63 episodes

A man living inside his own head searches for the meaning of poetry while reading works by real poets and writing poems himself.

You can submit your own poems to the podcast at whatarepoemspodcast@gmail.com

(peace and love peace and love, beef jerky)

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What Are Poems Jacob Davies

    • Arts
    • 3.9 • 11 Ratings

A man living inside his own head searches for the meaning of poetry while reading works by real poets and writing poems himself.

You can submit your own poems to the podcast at whatarepoemspodcast@gmail.com

(peace and love peace and love, beef jerky)

Visit https://www.bonfire.com/what-are-shirts/ to purchase the official WHAT ARE POEMS T-Shirt. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob-davies2/support

    John Berryman

    John Berryman

    It all goes around and around

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    • 20 min
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    I’ve returned with my rich buddy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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    • 24 min
    W.S. Merwin

    W.S. Merwin

    W.S. Merwin he's marrying women, he's writing poetry, he may have written a dark version of the Lorax. 


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    • 21 min
    Robert Lax

    Robert Lax

    What's this? No scandal? A good man, writing good things who ends up in Greece (not exiled, just alone, but not alone at all) It's Robert Lax on What are Poems! 


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    • 33 min
    Frank O'Hara

    Frank O'Hara

    He is on the pulse of Late-60's New York City.  A friend of all artist -- Frank O'Hara.  I discuss a harrowing tale of hammers I heard second hand. 


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    • 27 min
    The Star-Spangled Banner

    The Star-Spangled Banner

    Two men choke on grapes in this episode. 


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    • 26 min

Customer Reviews

3.9 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

c_papav ,

Poetry for the rest of us

I love this podcast. It makes me laugh and I learn a lot about poetry.

Poemsokay ,

liking it

I've been enjoying this for a couple of weeks now.

EmbarrasedListener ,

Inaccurate opportunist

Choosing to ride the backs of actual poets, offering inaccurate information, this podcast purports to be anti-academic musings on poetry. What the listener gets is the same pretension, but wrapped in elementary commentary. Attaching himself to popular writers throughout history, Davies true aim is to promote his own writing, which is embarrassingly poor. But that is social media and this medium, now isn’t it.

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