Versecraft
Exploring the art of poetry through the craft of some of the world's best but most underrated poems.
Episodes
81 episodes
WURSTKRAFT HOLIDAYSPEZIAL
Als Zarathustra dreissig Jahr alt war, verliess er seine Heimat und den See seiner Heimat und ging in das Gebirge. Hier genoss er seines Geistes und seiner Einsamkeit und wurde dessen zehn Jahr nicht müde. Endlich aber verwandelte sich sein Her...
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8:08
"On the Anthropic Principle" by Frederick Turner
Mea culpa: "The Neural Lyre" was published in 1983, not 1994. Don't know why I said that! Read today's poem hereTopics discussed in this episod...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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25:25
Gloves of Mettle: An Interview with Timothy Steele
Mea culpa: Apologies for my faint audio in the beginning! Soundtrack to this episode S...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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57:30
"Phenomena, Noumena, Startling Sparrows" by Stephen Kampa
Soundtrack to this episode (it's Stephen Kampa!)Topics discussed in this episode include:-Go read New Verse Review...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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32:26
The Case For Poetic Patronage
Soundtrack to this episodeTopics discussed in this episode include: -
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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25:44
A Lover's Quarrel with Robert Frost
Soundtrack to this episode Topics discussed in this episode include:-The Beatles-Beatles documentary "Get Back" -"The Other Frost" by Randall Jarrell
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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40:17
Guardians of Matter: Timothy Steele's "Anima" and the Pathetic Fallacy
Soundtrack to this episodeFor text of poem, please see episode transcript at versecraft.buzzsprout.com.Topics discussed in this episode include: -
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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29:19
Giving the Devil His Due: The Value of the Romantic Anti-Hero
Soundtrack to this episodeTopics discussed in this episode include:-"The Roots of Romanticism" by Isaiah Berlin-The Jena Set and the Sc...
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26:40
"Apollinian" by Amit Majmudar
Soundtrack to this episodeText of poemTopics discussed in this episode:
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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28:32
"Eurydice On the Art of Poetry" by Shane McCrae
COME OUT TO CLEVELAND June 13th to hear David, Matthew, and Ryan read! Soundtrack to this...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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26:11
Folie a Deux: Laura Riding and Robert Graves
Soundtrack to today's episodeTopics discussed in this episode include:-"...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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26:40
Fulke Greville and the Rejection of Courtly Love
The soundtrack to today's episode Topics discussed in this episode:-Norman Fin...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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31:21
To Be Or Not: Dunbar and Juster On Suicide
Topics discussed in this episode include: -That famous soliliquy-"The Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus-Inferno Canto XIII-"Orthodoxy" by G.K. Chesterton-The Catechism of the Catholic Church...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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25:51
10 Poems I Like
Poems discussed on this episode include: "Are They Shadows" by Samuel Daniel
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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31:40
"The Marriage" by Yvor Winters
Mea culpa: Sorry about the little skip in the concluding reading-- don't know why that happened. Text of the poem here. Topics discussed in this e...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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30:03
"Shiversong" by George David Clark
Topics discussed in this episode include:-RIP N. Scott Momaday-Gather ye old buds while ye may-32 Poems-David's new collection,
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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23:01
"Musseling" by Jan Schreiber
Text of poem here (Note: this is an older version, and some lines have changed). Topics discussed in this episode include: -My Ryan Wil...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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29:46
"Disobedience" by Ryan Wilson
Text of poem here. Topics discussed in this episode include: -Literary Matters-
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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29:42
Imagism 3: The Thing Itself
Topics discussed in this episode include: -"A Retrospect" and "A Few Don'ts By An Imagiste" by Ezra Pound-A ruinous misundersta...
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31:50
Imagism Pt. 2: The House That Hulme Built
Mea culpa: Yes, I know "Sailing to Byzantium" was written like 20 years after "Conversion." By the time I realized my anachronism, it was too late. Something something Borges retroactive influence... Topics discussed in this ep...
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33:59
The Road to Imagism, Pt. 1: 19th Century Origins
Topics discussed in this episode include: -What is Modernism?-Various dichotomies-The French origins of Modernism-Charles Baudelaire and the Decadent movement-Stephane Mallarme and Symbolism/Impres...
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37:07
On Translation: Heredia et Moi
Topics discussed in this episode include:-Order George David Clark's new book, Newly Not Eternal here!-Order Joh...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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38:24
"The Heirloom" by Michael Donaghy
Text of poem here. Topics discussed in this episode include:-
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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21:56