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"Bedtime Metaphysics" by Morri Creech
Read this episode on Substack!Text of the poem here.Mea culpa: Yes, in the heat of the moment, I mispronounce...
John Clare and the Madness of Poets
Read this episode on Substack and subscribe! Text of poemTopics discussed include:-Plato's "Ion"-The Muses and ...
"The Night Mirror" by John Hollander
Read this episode (and the poem) on Substack!Topics discussed include:-Going to Oaxaca!-"Poetry and Music" and "Rhyme's Reason" b...
Black Magic: Two Poems by Seamus Heaney
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The Via Negativa of R.S. Thomas
Read this essay and support the show on Substack! Topics discussed in this episode include:R.S. Thomas's poems:-Mediations
The Numinous Pastorals of Robert Wells
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"Horses on the Camargue" by Roy Campbell
Read the poem here.Topics discussed in this episode include:-Transcending the smallness of one's time-
10 Poems I Like Part IV
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"Root Words" by Forester McClatchey
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"In Chandler Country" by Dana Gioia
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On Translation: "Roman Elegy V" by J.W. von Goethe
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Schopenhauer Cocktail Hour, Part 2
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Schopenhauer Cocktail Hour, Part I (feat. Cameron and Ethan)
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"Preludes to Memnon 1:4-5" by Conrad Aiken
Topics discussed in this episode include:-My recent class at the Frost Farm Conference-My trip to Europe-Come to the ALSCW C...
Singing the Counter-Revolution: Ryan Wilson Interviews EPB
Topics mentioned in this episode:-The use of the term “poetry” and the death of the genuine article-Building metrical literacy-My essay “The Iron Lyre...
LIVE @ St. Thomas: "The Tear" by Richard Crashaw
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Hermetic Angelology: An Interview with Ryan Wilson
Topics discussed in this episode include:-The MFA Program at the University of St. Thomas...
The Whole in One: An Interview with James Matthew Wilson
Topics discussed in this episode include:Wiseblood Books
Footnotes to Job: The Versecraft 100th ep AMA!
Topics discussed in this episode include:Matthew Buckley Smith over at SLEERICKETSAlice Allan over at
10 Poems I Like Part III
Poems/Prose Lyrics featured:"The Eagles" by Jones Very"The Oracles" by A.E. Housman
Fitzgerald Strikes Back: Rothman's Rebuttal
Topics discussed in this episode:-Email me your questions!! -Cameron's substack, "Minor Tiresias"-
"De Anima" by Howard Nemerov
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"Bird Watcher" by Clive Wilmer (R.I.P.)
Soundtrack to this episodeText of poem:Bird WatcherIt returns to the same nest. The watcher liesbeneath spring brushwood to await its coming...