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.

Episodes

  1. 04/05/2022

    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.

    10 min

  2. 02/25/2022

    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.

    9 min

  3. 02/02/2022

    Let's Talk About "Distance" by Julie Danho

    "Randomness if 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 Dan's work here.

    10 min

  4. 01/20/2022

    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.

    8 min

  5. 01/12/2022

    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.

    10 min

  6. 07/02/2021

    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.

    7 min

  7. 06/01/2021

    Let's Talk About "True Crime" by Kevin Prufer

    In this episode, I talk about Kevin Prufer's poem "True Crime," a twisted and witty exploration of everyone's desire for more.

    7 min

  8. 05/27/2021

    Reading "Poem After Watching An Inconvenient Truth With My Students" by Emma Bolden

    Find Emma Bolden’s poem “After Watching An Inconvenient Truth With My Students” at Verse Daily, and read more from Emma at her website.

  9. 05/26/2021

    "Waiting for Happiness" by Nomi Stone

    Read “Waiting for Happiness” here at Tin House, and you can find more from Nomi at her website.

    6 min

  10. 05/26/2021

    "Self-Operating Machines" by Rebecca Morgan Frank

    In this episode, I talk about why I love Rebecca Morgan Frank's poem "Self-Operating Machines" from the book Oh You Robot Saints!

  11. 05/26/2021

    Hi. About

    In which I tell the audience why I wanted to start this podcast.

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In this micro-podcast, I read a poem that delights me and talk about it.

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