Rhyme & Reason

Andy Patton
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A deep dive into the life and work of important poets, hosted by Andy Patton. Part of The Rabbit Room Podcast Network. (Rabbitroom.com)

  1. Hopkins: "Binsey Poplars" (Andrew Peterson)

    AUG 21

    Hopkins: "Binsey Poplars" (Andrew Peterson)

    Season one of Rhyme & Reason is finished, but we wanted to share a few bonus episodes featuring some of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s most popular poems that weren’t covered in the main season. We’ve invited Andrew Peterson, songwriter, author, and founder of the Rabbit Room to read them. This is a reading of “Binsey Poplars.” Music from this episode was from EVOE and Eleven Tales. Sound design and editing is by Nate Sheppard. For more poetry from the Rabbit Room, subscribe to our newsletter at Rabbitroompoetry.substack.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min
  2. Hopkins: "My Own Heart Let Me More Have Pity On" (Andrew Peterson)

    AUG 7

    Hopkins: "My Own Heart Let Me More Have Pity On" (Andrew Peterson)

    Season one of Rhyme & Reason is finished, but we wanted to share a few bonus episodes featuring some of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s most popular poems that weren’t covered in the main season. We’ve invited Andrew Peterson, songwriter, author, and founder of the Rabbit Room to read them. This is a reading of “My Own Heart Let Me More Have Pity On.” Music from this episode was from EVOE and Michael Vignola. Sound design and editing is by Nate Sheppard. For more poetry from the Rabbit Room, subscribe to our newsletter at Rabbitroompoetry.substack.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min
  3. Hopkins: "Pied Beauty" (Andrew Peterson)

    JUL 24

    Hopkins: "Pied Beauty" (Andrew Peterson)

    Season one of Rhyme & Reason is finished, but we wanted to share a few bonus episodes featuring some of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s most popular poems that weren’t covered in the main season. We’ve invited Andrew Peterson, songwriter, author, and founder of the Rabbit Room to read them. This is a reading of “Pied Beauty.” Music from this episode was from EVOE and Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat. Sound design and editing is by Nate Sheppard. For more poetry from the Rabbit Room, subscribe to our newsletter at Rabbitroompoetry.substack.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    2 min
  4. Hopkins: "God’s Grandeur" (Andrew Peterson)

    JUL 10

    Hopkins: "God’s Grandeur" (Andrew Peterson)

    Season one of Rhyme & Reason is finished, but we wanted to share a few bonus episodes featuring some of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s most popular poems. We’ve invited Andrew Peterson, songwriter, author, and founder of the Rabbit Room to read them. Once again, this is a reading of “God's Grandeur.” Music from this episode was from EVOE and Doug Kaufman. Sound design and editing is by Nate Sheppard. For more poetry from the Rabbit Room, subscribe to our newsletter at Rabbitroompoetry.substack.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min
  5. Hopkins: "The Windhover" (Andrew Peterson)

    JUN 26

    Hopkins: "The Windhover" (Andrew Peterson)

    Season one of Rhyme & Reason is finished, but we wanted to share a few bonus episodes featuring some of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s most popular poems that weren’t covered in the main season. We’ve invited Andrew Peterson, songwriter, author, and founder of the Rabbit Room to read them. This is a reading of “The Windhover.” Music from this episode was from EVOE and Dear Gravity. Sound design and editing is by Nate Sheppard. For more poetry from the Rabbit Room, subscribe to our newsletter at Rabbitroompoetry.substack.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 min
  6. Hopkins: "Spring and Fall" (Andrew Peterson)

    JUN 12

    Hopkins: "Spring and Fall" (Andrew Peterson)

    Season one of Rhyme & Reason is finished, but we wanted to share a few bonus episodes featuring some of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s most popular poems that weren’t covered in the main season. We’ve invited Andrew Peterson, songwriter, author, and founder of the Rabbit Room to read them. This is a reading of “Spring and Fall.” Music from this episode was from EVOE and We Dream of Eden. Sound design and editing is by Nate Sheppard. For more poetry from the Rabbit Room, subscribe to our newsletter at Rabbitroompoetry.substack.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    2 min
  7. Hopkins: "I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark, Not Day"

    APR 29

    Hopkins: "I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark, Not Day"

    It's important to have a sense of what Gerard Manley Hopkins' life was like in his last years to understand why his poetry changed and became darker. He moved to Dublin to work as a teacher in 1884. He felt overworked, underappreciated, and was chronically physically unwell. His residence was in poor condition, dingy, cramped, and cold. The plumbing leaked, and the water sometimes became fouled—a problem that ultimately led to his death from typhoid in 1889. "I Wake and Feel the Fell of Dark, Not Day" is one of the so-called Terrible Sonnets from this period of his life. This poem rises out of the dark night of the soul. There is no silver lining here. But perhaps there is a paradox to darkness. Sometimes In telling the darkness and leaving it as dark as it feels, the telling itself can be a light. And, like Hopkins, if we tell the darkness, we can sometimes find our way out of it, too. Music from this episode was from EVOE, Diffie Bosman, Alon Peretz, Kyle Preston, and Jon Gegelman. Sound design and editing is by Nate Sheppard. For more poetry from the Rabbit Room, subscribe to our newsletter at Rabbitroompoetry.substack.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    14 min
  8. Hopkins: "The Caged Skylark"

    APR 15

    Hopkins: "The Caged Skylark"

    In this season, we’ve talked about the beauty of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ work, but he is also known for poems that plumb the depths of the human experience as well as its heights. Hopkins suffered from several chronic maladies, and there is a darker streak that runs through many of his poems, especially in those written toward the end of his short life when his own suffering and misery had reached a crescendo. "The Caged Skylark" is one of these darker poems. It is a poem about the cage of the frailties and foibles of the human body and about the resurrection and new creation for which Hopkins longed. Music from this episode was from EVOE, Beneath The Mountain, Okaya, Yehezkel Raz, Ardie Son, and Christopher Galovan. Sound design and editing is by Nate Sheppard. For more poetry from the Rabbit Room, subscribe to our newsletter at Rabbitroompoetry.substack.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    15 min
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A deep dive into the life and work of important poets, hosted by Andy Patton. Part of The Rabbit Room Podcast Network. (Rabbitroom.com)

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