Versecraft
Exploring the art of poetry through the craft of some of the world's best but most underrated poems.
Episodes
79 episodes since 2022
Gloves of Mettle: An Interview with Timothy Steele
Mea culpa: Apologies for my faint audio in the beginning! Soundtrack to this episode S...
September 10, 2024
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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...
August 27, 2024
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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: -
August 12, 2024
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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
July 16, 2024
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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: -
July 03, 2024
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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...
June 19, 2024
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26:40
"Apollinian" by Amit Majmudar
Soundtrack to this episodeText of poemTopics discussed in this episode:
June 04, 2024
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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...
May 14, 2024
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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:-"...
April 30, 2024
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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...
April 17, 2024
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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...
April 02, 2024
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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
March 20, 2024
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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...
March 13, 2024
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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,
March 06, 2024
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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...
February 28, 2024
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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-
February 21, 2024
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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...
February 14, 2024
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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...
February 07, 2024
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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...
January 31, 2024
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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...
January 24, 2024
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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:-
January 17, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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21:56
"Phantom V" by Don Paterson
Mea culpa re line 8: I confusedly combined both possible readings-- this is either acephalous hexameter or first foot anapest iambic pentameter. Topics discussed in this episode include: -Write to me about ...
January 02, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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25:02
"Sunlight" by Thom Gunn
Mea culpa: Several times I refer to "Sunlight" as "Sunshine." Blame it on the LSD (which was called "Orange Sunshine"). Text of poem here...
December 26, 2023
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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32:16