11 episodes
I Want to Talk about This Poem Elizabeth Sylvia
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In this micro-podcast, I read a poem that delights me and talk about it.
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Let’s Talk about “Feeding the Meter in the Witch City” by Cindy Veach
Cindy Veach takes a cold look at Salem, MA, and the Sackler Family in this poem that considers how appearances can disguise horrors. Read "Feeding the Meter in the Witch City" at Poets Reading the News and find more poems by Cindy Veach here.
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Let's Talk About "Soul Reckoning" by Martha Silano
"To get here, I had to say goodbye to guilt." Martha Silano's wild and beautiful poem tackles the form grief makes in time and space.
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Let's Talk About "Distance" by Julie Danho
"Randomness is the mad king of fear." Julie Danho's poem illuminates how we rationalize our fears at the expense of others. A beautiful and merciless poem. Read "Distance" at Blackbird and find more of Julie Danho's work here.
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Let's talk about "Chyna: by Meghan Dunn
Meghan Dunn's piece is praise poem for the wrestler Chyna and a reflection on inhabiting the fullness of our bodies.
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Let's talk about "Ronald Reagan Was an Idiot"
In the episode, I read and discuss Rota's poem, "Ronald Reagan Was an Idiot," originally published at Entropy. Listen if you think you'll enjoy a poem that talks about climate change and toupees.
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Let's talk about "Regarding Chainsaws" by Hayden Carruth
In this episode, I talk about one of my longtime favorite poems, Hayden Carruth's "Regarding Chainsaws,"which is both a great persona poem and a necessarily unsentimental exploration or rural life.