wordlympics in Ottawa, Ontario, SpoCan's mission is to "nurture, develop and advance spoken word artists, the professional spoken word community and the art of spoken word in Canada."  SpoCan is also responsible for producing the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word each fall.

Desiderata: "Desiderata" (Latin: "desired things") is a 1927 prose poem by American writer Max Ehrmann.  Largely unknown in the author's lifetime, the text became widely known after its use in devotional and spoken-word recordings in 1971 and 1972.

Walter Harris (author): Walter Harris (born 1925) is a British author and broadcaster.  He is the author of ten published novels, several volumes of poetry, numerous articles and spoken word recordings.  Recordings of his interviews and broadcasts are held at the BBC Sound Archive and the British Library.

John Stewart Wynne: John Stewart Wynne (a.k.a. John Wynne) is an American author of novels, short stories and poetry, as well as a Grammy-nominated producer of spoken word recordings.

SoundExchange: SoundExchange is a non-profit performance rights organization that collects and distributes royalties on the behalf of sound recording copyright owners (SRCOs — record labels, generally) and featured artists for non-interactive digital transmissions, including satellite, Internet radio, and cable television music channels.  In addition to music, SoundExchange also collects royalties for comedy and spoken word recordings.

Kooky Tuason: Kooky Tuason is a spoken word artist/advocate and educator.  She has 4 Spoken Word albums - "Romancing Venus 1", "Romancing Venus 2", "Bigkas Pilipinas" and In Transit: Manila x Toronto.  She had a Spoken Word radio show at Jam 88.3 "Bigkas Pilipinas".  Her show was nominated at the KBP Golden Dove Awards and Catholic Mass Media Awards for Best Culture and Arts Program.  She also performed her Spoken Word track "Holdap" from the album "Bigkas Pilipinas" in indie film "Rome and Juliet".  She launched her online channel "Thinking Man's Classroom" on February 16, 2015, an educational channel that aims to awaken the creative within.  Her shows include a spoken word show "For Word and By Word", a philosophical debate/talk show "Principals of Principle", a dark storytelling show "A Museum of Randomly Perfected Broken Bodies", a show for geeks "Random Fandom", a show on the art scene and artists in the Philippines "Art Is", an intellectual drama series "Eden", a show on languages "Pass the Message" and a show on mentalism "Mind Over Matter".  Her coffee table book "Picket Lines : Dialogues between Eves, among Eves and for Eves" was launched on March 5, 2015, and aims to empower women with the one line statements written on the models bodies.  Kooky Tuason was featured in Manila Bulletin's Women of 2015, Lifestyle section and Philippine Daily Inquirer's Super Section "A woman's way with Words".  She now has an online radio channel to inspire and empower women called Romancing Venus Radio.

Supporting paragraphs: Max Ehrmann Desiderata
Answer: Desiderata