{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Poetry For All","home_page_url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm","feed_url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/json","description":"This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time.\r\n\r\nIntroducing our brand new Poetry For All website: https://poetryforallpod.com! Please visit the new website to learn more about our guests, search for thematic episodes (ranging from Black History Month to the season of autumn), and subscribe to our newsletter. ","_fireside":{"subtitle":"Finding Our Way Into Great Poems","pubdate":"2025-01-21T19:00:00.000-05:00","explicit":false,"owner":"Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen","image":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/cover.jpg?v=2"},"items":[{"id":"e0a6af89-0382-4623-9475-6b3cdea1cb1e","title":"Episode 85: Jacob Stratman, To Momento Mori","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/85","content_text":"In this episode, we read and discuss a poem that takes its inspiration from a painting by Andrew Wyeth. The poem provides a meditation on what we perceive and interpret when we look at a painting, and at one another.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we read and discuss a poem that takes its inspiration from a painting by Andrew Wyeth. The poem provides a meditation on what we perceive and interpret when we look at a painting, and at one another.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we read and discuss a poem that takes its inspiration from a painting by Andrew Wyeth. The poem provides a meditation on what we perceive and interpret when we look at a painting, and at one another.","date_published":"2025-01-21T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/e0a6af89-0382-4623-9475-6b3cdea1cb1e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16971264,"duration_in_seconds":1220}]},{"id":"8b70a074-087b-4f8f-a852-54fdb6ab2914","title":"Episode 84: Ted Kooser, excerpts from Winter Morning Walks","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/84","content_text":"In this episode, we offer close readings of poems from Ted Kooser's_ Winter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison_. Kooser's poems allow us to think about the poem as a social act, as a form of healing, and as a kind of meditation.\n\nTo learn more about Ted Kooser, visit his website.\n\nIf you like these poems that we discussed in this episode, please read Ted Kooser's Winter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2001). Thanks to Carnegie Mellon Press for granting us permission to read these poems aloud.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we offer close readings of poems from Ted Kooser\u0026#39;s_ Winter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison_. Kooser\u0026#39;s poems allow us to think about the poem as a social act, as a form of healing, and as a kind of meditation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Ted Kooser, visit his \u003ca href=\"https://www.tedkooser.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like these poems that we discussed in this episode, please read Ted Kooser\u0026#39;s \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/W/bo43505466.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWinter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2001). Thanks to Carnegie Mellon Press for granting us permission to read these poems aloud.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we offer close readings of poems from Ted Kooser's Winter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison. Kooser's poems allow us to think about the poem as a social act, as a form of healing, and as a kind of meditation.","date_published":"2024-12-12T09:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/8b70a074-087b-4f8f-a852-54fdb6ab2914.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17647008,"duration_in_seconds":1270}]},{"id":"1723d6a7-dce3-4b23-abe2-8b5e1a4e0710","title":"Episode 83: Emily Dickinson, \"I went to thank Her–\"","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/83","content_text":"In this episode, we read and discuss Emily Dickinson's poem about the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. We discuss Dickinson's innovative syntax, her use of deep pauses, and her meditations on death and grief that create surprising effects in this short lyric.\n\nI went to thank Her\n\nI went to thank Her—\nBut She Slept—\nHer Bed—a funneled Stone—\nWith Nosegays at the Head and Foot—\nThat Travellers—had thrown—\n\nWho went to thank Her—\nBut She Slept—\n'Twas Short—to cross the Sea—\nTo look upon Her like—alive—\nBut turning back—'twas slow—","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we read and discuss Emily Dickinson\u0026#39;s poem about the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. We discuss Dickinson\u0026#39;s innovative syntax, her use of deep pauses, and her meditations on death and grief that create surprising effects in this short lyric.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI went to thank Her\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI went to thank Her—\u003cbr\u003e\nBut She Slept—\u003cbr\u003e\nHer Bed—a funneled Stone—\u003cbr\u003e\nWith Nosegays at the Head and Foot—\u003cbr\u003e\nThat Travellers—had thrown—\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho went to thank Her—\u003cbr\u003e\nBut She Slept—\u003cbr\u003e\n\u0026#39;Twas Short—to cross the Sea—\u003cbr\u003e\nTo look upon Her like—alive—\u003cbr\u003e\nBut turning back—\u0026#39;twas slow—\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we read and discuss Emily Dickinson's poem about the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. We discuss Dickinson's innovative syntax, her use of deep pauses, and her meditations on death and grief that create surprising effects in this short lyric. ","date_published":"2024-11-27T08:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/1723d6a7-dce3-4b23-abe2-8b5e1a4e0710.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17137972,"duration_in_seconds":1200}]},{"id":"860191b2-28db-4a51-bfde-c3c0fe4565f1","title":"Episode 82: Sidney, Translation of Psalm 52","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/82","content_text":"Psalm 52 concerns a lying tyrant and God's impending judgment. Mary Sidney, who lived 1561-1621, was an extraordinary writer, editor, and literary patron. Like many talented writers of her time, she translated all the psalms. Here we talk about translation, early modern women's writing, religious engagements with politics, and the power of Psalm 52. \n\nFor more on Mary Sidney, see The Poetry Foundation page: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-sidney-herbert\n\nFor the Geneva translation of Psalm 52, which Mary Sidney would have known, see here:\nhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2052\u0026amp;version=GNV\n\nFor a new collection of English translations of the psalms in the early modern era, see The Psalms in English 1530-1633 (Tudor and Stuart Translations), edited by Hannibal Hamlin.\n\nPsalm 52\ntranslated by Mary Sidney\n\nTyrant, why swell’st thou thus,\n Of mischief vaunting?\nSince help from God to us\n Is never wanting.\n\nLewd lies thy tongue contrives,\n Loud lies it soundeth;\nSharper than sharpest knives\n With lies it woundeth.\n\nFalsehood thy wit approves,\n All truth rejected:\nThy will all vices loves,\n Virtue neglected.\n\nNot words from cursed thee,\n But gulfs are poured;\nGulfs wherein daily be\n Good men devoured.\n\nThink’st thou to bear it so?\n God shall displace thee;\nGod shall thee overthrow,\n Crush thee, deface thee.\n\nThe just shall fearing see\n These fearful chances,\nAnd laughing shoot at thee\n With scornful glances.\n\nLo, lo, the wretched wight,\n Who God disdaining,\nHis mischief made his might,\n His guard his gaining.\n\nI as an olive tree\n Still green shall flourish:\nGod’s house the soil shall be\n My roots to nourish.\n\nMy trust in his true love\n Truly attending,\nShall never thence remove,\n Never see ending.\n\nThee will I honour still,\n Lord, for this justice;\nThere fix my hopes I will\n Where thy saints’ trust is.\n\nThy saints trust in thy name,\n Therein they joy them:\nProtected by the same,\n Naught can annoy them.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePsalm 52 concerns a lying tyrant and God\u0026#39;s impending judgment. Mary Sidney, who lived 1561-1621, was an extraordinary writer, editor, and literary patron. Like many talented writers of her time, she translated all the psalms. Here we talk about translation, early modern women\u0026#39;s writing, religious engagements with politics, and the power of Psalm 52. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Mary Sidney, see The Poetry Foundation page: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-sidney-herbert\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-sidney-herbert\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the Geneva translation of Psalm 52, which Mary Sidney would have known, see here:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2052\u0026version=GNV\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2052\u0026amp;version=GNV\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a new collection of English translations of the psalms in the early modern era, see \u003ca href=\"https://a.co/d/6lKqKPS\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Psalms in English 1530-1633 (Tudor and Stuart Translations)\u003c/a\u003e, edited by Hannibal Hamlin.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePsalm 52\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\ntranslated by Mary Sidney\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTyrant, why swell’st thou thus,\u003cbr\u003e\n Of mischief vaunting?\u003cbr\u003e\nSince help from God to us\u003cbr\u003e\n Is never wanting.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLewd lies thy tongue contrives,\u003cbr\u003e\n Loud lies it soundeth;\u003cbr\u003e\nSharper than sharpest knives\u003cbr\u003e\n With lies it woundeth.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFalsehood thy wit approves,\u003cbr\u003e\n All truth rejected:\u003cbr\u003e\nThy will all vices loves,\u003cbr\u003e\n Virtue neglected.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNot words from cursed thee,\u003cbr\u003e\n But gulfs are poured;\u003cbr\u003e\nGulfs wherein daily be\u003cbr\u003e\n Good men devoured.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThink’st thou to bear it so?\u003cbr\u003e\n God shall displace thee;\u003cbr\u003e\nGod shall thee overthrow,\u003cbr\u003e\n Crush thee, deface thee.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe just shall fearing see\u003cbr\u003e\n These fearful chances,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd laughing shoot at thee\u003cbr\u003e\n With scornful glances.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLo, lo, the wretched wight,\u003cbr\u003e\n Who God disdaining,\u003cbr\u003e\nHis mischief made his might,\u003cbr\u003e\n His guard his gaining.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI as an olive tree\u003cbr\u003e\n Still green shall flourish:\u003cbr\u003e\nGod’s house the soil shall be\u003cbr\u003e\n My roots to nourish.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMy trust in his true love\u003cbr\u003e\n Truly attending,\u003cbr\u003e\nShall never thence remove,\u003cbr\u003e\n Never see ending.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThee will I honour still,\u003cbr\u003e\n Lord, for this justice;\u003cbr\u003e\nThere fix my hopes I will\u003cbr\u003e\n Where thy saints’ trust is.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThy saints trust in thy name,\u003cbr\u003e\n Therein they joy them:\u003cbr\u003e\nProtected by the same,\u003cbr\u003e\n Naught can annoy them.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Psalm 52 concerns a lying tyrant and God's impending judgment. Mary Sidney, who lived 1561-1621, was an extraordinary writer, editor, and literary patron. Like many talented writers of her time, she translated all the psalms.  Here we talk about translation, early modern women's writing, religious engagements with politics, and the power of Psalm 52. ","date_published":"2024-11-14T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/860191b2-28db-4a51-bfde-c3c0fe4565f1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21808599,"duration_in_seconds":1593}]},{"id":"49e0b234-5f1d-4fb6-b58f-8430229b4475","title":"Episode 81: Niki Herd, The Stuff of Hollywood","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/81","content_text":"In this episode, Niki Herd joins us to read and discuss an excerpt from The Stuff of Hollywood, a collection in which Herd experiments with a range of forms and procedures to examine the history of violence in America.\n\nTo learn more about Niki Herd, you can visit her website.\n\nThe Stuff of Hollywood was just published by Copper Canyon Website. Please visit their website to purchase a copy.\n\nPhoto credit: Madeline Brenner","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Niki Herd joins us to read and discuss an excerpt from The Stuff of Hollywood, a collection in which Herd experiments with a range of forms and procedures to examine the history of violence in America.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Niki Herd, you can visit her \u003ca href=\"https://www.nikiherd.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Stuff of Hollywood\u003c/em\u003e was just published by Copper Canyon Website. Please visit their \u003ca href=\"https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/the-stuff-of-hollywood-by-niki-herd/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e to purchase a copy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto credit: Madeline Brenner\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, Niki Herd joins us to read and discuss an excerpt from The Stuff of Hollywood, a collection in which Herd experiments with a range of forms and procedures to examine the history of violence in America.","date_published":"2024-10-31T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/49e0b234-5f1d-4fb6-b58f-8430229b4475.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34928328,"duration_in_seconds":2257}]},{"id":"46713aba-27dc-40fb-a6d6-c825dd15eabc","title":"Episode 80: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/80","content_text":"In this episode, we closely read Shelley's \"Ozymandias,\" a poem written in a time of revolution and social protest. We focus on the poem's sonnet structure, its engagement with--and critique of--empire, its meditation on the bust of Ramses II, and its afterlife in an episode of _Breaking Bad. _\n\nTo learn more about Percy Bysshe Shelley, click here.\n\nHere is the text of the poem:\n\nI met a traveller from an antique land,\nWho said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone\nStand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,\nHalf sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,\nAnd wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,\nTell that its sculptor well those passions read\nWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,\nThe hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;\nAnd on the pedestal, these words appear:\nMy name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;\nLook on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!\nNothing beside remains. Round the decay\nOf that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare\nThe lone and level sands stretch far away.”\n\nPhoto: Ramses II, British Museum","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we closely read Shelley\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;Ozymandias,\u0026quot; a poem written in a time of revolution and social protest. We focus on the poem\u0026#39;s sonnet structure, its engagement with--and critique of--empire, its meditation on the bust of Ramses II, and its afterlife in an episode of _Breaking Bad. _\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Percy Bysshe Shelley, click \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/percy-bysshe-shelley\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the text of the poem:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI met a traveller from an antique land,\u003cbr\u003e\nWho said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone\u003cbr\u003e\nStand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,\u003cbr\u003e\nHalf sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,\u003cbr\u003e\nTell that its sculptor well those passions read\u003cbr\u003e\nWhich yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,\u003cbr\u003e\nThe hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd on the pedestal, these words appear:\u003cbr\u003e\nMy name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;\u003cbr\u003e\nLook on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!\u003cbr\u003e\nNothing beside remains. Round the decay\u003cbr\u003e\nOf that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare\u003cbr\u003e\nThe lone and level sands stretch far away.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto: Ramses II, British Museum\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we closely read Shelley's \"Ozymandias,\" a poem written in a time of revolution and social protest. We focus on the poem's sonnet structure, its engagement with--and critique of--empire, its meditation on the bust of Ramses II, and its afterlife in an episode of Breaking Bad. ","date_published":"2024-10-17T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/46713aba-27dc-40fb-a6d6-c825dd15eabc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16812798,"duration_in_seconds":1271}]},{"id":"63929b27-db73-4598-a884-2877f6f17527","title":"Episode 79: W.H. Auden, Musée des Beaux Arts","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/79","content_text":"In this episode, Shankar Vendantam joins us to read and discuss \"Musee des Beaux Arts,\" a poem that explores the ways in which humans become indifferent to the suffering of others.\n\nTo learn more about Shankar Vendantam and the Hidden Brain podcast, visit his website. \n\nTo read Auden's poem, click here.\n\nThanks to Curtis Brown Ltd. for granting us permission to read this poem. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Shankar Vendantam joins us to read and discuss \u0026quot;Musee des Beaux Arts,\u0026quot; a poem that explores the ways in which humans become indifferent to the suffering of others.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Shankar Vendantam and the Hidden Brain podcast, visit his \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/137765146/shankar-vedantam\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read Auden\u0026#39;s poem, click \u003ca href=\"https://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings\u0026poems/auden.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to Curtis Brown Ltd. for granting us permission to read this poem. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, Shankar Vendantam joins us to read and discuss \"Musee des Beaux Arts,\" a poem that explores the ways in which humans become indifferent to the suffering of others.","date_published":"2024-10-03T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/63929b27-db73-4598-a884-2877f6f17527.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36252695,"duration_in_seconds":2341}]},{"id":"c73b992b-b7c2-482e-a75f-9e48ff905c88","title":"Episode 78: Jericho Brown, Duplex","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/78","content_text":"In this episode, we read and discuss Jericho Brown's \"Duplex,\" a poetic form that he created in order to explore the complexities of family, violence, and desire. \n\nThis is one of several duplex poems that you can find in The Tradition (Copper Canyon Press, 2020), the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize. Thanks to Copper Canyon Press for granting us permission to read this poem. \n\nTo learn more about Jericho Brown, visit his website.\n\nTo learn more about the duplex form, you can read Brown's essay on the Poetry Foundation's Harriet blog. We also love Jericho Brown's  interview with Michael Dumanis in the Bennington Review.\n\nCover art: Lauren “Ralphi” Burgess. To learn more about her work, visit her website.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we read and discuss Jericho Brown\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;Duplex,\u0026quot; a poetic form that he created in order to explore the complexities of family, violence, and desire. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of several duplex poems that you can find in \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/the-tradition-by-jericho-brown/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Tradition\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2020), the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize. Thanks to Copper Canyon Press for granting us permission to read this poem. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Jericho Brown, visit his \u003ca href=\"https://www.jerichobrown.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about the duplex form, you can read \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/featured-blogger/81611/invention\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eBrown\u0026#39;s essay\u003c/a\u003e on the Poetry Foundation\u0026#39;s Harriet blog. We also love Jericho Brown\u0026#39;s \u003ca href=\"https://www.benningtonreview.org/jericho-brown-interview\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e interview with Michael Dumanis\u003c/a\u003e in the \u003cem\u003eBennington Review.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCover art: Lauren “Ralphi” Burgess. To learn more about her work, visit her \u003ca href=\"https://www.rphrt.com/about\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we read and discuss Jericho Brown's \"Duplex,\" a poetic form that he created in order to explore the complexities of family, violence, and desire. ","date_published":"2024-09-20T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/c73b992b-b7c2-482e-a75f-9e48ff905c88.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17520453,"duration_in_seconds":1336}]},{"id":"9db668dd-1839-4665-90b6-0ddd86b48e87","title":"Episode 77: Jennifer Grotz, The Conversion of Paul","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/77","content_text":"Poetry engages in conversation. Today, we explore a long, beautiful, narrative poem weaving together the work of fellow poets while looking carefully at a Caravaggio painting, all reflecting on illness, death, and friendship.\n\nFor the poem, see here: https://www.nereview.com/vol-40-no-1-2019/the-conversion-of-paul/\n\nFor Grotz's incredible book, Still Falling, see Graywolf Press here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/still-falling\n\n“Still Falling is an undeniably gorgeous book of love poems full of grief. In these pages, Jennifer Grotz writes line after line of direct statement in rhythms that would leave any reader breathless and wanting more. . . . I am in awe of Grotz’s power to grow and transform book after book. I cannot read Still Falling without crying.”—Jericho Brown\n\nFor the Caravaggio painting, The Conversion on the Way to Damascus, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus \n\nFor more episodes on ekphrasis, please see our website and keywords here:\nhttps://poetryforallpod.com/episodes/\n\nThanks to Graywolf Press for permission to read this poem on the podcast. Jennifer Grotz's \"The Conversation of Paul\" was published in her collection titled Still Falling (Graywolf, 2023). ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePoetry engages in conversation. Today, we explore a long, beautiful, narrative poem weaving together the work of fellow poets while looking carefully at a Caravaggio painting, all reflecting on illness, death, and friendship.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the poem, see here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nereview.com/vol-40-no-1-2019/the-conversion-of-paul/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.nereview.com/vol-40-no-1-2019/the-conversion-of-paul/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Grotz\u0026#39;s incredible book, Still Falling, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/still-falling\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eGraywolf \u003c/a\u003ePress here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/still-falling\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.graywolfpress.org/books/still-falling\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Still Falling is an undeniably gorgeous book of love poems full of grief. In these pages, Jennifer Grotz writes line after line of direct statement in rhythms that would leave any reader breathless and wanting more. . . . I am in awe of Grotz’s power to grow and transform book after book. I cannot read Still Falling without crying.”—Jericho Brown\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the Caravaggio painting, \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Conversion on the Way to Damascus\u003c/a\u003e, see here: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more episodes on ekphrasis, please see our website and keywords here:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://poetryforallpod.com/episodes/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://poetryforallpod.com/episodes/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to Graywolf Press for permission to read this poem on the podcast. Jennifer Grotz\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;The Conversation of Paul\u0026quot; was published in her collection titled \u003cem\u003eStill Falling\u003c/em\u003e (Graywolf, 2023). \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Poetry engages in conversation. Today, we explore a long, beautiful, narrative poem weaving together the work of fellow poets while looking carefully at a Caravaggio painting, all reflecting on illness, death, and friendship.","date_published":"2024-09-05T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/9db668dd-1839-4665-90b6-0ddd86b48e87.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20732074,"duration_in_seconds":1574}]},{"id":"58a443d6-c2f7-4c72-b823-1e1f9c797df0","title":"Episode 76: Philip Levine, What Work Is","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/76","content_text":"In this episode, we read and discuss Philip Levine's most famous poem, \"What Work Is.\" We consider his deft use of the second-person perspective, the sociability and narrative energy of his poetry, and his deep concern for the insecurity that defines the lives of so working-class laborers.\n\nClick here to read \"What Work Is\": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52173/what-work-is\n\nPhoto credit: Geoffrey Berliner\n\n\"What Work Is\" was published in What Work Is (Knopf, 1991). Thanks to Penguin Random House for granting us permission to read this poem.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we read and discuss Philip Levine\u0026#39;s most famous poem, \u0026quot;What Work Is.\u0026quot; We consider his deft use of the second-person perspective, the sociability and narrative energy of his poetry, and his deep concern for the insecurity that defines the lives of so working-class laborers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClick here to read \u0026quot;What Work Is\u0026quot;: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52173/what-work-is\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52173/what-work-is\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto credit: Geoffrey Berliner\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;What Work Is\u0026quot; was published in \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/100554/what-work-is-by-philip-levine/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWhat Work Is\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e (Knopf, 1991). Thanks to Penguin Random House for granting us permission to read this poem.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we read and discuss Philip Levine's most famous poem, \"What Work Is.\" We consider his deft use of the second-person perspective, the sociability and narrative energy of his poetry, and his deep concern for the insecurity that defines the lives of so working-class laborers.","date_published":"2024-08-22T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/58a443d6-c2f7-4c72-b823-1e1f9c797df0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19370650,"duration_in_seconds":1496}]},{"id":"a762f3cf-844f-4d46-84dc-a972662c4245","title":"Episode 75: Du Fu, Passing the Night by White Sands Post Station","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/75","content_text":"What is a good life, and how do we make sense of the world when it seems like society is collapsing? In this episode, Lucas Bender joins us once again to discuss the work of Du Fu (712-770 C.E.), the great Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Luke helps us to see how Du Fu’s “Passing the Night by White Sands Post Station” can be read in multiple ways depending on how one translates each word of the poem. In doing so, he reveals the poem’s concerns with aging, disappointment, and the possibility of hope in difficult times.\n\nClick here to learn more about Du Fu.\n\nLucas Bender is the author of Du Fu Transforms: Tradition and Ethics amid Societal Collapse (Harvard University Press, 2021).\n\nTo learn more about Luke Bender, visit his website.\n\nCover art: Wang Hui, Ten Thousand Li up the Yangtze River, Qing Dynasty. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is a good life, and how do we make sense of the world when it seems like society is collapsing? In this episode, Lucas Bender joins us once again to discuss the work of Du Fu (712-770 C.E.), the great Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Luke helps us to see how Du Fu’s “Passing the Night by White Sands Post Station” can be read in multiple ways depending on how one translates each word of the poem. In doing so, he reveals the poem’s concerns with aging, disappointment, and the possibility of hope in difficult times.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClick \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/tu-fu\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e to learn more about Du Fu.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLucas Bender is the author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674260177\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDu Fu Transforms: Tradition and Ethics amid Societal Collapse\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e (Harvard University Press, 2021).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Luke Bender, visit his \u003ca href=\"https://campuspress.yale.edu/lucasrambobender/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCover art: Wang Hui, Ten Thousand Li up the Yangtze River, Qing Dynasty. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"What is a good life, and how do we make sense of the world when it seems like society is collapsing? In this episode, Lucas Bender joins us once again to discuss the work of Du Fu, the great Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Luke helps us to see how Du Fu’s “Passing the Night by White Sands Post Station” can be read in multiple ways depending on how one translates each word of the poem. In doing so, he reveals the poem’s concerns with aging, disappointment, and the possibility of hope in difficult times.","date_published":"2024-08-07T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/a762f3cf-844f-4d46-84dc-a972662c4245.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15475032,"duration_in_seconds":1096}]},{"id":"e3804c86-d429-4836-b0b9-43424ca325a4","title":"Episode 74: Diane Seuss, [The sonnet, like poverty]","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/74","content_text":"This remarkable sonnet dives into issues of poverty, poetry, and grief. We talk about the pedagogy of constraint, while exploring the achievements, including the hardbitten gratitude, embedded in this poem.\n\nThank you to Graywolf Press for permission to read and discuss the poem. Diane Seuss's \"[The sonnet, like poverty, teaches you what you can do]\" was published in her collection titled frank: sonnets (Graywolf, 2021). \n\nSee the work (and buy it!) here: https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/frank-sonnets\n\nFor more on Diane Seuss, see here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/diane-seuss\n\nFor more on the Sealey Challenge, see here: https://www.thesealeychallenge.com/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable sonnet dives into issues of poverty, poetry, and grief. We talk about the pedagogy of constraint, while exploring the achievements, including the hardbitten gratitude, embedded in this poem.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThank you to Graywolf Press for permission to read and discuss the poem. Diane Seuss\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;[The sonnet, like poverty, teaches you what you can do]\u0026quot; was published in her collection titled \u003cem\u003efrank: sonnets\u003c/em\u003e (Graywolf, 2021). \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSee the work (and buy it!) here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/frank-sonnets\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.graywolfpress.org/books/frank-sonnets\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Diane Seuss, see here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/diane-seuss\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/diane-seuss\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on the Sealey Challenge, see here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesealeychallenge.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.thesealeychallenge.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"This remarkable sonnet dives into issues of poverty, poetry, and grief. We talk about the pedagogy of constraint, while exploring the achievements, including the hardbitten gratitude, embedded in this poem.","date_published":"2024-07-26T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/e3804c86-d429-4836-b0b9-43424ca325a4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19707213,"duration_in_seconds":1462}]},{"id":"c6cee557-a504-4296-8547-9f99d8d8f020","title":"Episode 73: Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, Sonnet 189","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/73","content_text":"In this episode, Professor Stephanie Kirk guides our reading of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz’s “Sonnet 189.” Her scholarly insights help us to appreciate the nuances of Sor Juana’s poetry and her importance in her own lifetime and beyond.\n\nProfessor Kirk read Edith Grossman's translation of \"Sonnet 189\" from Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works. Copyright (c) 2014 by Edith Grossman. With permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, Inc.\n\nTo learn more about Stephanie Kirk’s scholarship, you can click here.\n\nCover image: Miguel Cabrera, posthumous portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, 1750. Museo Nacional de Historia, Mexico City, Mexico. Public domain.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Professor Stephanie Kirk guides our reading of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz’s “Sonnet 189.” Her scholarly insights help us to appreciate the nuances of Sor Juana’s poetry and her importance in her own lifetime and beyond.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Kirk read Edith Grossman\u0026#39;s translation of \u0026quot;Sonnet 189\u0026quot; from \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393920161\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eSor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e. Copyright (c) 2014 by Edith Grossman. With permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, Inc.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Stephanie Kirk’s scholarship, you can click \u003ca href=\"https://artsci.wustl.edu/faculty-staff/stephanie-kirk\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCover image: Miguel Cabrera, posthumous portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, 1750. Museo Nacional de Historia, Mexico City, Mexico. Public domain.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, Professor Stephanie Kirk guides our reading of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz’s “Sonnet 189.” Her scholarly insights help us to appreciate the nuances of Sor Juana’s poetry and her importance in her own lifetime and beyond.","date_published":"2024-07-08T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/c6cee557-a504-4296-8547-9f99d8d8f020.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23469152,"duration_in_seconds":1481}]},{"id":"73fea3c0-7b85-4f9c-8bb7-6a0ae7b15663","title":"Word Made Fresh (and Exciting Updates)","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/word-made-fresh","content_text":"We're interrupting your summer this week with a few exciting updates about Poetry For All and an excerpt from Abram Van Engen's newly released book, Word Made Fresh.\n\nIf you want to join Abram for a book launch online on July 9 at 4pm Eastern, register for free by clicking this link.\n\nAnd if you want a free subscription to Image Journal, which is an incredible faith and arts magazine, check out this offer here by clicking this link.\n\nYou can see the book here: https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802883605/word-made-fresh/\n\nOr at Amazon: https://a.co/d/0j5d3utJ\n\nIf you read it, leave a review!\n\nThanks for listening.Links:Book Launch for Word Made Fresh — Book Launch for Word Made Fresh, July 9 at 4pm EST","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eWe\u0026#39;re interrupting your summer this week with a few exciting updates about Poetry For All and an excerpt from Abram Van Engen\u0026#39;s newly released book, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://a.co/d/07v1cD4a\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWord Made Fresh\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to join Abram for a book launch online on July 9 at 4pm Eastern, \u003ca href=\"https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclde2srz8uGNxRv0IOrlI5m5HPzEUN0BZv#/registration\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eregister for free by clicking this link.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd if you want a free subscription to \u003ca href=\"https://imagejournal.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eImage Journal\u003c/a\u003e, which is an incredible faith and arts magazine, \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdaChG6KXAca5PX0Q34-eb2APcX8yTw6ipOOIVaLmncVMMctQ/viewform\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003echeck out this offer here by clicking this link\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou can see the book here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802883605/word-made-fresh/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.eerdmans.com/9780802883605/word-made-fresh/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOr at Amazon: \u003ca href=\"https://a.co/d/0j5d3utJ\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://a.co/d/0j5d3utJ\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you read it, leave a review!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks for listening.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Book Launch for Word Made Fresh\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclde2srz8uGNxRv0IOrlI5m5HPzEUN0BZv#/registration\"\u003eBook Launch for Word Made Fresh\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; Book Launch for Word Made Fresh, July 9 at 4pm EST\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"We're interrupting your summer this week with a few exciting updates about Poetry For All and an excerpt from Abram Van Engen's newly released book, WORD MADE FRESH.","date_published":"2024-06-30T20:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/73fea3c0-7b85-4f9c-8bb7-6a0ae7b15663.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10215705,"duration_in_seconds":755}]},{"id":"fe94c038-1df3-40e1-8f41-ad3a9eca9db4","title":"Episode 72: Victoria Chang, My Mother--died unpeacefully...","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/72","content_text":"In this episode, we read one of Victoria Chang’s moving poems from her collection OBIT, and discuss how the poem explores the interplay between life, death, grieving, and memory as the poet tries to process her mother’s passing.\n\nThanks to Copper Canyon Press for granting us permission to read this poem, which was originally published in OBIT. \n\nVictoria’s newest collection of poems, With My Back to the World,was inspired by the work of Agnes Martin and published earlier this year.\n\nTo learn more about Victoria Chang, visit her website.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we read one of Victoria Chang’s moving poems from her collection \u003cem\u003eOBIT\u003c/em\u003e, and discuss how the poem explores the interplay between life, death, grieving, and memory as the poet tries to process her mother’s passing.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eCopper Canyon Press\u003c/a\u003e for granting us permission to read this poem, which was originally published in \u003cem\u003eOBIT\u003c/em\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVictoria’s newest collection of poems, \u003ca href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374611132/withmybacktotheworld\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWith My Back to the World,\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003ewas inspired by the work of Agnes Martin and published earlier this year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Victoria Chang, visit her \u003ca href=\"https://victoriachangpoet.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we read one of Victoria Chang’s moving poems from her collection OBIT, and discuss how the poem explores the interplay between life, death, grieving, and memory as the poet tries to process her mother’s passing.\r\n\r\n","date_published":"2024-05-22T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/fe94c038-1df3-40e1-8f41-ad3a9eca9db4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19069241,"duration_in_seconds":1201}]},{"id":"8cf44fa5-8354-4a42-bbb7-e0968142e223","title":"Episode 71: Hopkins, As Kingfishers Catch Fire","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/71","content_text":"This episode dives into the wonderful world of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the musicality of his language, and the vision he has of becoming what we already are.\n\nThis poem illustrates the cover of Abram Van Engen's new book, Word Made Fresh. The book explores connections between poetry and faith, and it serves as an invitation to reading poetry of all kinds--with tools and tips for how to get started and explore broadly.\n\nSpecial thanks to John Hendrix for the cover illustration of Word Made Fresh, which is an illustration of \"As Kingfishers Catch Fire.\"\n\nHere is the poem by Hopkins:\n\nAs Kingfishers Catch Fire\n\nAs kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;\nAs tumbled over rim in roundy wells\nStones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's\nBow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;\nEach mortal thing does one thing and the same:\nDeals out that being indoors each one dwells;\nSelves — goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,\nCrying Whát I dó is me: for that I came.\n\nI say móre: the just man justices;\nKeeps grace: thát keeps all his goings graces;\nActs in God's eye what in God's eye he is —\nChríst — for Christ plays in ten thousand places,\nLovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his\nTo the Father through the features of men's faces.\n\nSee the poem at the Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor more on Hopkins, see here.\n\nThe last chapter of Word Made Fresh dwells at length on this poem by Hopkins as an expression of what poetry does and can do in the world.Links:Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church — Have you ever read a book that turned your world upside down? What about a poem?  \r\n \r\nPoetry has the power to enliven, challenge, change, and enrich our lives. But it can also feel intimidating, confusing, or simply “not for us.” In these joyful and wise reflections, Abram Van Engen shows readers how poetry is for everyone—and how it can reinvigorate our Christian faith. \r\n \r\nIntertwining close readings with personal storytelling, Van Engen explains how and why to read poems as a spiritual practice. Far from dry, academic instruction, his approach encourages readers to delight in poetry, even as they come to understand its form. He also opens up the meaning of poetry and parables in Scripture, revealing the deep connection between literature and theology. \r\n \r\nWord Made Fresh is more than a guide to poetry—it’s an invitation to wonder, to speak up, to lament, to praise. Including dozens of poems from diverse authors, this book will inspire curious and thoughtful readers to see God and God’s creation in surprising new ways.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis episode dives into the wonderful world of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the musicality of his language, and the vision he has of becoming what we already are.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis poem illustrates the cover of Abram Van Engen\u0026#39;s new book, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://a.co/d/ixArJjV\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWord Made Fresh\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e. The book explores connections between poetry and faith, and it serves as an invitation to reading poetry of all kinds--with tools and tips for how to get started and explore broadly.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpecial thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.johnhendrix.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eJohn Hendrix\u003c/a\u003e for the cover illustration of \u003cem\u003eWord Made Fresh\u003c/em\u003e, which is an illustration of \u0026quot;As Kingfishers Catch Fire.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the poem by Hopkins:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs Kingfishers Catch Fire\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;\u003cbr\u003e\nAs tumbled over rim in roundy wells\u003cbr\u003e\nStones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell\u0026#39;s\u003cbr\u003e\nBow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;\u003cbr\u003e\nEach mortal thing does one thing and the same:\u003cbr\u003e\nDeals out that being indoors each one dwells;\u003cbr\u003e\nSelves — goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,\u003cbr\u003e\nCrying Whát I dó is me: for that I came.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI say móre: the just man justices;\u003cbr\u003e\nKeeps grace: thát keeps all his goings graces;\u003cbr\u003e\nActs in God\u0026#39;s eye what in God\u0026#39;s eye he is —\u003cbr\u003e\nChríst — for Christ plays in ten thousand places,\u003cbr\u003e\nLovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his\u003cbr\u003e\nTo the Father through the features of men\u0026#39;s faces.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSee the poem at the Poetry Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Hopkins, \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gerard-manley-hopkins\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe last chapter of \u003ca href=\"https://a.co/d/626hzDG\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWord Made Fresh\u003c/a\u003e dwells at length on this poem by Hopkins as an expression of what poetry does and can do in the world.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://a.co/d/hRWJYoa\"\u003eWord Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; Have you ever read a book that turned your world upside down? What about a poem?  \r\n \r\nPoetry has the power to enliven, challenge, change, and enrich our lives. But it can also feel intimidating, confusing, or simply “not for us.” In these joyful and wise reflections, Abram Van Engen shows readers how poetry is for everyone—and how it can reinvigorate our Christian faith. \r\n \r\nIntertwining close readings with personal storytelling, Van Engen explains how and why to read poems as a spiritual practice. Far from dry, academic instruction, his approach encourages readers to delight in poetry, even as they come to understand its form. He also opens up the meaning of poetry and parables in Scripture, revealing the deep connection between literature and theology. \r\n \r\nWord Made Fresh is more than a guide to poetry—it’s an invitation to wonder, to speak up, to lament, to praise. Including dozens of poems from diverse authors, this book will inspire curious and thoughtful readers to see God and God’s creation in surprising new ways.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"This episode dives into the wonderful world of Gerard Manley Hopkins, the musicality of his language, and the vision he has of becoming what we already are.","date_published":"2024-04-18T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/8cf44fa5-8354-4a42-bbb7-e0968142e223.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22056937,"duration_in_seconds":1435}]},{"id":"2ec061e5-c4da-4365-afd1-8d509068fa31","title":"Episode 70: Lauren Camp, Inner Planets","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/70","content_text":"In this episode, Lauren Camp joins us to read and discuss \"Inner Planets,\" a poem that she wrote during her time as the astronomer in residence at Grand Canyon National Park. She describes her poetic process and the value of solitude in a place full of wonderment. \n\nTo learn more about the Grand Canyon Astronomer in Residence program, click here.\n\nTo learn more about Lauren Camp, visit her website. \n\nLauren's newest collection, In Old Sky, is a collection of the poems that were inspired by the Grand Canyon. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Lauren Camp joins us to read and discuss \u0026quot;Inner Planets,\u0026quot; a poem that she wrote during her time as the astronomer in residence at Grand Canyon National Park. She describes her poetic process and the value of solitude in a place full of wonderment. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about the Grand Canyon Astronomer in Residence program, click \u003ca href=\"https://www.grandcanyon.org/experience-grand-canyon/residency-program/astronomer-in-residence\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Lauren Camp, visit her \u003ca href=\"https://www.laurencamp.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLauren\u0026#39;s newest collection, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.grandcanyon.org/products/grand-canyon-conservancy-in-old-sky-gc-poetry-book-10247\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eIn Old Sky\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e, is a collection of the poems that were inspired by the Grand Canyon. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2024-03-19T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/2ec061e5-c4da-4365-afd1-8d509068fa31.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":24730982,"duration_in_seconds":1709}]},{"id":"e34d9b5f-adbe-4eeb-aa6c-38fb205a1215","title":"Episode 69: Live with Marilyn Nelson!","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/69","content_text":"Our first live performance of the podcast, featuring Marilyn Nelson and a discussion or her amazing poem \"How I Discovered Poetry.\"\n\nOn January 31, we met at Calvin University for its January Series and spoke with Marilyn Nelson about poetry and her work for a live audience.\n\nFor more on Marilyn Nelson, visit her website or The Poetry Foundation.\n\nThis poem is the title poem of an extraordinary book called How I Discovered Poetry\n\nIt was originally published in The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems\n\nThank you to LSU Press for permission to read and discussion this poem on our podcast.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eOur first live performance of the podcast, featuring Marilyn Nelson and a discussion or her amazing poem \u0026quot;How I Discovered Poetry.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn January 31, we met at Calvin University for its January Series and spoke with Marilyn Nelson about poetry and her work for a live audience.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Marilyn Nelson, visit \u003ca href=\"https://marilyn-nelson.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eher website\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marilyn-nelson\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis poem is the title poem of an extraordinary book called \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://a.co/d/6xrZVm9\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eHow I Discovered Poetry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was originally published in \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://a.co/d/0iajt2m\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThank you to LSU Press for permission to read and discussion this poem on our podcast.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Our first live performance of the podcast, featuring Marilyn Nelson and a discussion or her amazing poem \"How I Discovered Poetry.\"","date_published":"2024-02-11T09:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/e34d9b5f-adbe-4eeb-aa6c-38fb205a1215.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67923806,"duration_in_seconds":3317}]},{"id":"85939ae8-1a76-48a3-9220-60a4e0a307d5","title":"Announcement","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/announcement","content_text":"We share some news about a new website at poetryforallpod.com and a live event next week!\n\nhttps://poetryforallpod.com/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eWe share some news about a new website at poetryforallpod.com and a live event next week!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://poetryforallpod.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://poetryforallpod.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Some news!","date_published":"2024-01-24T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/85939ae8-1a76-48a3-9220-60a4e0a307d5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":1796981,"duration_in_seconds":135}]},{"id":"9e51bc84-85ce-4ca7-ab47-2e7c09899cb7","title":"Episode 68: W.S. Merwin, To the New Year","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/68","content_text":"In the first episode of 2024, we read one of the great poets of the past century, W.S. Merwin, and his address to the new year, considering his attentiveness, his style, and his wondrous mood and mode of contemplation and surprise. Picking up on the \"radical hope\" we discussed in Dimitrov's \"Winter Solstice,\" we turn to Merwin's sense of what is untouched but still possible as he greets the new year.\n\nIn this episode, we quote a few pieces from The New Yorker. Here they are, plus a few other resources.\n\n\"The Aesthetic Insight of W.S. Merwin\" by Dan Chiasson\n\n\"The Final Prophecy of W.S. Merwin\" by Dan Chiasson\n\n\"The Palm Trees and Poetry of W.S. Merwin\" by Casey Cep\n\n\"When You Go Away: Remembering W.S. Merwin\" by Kevin Young\n\nSee also The Poetry Foundation.\n\nThe poem originally appeared in Present Company (Copper Canyon Press, 2005). Thanks to the Wylie Agency for granting us permission to read this poem on the episode. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn the first episode of 2024, we read one of the great poets of the past century, W.S. Merwin, and his address to the new year, considering his attentiveness, his style, and his wondrous mood and mode of contemplation and surprise. Picking up on the \u0026quot;radical hope\u0026quot; we discussed in Dimitrov\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;Winter Solstice,\u0026quot; we turn to Merwin\u0026#39;s sense of what is untouched but still possible as he greets the new year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we quote a few pieces from The New Yorker. Here they are, plus a few other resources.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/18/the-ascetic-insight-of-w-s-merwin\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Aesthetic Insight of W.S. Merwin\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; by Dan Chiasson\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-final-prophecy-of-w-s-merwin\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Final Prophecy of W.S. Merwin\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; by Dan Chiasson\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-palm-trees-and-poetry-of-w-s-merwin\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Palm Trees and Poetry of W.S. Merwin\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; by Casey Cep\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/when-you-go-away-remembering-w-s-merwin\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWhen You Go Away: Remembering W.S. Merwin\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; by Kevin Young\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSee also \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/w-s-merwin\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poem originally appeared in \u003ca href=\"https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/present-company-by-w-s-merwin/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresent Company\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e (Copper Canyon Press, 2005). Thanks to the Wylie Agency for granting us permission to read this poem on the episode. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In the first episode of 2024, we read one of the great poets of the past century, W.S. Merwin, and his address to the new year, considering his attentiveness, his style, and his wondrous mood and mode of contemplation and surprise.","date_published":"2024-01-18T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/9e51bc84-85ce-4ca7-ab47-2e7c09899cb7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21168101,"duration_in_seconds":1368}]},{"id":"84ed1ee2-8043-4af9-a127-aff9958a92af","title":"Episode 67: Alex Dimitrov, Winter Solstice","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/67","content_text":"In this episode, we read and discuss a poem that provides a powerful meditation on the longest night of the year. \n\nTo learn more about Alex Dimitrov, please visit his website.\n\nThanks to Copper Canyon Press for granting us permission to read this poem from Love and Other Poems.\n\nDuring our conversation, we briefly allude to \"Love,\" Dimitrov's wonderful poem that he continues to write each day. To read the original poem, you can check the American Poetry Review; and to read Dimitrov's additional lines on Twitter, you can follow him at @apoemcalledlove on Twitter.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we read and discuss a poem that provides a powerful meditation on the longest night of the year. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Alex Dimitrov, please visit his \u003ca href=\"https://www.alexdimitrov.com/poems\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/alex-dimitrov/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eCopper Canyon Press\u003c/a\u003e for granting us permission to read this poem from \u003cem\u003eLove and Other Poems.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring our conversation, we briefly allude to \u0026quot;Love,\u0026quot; Dimitrov\u0026#39;s wonderful poem that he continues to write each day. To read the original poem, you can check the \u003ca href=\"https://aprweb.org/poems/love0\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c/a\u003e; and to read Dimitrov\u0026#39;s additional lines on Twitter, you can follow him at @apoemcalledlove on \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/apoemcalledlove?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eTwitter\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we read and discuss a poem that provides a powerful meditation on the longest night of the year. \r\n","date_published":"2023-12-18T20:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/84ed1ee2-8043-4af9-a127-aff9958a92af.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":18598169,"duration_in_seconds":1467}]},{"id":"f3cf6207-001e-480e-a530-3410199cd570","title":"Episode 66: Katy Didden, The Priest Questions the Lava","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/66","content_text":"In our discussion of \"The Priest Questions the Lava,\" Katy describes the sentience of the natural world, her erasure of documentary texts, her interest in visual poetry, and the importance of poems that examine ethical and spiritual questions in an era of climate change. \n\nTo see Katy's erasure, click on the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day feature.\n\nVisit the Tupelo Press website to purchase a copy of Ore Choir: The Lava on Iceland.\n\nThe website includes a lesson plan for those who might want to introduce Katy's poetry into the classroom.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn our discussion of \u0026quot;The Priest Questions the Lava,\u0026quot; Katy describes the sentience of the natural world, her erasure of documentary texts, her interest in visual poetry, and the importance of poems that examine ethical and spiritual questions in an era of climate change. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo see Katy\u0026#39;s erasure, click on the \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/ore-choir-priest-questions-lava\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAcademy of American Poets Poem-a-Day feature\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVisit the Tupelo Press website to purchase a copy of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.tupelopress.org/product/ore-choir-the-lava-on-iceland/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eOre Choir: The Lava on Iceland\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe website includes a lesson plan for those who might want to introduce Katy\u0026#39;s poetry into the classroom.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In our discussion of \"The Priest Questions the Lava,\" Katy describes her interest in the sentience of the natural world, her erasure of documentary texts, her interest in visual poetry, and the importance of poems that examine ethical and spiritual questions in an era of climate change. ","date_published":"2023-11-21T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/f3cf6207-001e-480e-a530-3410199cd570.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19396089,"duration_in_seconds":1570}]},{"id":"7a2a1e0b-af48-4faf-afca-6988fbf89805","title":"Episode 65: Du Fu, Facing Snow","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/65","content_text":"In this episode, Lucas Bender guides us through his translation of Du Fu's \"Facing Snow,\" one of the most famous poems in the Chinese language. \n\nTo learn more about Du Fu's life, work, and cultural significance, please see Lucas Bender's Du Fu Transforms: Tradition and Ethics amid Societal Collapse (Harvard University Press, 2021). ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Lucas Bender guides us through his translation of Du Fu\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;Facing Snow,\u0026quot; one of the most famous poems in the Chinese language. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Du Fu\u0026#39;s life, work, and cultural significance, please see Lucas Bender\u0026#39;s \u003ca href=\"https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674260177\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eDu Fu Transforms: Tradition and Ethics amid Societal Collapse (Harvard University Press, 2021). \u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, Lucas Bender guides us through his translation of Du Fu's \"Facing Snow,\" one of the most famous poems in the Chinese language. ","date_published":"2023-10-19T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/7a2a1e0b-af48-4faf-afca-6988fbf89805.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19482350,"duration_in_seconds":1437}]},{"id":"0e2411ed-121f-45cf-a246-e54d3e1a4287","title":"Episode 64: Shakespeare, Sonnet 29","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/64","content_text":"In episode 64, we talk about Shakespeare's sonnet 29, a poem about comparison and competition, leading the poet almost to despise himself before, by chance, he remembers his dear friend and is lifted by the deep joy of that relationship.\n\nWe link our discussion to present-day concerns about social media, the Surgeon General's warning about an epidemic of loneliness in this country, and a long-term Harvard study of happiness. Links below.\n\nHere is the poem:\n\nSonnet 29\n\nWhen, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,\nI all alone beweep my outcast state,\nAnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,\nAnd look upon myself and curse my fate,\nWishing me like to one more rich in hope,\nFeatured like him, like him with friends possessed,\nDesiring this man’s art and that man’s scope,\nWith what I most enjoy contented least;\nYet in these thoughts myself almost despising,\nHaply I think on thee, and then my state,\n(Like to the lark at break of day arising\nFrom sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate;\n       For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings\n       That then I scorn to change my state with kings.\n\nLinks to the Surgeon General's Warning about Social Media\n\nhttps://www.npr.org/2023/05/23/1177626373/u-s-surgeon-general-vivek-murthy-warns-about-the-dangers-of-social-media-to-kids#:~:text=Social%20media%20can%20present%20a,a%20new%20advisory%20released%20Tuesday.\n\nVarious Links on the Harvard Happiness Study\n\nhttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/\n\nhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/harvard-happiness-study-relationships/672753/\n\nhttps://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/10/85-year-harvard-study-found-the-secret-to-a-long-happy-and-successful-life.html\n\nhttps://www.reuters.com/markets/wealth/what-worlds-longest-happiness-study-says-about-money-2023-02-06/Links:Sonnet 29Surgeon General on LonelinessSurgeon General on Social MediaHarvard Study of Happiness","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn episode 64, we talk about Shakespeare\u0026#39;s sonnet 29, a poem about comparison and competition, leading the poet almost to despise himself before, by chance, he remembers his dear friend and is lifted by the deep joy of that relationship.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe link our discussion to present-day concerns about social media, the Surgeon General\u0026#39;s warning about an epidemic of loneliness in this country, and a long-term Harvard study of happiness. Links below.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere is the poem:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSonnet 29\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,\u003cbr\u003e\nI all alone beweep my outcast state,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd look upon myself and curse my fate,\u003cbr\u003e\nWishing me like to one more rich in hope,\u003cbr\u003e\nFeatured like him, like him with friends possessed,\u003cbr\u003e\nDesiring this man’s art and that man’s scope,\u003cbr\u003e\nWith what I most enjoy contented least;\u003cbr\u003e\nYet in these thoughts myself almost despising,\u003cbr\u003e\nHaply I think on thee, and then my state,\u003cbr\u003e\n(Like to the lark at break of day arising\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate;\u003cbr\u003e\n       For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings\u003cbr\u003e\n       That then I scorn to change my state with kings.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinks to the Surgeon General\u0026#39;s Warning about Social Media\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/05/23/1177626373/u-s-surgeon-general-vivek-murthy-warns-about-the-dangers-of-social-media-to-kids#:%7E:text=Social%20media%20can%20present%20a,a%20new%20advisory%20released%20Tuesday\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.npr.org/2023/05/23/1177626373/u-s-surgeon-general-vivek-murthy-warns-about-the-dangers-of-social-media-to-kids#:~:text=Social%20media%20can%20present%20a,a%20new%20advisory%20released%20Tuesday\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVarious Links on the Harvard Happiness Study\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/harvard-happiness-study-relationships/672753/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/harvard-happiness-study-relationships/672753/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/10/85-year-harvard-study-found-the-secret-to-a-long-happy-and-successful-life.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/10/85-year-harvard-study-found-the-secret-to-a-long-happy-and-successful-life.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/markets/wealth/what-worlds-longest-happiness-study-says-about-money-2023-02-06/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.reuters.com/markets/wealth/what-worlds-longest-happiness-study-says-about-money-2023-02-06/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Sonnet 29\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45090/sonnet-29-when-in-disgrace-with-fortune-and-mens-eyes\"\u003eSonnet 29\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Surgeon General on Loneliness\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/opinion/loneliness-epidemic-america.html\"\u003eSurgeon General on Loneliness\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Surgeon General on Social Media\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/05/23/1177626373/u-s-surgeon-general-vivek-murthy-warns-about-the-dangers-of-social-media-to-kids#:~:text=Social%20media%20can%20present%20a,a%20new%20advisory%20released%20Tuesday.\"\u003eSurgeon General on Social Media\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Harvard Study of Happiness\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/harvard-happiness-study-relationships/672753/\"\u003eHarvard Study of Happiness\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 opens a world of comparison and despair, but also the deep joy of a dear friend that lifts one from disgrace. In our discussion, we consider present-day concerns about social media, the Surgeon General's warning about an epidemic of loneliness in this country, and a long-term Harvard study of happiness. ","date_published":"2023-09-22T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/0e2411ed-121f-45cf-a246-e54d3e1a4287.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15847435,"duration_in_seconds":1191}]},{"id":"ef590d83-e80f-4bc6-8498-c781616fa252","title":"Episode 63: Rumi, Colorless, Nameless, Free","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/63","content_text":"Poet and translator Haleh Liza Gafori joins us to closely read and discuss a poem by Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī  (1207-1273 CE), one of the greatest of all Sufi poets. We discuss the poetic constraints of the ghazal form, Rumi's encounters with the divine, and the significance of his friendship with Shams, a man who transformed his life and poetic practice.\n\nHaleh Liza Gafori's translations of Rumi's poetry appear in Gold (NYRB Press, 2022). \n\nYou can learn more about her work as a vocalist, poet, translator and performer here. \n\nTo learn more about Rumi, visit the Poetry Foundation website.\n\nCover photo from The Walters Art Museum ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePoet and translator Haleh Liza Gafori joins us to closely read and discuss a poem by Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī  (1207-1273 CE), one of the greatest of all Sufi poets. We discuss the poetic constraints of the ghazal form, Rumi\u0026#39;s encounters with the divine, and the significance of his friendship with Shams, a man who transformed his life and poetic practice.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaleh Liza Gafori\u0026#39;s translations of Rumi\u0026#39;s poetry appear in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nyrb.com/products/gold\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGold\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e (NYRB Press, 2022). \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou can learn more about her work as a vocalist, poet, translator and performer \u003ca href=\"https://www.halehliza.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Rumi, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jalal-al-din-rumi\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePoetry Foundation website\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCover photo from \u003ca href=\"https://art.thewalters.org/detail/77715/illuminated-preface-to-the-second-book-of-the-collection-of-poems-masnavi-2/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Walters Art Museum \u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, poet and translator Haleh Liza Gafori joins us to closely read and discuss a poem by Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī  (1207-1273 CE), one of the greatest of all Sufi poets. We discuss the poetic constraints of the ghazal form, Rumi's encounters with the divine, and the significance of his friendship with Shams, a man who transformed his life and poetic practice.\r\n\r\n","date_published":"2023-08-29T18:30:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/ef590d83-e80f-4bc6-8498-c781616fa252.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22825011,"duration_in_seconds":1796}]},{"id":"97e0b752-34cd-4447-99a9-1ee5a2db6a62","title":"Episode 62: Kobayashi Issa, Haiku","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/62","content_text":"What makes haiku \"the perfect poetic form\"? This episode reads three wonderful haiku by Kobayashi Issa and explores what makes them so moving and fun.\n\nWe use the beautiful translations of award-winning poet Robert Haas in The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa. To see these haiku and others online, visit The Poetry Foundation here.\n\nTo see (and purchase) the book, see HarperCollins here.\n\nThank you to HarperCollins for permission to read these translations on our podcast.\n\nFor more on Kobayashi Issa, visit the Poetry Foundation here.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eWhat makes haiku \u0026quot;the perfect poetic form\u0026quot;? This episode reads three wonderful haiku by Kobayashi Issa and explores what makes them so moving and fun.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe use the beautiful translations of award-winning poet Robert Haas in \u003cem\u003eThe Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa\u003c/em\u003e. To see these haiku and others online, \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50983/selected-haiku-by-issa\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003evisit The Poetry Foundation here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo see (and purchase) the book, \u003ca href=\"https://www.harpercollins.com/products/essential-haiku-volume-20-hass?variant=32118145876002\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee HarperCollins here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThank you to HarperCollins for permission to read these translations on our podcast.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Kobayashi Issa, \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issa\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003evisit the Poetry Foundation here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"What makes haiku \"the perfect poetic form\"? This episode reads three wonderful haiku by Kobayashi Issa and explores what makes them so moving and fun.","date_published":"2023-08-11T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/97e0b752-34cd-4447-99a9-1ee5a2db6a62.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14140516,"duration_in_seconds":1039}]},{"id":"0a06009e-c516-4166-8964-4d793c85cf4e","title":"Episode 61: Ada Limón, \"The Raincoat\"","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/61","content_text":"With her quality of attention and focus on vivid, specific images, Ada Limón brings us to a moment of surprising insight in \"The Raincoat.\"\n\n\"The Raincoat\" appears in Ada Limón's book The Carrying by Milkweed Editions. Thank you to Milkweed Editions for permission to read the poem on this podcast.\n\nYou can find the \"The Raincoat\" on the Poetry Foundation website.\n\nTo learn more about Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, visit the Library of Congress website.\n\nAda Limón's author website includes information about her six books of poetry as well as interviews, press releases, and her calendar of events. \n\nPhoto credit: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eWith her quality of attention and focus on vivid, specific images, Ada Limón brings us to a moment of surprising insight in \u0026quot;The Raincoat.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;The Raincoat\u0026quot; appears in Ada Limón\u0026#39;s book \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://milkweed.org/book/the-carrying\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Carrying\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e by Milkweed Editions. Thank you to Milkweed Editions for permission to read the poem on this podcast.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou can find the \u0026quot;The Raincoat\u0026quot; on the \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/raincoat\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePoetry Foundation website\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://guides.loc.gov/poet-laureate-ada-limon/activities-at-the-library\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eLibrary of Congress website\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAda Limón\u0026#39;s \u003ca href=\"https://www.adalimon.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eauthor website\u003c/a\u003e includes information about her six books of poetry as well as interviews, press releases, and her calendar of events. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto credit: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"With her quality of attention and focus on vivid, specific images, Ada Limón brings us to a moment of surprising insight in \"The Raincoat.\"","date_published":"2023-05-11T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/0a06009e-c516-4166-8964-4d793c85cf4e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14702329,"duration_in_seconds":1114}]},{"id":"82015254-6db7-45ba-8a76-0c0134dd0c8d","title":"Episode 60: Li-Young Lee, From Blossoms","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/60","content_text":"In this episode, we explore the poetry of joy in a world of shade and death, looking to sounds and repetitions while examining how \"From Blossoms\" speaks back to the poem that immediately precedes it in Lee's great book Rose.\n\nFor more on Li-Young Lee, see The Poetry Foundation here.\n\nThanks to BOA Editions for granting us permission to read Li-Young Lee's work on our podcast. \"From Blossoms\" and \"The Weight of Sweetness\" originally appeared in Rose (BOA Editions, 1986). ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we explore the poetry of joy in a world of shade and death, looking to sounds and repetitions while examining how \u0026quot;From Blossoms\u0026quot; speaks back to the poem that immediately precedes it in Lee\u0026#39;s great book \u003cem\u003eRose.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Li-Young Lee, see The Poetry Foundation \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/li-young-lee\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to BOA Editions for granting us permission to read Li-Young Lee\u0026#39;s work on our podcast. \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43012/from-blossoms\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eFrom Blossoms\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/weight-sweetness\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Weight of Sweetness\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; originally appeared in \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.boaeditions.org/products/rose\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eRose\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e (BOA Editions, 1986). \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we explore the poetry of joy in a world of shade and death, looking to sounds and repetitions while examining how \"From Blossoms\" speaks back to the poem that immediately precedes it in Lee's great book \"Rose.\" ","date_published":"2023-05-02T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/82015254-6db7-45ba-8a76-0c0134dd0c8d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14930673,"duration_in_seconds":1147}]},{"id":"442654c6-7489-4c2f-b4a4-5f5935bd04f2","title":"Episode 59: Tichborne's Elegy","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/59","content_text":"In this episode, we read the elegy of Chidiock Tichborne, written the night before his execution, and contemplate the power of repetitions, the balanced precision of a man facing his end, and the drumbeat of monosyllables that takes his imagination beyond the moment of his death.\n\nTichborne's Elegy\n\nMy feast of joy is but a dish of pain,\nMy crop of corn is but a field of tares,\nAnd all my good is but vain hope of gain:\nThe day is past, and yet I saw no sun,\nAnd now I live, and now my life is done.\n\nThe spring is past, and yet it hath not sprung,\nMy fruit is fallen, and yet my leaves are green,\nThe spring is past, and yet it hath not sprung,\nI saw the world, and yet I was not seen:\nMy thread is cut, and yet it is not spun,\nAnd now I live, and now my life is done.\n\nI sought my death, and found it in my womb,\nI looked for life, and saw it was a shade,\nI trod the earth, and knew it was my tomb,\nAnd now I die, and now I was but made;\nThe glass is full, and now the glass is run,\nAnd now I live, and now my life is done.\n\nFor more on Tichborne, see The Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/chidiock-tichborne\n\nSee also all the related content at The Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we read the elegy of Chidiock Tichborne, written the night before his execution, and contemplate the power of repetitions, the balanced precision of a man facing his end, and the drumbeat of monosyllables that takes his imagination beyond the moment of his death.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTichborne\u0026#39;s Elegy\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMy feast of joy is but a dish of pain,\u003cbr\u003e\nMy crop of corn is but a field of tares,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd all my good is but vain hope of gain:\u003cbr\u003e\nThe day is past, and yet I saw no sun,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd now I live, and now my life is done.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe spring is past, and yet it hath not sprung,\u003cbr\u003e\nMy fruit is fallen, and yet my leaves are green,\u003cbr\u003e\nThe spring is past, and yet it hath not sprung,\u003cbr\u003e\nI saw the world, and yet I was not seen:\u003cbr\u003e\nMy thread is cut, and yet it is not spun,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd now I live, and now my life is done.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI sought my death, and found it in my womb,\u003cbr\u003e\nI looked for life, and saw it was a shade,\u003cbr\u003e\nI trod the earth, and knew it was my tomb,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd now I die, and now I was but made;\u003cbr\u003e\nThe glass is full, and now the glass is run,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd now I live, and now my life is done.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Tichborne, see The Poetry Foundation: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/chidiock-tichborne\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/chidiock-tichborne\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSee also all the related content at The Poetry Foundation\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we read the elegy of Chidiock Tichborne, written the night before his execution, and contemplate the power of repetitions, the balanced precision of a man facing his end, and the drumbeat of monosyllables that takes his imagination beyond the moment of his death.","date_published":"2023-04-07T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/442654c6-7489-4c2f-b4a4-5f5935bd04f2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17253387,"duration_in_seconds":1285}]},{"id":"64c8466f-5156-4dfb-9f87-73d80b253c4b","title":"Episode 58: Richie Hofmann, Things That Are Rare","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/58","content_text":"In this episode, we are delighted to have Richie Hofmann as our guest. Richie Hofmann is the author of two collections: Second Empire and A Hundred Lovers. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Yale Review, and many other literary magazines, and he is the recipient of Ruth Lilly and Wallace Stegner fellowships. \n\nTo learn more about Richie, visit his website.\n\nTo learn more about Richie Hofmann's poetry and process, read Jesse Nathan's interview with Richie Hoffman in McSweeney's.\n\nRichie Hofmann photo credit: Marcus Jackson","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we are delighted to have Richie Hofmann as our guest. Richie Hofmann is the author of two collections: \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/second-empire\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eSecond Empire\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/689918/a-hundred-lovers-by-richie-hofmann/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eA Hundred Lovers\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e. His poetry has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c/em\u003e, and many other literary magazines, and he is the recipient of Ruth Lilly and Wallace Stegner fellowships. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Richie, visit his \u003ca href=\"https://www.richiehofmann.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Richie Hofmann\u0026#39;s poetry and process, read \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/richie-hofmann\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eJesse Nathan\u0026#39;s interview with Richie Hoffman in McSweeney\u0026#39;s\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRichie Hofmann photo credit: Marcus Jackson\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2023-02-27T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/64c8466f-5156-4dfb-9f87-73d80b253c4b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17485159,"duration_in_seconds":1437}]},{"id":"f1897a32-32de-4b24-b625-3c2d78503a8a","title":"Episode 57: Edna St. Vincent Millay, She had forgotten how the August night","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/57","content_text":"She called herself Vincent, she smoked cigarettes, and she wore shimmery golden evening gowns when she read her poetry to sold-out crowds. Edna St. Vincent Millay was the emblem of the \"New Woman\" and one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century...but in years after her death, her literary reputation suffered, and only recently have critics and historians revisited and properly celebrated her work. \n\nIn this episode, we focus on a sonnet that showcases the ways in which Millay approached desire and eros in her poetry. \n\nTo learn more about Edna St. Vincent Millay and her life and times, take a look Burning Candles: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, an informative documentary available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ItdEiBR-o\u0026amp;t=2901s\n\nHere is the poem:\n\nShe had forgotten how the August night\nWas level as a lake beneath the moon,\nIn which she swam a little, losing sight\nOf shore; and how the boy, who was at noon\nSimple enough, not different from the rest,\nWore now a pleasant mystery as he went,\nWhich seemed to her an honest enough test\nWhether she loved him, and she was content.\nSo loud, so loud the million crickets’ choir. . .\nSo sweet the night, so long-drawn-out and late. . .\nAnd if the man were not her spirit’s mate,\nWhy was her body sluggish with desire?\nStark on the open field the moonlight fell,\nBut the oak tree’s shadow was deep and black and\n     secret as a well.\n\nWe so admire the podcast Poem Talk. In this episode, Al Filreis, Elisa New, Jane Malcolm, and Sophia DuRose offer a close reading of two more poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/155947/biologically-speaking-a-discussion-of-love-is-not-all-and-i-shall-forget-you-presently-by-edna-st-vincent-millay\n\nphoto by Carl Van Vechten","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eShe called herself Vincent, she smoked cigarettes, and she wore shimmery golden evening gowns when she read her poetry to sold-out crowds. Edna St. Vincent Millay was the emblem of the \u0026quot;New Woman\u0026quot; and one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century...but in years after her death, her literary reputation suffered, and only recently have critics and historians revisited and properly celebrated her work. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we focus on a sonnet that showcases the ways in which Millay approached desire and eros in her poetry. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Edna St. Vincent Millay and her life and times, take a look \u003cem\u003eBurning Candles: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay\u003c/em\u003e, an informative documentary available on YouTube: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ItdEiBR-o\u0026t=2901s\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ItdEiBR-o\u0026amp;t=2901s\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere is the poem:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe had forgotten how the August night\u003cbr\u003e\nWas level as a lake beneath the moon,\u003cbr\u003e\nIn which she swam a little, losing sight\u003cbr\u003e\nOf shore; and how the boy, who was at noon\u003cbr\u003e\nSimple enough, not different from the rest,\u003cbr\u003e\nWore now a pleasant mystery as he went,\u003cbr\u003e\nWhich seemed to her an honest enough test\u003cbr\u003e\nWhether she loved him, and she was content.\u003cbr\u003e\nSo loud, so loud the million crickets’ choir. . .\u003cbr\u003e\nSo sweet the night, so long-drawn-out and late. . .\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd if the man were not her spirit’s mate,\u003cbr\u003e\nWhy was her body sluggish with desire?\u003cbr\u003e\nStark on the open field the moonlight fell,\u003cbr\u003e\nBut the oak tree’s shadow was deep and black and\u003cbr\u003e\n     secret as a well.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe so admire the podcast \u003cem\u003ePoem Talk\u003c/em\u003e. In this episode, Al Filreis, Elisa New, Jane Malcolm, and Sophia DuRose offer a close reading of two more poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/155947/biologically-speaking-a-discussion-of-love-is-not-all-and-i-shall-forget-you-presently-by-edna-st-vincent-millay\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/155947/biologically-speaking-a-discussion-of-love-is-not-all-and-i-shall-forget-you-presently-by-edna-st-vincent-millay\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ephoto by Carl Van Vechten\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Edna St. Vincent Millay was the emblem of the \"New Woman\" and one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century. In this episode, we focus on a sonnet that showcases how Millay approached desire and eros in her poetry.","date_published":"2023-02-14T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/f1897a32-32de-4b24-b625-3c2d78503a8a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19262244,"duration_in_seconds":1426}]},{"id":"efb6ae5e-f65e-4d7c-82d0-0ed427eceb06","title":"Episode 56: Queen Elizabeth, On Monsieur's Departure","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/56","content_text":"Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in all of British history, but she was also a gifted poet. In this episode, we discuss \"On Monsieur's Departure,\" a poem that is inspired by Petrarchan conventions and gives insight into the public and private selves of a powerful queen. \n\n(For the text of the poem, scroll to the bottom.)\n\nIn this episode, we attempt to describe the magnificence of some of Queen Elizabeth's portraiture. To learn more, visit the National Portrait Gallery of London: \n\nTo learn more about Petrarch and his poems that were such an enormous influence on English poets of the sixteenth century, please read this book, which provides Petrarch's original poems in Italian and Robert Durling's stunning translations into English. \n\nTo learn more about what it meant to \"fashion a self\" in the Renaissance, see Stephen Greenblatt's foundational work on this idea .\n\nOn Monsieur’s Departure\nBY QUEEN ELIZABETH I\n\nI grieve and dare not show my discontent,\nI love and yet am forced to seem to hate,\nI do, yet dare not say I ever meant,\nI seem stark mute but inwardly do prate.\nI am and not, I freeze and yet am burned,\nSince from myself another self I turned.\n\nMy care is like my shadow in the sun,\nFollows me flying, flies when I pursue it,\nStands and lies by me, doth what I have done.\nHis too familiar care doth make me rue it.\nNo means I find to rid him from my breast,\nTill by the end of things it be supprest.\n\nSome gentler passion slide into my mind,\nFor I am soft and made of melting snow;\nOr be more cruel, love, and so be kind.\nLet me or float or sink, be high or low.\nOr let me live with some more sweet content,\nOr die and so forget what love ere meant.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eQueen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in all of British history, but she was also a gifted poet. In this episode, we discuss \u0026quot;On Monsieur\u0026#39;s Departure,\u0026quot; a poem that is inspired by Petrarchan conventions and gives insight into the public and private selves of a powerful queen. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e(For the text of the poem, scroll to the bottom.)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we attempt to describe the magnificence of some of Queen Elizabeth\u0026#39;s portraiture. To learn more, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/research/programmes/making-art-in-tudor-britain/case-studies/the-queens-likeness-portraits-of-elizabeth-i\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eNational Portrait Gallery of London\u003c/a\u003e: \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Petrarch and his poems that were such an enormous influence on English poets of the sixteenth century, please read \u003ca href=\"https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674663480\u0026content=toc\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethis book\u003c/a\u003e, which provides Petrarch\u0026#39;s original poems in Italian and Robert Durling\u0026#39;s stunning translations into English. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about what it meant to \u0026quot;fashion a self\u0026quot; in the Renaissance, see\u003ca href=\"https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo3680145.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e Stephen Greenblatt\u0026#39;s foundational work on this idea\u003c/a\u003e .\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Monsieur’s Departure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBY QUEEN ELIZABETH I\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI grieve and dare not show my discontent,\u003cbr\u003e\nI love and yet am forced to seem to hate,\u003cbr\u003e\nI do, yet dare not say I ever meant,\u003cbr\u003e\nI seem stark mute but inwardly do prate.\u003cbr\u003e\nI am and not, I freeze and yet am burned,\u003cbr\u003e\nSince from myself another self I turned.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMy care is like my shadow in the sun,\u003cbr\u003e\nFollows me flying, flies when I pursue it,\u003cbr\u003e\nStands and lies by me, doth what I have done.\u003cbr\u003e\nHis too familiar care doth make me rue it.\u003cbr\u003e\nNo means I find to rid him from my breast,\u003cbr\u003e\nTill by the end of things it be supprest.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome gentler passion slide into my mind,\u003cbr\u003e\nFor I am soft and made of melting snow;\u003cbr\u003e\nOr be more cruel, love, and so be kind.\u003cbr\u003e\nLet me or float or sink, be high or low.\u003cbr\u003e\nOr let me live with some more sweet content,\u003cbr\u003e\nOr die and so forget what love ere meant.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in all of British history, but she was also a gifted poet. In this episode, we discuss \"On Monsieur's Departure,\" a poem that is inspired by Petrarchan conventions and gives insight into the public and private selves of a powerful queen. ","date_published":"2023-01-31T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/efb6ae5e-f65e-4d7c-82d0-0ed427eceb06.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17214734,"duration_in_seconds":1126}]},{"id":"840b1f09-e220-42b2-a6a9-98e233556cea","title":"Episode 55: Kay Ryan, Crib","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/55","content_text":"In this episode, we discuss Kay Ryan's \"Crib,\" a brief poem that begins with an interest in the deep archaeology of language and shifts to a powerful meditation on theft, innocence, and guilt. \n\n\"Crib\" appears in The Best of It © 2010 by Kay Ryan.  Used by permissions of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. \n\nFor more on Kay Ryan and her work, you can visit the Poetry Foundation website.\n\nOur favorite interview with Kay Ryan appears in the Paris Review.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss Kay Ryan\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;Crib,\u0026quot; a brief poem that begins with an interest in the deep archaeology of language and shifts to a powerful meditation on theft, innocence, and guilt. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Crib\u0026quot; appears in \u003cem\u003eThe Best of It\u003c/em\u003e © 2010 by Kay Ryan.  Used by permissions of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Kay Ryan and her work, you can visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kay-ryan\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePoetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e website.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur favorite interview with Kay Ryan appears in the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5889/the-art-of-poetry-no-94-kay-ryan\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eParis Review\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we discuss Kay Ryan's \"Crib,\" a brief poem that begins with an interest in the deep archaeology of language and shifts to a powerful meditation on theft, innocence, and guilt. ","date_published":"2022-12-19T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/840b1f09-e220-42b2-a6a9-98e233556cea.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13479144,"duration_in_seconds":1037}]},{"id":"bde634cf-ea48-487a-83a6-338c2bc87aa8","title":"Grant Writing Break","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/grantbreak","content_text":"This week, Joanne and Abram take a break to write a grant for the podcast. We very much hope you enjoy Poetry For All. And if you do, please leave us a review, share it with a friend, and let us know! Thank you all for listening.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis week, Joanne and Abram take a break to write a grant for the podcast. We very much hope you enjoy Poetry For All. And if you do, please leave us a review, share it with a friend, and let us know! Thank you all for listening.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"This week, Joanne and Abram take a break to write a grant for the podcast. We very much hope you enjoy Poetry For All. And if you do, please leave us a review, share it with a friend, and let us know! Thank you all for listening.","date_published":"2022-12-05T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/bde634cf-ea48-487a-83a6-338c2bc87aa8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":2324213,"duration_in_seconds":179}]},{"id":"fa72b9f5-3c9f-4db2-83f9-1e0618d86161","title":"Episode 54: Carl Phillips, To Autumn","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/54","content_text":"In this episode, we talk with David Baker about \"To Autumn\" by Carl Phillips, exploring the way Phillips masterfully achieves a sense of intimacy and restlessness in a lyric ode that tosses between two parts while incorporating the sonnet tradition.\n\nFor more on Carl Phillips, please visit the Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor more on David Baker, please visit the Poetry Foundation.\n\n\"To Autumn\" has been read from Carl Phillips' latest book of poetry, Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020.\n\nThe latest book by Carl Phillips is a collection of essays called My Trade Is Mystery. Purchase at Yale University Press or Amazon or wherever you get your books.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we talk with David Baker about \u0026quot;To Autumn\u0026quot; by Carl Phillips, exploring the way Phillips masterfully achieves a sense of intimacy and restlessness in a lyric ode that tosses between two parts while incorporating the sonnet tradition.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Carl Phillips, please visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePoetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on David Baker, please visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/david-baker\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePoetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;To Autumn\u0026quot; has been read from Carl Phillips\u0026#39; latest book of poetry, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Then-War-Selected-Poems-2007-2020/dp/0374603766\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThen the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe latest book by Carl Phillips is a collection of essays called \u003cem\u003eMy Trade Is Mystery\u003c/em\u003e. Purchase at \u003ca href=\"https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300257878/my-trade-is-mystery/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eYale University Press\u003c/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/My-Trade-Mystery-Meditations-Writing/dp/0300257872\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAmazon\u003c/a\u003e or wherever you get your books.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we talk with David Baker about \"To Autumn\" by Carl Phillips, exploring the way Phillips masterfully achieves a sense of intimacy and restlessness in a lyric ode that tosses between two parts while incorporating the sonnet tradition.","date_published":"2022-11-21T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/fa72b9f5-3c9f-4db2-83f9-1e0618d86161.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":18352960,"duration_in_seconds":1487}]},{"id":"820e9c0d-2600-4c00-b573-5ffefcc56e86","title":"Episode 53: Carter Revard, What the Eagle Fan Says","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/53","content_text":"In this episode, we focus on the life and work of Carter Revard, an Osage poet whose medieval scholarship informs the structure of \"What the Eagle Fan Says.\" Jessica Rosenfeld, a professor of medieval literature at Washington University in St. Louis, joins us for this discussion. \n\nCarter Revard was a prolific poet and scholar. To learn more about his work, click here.\n\n\"What the Eagle Fan Says\" was published in How the Songs Came Down (Salt Publishing, 2005).\n\nTo learn more about accentual verse, read this brief treatment by poet Dana Gioia. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we focus on the life and work of Carter Revard, an Osage poet whose medieval scholarship informs the structure of \u0026quot;What the Eagle Fan Says.\u0026quot; Jessica Rosenfeld, a professor of medieval literature at Washington University in St. Louis, joins us for this discussion. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCarter Revard was a prolific poet and scholar. To learn more about his work, click \u003ca href=\"https://source.wustl.edu/2022/01/obituary-carter-revard-of-arts-sciences-90/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;What the Eagle Fan Says\u0026quot; was published in \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/how-the-songs-come-down-9781844710645\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eHow the Songs Came Down\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e (Salt Publishing, 2005).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about accentual verse, read \u003ca href=\"https://danagioia.com/essays/writing-and-reading/accentual-verse/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethis brief treatment\u003c/a\u003e by poet Dana Gioia. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we focus on the life and work of Carter Revard, an Osage poet whose medieval scholarship informs the structure of \"What the Eagle Fan Says.\" Jessica Rosenfeld, a professor of medieval literature at Washington University in St. Louis, joins us for this discussion. ","date_published":"2022-11-07T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/820e9c0d-2600-4c00-b573-5ffefcc56e86.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20914212,"duration_in_seconds":1538}]},{"id":"13d355a6-a036-47b6-b642-d4d5d336ca04","title":"Episode 52: Shakespeare, Sonnet 73","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/52","content_text":"This sonnet reflects on the autumn of life and an intimate love, and it turns on that love growing stronger in and through its age, even as the body decays.\n\nTo learn more about Shakespeare's sonnets, visit Folger Shakespeare page.\n\nOur favorite editions of Shakespeare's sonnets are edited by Colin Burrow and Stephen Booth.\n\nSir Patrick Stewart's reading of Sonnet 73 is one of our favorites. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis sonnet reflects on the autumn of life and an intimate love, and it turns on that love growing stronger in and through its age, even as the body decays.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Shakespeare\u0026#39;s sonnets, visit \u003ca href=\"https://shakespeare.folger.edu/shakespeares-works/shakespeares-sonnets/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eFolger Shakespeare page\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur favorite editions of Shakespeare\u0026#39;s sonnets are edited by \u003ca href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/complete-sonnets-and-poems-9780199535798?cc=us\u0026lang=en\u0026\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eColin Burrow\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300085068/shakespeares-sonnets/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eStephen Booth\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqdhZo9b7NU\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eSir Patrick Stewart\u0026#39;s reading\u003c/a\u003e of Sonnet 73 is one of our favorites. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"This sonnet reflects on the autumn of life and an intimate love, and it turns on that love growing stronger in and through its age, even as the body decays.","date_published":"2022-10-24T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/13d355a6-a036-47b6-b642-d4d5d336ca04.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16268093,"duration_in_seconds":1158}]},{"id":"86b3cbca-40ad-4acc-9917-84e9109324a2","title":"Episode 51: Martín Espada, Jumping Off the Mystic Tobin Bridge","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/51","content_text":"To learn more about Martín Espada, click here.\n\nTo read the poem, click here.\n\nThis is the first poem that appears in Floaters, the winner of the 2021 National Book Award. To purchase a copy of the book, click here.\n\nPhoto credit: Lauren Marie Schmidt (cropped to fit dimensions)","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Martín Espada, click \u003ca href=\"http://www.martinespada.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read the poem, click \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/148216/jumping-off-the-mystic-tobin-bridge\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first poem that appears in Floaters, the winner of the 2021 National Book Award. To purchase a copy of the book, click \u003ca href=\"https://bookshop.org/books/floaters-poems/9780393541038?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1vSZBhDuARIsAKZlijT8OEgpGJEIilmuKjBVZAg1Blepy5UUN7ylUOjDN5Ivq8AdnC9iFPsaApX6EALw_wcB\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto credit: Lauren Marie Schmidt (cropped to fit dimensions)\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we talk with the 2021 winner of the National Book Award, Martín Espada, about narrative poetry, poetry of engagement, and the witness of poetry as a work of advocacy.","date_published":"2022-10-10T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/86b3cbca-40ad-4acc-9917-84e9109324a2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23943988,"duration_in_seconds":1820}]},{"id":"54ff6502-605c-4e66-8030-40d7e5b6cd77","title":"Episode 50: Rafael Campo, Primary Care","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/50","content_text":"In this episode, we discuss how Rafael Campo, a practicing physician, uses blank verse to explore the experience of illness and suffering.\n\nThanks to the Georges Borchardt, Inc. for granting us permission to read this poem. You can find \"Primary Care\" in Alternative Medicine (Duke University Press, 2013). Links:Campo reads Primary CareCampo Author PageCampo at the Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss how Rafael Campo, a practicing physician, uses blank verse to explore the experience of illness and suffering.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to the Georges Borchardt, Inc. for granting us permission to read this poem. You can find \u0026quot;Primary Care\u0026quot; in \u003cem\u003eAlternative Medicine\u003c/em\u003e (Duke University Press, 2013). \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Campo reads Primary Care\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hltjf8H3WJI\"\u003eCampo reads Primary Care\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Campo Author Page\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.rafaelcampo.com/\"\u003eCampo Author Page\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Campo at the Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rafael-campo\"\u003eCampo at the Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we discuss how Rafael Campo, a practicing physician, uses blank verse to explore the experience of illness and suffering. ","date_published":"2022-09-26T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/54ff6502-605c-4e66-8030-40d7e5b6cd77.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17486930,"duration_in_seconds":1344}]},{"id":"0804192b-db4a-4576-ac09-113567690760","title":"Episode 49: Lisel Mueller, When I am Asked","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/49","content_text":"In this episode, we closely read Lisel Mueller's \"When I am Asked\" in order to better understand grief as a deep source of artistic expression. We look at language as a source of connection and hope, even in the midst of sorrow and solitude. With this poem about the making of poetry (an_ ars poetica_), we come to see how one artist turned to the intricacies of language in the face of a nature that seemed indifferent to her loss.\n\n\"When I Am Asked\" appears in Alive Together: New and Selected Poems, published by Louisiana State University Press (1996). Thanks to LSU Press for granting us permission to read this poem on the podcast.\n\nFor the text of the poem, click here: \"When I Am Asked\"\n\nNote: When out of copyright, we reproduce the text of the poem ourselves. When still in copyright, we link to the text of the poem elsewhere.\n\nFor more on Lisel Mueller, see the Poetry Foundation.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we closely read Lisel Mueller\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;When I am Asked\u0026quot; in order to better understand grief as a deep source of artistic expression. We look at language as a source of connection and hope, even in the midst of sorrow and solitude. With this poem about the making of poetry (an_ ars poetica_), we come to see how one artist turned to the intricacies of language in the face of a nature that seemed indifferent to her loss.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;When I Am Asked\u0026quot; appears in \u003cem\u003eAlive Together: New and Selected Poems\u003c/em\u003e, published by Louisiana State University Press (1996). Thanks to LSU Press for granting us permission to read this poem on the podcast.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the text of the poem, click here: \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/36931/when-i-am-asked\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWhen I Am Asked\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: When out of copyright, we reproduce the text of the poem ourselves. When still in copyright, we link to the text of the poem elsewhere.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lisel-mueller\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eLisel Mueller\u003c/a\u003e, see the Poetry Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we closely read Lisel Mueller's \"When I am Asked\" in order to better understand grief as a deep source of artistic expression. ","date_published":"2022-09-12T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/0804192b-db4a-4576-ac09-113567690760.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16116082,"duration_in_seconds":1197}]},{"id":"ccf1e90f-4821-4671-8253-cafdd084830f","title":"Episode 48: Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/48","content_text":"In this episode, we examine The Golden Shovel form and discuss the idea of \"survivance\" through the work of Muscogee (Creek) poet Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States.\n\nYou can find the text of \"An American Sunrise\" here, though this is an earlier version of the poem. The final version appears in her finished book of the same title, which you can find here.\n\nFor an introduction to The Golden Shovel form, see here.Links:Joy Harjo Official Site - Joy HarjoAn American Sunrise by Joy Harjo | Poetry MagazineAn American Sunrise - Joy HarjoIntroduction: The Golden Shovel by Don Share | Poetry Magazine","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we examine The Golden Shovel form and discuss the idea of \u0026quot;survivance\u0026quot; through the work of Muscogee (Creek) poet Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou can find the text of \u0026quot;An American Sunrise\u0026quot; \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/92063/an-american-sunrise\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e, though this is an earlier version of the poem. The final version appears in her finished book of the same title, which you can find \u003ca href=\"https://www.joyharjo.com/book/an-american-sunrise\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor an introduction to The Golden Shovel form, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/92023/introduction-586e948ad9af8\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Joy Harjo Official Site - Joy Harjo\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.joyharjo.com/\"\u003eJoy Harjo Official Site - Joy Harjo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo | Poetry Magazine\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/92063/an-american-sunrise\"\u003eAn American Sunrise by Joy Harjo | Poetry Magazine\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"An American Sunrise - Joy Harjo\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.joyharjo.com/book/an-american-sunrise\"\u003eAn American Sunrise - Joy Harjo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Introduction: The Golden Shovel by Don Share | Poetry Magazine\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/92023/introduction-586e948ad9af8\"\u003eIntroduction: The Golden Shovel by Don Share | Poetry Magazine\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we examine The Golden Shovel form and discuss the idea of \"survivance\" through the work of Muscogee (Creek) poet Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States.","date_published":"2022-04-28T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/ccf1e90f-4821-4671-8253-cafdd084830f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17510463,"duration_in_seconds":1307}]},{"id":"ff2b3c76-2f14-4292-87a3-41e34909d0ea","title":"Episode 47: Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/47","content_text":"In this episode, Christopher Hanlon joins us to discuss an excerpt from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. We discuss the poem's prophetic voice, its patterns of repetition, the connective tissue that binds his ideas and invites readers in, and the cultural context in which Whitman produced his work.\n\nTo read the text of this poem, click here or see below:\n\nTo learn more about Walt Whitman and his work, visit the Walt Whitman Archive, a magnificent compendium of information about Whitman's life, cultural context, and editions of Leaves of Grass.\n\nTo learn more about scholar Christopher Hanlon, click here.\n\nText from Leaves of Grass:\n\nA child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; \nHow could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. \nI guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven. \n\nOr I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, \nA scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt, \nBearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose? \n\nOr I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation. \n\nOr I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, \nAnd it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, \nGrowing among black folks as among white, \nKanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same. \n\nAnd now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves. \n\nTenderly will I use you curling grass, \nIt may be you transpire from the breasts of young men, \nIt may be you are from old people, or from offspring taken,\nIt may be if I had known them I would have loved them, soon out of their mothers' laps, \nAnd here you are the mothers' laps. \n\nThis grass is very dark to be from the white heads of old mothers, \nDarker than the colorless beards of old men, \nDark to come from under the faint red roofs of mouths. \n\nO I perceive after all so many uttering tongues, \nAnd I perceive they do not come from the roofs of mouths for nothing. \n\nI wish I could translate the hints about the dead young men and women, \nAnd the hints about old men and mothers, and the offspring taken soon out of their laps. \nWhat do you think has become of the young and old men? \nAnd what do you think has become of the women and children? \n\nThey are alive and well somewhere, \nThe smallest sprout shows there is really no death, \nAnd if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, \nAnd ceas'd the moment life appear'd. \n\nAll goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, \nAnd to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Christopher Hanlon joins us to discuss an excerpt from Walt Whitman\u0026#39;s Leaves of Grass. We discuss the poem\u0026#39;s prophetic voice, its patterns of repetition, the connective tissue that binds his ideas and invites readers in, and the cultural context in which Whitman produced his work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read the text of this poem, click \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/song-myself-6-child-said-what-grass\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e or see below:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Walt Whitman and his work, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://whitmanarchive.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWalt Whitman Archive\u003c/a\u003e, a magnificent compendium of information about Whitman\u0026#39;s life, cultural context, and editions of \u003cem\u003eLeaves of Grass.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about scholar Christopher Hanlon, click \u003ca href=\"https://newcollege.asu.edu/christopher-hanlon\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eText from Leaves of Grass:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA child said \u003cem\u003eWhat is the grass?\u003c/em\u003e fetching it to me with full hands; \u003cbr\u003e\nHow could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. \u003cbr\u003e\nI guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOr I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord, \u003cbr\u003e\nA scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt, \u003cbr\u003e\nBearing the owner\u0026#39;s name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say \u003cem\u003eWhose?\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOr I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOr I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic, \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones, \u003cbr\u003e\nGrowing among black folks as among white, \u003cbr\u003e\nKanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTenderly will I use you curling grass, \u003cbr\u003e\nIt may be you transpire from the breasts of young men, \u003cbr\u003e\nIt may be you are from old people, or from offspring taken,\u003cbr\u003e\nIt may be if I had known them I would have loved them, soon out of their mothers\u0026#39; laps, \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd here you are the mothers\u0026#39; laps. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis grass is very dark to be from the white heads of old mothers, \u003cbr\u003e\nDarker than the colorless beards of old men, \u003cbr\u003e\nDark to come from under the faint red roofs of mouths. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO I perceive after all so many uttering tongues, \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd I perceive they do not come from the roofs of mouths for nothing. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI wish I could translate the hints about the dead young men and women, \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd the hints about old men and mothers, and the offspring taken soon out of their laps. \u003cbr\u003e\nWhat do you think has become of the young and old men? \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd what do you think has become of the women and children? \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey are alive and well somewhere, \u003cbr\u003e\nThe smallest sprout shows there is really no death, \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd ceas\u0026#39;d the moment life appear\u0026#39;d. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, \u003cbr\u003e\nAnd to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, Christopher Hanlon joins us to discuss an excerpt from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. We discuss the poem's prophetic voice, its patterns of repetition, the connective tissue that binds his ideas and invites readers in, and the cultural context in which Whitman produced his work.","date_published":"2022-04-22T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/ff2b3c76-2f14-4292-87a3-41e34909d0ea.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19625015,"duration_in_seconds":1599}]},{"id":"d12658b2-3bbb-43e0-9323-1a59ba9d4ae0","title":"Episode 46: Lucille Clifton, spring song","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/46","content_text":"Lucille Clifton (1936-2010) was one of the most powerful poets of the twentieth century. This joyful poem caps a sequence of sixteen poems called \"some jesus,\" which walks through biblical characters (beginning with Adam and Eve) and ends on four poems for Holy Week and Easter. She wrote other poems on the Bible as well, including \"john\" and \"my dream about the second coming,\" which reimagine a way into biblical characters to make their stories fresh.\n\nClifton wrote from the perspective of a Black woman and many of her most famous poems address race and gender. Clear-eyed about struggles and hardships, insistent in her calls for justice and equality, Clifton's poetry carries a consistent joy and hope, which is apparent (and abundant) in \"spring song.\"\n\nClifton's poetry was known for its lean style, paring everything down to its essential elements. In addition to award-winning collections of poetry, Clifton also wrote sixteen books for children (and had six children herself).\n\nFor the text of \"spring song,\" and for a recording of Lucille Clifton reading it, see The Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor more on Lucille Clifton see her biography at The Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor an introduction to Lucille Clifton, see the poem sampler \"Lucille Clifton 101\" by Benjamin Voigt.Links:spring song by Lucille Clifton | Poetry FoundationPoetry FoundationAbout Lucille Clifton | Academy of American PoetsLucille Clifton 101 by Benjamin Voigt | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eLucille Clifton (1936-2010) was one of the most powerful poets of the twentieth century. This joyful poem caps a sequence of sixteen poems called \u0026quot;some jesus,\u0026quot; which walks through biblical characters (beginning with Adam and Eve) and ends on four poems for Holy Week and Easter. She wrote other poems on the Bible as well, including \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54586/john-56d2351ad543b\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ejohn\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46667/my-dream-about-the-second-coming\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003emy dream about the second coming\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026quot; which reimagine a way into biblical characters to make their stories fresh.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClifton wrote from the perspective of a Black woman and many of her most famous poems address race and gender. Clear-eyed about struggles and hardships, insistent in her calls for justice and equality, Clifton\u0026#39;s poetry carries a consistent joy and hope, which is apparent (and abundant) in \u0026quot;spring song.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClifton\u0026#39;s poetry was known for its lean style, paring everything down to its essential elements. In addition to award-winning collections of poetry, Clifton also wrote sixteen books for children (and had six children herself).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the text of \u0026quot;spring song,\u0026quot; and for a recording of Lucille Clifton reading it, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54587/spring-song-56d2351b45223\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Lucille Clifton see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lucille-clifton\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eher biography\u003c/a\u003e at The Poetry Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor an introduction to Lucille Clifton, see the poem sampler \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/155348/lucille-clifton-101\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eLucille Clifton 101\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; by Benjamin Voigt.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"spring song by Lucille Clifton | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54587/spring-song-56d2351b45223\"\u003espring song by Lucille Clifton | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lucille-clifton\"\u003ePoetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"About Lucille Clifton | Academy of American Poets\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://poets.org/poet/lucille-clifton\"\u003eAbout Lucille Clifton | Academy of American Poets\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Lucille Clifton 101 by Benjamin Voigt | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/155348/lucille-clifton-101\"\u003eLucille Clifton 101 by Benjamin Voigt | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Lucille Clifton (1936-2010) was one of the most powerful poets of the twentieth century. This joyful poem caps a sequence of sixteen poems called \"some jesus,\" which walks through biblical characters (beginning with Adam and Eve) and ends on four poems for Holy Week and Easter.","date_published":"2022-04-13T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/d12658b2-3bbb-43e0-9323-1a59ba9d4ae0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13387817,"duration_in_seconds":1055}]},{"id":"1d54ed6e-2396-471e-89dd-5ab89bc64cd7","title":"From Talk Easy: Claudia Rankine’s Just Us: An American Conversation","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/te","content_text":"We’re sharing a special preview of a podcast we’ve been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries. Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and musicians to come to the table and speak from the heart in ways you probably haven't heard from them before. Driven by curiosity, he’s had revealing conversations with everyone from George Saunders and Cate Blanchett to Ocean Vuong and Gloria Steinem. In this preview, Sam talks with poet Claudia Rankine about her book  Just Us: An American Conversation, how history remains present for black people, and why we must repeatedly unpack what privilege looks and sounds like in America. You can listen to Talk Easy at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/tepoetryforall.Links:Home – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eWe’re sharing a special preview of a podcast we’ve been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries. Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and musicians to come to the table and speak from the heart in ways you probably haven\u0026#39;t heard from them before. Driven by curiosity, he’s had revealing conversations with everyone from George Saunders and Cate Blanchett to Ocean Vuong and Gloria Steinem. In this preview, Sam talks with poet Claudia Rankine about her book  Just Us: An American Conversation, how history remains present for black people, and why we must repeatedly unpack what privilege looks and sounds like in America. You can listen to Talk Easy at \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/tepoetryforall\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://podcasts.pushkin.fm/tepoetryforall\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Home – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://talkeasypod.com/\"\u003eHome – Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"We’re sharing a special preview of a podcast we’ve been enjoying, Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, from Pushkin Industries. Talk Easy is a weekly interview podcast, where writer Sam Fragoso invites actors, writers, activists, and musicians to come to the table and speak from the heart in ways you probably haven't heard from them before. Driven by curiosity, he’s had revealing conversations with everyone from George Saunders and Cate Blanchett to Ocean Vuong and Gloria Steinem. In this preview, Sam talks with poet Claudia Rankine about her book  Just Us: An American Conversation, how history remains present for black people, and why we must repeatedly unpack what privilege looks and sounds like in America. You can listen to Talk Easy at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/tepoetryforall.","date_published":"2022-04-03T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/1d54ed6e-2396-471e-89dd-5ab89bc64cd7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15606510,"duration_in_seconds":933}]},{"id":"17d09639-6627-43d2-8d4c-4213262de74e","title":"Episode 45: Ben Jonson, On My First Son","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/45","content_text":"In this episode, we look at Ben Jonson's elegy for his son who died of the plague at the age of 7. This poem is so brief, and yet, it manages to cross a lot of emotional terrain as Jonson struggles to understand the profundity of his loss. \n\nHere is the poem:\n\nOn my First Son\n\nFarewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;\nMy sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy.\nSeven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay,\nExacted by thy fate, on the just day.\nO, could I lose all father now! For why\nWill man lament the state he should envy?\nTo have so soon 'scap'd world's and flesh's rage,\nAnd if no other misery, yet age?\nRest in soft peace, and, ask'd, say, \"Here doth lie\nBen Jonson his best piece of poetry.\"\nFor whose sake henceforth all his vows be such,\nAs what he loves may never like too much.\n\nTo learn more about the magnificent Ben Jonson, check this page on the British Library website.\n\nTo learn more about couplets, epigrams, elegies, and apostrophes, click this page on the Academy of American Poets website.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we look at Ben Jonson\u0026#39;s elegy for his son who died of the plague at the age of 7. This poem is so brief, and yet, it manages to cross a lot of emotional terrain as Jonson struggles to understand the profundity of his loss. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the poem:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn my First Son\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFarewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;\u003cbr\u003e\nMy sin was too much hope of thee, lov\u0026#39;d boy.\u003cbr\u003e\nSeven years tho\u0026#39; wert lent to me, and I thee pay,\u003cbr\u003e\nExacted by thy fate, on the just day.\u003cbr\u003e\nO, could I lose all father now! For why\u003cbr\u003e\nWill man lament the state he should envy?\u003cbr\u003e\nTo have so soon \u0026#39;scap\u0026#39;d world\u0026#39;s and flesh\u0026#39;s rage,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd if no other misery, yet age?\u003cbr\u003e\nRest in soft peace, and, ask\u0026#39;d, say, \u0026quot;Here doth lie\u003cbr\u003e\nBen Jonson his best piece of poetry.\u0026quot;\u003cbr\u003e\nFor whose sake henceforth all his vows be such,\u003cbr\u003e\nAs what he loves may never like too much.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about the magnificent Ben Jonson, check \u003ca href=\"https://www.bl.uk/people/ben-jonson\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethis page\u003c/a\u003e on the British Library website.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about couplets, epigrams, elegies, and apostrophes, click \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/glossary\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethis page\u003c/a\u003e on the Academy of American Poets website.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we look at Ben Jonson's elegy for his son who died of the plague at the age of 7. This poem is so brief, and yet, it manages to cross a lot of emotional terrain as Jonson struggles to understand the profundity of his loss. ","date_published":"2022-03-23T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/17d09639-6627-43d2-8d4c-4213262de74e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15859533,"duration_in_seconds":1278}]},{"id":"b0cab87b-117a-4082-aaa6-ee6510244df2","title":"Episode 44: Ann Hudson, Soap","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/44","content_text":"In this episode, Ann Hudson joins us to read her poem “Soap” and discuss how its narrative structure allows her to explore the history of science, technology, and our notions of progress and beauty, even when those notions do great harm to ordinary workers. \n\nAnn is the author of two collections of poetry: The Armillary Sphere, which was selected by Mary Kinzie as the winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and published by Ohio University Press; and Glow, published by Next Page Press. Her poems have appeared in many literary journals, including Crab Orchard Review, North American Review, Orion, Prairie Schooner, and The Seattle Review. Ann is senior editor for RHINO.\n\nTo learn more about Ann's work, please visit her website.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Ann Hudson joins us to read her poem “Soap” and discuss how its narrative structure allows her to explore the history of science, technology, and our notions of progress and beauty, even when those notions do great harm to ordinary workers. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnn is the author of two collections of poetry: \u003ca href=\"https://www.ohioswallow.com/book/The+Armillary+Sphere\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Armillary Sphere\u003c/a\u003e, which was selected by Mary Kinzie as the winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize and published by Ohio University Press; and \u003ca href=\"https://nextpage-press.com/glow-by-ann-hudson.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eGlow\u003c/a\u003e, published by Next Page Press. Her poems have appeared in many literary journals, including \u003cem\u003eCrab Orchard Review, North American Review, Orion, Prairie Schooner\u003c/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Seattle Review\u003c/em\u003e. Ann is senior editor for \u003cem\u003eRHINO\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Ann\u0026#39;s work, please visit her \u003ca href=\"https://www.annhudson.net/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, Ann Hudson joins us to read her poem “Soap” and discuss how its narrative structure allows her to explore the history of science, technology, and our notions of progress and beauty, even when those notions do great harm to ordinary workers. ","date_published":"2022-03-16T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/b0cab87b-117a-4082-aaa6-ee6510244df2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22432147,"duration_in_seconds":1399}]},{"id":"ce4a6484-817c-4f46-a044-399bd232d31a","title":"Episode 43: Margaret Noodin, What the Peepers Say","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/43","content_text":"In this episode, Margaret Noodin joins us to discuss her poem \"What the Peepers Say.\" In our conversation, we talk about Margaret's writing in both Anishinaabemowin and English, her attention to sounds and rhythms, and what the peeper--a tiny springtime frog--can teach us about presence and listening.\n\nMargaret Noodin is the author of two bilingual collections of poetry in both Anishinaabemowin and English: Weweni and What the Chickadee Knows. She is a professor of English and American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she also serves as director of the Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education. \n\nTo learn more about Ahishinaabemowin, visit ojibwe.net.\n\nTo hear the sound of the spring peeper, click on this link. \n\nPhoto of Margaret Noodin © Troye Fox.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Margaret Noodin joins us to discuss her poem \u0026quot;What the Peepers Say.\u0026quot; In our conversation, we talk about Margaret\u0026#39;s writing in both Anishinaabemowin and English, her attention to sounds and rhythms, and what the peeper--a tiny springtime frog--can teach us about presence and listening.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://uwm.edu/english/our-people/noodin-margaret/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eMargaret Noodin\u003c/a\u003e is the author of two bilingual collections of poetry in both Anishinaabemowin and English: \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/weweni\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWeweni\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/what-chickadee-knows#:%7E:text=What%20the%20Chickadee%20Knows%20is,one%20another%20on%20facing%20pages.\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWhat the Chickadee Knows\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e She is a professor of English and American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she also serves as director of the Electa Quinney Institute for American Indian Education. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Ahishinaabemowin, visit \u003ca href=\"https://ojibwe.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eojibwe.net\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo hear the sound of the spring peeper, click on \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_L7Ha6uwQA\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethis link\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto of Margaret Noodin © Troye Fox.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, Margaret Noodin joins us to discuss her poem \"What the Peepers Say.\" In our conversation, we talk about Margaret's writing in both Anishinaabemowin and English, her attention to sounds and rhythms, and what the peeper--a tiny springtime frog--can teach us about presence and listening.","date_published":"2022-03-02T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/ce4a6484-817c-4f46-a044-399bd232d31a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":18291331,"duration_in_seconds":1462}]},{"id":"8983eed6-67c2-48cf-bd0f-c6e9ce371d1c","title":"Episode 42: Robert Hayden, Frederick Douglass","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/42","content_text":"To read Hayden's poem, click here.\n\nThanks to W.W. Norton \u0026amp; Company for granting us permission to read this poem. Reginald Dwayne Betts's introduction to the Collected Poems of Robert Hayden is very moving, as is the afterword by Arnold Rampersad.\n\nFor a series of insightful observations about Hayden's sonnet, see Ross Gay, Aracelis Girmay, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Patrick Rosal, and Ira Sadoff, \"Poets Respond: A Discussion of \"Frederick Douglass\" by Robert Hayden.\" American Poetry Review, 38.3 (2009): 25-28.\n\nFor a helpful close reading of the poem, see Fred M. Fetrow, \"Robert Hayden's 'Frederick Douglass': Form and Meaning in a Modern Sonnet.\" CLA Journal 17.1 (September 1973): 78-84. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eTo read Hayden\u0026#39;s poem, \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46460/frederick-douglass\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eclick here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to W.W. Norton \u0026amp; Company for granting us permission to read this poem. Reginald Dwayne Betts\u0026#39;s introduction to the \u003ca href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/9780871406798/about-author\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollected Poems of Robert Hayden\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e is very moving, as is the afterword by Arnold Rampersad.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a series of insightful observations about Hayden\u0026#39;s sonnet, see Ross Gay, Aracelis Girmay, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Patrick Rosal, and Ira Sadoff, \u0026quot;Poets Respond: A Discussion of \u0026quot;Frederick Douglass\u0026quot; by Robert Hayden.\u0026quot; \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c/em\u003e, 38.3 (2009): 25-28.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a helpful close reading of the poem, see Fred M. Fetrow, \u0026quot;Robert Hayden\u0026#39;s \u0026#39;Frederick Douglass\u0026#39;: Form and Meaning in a Modern Sonnet.\u0026quot; \u003cem\u003eCLA Journal\u003c/em\u003e 17.1 (September 1973): 78-84. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we offer a close reading of \"Frederick Douglass,\" a poem in which Hayden channels the prophetic energies of his subject in order to imagine what freedom might one day mean. ","date_published":"2022-02-23T16:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/8983eed6-67c2-48cf-bd0f-c6e9ce371d1c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14220755,"duration_in_seconds":1078}]},{"id":"b19c55e5-513f-4224-9a20-48c56939222c","title":"Episode 41: F.E.W. Harper, Learning to Read","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/41","content_text":"Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a prolific writer and activist of the nineteenth century. In this episode, Professor Janaka Bowman Lewis joins us to discuss her power, influence, voice, and work. \"Learning to Read\" foregrounds the ballad style in a narrative poem designed to keep alive the memories of fighting for both literacy and liberation.\n\nFor the full text of the poem, see here: \"Learning to Read\"\n\nJanaka Bowman Lewis is an Associate Professor of English at the University of North Carolina--Charlotte, and she includes a chapter on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper in Freedom Narratives of African American Women: A Study of 19th Century Writings.\n\nFor a good recent article about this poem by Madeline Zehnder, see Commonplace.\n\nFor more on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, see the Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor good resources on F.E.W. Harper, especially materials related to the recovery and teaching of her first book of poems, Forest Leaves, see the Just Teach One archive at Commonplace.\n\nFor the best collection of Harper's work, see Frances Smith Foster, A Brighter Coming Day:  A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader\n\nFor further reading, see Harper's most famous novel, Iola Leroy.Links:Learning to Read by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | Poetry FoundationFrances Ellen Watkins Harper | Poetry FoundationFrances Ellen Watkins Harper, Media Theorist - Commonplace - The Journal of early American LifeJust Teach One: Early African American Print » Frances Ellen Watkins (Harper)’s Forest Leaves (ca. 1846)A Brighter Coming Day — Feminist PressIola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: 9780143106043 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFrances Ellen Watkins Harper was a prolific writer and activist of the nineteenth century. In this episode, Professor Janaka Bowman Lewis joins us to discuss her power, influence, voice, and work. \u0026quot;Learning to Read\u0026quot; foregrounds the ballad style in a narrative poem designed to keep alive the memories of fighting for both literacy and liberation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the full text of the poem, see here: \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52448/learning-to-read-56d230ed0fdc0\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eLearning to Read\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJanaka Bowman Lewis is an Associate Professor of English at the University of North Carolina--Charlotte, and she includes a chapter on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper in \u003ca href=\"https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/freedom-narratives-of-african-american-women/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eFreedom Narratives of African American Women: A Study of 19th Century Writings\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a good recent article about this poem by Madeline Zehnder, see \u003ca href=\"http://commonplace.online/article/frances-ellen-watkins-harper-media-theorist/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eCommonplace\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, see the \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/frances-ellen-watkins-harper\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePoetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor good resources on F.E.W. Harper, especially materials related to the recovery and teaching of her first book of poems, \u003cem\u003eForest Leaves\u003c/em\u003e, see the \u003ca href=\"http://jtoaa.common-place.org/welcome-to-just-teach-one-african-american/frances-ellen-watkins-harpers-forest-leaves-introduction/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eJust Teach One\u003c/a\u003e archive at Commonplace.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the best collection of Harper\u0026#39;s work, see Frances Smith Foster, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/a-b\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eA Brighter Coming Day:  A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor further reading, see Harper\u0026#39;s most famous novel, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/306859/iola-leroy-by-frances-ellen-watkins-harper/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eIola Leroy\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Learning to Read by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52448/learning-to-read-56d230ed0fdc0\"\u003eLearning to Read by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Frances Ellen Watkins Harper | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/frances-ellen-watkins-harper\"\u003eFrances Ellen Watkins Harper | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Media Theorist - Commonplace - The Journal of early American Life\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://commonplace.online/article/frances-ellen-watkins-harper-media-theorist/\"\u003eFrances Ellen Watkins Harper, Media Theorist - Commonplace - The Journal of early American Life\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Just Teach One: Early African American Print » Frances Ellen Watkins (Harper)’s Forest Leaves (ca. 1846)\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://jtoaa.common-place.org/welcome-to-just-teach-one-african-american/frances-ellen-watkins-harpers-forest-leaves-introduction/\"\u003eJust Teach One: Early African American Print » Frances Ellen Watkins (Harper)’s Forest Leaves (ca. 1846)\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Brighter Coming Day — Feminist Press\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/a-b\"\u003eA Brighter Coming Day — Feminist Press\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: 9780143106043 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/306859/iola-leroy-by-frances-ellen-watkins-harper/\"\u003eIola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: 9780143106043 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a prolific writer and activist of the nineteenth century. In this episode, Professor Janaka Bowman Lewis joins us to discuss her power, influence, voice, and work. \"Learning to Read\" foregrounds the ballad style in a narrative poem designed to keep alive the memories of fighting for both literacy and liberation.","date_published":"2022-02-16T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/b19c55e5-513f-4224-9a20-48c56939222c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22975460,"duration_in_seconds":1407}]},{"id":"bbf605a0-01f5-46df-82b4-b13fdacee494","title":"Episode 40: William Shakespeare, Sonnet 116","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/40","content_text":"In this episode, we provide a close reading of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116, which allows us to consider the poem's definition of a love that is enduring. In addition, though, we consider a reading of the poem which foregrounds a disappointed poetic speaker who can see the love's transience, too. \n\nFor the text of this poem, click here.\n\nColin Burrow and Stephen Booth's editions of Shakespeare's sonnets are essential reading for anyone who wants to know more about this amazing sonnet sequence. \n\nDuring the pandemic, Sir Patrick Stewart has read one Shakespeare sonnet each day and share it on YouTube. To hear him read Sonnet 116 and so many others, click here.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we provide a close reading of William Shakespeare\u0026#39;s Sonnet 116, which allows us to consider the poem\u0026#39;s definition of a love that is enduring. In addition, though, we consider a reading of the poem which foregrounds a disappointed poetic speaker who can see the love\u0026#39;s transience, too. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the text of this poem, click \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.oxfordscholarlyeditions.com/view/10.1093/actrade/9780198184317.book.1/actrade-9780198184317-book-1\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eColin Burrow\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-Sonnets-Yale-Nota-Bene/dp/0300085060\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eStephen Booth\u003c/a\u003e\u0026#39;s editions of Shakespeare\u0026#39;s sonnets are essential reading for anyone who wants to know more about this amazing sonnet sequence. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the pandemic, Sir Patrick Stewart has read one Shakespeare sonnet each day and share it on YouTube. To hear him read Sonnet 116 and so many others, click \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/asonnetaday\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we provide a close reading of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116, which allows us to consider the poem's definition of a love that is enduring. In addition, though, we consider a reading of the poem which foregrounds a disappointed poetic speaker who can see the love's transience, too. We also pay special attention to rhythm and sound, and we even get to learn a bit about the Great Vowel Shift from Professor Kristin Van Engen, a linguist at Washington University in St. Louis.","date_published":"2022-02-09T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/bbf605a0-01f5-46df-82b4-b13fdacee494.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":18708427,"duration_in_seconds":1558}]},{"id":"548cde6e-728c-4640-984c-113502b8c988","title":"Episode 39: Paul Laurence Dunbar, We Wear The Mask","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/39","content_text":"This week, Rafia Zafar joins us to discuss \"We Wear the Mask\" by the great poet and writer Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). Rafia leads us in a discussion of Dunbar's fame and influence while opening up broader themes of African American history and literature.\n\nWe Wear the Mask\nBY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR\n\nWe wear the mask that grins and lies,\nIt hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—\nThis debt we pay to human guile;\nWith torn and bleeding hearts we smile,\nAnd mouth with myriad subtleties.\n\nWhy should the world be over-wise,\nIn counting all our tears and sighs?\nNay, let them only see us, while\n       We wear the mask.\n\nWe smile, but, O great Christ, our cries\nTo thee from tortured souls arise.\nWe sing, but oh the clay is vile\nBeneath our feet, and long the mile;\nBut let the world dream otherwise,\n       We wear the mask!\n\nFor more on Paul Laurence Dunbar, visit The Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor more on Rafia Zafar, see her personal website at Washington University in St. Louis.\n\nYoutube has a brief clip from the Library of America hosting Kevin Young's discussion of \"We Wear the Mask.\"\n\nElizabeth Alexander also discusses this poem for the Library of America.\n\nFor more on the poetic form of the rondeau, see the Academy of American Poets.Links:Paul Laurence Dunbar | Poetry FoundationRafia Zafar | Arts \u0026amp; SciencesHome | Rafia Zafar | Washington University in St. LouisKevin Young Discusses \"We Wear the Mask\" by Paul Laurence Dunbar - YouTubeElizabeth Alexander Comments on \"We Wear the Mask\" by Paul Laurence Dunbar - YouTubeRondeau | Academy of American Poets","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis week, Rafia Zafar joins us to discuss \u0026quot;We Wear the Mask\u0026quot; by the great poet and writer Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). Rafia leads us in a discussion of Dunbar\u0026#39;s fame and influence while opening up broader themes of African American history and literature.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe Wear the Mask\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe wear the mask that grins and lies,\u003cbr\u003e\nIt hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—\u003cbr\u003e\nThis debt we pay to human guile;\u003cbr\u003e\nWith torn and bleeding hearts we smile,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd mouth with myriad subtleties.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy should the world be over-wise,\u003cbr\u003e\nIn counting all our tears and sighs?\u003cbr\u003e\nNay, let them only see us, while\u003cbr\u003e\n       We wear the mask.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe smile, but, O great Christ, our cries\u003cbr\u003e\nTo thee from tortured souls arise.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe sing, but oh the clay is vile\u003cbr\u003e\nBeneath our feet, and long the mile;\u003cbr\u003e\nBut let the world dream otherwise,\u003cbr\u003e\n       We wear the mask!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Paul Laurence Dunbar, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-laurence-dunbar\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on \u003ca href=\"https://sites.wustl.edu/zafar/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eRafia Zafar\u003c/a\u003e, see her personal website at Washington University in St. Louis.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYoutube has a brief clip from the Library of America hosting \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr4ag5wXtho\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eKevin Young\u0026#39;s discussion of \u0026quot;We Wear the Mask.\u0026quot;\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ezkBoPyCLA\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eElizabeth Alexander\u003c/a\u003e also discusses this poem for the Library of America.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on the poetic form of the \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/glossary/rondeau\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003erondeau\u003c/a\u003e, see the Academy of American Poets.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Paul Laurence Dunbar | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/paul-laurence-dunbar\"\u003ePaul Laurence Dunbar | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rafia Zafar | Arts \u0026amp; Sciences\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://artsci.wustl.edu/faculty-staff/rafia-zafar\"\u003eRafia Zafar | Arts \u0026amp; Sciences\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Home | Rafia Zafar | Washington University in St. Louis\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://sites.wustl.edu/zafar/\"\u003eHome | Rafia Zafar | Washington University in St. Louis\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Kevin Young Discusses \u0026quot;We Wear the Mask\u0026quot; by Paul Laurence Dunbar - YouTube\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr4ag5wXtho\"\u003eKevin Young Discusses \u0026quot;We Wear the Mask\u0026quot; by Paul Laurence Dunbar - YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Elizabeth Alexander Comments on \u0026quot;We Wear the Mask\u0026quot; by Paul Laurence Dunbar - YouTube\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ezkBoPyCLA\"\u003eElizabeth Alexander Comments on \u0026quot;We Wear the Mask\u0026quot; by Paul Laurence Dunbar - YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rondeau | Academy of American Poets\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://poets.org/glossary/rondeau\"\u003eRondeau | Academy of American Poets\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"This week, Rafia Zafar joins us to discuss \"We Wear the Mask\" by the great poet and writer Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). Rafia leads us in a discussion of Dunbar's fame and influence while opening up broader themes of African American history and literature.","date_published":"2022-02-02T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/548cde6e-728c-4640-984c-113502b8c988.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":18129561,"duration_in_seconds":1329}]},{"id":"e8ff6d2a-ccb4-41ee-ac36-d35a7bab69d0","title":"Episode 38: Laura Van Prooyen, Elegy for My Mother's Mind","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/38","content_text":"In this episode, our guest Laura Van Prooyen reads \"Elegy for My Mother's Mind,\" a poem that navigates the complexities of memory, loss, and familial relationships. Laura's poem gives us an opportunity to think about the deep sources of poetic inspiration, the revision process, and the power of metaphor.\n\nTo learn more about Laura's work, check her website. \n\nClick here to see the version of the poem that appeared in Prairie Schooner.\n\nOur two favorite books on elegy are Jahan Ramazani's Poetry of Mourning: The Modern Elegy from Hardy to Heaney and Peter Sacks's The English Elegy: Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, our guest Laura Van Prooyen reads \u0026quot;Elegy for My Mother\u0026#39;s Mind,\u0026quot; a poem that navigates the complexities of memory, loss, and familial relationships. Laura\u0026#39;s poem gives us an opportunity to think about the deep sources of poetic inspiration, the revision process, and the power of metaphor.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Laura\u0026#39;s work, check her \u003ca href=\"https://lauravanprooyen.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ewebsite\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClick here to see the version of the poem that appeared in \u003ca href=\"https://prairieschooner.unl.edu/excerpt/elegy-my-mother%E2%80%99s-mind\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur two favorite books on elegy are Jahan Ramazani\u0026#39;s \u003ca href=\"https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo3683910.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry of Mourning: The Modern Elegy from Hardy to Heaney\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e and Peter Sacks\u0026#39;s \u003ca href=\"https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/english-elegy\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe English Elegy: Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, our guest Laura Van Prooyen reads \"Elegy for My Mother's Mind,\" a poem that navigates the complexities of memory, loss, and familial relationships. Laura's poem gives us an opportunity to think about the deep sources of poetic inspiration, the revision process, and the power of metaphor.","date_published":"2022-01-26T16:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/e8ff6d2a-ccb4-41ee-ac36-d35a7bab69d0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23363040,"duration_in_seconds":1756}]},{"id":"3814d406-8a90-49f3-aef5-3d62ce674001","title":"Episode 37: Why Poetry For All","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/37","content_text":"Joanne and Abram launch the fourth season of Poetry For All with a short discussion about what this podcast is all about and how it relates to all the other great poetry podcasts in the world.\n\nThis conversation is an excerpt from our virtual visit with the students in Grace Talusan's creative writing workshop at Brandeis University. Grace uses our podcast in her course, and her students have gone on to create their own podcasts that focus on close readings of poems. If you want more information on how to use our podcast in the classroom, please reach out to us via Facebook, Twitter, or our gmail account (poetryforall2020).\n\nFor more on Grace Talusan and her excellent work, please see here.Links:Writer | Grace Talusan","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJoanne and Abram launch the fourth season of Poetry For All with a short discussion about what this podcast is all about and how it relates to all the other great poetry podcasts in the world.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis conversation is an excerpt from our virtual visit with the students in Grace Talusan\u0026#39;s creative writing workshop at Brandeis University. Grace uses our podcast in her course, and her students have gone on to create their own podcasts that focus on close readings of poems. If you want more information on how to use our podcast in the classroom, please reach out to us via Facebook, Twitter, or our gmail account (poetryforall2020).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Grace Talusan and her excellent work, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gracetalusan.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eplease see here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Writer | Grace Talusan\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.gracetalusan.com/\"\u003eWriter | Grace Talusan\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Joanne and Abram launch the fourth season of Poetry For All with a short discussion about what this podcast is all about and how it relates to all the other great poetry podcasts in the world.","date_published":"2022-01-19T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/3814d406-8a90-49f3-aef5-3d62ce674001.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16205355,"duration_in_seconds":871}]},{"id":"56487ce3-6cc9-4743-b9a8-f52af20aa8c4","title":"Episode 36: Denise Levertov, On the Mystery of the Incarnation","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/36","content_text":"In this episode, we discuss Denise Levertov's powerful meditation on the horrors of the twentieth century, and how the mystery of the incarnation might provide humanity with some hope. Our close reading of this poem is informed by Eavan Boland's Preface and Anne Dewey and Paul A. Lacey's Afterword in  The Collected Poems of Denise Levertov (New Directions, 2013). \n\nTo read \"On the Mystery of the Incarnation,\" click here. \n\nTo read Levertov's essay \"Some Notes on Organic Form,\" click here.\n\n''On the Mystery of the Incarnation'' by Denise Levertov comes from her book A DOOR IN THE HIVE, copyright ©1989 by Denise Levertov. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. \n\nPhoto of Denise Levertov © David Geier. For more information see National Portrait Gallery at The Smithsonian Institution: https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2011.103","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss Denise Levertov\u0026#39;s powerful meditation on the horrors of the twentieth century, and how the mystery of the incarnation might provide humanity with some hope. Our close reading of this poem is informed by Eavan Boland\u0026#39;s Preface and Anne Dewey and Paul A. Lacey\u0026#39;s Afterword in  \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems of Denise Levertov\u003c/em\u003e (New Directions, 2013). \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read \u0026quot;On the Mystery of the Incarnation,\u0026quot; click \u003ca href=\"https://allpoetry.com/On-The-Mystery-Of-The-Incarnation\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read Levertov\u0026#39;s essay \u0026quot;Some Notes on Organic Form,\u0026quot; click \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69392/some-notes-on-organic-form-56d249032078f\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;\u0026#39;On the Mystery of the Incarnation\u0026#39;\u0026#39; by Denise Levertov comes from her book A DOOR IN THE HIVE, copyright ©1989 by Denise Levertov. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto of Denise Levertov © David Geier. For more information see National Portrait Gallery at The Smithsonian Institution: \u003ca href=\"https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2011.103\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2011.103\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we discuss Denise Levertov's powerful meditation on the horrors of the twentieth century, and how the mystery of the incarnation might provide humanity with hope.","date_published":"2021-12-21T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/56487ce3-6cc9-4743-b9a8-f52af20aa8c4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14919315,"duration_in_seconds":1002}]},{"id":"a76b112a-fcab-4e78-ac77-595fd2fabd09","title":"Episode 35: Matthew Zapruder, Poem for Wisconsin","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/35","content_text":"In this episode, we discuss the way in which Matthew Zapruder attends to vivid, specific details to create a sense of wonder, connection, and surprise. \n\nTo read \"Poem for Wisconsin,\" click here.\n\n\"Poem for Wisconsin\" originally appeared in the collection  Sun Bear. Thanks to Copper Canyon Press for granting us permission to read this poem on the podcast.\n\nFor a glimpse of the \"Bronze Fonz,\" click here.\n\nTo see how the Milwaukee Art Museum opens its wings, watch this time-lapse video.\n\nFor a sense of the \"many moods\" of Lake Michigan, see the photography of the wonderful Jin Lee.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss the way in which Matthew Zapruder attends to vivid, specific details to create a sense of wonder, connection, and surprise. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read \u0026quot;Poem for Wisconsin,\u0026quot; click \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/poem-wisconsin\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;Poem for Wisconsin\u0026quot; originally appeared in the collection  \u003cem\u003eSun Bear\u003c/em\u003e. Thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/sun-bear-by-matthew-zapruder/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eCopper Canyon Press\u003c/a\u003e for granting us permission to read this poem on the podcast.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a glimpse of the \u0026quot;Bronze Fonz,\u0026quot; click \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitmilwaukee.org/articles/about-mke/bronze-fonz/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo see how the Milwaukee Art Museum opens its wings, watch this \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGQJPkQL0fU\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003etime-lapse video\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a sense of the \u0026quot;many moods\u0026quot; of Lake Michigan, see the photography of the wonderful \u003ca href=\"https://jinleephotography.net/great-water\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eJin Lee\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we discuss the way in which Matthew Zapruder attends to vivid, specific details to create a sense of wonder, connection, and surprise.","date_published":"2021-12-15T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/a76b112a-fcab-4e78-ac77-595fd2fabd09.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19617161,"duration_in_seconds":1376}]},{"id":"34ca3de6-bb2e-4e4d-9276-f1c5aee96062","title":"Episode 34: Tracy K. Smith, Declaration","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/34","content_text":"In this episode, we discuss erasure poetry and its power to reveal hidden histories and redacted stories through Tracy K. Smith's erasure of the Declaration of Independence.\n\nFor the poem (including a reading and discussion of the poem by Tracy Smith), see the Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor Solmaz Sharif's discussion of the political implications of erasure poetry, see \"The Near Transitive Properties of the Political and Poetical: Erasure\": https://thevolta.org/ewc28-ssharif-p1.html\n\nSee also \"Erasure in Three Acts\" by Muriel Leung.\n\nFor more on Tracy K. Smith, see The Library of Congress.\n\nFor a look at the various drafts of the Declaration of Independence, visit this page on the Library of Congress website: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jeffdec.html\n\nThanks to Graywolf Press for granting us permission to read this poem, which appears in Wade in the Water (2018). \n\nThanks to Harvard University and photographer Stephanie Mitchell for granting us permission to reproduce Tracy Smith's photo.Links:Declaration by Tracy K. Smith | Poetry FoundationTracy K. Smith | Library of CongressLook | Graywolf PressErasure in Three Acts: An Essay by Muriel Leung | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss erasure poetry and its power to reveal hidden histories and redacted stories through Tracy K. Smith\u0026#39;s erasure of the Declaration of Independence.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the poem (including a reading and discussion of the poem by Tracy Smith), \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147468/declaration-5b5a286052461\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee the Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Solmaz Sharif\u0026#39;s discussion of the political implications of erasure poetry, see \u0026quot;The Near Transitive Properties of the Political and Poetical: Erasure\u0026quot;: \u003ca href=\"https://thevolta.org/ewc28-ssharif-p1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://thevolta.org/ewc28-ssharif-p1.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSee also \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2021/11/erasure\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eErasure in Three Acts\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; by Muriel Leung.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Tracy K. Smith, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poets-laureate/item/no2003106238/tracy-k-smith/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Library of Congress\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a look at the various drafts of the Declaration of Independence, visit this page on the Library of Congress website: \u003ca href=\"https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jeffdec.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jeffdec.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to Graywolf Press for granting us permission to read this poem, which appears in \u003ca href=\"https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/wade-water\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWade in the Water\u003c/a\u003e (2018). \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to Harvard University and photographer Stephanie Mitchell for granting us permission to reproduce Tracy Smith\u0026#39;s photo.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Declaration by Tracy K. Smith | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147468/declaration-5b5a286052461\"\u003eDeclaration by Tracy K. Smith | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Tracy K. Smith | Library of Congress\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poets-laureate/item/no2003106238/tracy-k-smith/\"\u003eTracy K. Smith | Library of Congress\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Look | Graywolf Press\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/look\"\u003eLook | Graywolf Press\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Erasure in Three Acts: An Essay by Muriel Leung | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/2021/11/erasure\"\u003eErasure in Three Acts: An Essay by Muriel Leung | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we discuss erasure poetry and its power to reveal hidden histories and redacted stories through Tracy K. Smith's erasure of the Declaration of Independence.","date_published":"2021-12-07T09:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/34ca3de6-bb2e-4e4d-9276-f1c5aee96062.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28289926,"duration_in_seconds":1390}]},{"id":"bb559292-e935-448d-9d92-91c2717b2617","title":"Episode 33: Adrienne Rich, Power","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/33","content_text":"This week, the poet and scholar Stephanie Burt joins us to discuss the extraordinary power of Adrienne Rich. We think through how the spacing and stanzas of a poem can draw out denials and divulgences, while also exploring the life and writing of Rich.\n\nStephanie Burt's excellent book Don't Read Poetry ends with an examination of this poem by Adrienne Rich. The book, which can be found at the link, offers an introduction to reading poems and different ways of approaching them.\n\nFor the text of the poem, see here.\n\nFor more on Adrienne Rich, please see the Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor more on Stephanie Burt, please see the Poetry Foundation.\n\nPhotograph of Adrienne Rich by Robert Giard.Links:Power by Adrienne Rich - Famous poems, famous poets. - All PoetryAdrienne Rich | Poetry FoundationStephanie Burt | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis week, the poet and scholar Stephanie Burt joins us to discuss the extraordinary power of Adrienne Rich. We think through how the spacing and stanzas of a poem can draw out denials and divulgences, while also exploring the life and writing of Rich.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStephanie Burt\u0026#39;s excellent book \u003ca href=\"https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/stephanie-burt/dont-read-poetry/9780465094516/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon\u0026#39;t Read Poetry\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/a\u003eends with an examination of this poem by Adrienne Rich. The book, which can be found at the link, offers an introduction to reading poems and different ways of approaching them.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the text of the poem, \u003ca href=\"https://allpoetry.com/poem/11641436-Power-by-Adrienne-Rich\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/adrienne-rich\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAdrienne Rich\u003c/a\u003e, please see the Poetry Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephanie-burt\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eStephanie Burt\u003c/a\u003e, please see the Poetry Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-c127-d471-e040-e00a180654d7\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePhotograph\u003c/a\u003e of Adrienne Rich by Robert Giard.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Power by Adrienne Rich - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://allpoetry.com/poem/11641436-Power-by-Adrienne-Rich\"\u003ePower by Adrienne Rich - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Adrienne Rich | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/adrienne-rich\"\u003eAdrienne Rich | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Stephanie Burt | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/stephanie-burt\"\u003eStephanie Burt | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"This week, the poet and scholar Stephanie Burt joins us to discuss the extraordinary power of Adrienne Rich. We think through how the spacing and stanzas of a poem can draw out denials and divulgences, while also exploring the life and writing of Rich.","date_published":"2021-11-10T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/bb559292-e935-448d-9d92-91c2717b2617.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11082290,"duration_in_seconds":1041}]},{"id":"c1e94ca8-5eae-448b-9593-8ffe60c78acf","title":"Episode 32: Rick Barot, Cascades 501","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/32","content_text":"In this episode, poet Rick Barot guides us in our reading of his poem \"Cascades 501\" from The Galleons, his most recent collection. Rick's insights into how poets engage with place, create juxtapositions, and arrive at insights taught us so much about how poets create their best work. \n\nTo learn more about Rick Barot, you can visit his website:\n\nhttps://www.rickbarot.com/about/\n\nTo learn more about The Galleons, you can visit the Milkweed Editions website:\n\nhttps://milkweed.org/book/the-galleons\n\nTo read \"Cascade 501,\" visit the Academy of American Poets website:\n\nhttps://poets.org/poem/cascades-501","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, poet Rick Barot guides us in our reading of his poem \u0026quot;Cascades 501\u0026quot; from \u003cem\u003eThe Galleons,\u003c/em\u003e his most recent collection. Rick\u0026#39;s insights into how poets engage with place, create juxtapositions, and arrive at insights taught us so much about how poets create their best work. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Rick Barot, you can visit his website:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.rickbarot.com/about/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.rickbarot.com/about/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about \u003cem\u003eThe Galleons,\u003c/em\u003e you can visit the Milkweed Editions website:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://milkweed.org/book/the-galleons\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://milkweed.org/book/the-galleons\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read \u0026quot;Cascade 501,\u0026quot; visit the Academy of American Poets website:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/cascades-501\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://poets.org/poem/cascades-501\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-11-03T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/c1e94ca8-5eae-448b-9593-8ffe60c78acf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32689177,"duration_in_seconds":2312}]},{"id":"ba31a9ae-2e22-4739-88b6-2227a917e5ec","title":"Episode 31: Jane Kenyon, Twilight: After Haying","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/31","content_text":"This week we take a closer look at another autumn poem, this one by Jane Kenyon from her wonderful book Otherwise: New and Selected Poems. Kenyon builds from and transforms the same tradition of the autumn ode we examined last week with John Keats.\n\nThank you to Graywolf Press for permission to read this poem from Otherwise: New and Selected Poems by Jane Kenyon.\n\nClick here for the full text of Twilight: After Haying.\n\nSee the Poetry Foundation for more on Jane Kenyon.Links:Twilight: After Haying by Jane Kenyon - Poems | poets.orgOtherwise | Graywolf PressJane Kenyon | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis week we take a closer look at another autumn poem, this one by Jane Kenyon from her wonderful book Otherwise: New and Selected Poems. Kenyon builds from and transforms the same tradition of the autumn ode we examined last week with John Keats.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThank you to Graywolf Press for permission to read this poem from \u003ca href=\"https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/otherwise\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eOtherwise: New and Selected Poems\u003c/a\u003e by Jane Kenyon.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClick here for the full text of \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/twilight-after-haying\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eTwilight: After Haying\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSee the Poetry Foundation for more on \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jane-kenyon\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eJane Kenyon\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Twilight: After Haying by Jane Kenyon - Poems | poets.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://poets.org/poem/twilight-after-haying\"\u003eTwilight: After Haying by Jane Kenyon - Poems | poets.org\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Otherwise | Graywolf Press\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/otherwise\"\u003eOtherwise | Graywolf Press\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jane Kenyon | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jane-kenyon\"\u003eJane Kenyon | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"This week we take a closer look at another autumn poem, this one by Jane Kenyon from her wonderful book Otherwise: New and Selected Poems. Kenyon builds from and transforms the same tradition of the autumn ode we examined last week with John Keats.","date_published":"2021-10-27T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/ba31a9ae-2e22-4739-88b6-2227a917e5ec.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13463971,"duration_in_seconds":1008}]},{"id":"ca208f19-4b91-47e6-ac59-eb711d0c5ad4","title":"Episode 30: John Keats, To Autumn","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/30","content_text":"To Autumn\nby John Keats\n\nSeason of mists and mellow fruitfulness,\n   Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;\nConspiring with him how to load and bless\n   With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;\nTo bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,\n   And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;\n      To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells\n   With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,\nAnd still more, later flowers for the bees,\nUntil they think warm days will never cease,\n      For summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells.\n\nWho hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?\n   Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find\nThee sitting careless on a granary floor,\n   Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;\nOr on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,\n   Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook\n      Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:\nAnd sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep\n   Steady thy laden head across a brook;\n   Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,\n      Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.\n\nWhere are the songs of spring? Ay, Where are they?\n   Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—\nWhile barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,\n   And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;\nThen in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn\n   Among the river sallows, borne aloft\n      Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;\nAnd full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;\n   Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft\n   The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;\n      And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.\n\nFor more on John Keats, see the Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-keats\n\nFurther Resources:\n\nKeats's Negative Capability: New Origins and Afterlives, ed. Brian Rejack and Michael Theune: \nhttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/keatss-negative-capability-9781786941817?cc=us\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;\n\nKeats Letters Project:\nhttps://keatslettersproject.com/\n\nAnahid Nersessian, Keats's Odes: A Lover's Discourse \nhttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/K/bo77573957.htmlLinks:To Autumn by John Keats | Poetry FoundationJohn Keats | Poetry FoundationKeats's Negative Capability - Hardcover - Brian Rejack; Michael Theune - Oxford University PressThe Keats Letters Project – Corresponding with KeatsKeats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse, Nersessian","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo Autumn\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eby John Keats\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeason of mists and mellow fruitfulness,\u003cbr\u003e\n   Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;\u003cbr\u003e\nConspiring with him how to load and bless\u003cbr\u003e\n   With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;\u003cbr\u003e\nTo bend with apples the moss\u0026#39;d cottage-trees,\u003cbr\u003e\n   And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;\u003cbr\u003e\n      To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells\u003cbr\u003e\n   With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd still more, later flowers for the bees,\u003cbr\u003e\nUntil they think warm days will never cease,\u003cbr\u003e\n      For summer has o\u0026#39;er-brimm\u0026#39;d their clammy cells.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWho hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?\u003cbr\u003e\n   Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find\u003cbr\u003e\nThee sitting careless on a granary floor,\u003cbr\u003e\n   Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;\u003cbr\u003e\nOr on a half-reap\u0026#39;d furrow sound asleep,\u003cbr\u003e\n   Drows\u0026#39;d with the fume of poppies, while thy hook\u003cbr\u003e\n      Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep\u003cbr\u003e\n   Steady thy laden head across a brook;\u003cbr\u003e\n   Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,\u003cbr\u003e\n      Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere are the songs of spring? Ay, Where are they?\u003cbr\u003e\n   Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,\u003cbr\u003e\n   And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;\u003cbr\u003e\nThen in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn\u003cbr\u003e\n   Among the river sallows, borne aloft\u003cbr\u003e\n      Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;\u003cbr\u003e\n   Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft\u003cbr\u003e\n   The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;\u003cbr\u003e\n      And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-keats\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eJohn Keats\u003c/a\u003e, see the Poetry Foundation: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-keats\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-keats\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFurther Resources:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKeats\u0026#39;s Negative Capability: New Origins and Afterlives, ed. Brian Rejack and Michael Theune: \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/keatss-negative-capability-9781786941817?cc=us\u0026lang=en\u0026\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://global.oup.com/academic/product/keatss-negative-capability-9781786941817?cc=us\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKeats Letters Project:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://keatslettersproject.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://keatslettersproject.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnahid Nersessian, Keats\u0026#39;s Odes: A Lover\u0026#39;s Discourse \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/K/bo77573957.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/K/bo77573957.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"To Autumn by John Keats | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44484/to-autumn\"\u003eTo Autumn by John Keats | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"John Keats | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-keats\"\u003eJohn Keats | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Keats\u0026#39;s Negative Capability - Hardcover - Brian Rejack; Michael Theune - Oxford University Press\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/keatss-negative-capability-9781786941817?cc=us\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;\"\u003eKeats\u0026#39;s Negative Capability - Hardcover - Brian Rejack; Michael Theune - Oxford University Press\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Keats Letters Project – Corresponding with Keats\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://keatslettersproject.com/\"\u003eThe Keats Letters Project – Corresponding with Keats\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse, Nersessian\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/K/bo77573957.html\"\u003eKeats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse, Nersessian\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"John Keats was one of the great British Romanticists. In this episode we talk with Michael Theune and Brian Rejack about one of his last odes, \"To Autumn,\" which has inspired poets ever since it was first composed in 1821. We encourage you to read along with the text of the poem as we talk through its implications for the 21st century and our age of ecological disaster.","date_published":"2021-10-20T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/ca208f19-4b91-47e6-ac59-eb711d0c5ad4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15940836,"duration_in_seconds":1338}]},{"id":"6bd17207-fdaf-403e-9e55-7b64b17ceed3","title":"Episode 29: Elizabeth Bishop, One Art","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/29","content_text":"Elizabeth Bishop was one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, and \"One Art\" is certainly one of the greatest villanelles. In this episode, we talk about the poetic form and its constraints. We also draw upon recent scholarship that has revealed a great deal about Elizabeth Bishop's life and work in order to understand the power of poetic constraint. \n\nClick here to read \"One Art\": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art\n\nFor more about Elizabeth Bishop's life and the cultural context that informed her work, read Megan Marshall's Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast.\n\nTo learn more about the correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, read Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, edited by Thomas Travisano and Saskia Hamilton.\n\n“One Art” from POEMS by Elizabeth Bishop. Copyright © 2011 by The Alice H. Methfessel Trust. Publisher's Note and compilation copyright © 2011 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Bishop was one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, and \u0026quot;One Art\u0026quot; is certainly one of the greatest villanelles. In this episode, we talk about the poetic form and its constraints. We also draw upon recent scholarship that has revealed a great deal about Elizabeth Bishop\u0026#39;s life and work in order to understand the power of poetic constraint. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClick here to read \u0026quot;One Art\u0026quot;: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47536/one-art\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more about Elizabeth Bishop\u0026#39;s life and the cultural context that informed her work, read Megan Marshall\u0026#39;s \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/elizabeth-bishop/9781328745637\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eElizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about the correspondence between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, read \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374531898\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWords in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e, edited by Thomas Travisano and Saskia Hamilton.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“One Art” from POEMS by Elizabeth Bishop. Copyright © 2011 by The Alice H. Methfessel Trust. Publisher\u0026#39;s Note and compilation copyright © 2011 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-10-06T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/6bd17207-fdaf-403e-9e55-7b64b17ceed3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20399296,"duration_in_seconds":1516}]},{"id":"05c296db-e11a-4b0d-b4dc-0ac5e7558a38","title":"Episode 28: Countee Cullen, Yet Do I Marvel","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/28","content_text":"Countee Cullen was a major voice of the Harlem Renaissance. Joined by the renowned cultural critic Gerald Early, we here examine together story of Countee Cullen and the astounding sonnet that opens his main collection of poetry, My Soul's High Song.\n\nFor more on Countee Cullen, see the Poetry Foundation.\n\nHere is the text of the sonnet: \n\nYet Do I Marvel\nCountee Cullen\n\nI doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind,\nAnd did He stoop to quibble could tell why\nThe little buried mole continues blind,\nWhy flesh that mirrors Him must some day die,\nMake plain the reason tortured Tantalus\nIs baited by the fickle fruit, declare\nIf merely brute caprice dooms Sisyphus\nTo struggle up a never-ending stair.\nInscrutable His ways are, and immune\nTo catechism by a mind too strewn\nWith petty cares to slightly understand\nWhat awful brain compels His awful hand.\nYet do I marvel at this curious thing:\nTo make a poet black, and bid him sing!\n\nFor the main collection of Countee Cullen's poetry, edited by Gerald Early, see My Soul's High Song.Links:Countee Cullen | Poetry FoundationYet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen | Poetry FoundationMy Soul's High Song: 9780385412957: Cullen, Countee: Books","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eCountee Cullen was a major voice of the Harlem Renaissance. Joined by the renowned cultural critic Gerald Early, we here examine together story of Countee Cullen and the astounding sonnet that opens his main collection of poetry, My Soul\u0026#39;s High Song.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/countee-cullen\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eCountee Cullen\u003c/a\u003e, see the Poetry Foundation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the text of the sonnet: \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYet Do I Marvel\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCountee Cullen\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd did He stoop to quibble could tell why\u003cbr\u003e\nThe little buried mole continues blind,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWhy flesh that mirrors Him must some day die,\u003cbr\u003e\nMake plain the reason tortured Tantalus\u003cbr\u003e\nIs baited by the fickle fruit, declare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIf merely brute caprice dooms Sisyphus\u003cbr\u003e\nTo struggle up a never-ending stair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nInscrutable His ways are, and immune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nTo catechism by a mind too strewn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWith petty cares to slightly understand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat awful brain compels His awful hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYet do I marvel at this curious thing:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nTo make a poet black, and bid him sing!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the main collection of Countee Cullen\u0026#39;s poetry, edited by Gerald Early, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Souls-High-Song-Countee-Cullen/dp/0385412959\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eMy Soul\u0026#39;s High Song\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Countee Cullen | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/countee-cullen\"\u003eCountee Cullen | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Yet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42611/yet-do-i-marvel\"\u003eYet Do I Marvel by Countee Cullen | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"My Soul\u0026#39;s High Song: 9780385412957: Cullen, Countee: Books\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Souls-High-Song-Countee-Cullen/dp/0385412959\"\u003eMy Soul\u0026#39;s High Song: 9780385412957: Cullen, Countee: Books\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"Countee Cullen was a major voice of the Harlem Renaissance. Joined by the renowned cultural critic Gerald Early, we here examine together story of Countee Cullen and the astounding sonnet that opens his main collection of poetry, My Soul's High Song.","date_published":"2021-09-29T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/05c296db-e11a-4b0d-b4dc-0ac5e7558a38.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20371765,"duration_in_seconds":1488}]},{"id":"7929c82a-11d1-4e7a-ab66-7e865e7c8bd1","title":"Episode 27: Marianne Moore, Poetry","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/27","content_text":"In this episode, we read and discuss the influential modernist poet Marianne Moore and her witty, wonderful poem called \"Poetry,\" a classic ars poetica (a poem about writing poetry). This poem has gone through many different editions. We take an earlier, longer version and ask how it participated in the modernist practice of \"making it new\" in the early 1900s. \n\nMarianne Moore was a technical master with widespread influence who was at the very center of American modernism -- friends with William Carlos Williams (see episode 25), Ezra Pound, H.D., and many others, as well as a mentor to Elizabeth Bishop (who we'll have an episode on soon!). An ardent Presbyterian who wore a cape and tri-cornered hat and who carefully curated her public image, Marianne Moore became a sought-after celebrity in her own day. \n\nFor more on Marianne Moore, see the Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor the text of \"Poetry,\" see here.Links:Marianne Moore | Poetry FoundationPoetry by Marianne Moore - Poems | Academy of American Poets","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we read and discuss the influential modernist poet Marianne Moore and her witty, wonderful poem called \u0026quot;Poetry,\u0026quot; a classic ars poetica (a poem about writing poetry). This poem has gone through many different editions. We take an earlier, longer version and ask how it participated in the modernist practice of \u0026quot;making it new\u0026quot; in the early 1900s. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarianne Moore was a technical master with widespread influence who was at the very center of American modernism -- friends with William Carlos Williams (see episode 25), Ezra Pound, H.D., and many others, as well as a mentor to Elizabeth Bishop (who we\u0026#39;ll have an episode on soon!). An ardent Presbyterian who wore a cape and tri-cornered hat and who carefully curated her public image, Marianne Moore became a sought-after celebrity in her own day. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Marianne Moore, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marianne-moore\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the text of \u0026quot;Poetry,\u0026quot; \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/poetry\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Marianne Moore | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marianne-moore\"\u003eMarianne Moore | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Poetry by Marianne Moore - Poems | Academy of American Poets\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://poets.org/poem/poetry\"\u003ePoetry by Marianne Moore - Poems | Academy of American Poets\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we read and discuss the influential modernist poet Marianne Moore and her witty, wonderful poem called \"Poetry,\" a classic ars poetica (a poem about writing poetry).","date_published":"2021-09-22T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/7929c82a-11d1-4e7a-ab66-7e865e7c8bd1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16716546,"duration_in_seconds":1271}]},{"id":"16375cf9-6bce-4759-8629-ba78046f964a","title":"Episode 26: Brenda Cárdenas, \"Our Lady of Sorrows\"","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/26","content_text":"In this episode, Brenda Cárdenas guides us through a reading of \"Our Lady of Sorrows,\" an ekphrastic poem that is inspired by the work of Ana Mendieta. \n\nTo read more of Brenda Cárdenas's work, click here:\n\nhttps://uwm.edu/english/our-people/cardenas-brenda/\n\nTo learn more about Ana Mendieta's work, click here:\n\nhttps://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/ana-mendieta","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Brenda Cárdenas guides us through a reading of \u0026quot;Our Lady of Sorrows,\u0026quot; an ekphrastic poem that is inspired by the work of Ana Mendieta. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo read more of Brenda Cárdenas\u0026#39;s work, click here:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://uwm.edu/english/our-people/cardenas-brenda/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://uwm.edu/english/our-people/cardenas-brenda/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about Ana Mendieta\u0026#39;s work, click here:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/ana-mendieta\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/ana-mendieta\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, Brenda Cárdenas guides us through a reading of \"Our Lady of Sorrows,\" an ekphrastic poem that is inspired by the work of Ana Mendieta. ","date_published":"2021-09-15T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/16375cf9-6bce-4759-8629-ba78046f964a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15849464,"duration_in_seconds":1304}]},{"id":"0a402f82-0f0a-4c4d-950b-d0d546557d16","title":"Episode 25: William Carlos Williams, \"This is Just to Say\"","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/25","content_text":"In this episode, we discuss a simple, iconic, \"sorry-not sorry\" poem from the early age of American modernism, which has taken on new life in the age of Twitter and the pandemic.\n\nFor more on William Carlos Williams, see the Poetry Foundation. See the text of \"This is Just to Say\" there as well.\n\n“This Is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams, from The Collected Poems: Volume I, 1909-1939, copyright ©1938 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss a simple, iconic, \u0026quot;sorry-not sorry\u0026quot; poem from the early age of American modernism, which has taken on new life in the age of Twitter and the pandemic.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/william-carlos-williams\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eWilliam Carlos Williams\u003c/a\u003e, see the Poetry Foundation. See the text of \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56159/this-is-just-to-say\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThis is Just to Say\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; there as well.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“This Is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams, from \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems: Volume I, 1909-1939\u003c/em\u003e, copyright ©1938 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we discuss a simple, iconic, \"sorry-not sorry\" poem from the early age of American modernism, which has taken on new life in the age of Twitter and the pandemic.","date_published":"2021-09-08T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/0a402f82-0f0a-4c4d-950b-d0d546557d16.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12799537,"duration_in_seconds":1093}]},{"id":"85fa8fcb-1c95-4f9c-b677-18cb88c47ea1","title":"Episode 24: Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/24","content_text":"Robert Hayden was one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century. His poems are known for their formal grace and his deep and broad explorations of the African American experience. \"Those Winter Sundays\" is one of our all-time favorite poems. We hope you enjoy this conversation.\n\nFor the text of \"Those Winter Sundays,\" click here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46461/those-winter-sundays\n\nFor more about Robert Hayden, click here:  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-hayden\n\nWe love Reginald Dwayne Betts's introduction to the Centenary Edition of Robert Hayden's Collected Poems, edited by Frederick Glaysher. Please do find a copy at your local library or at your favorite bookstore: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780871406798","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Hayden was one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century. His poems are known for their formal grace and his deep and broad explorations of the African American experience. \u0026quot;Those Winter Sundays\u0026quot; is one of our all-time favorite poems. We hope you enjoy this conversation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the text of \u0026quot;Those Winter Sundays,\u0026quot; click here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46461/those-winter-sundays\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46461/those-winter-sundays\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more about Robert Hayden, click here:  \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-hayden\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert-hayden\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe love Reginald Dwayne Betts\u0026#39;s introduction to the Centenary Edition of Robert Hayden\u0026#39;s \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems,\u003c/em\u003e edited by Frederick Glaysher. Please do find a copy at your local library or at your favorite bookstore: \u003ca href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/9780871406798\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://wwnorton.com/books/9780871406798\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2021-06-14T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/85fa8fcb-1c95-4f9c-b677-18cb88c47ea1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15598451,"duration_in_seconds":1249}]},{"id":"2cb47c0a-05d2-4e9f-9a28-e951a18a5e63","title":"Episode 23: Langston Hughes, \"Johannesburg Mines\"","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/23","content_text":"In this episode, we discuss social poetics, the poetry of witness, and the way poets can speak of the failure of language and the need for silence in the face of trauma. \"The worst is not, so long as we can say, 'This is the worst.'\"\n\nFor the text of Langston Hughes's poem \"Johannesburg Mines,\" see here.\n\nFor more on Langston Hughes, see the Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor more on social poetics, see Mark Nowak's book by that name.\n\nFor more on the poetry of witness, see Sandra Beasley's essay \"Flint and Tinder.\"\n\nFor Anna Akhmatova's \"Instead of a Preface\" in her great work Requiem as an alternative approach, see here.\n\nThanks to Harold Ober Associates, Inc., for granting us permission to read this poem on our podcast.Links:Poem: Johannesburg Mines by Langston HughesLangston Hughes | Poetry FoundationSocial Poetics – Coffee House PressSandra Beasley: “Flint and Tinder – Understanding the Difference Between ‘Poetry of Witness’ and ‘Documentary Poetics’”Requiem Poem by Anna Akhmatova - Poem Hunter","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss social poetics, the poetry of witness, and the way poets can speak of the failure of language and the need for silence in the face of trauma. \u0026quot;The worst is not, so long as we can say, \u0026#39;This is the worst.\u0026#39;\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the text of Langston Hughes\u0026#39;s poem \u0026quot;Johannesburg Mines,\u0026quot; \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/johannesburg-mines\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Langston Hughes, see\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/langston-hughes\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e the Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on social poetics, see \u003ca href=\"https://coffeehousepress.org/products/social-poetics\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eMark Nowak\u0026#39;s book\u003c/a\u003e by that name.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on the poetry of witness, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetrynw.org/sandra-beasley-flint-and-tinder-understanding-the-difference-between-poetry-of-witness-and-documentary-poetics/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eSandra Beasley\u0026#39;s essay \u0026quot;Flint and Tinder.\u0026quot;\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor Anna Akhmatova\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;Instead of a Preface\u0026quot; in her great work Requiem as an alternative approach, \u003ca href=\"https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/requiem/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to Harold Ober Associates, Inc., for granting us permission to read this poem on our podcast.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Poem: Johannesburg Mines by Langston Hughes\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/johannesburg-mines\"\u003ePoem: Johannesburg Mines by Langston Hughes\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Langston Hughes | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/langston-hughes\"\u003eLangston Hughes | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Social Poetics – Coffee House Press\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://coffeehousepress.org/products/social-poetics\"\u003eSocial Poetics – Coffee House Press\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Sandra Beasley: “Flint and Tinder – Understanding the Difference Between ‘Poetry of Witness’ and ‘Documentary Poetics’”\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetrynw.org/sandra-beasley-flint-and-tinder-understanding-the-difference-between-poetry-of-witness-and-documentary-poetics/\"\u003eSandra Beasley: “Flint and Tinder – Understanding the Difference Between ‘Poetry of Witness’ and ‘Documentary Poetics’”\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Requiem Poem by Anna Akhmatova - Poem Hunter\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/requiem/\"\u003eRequiem Poem by Anna Akhmatova - Poem Hunter\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we discuss social poetics, poetry of witness, and the places where poetry speaks loudly of silence -- where language fails in the face of trauma.  \"The worst is not, so long as we can say, 'This is the worst.'\"","date_published":"2021-05-21T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/2cb47c0a-05d2-4e9f-9a28-e951a18a5e63.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14204082,"duration_in_seconds":1169}]},{"id":"ba9cbfdd-85b9-462f-9b4e-a7c1a5b532c7","title":"Episode 22: Two Poems of World War I","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/22","content_text":"In this episode, we talk with Vince Sherry about two poems of WWI: Rupert Brooke's \"The Soldier\" and Ivor Gurney's \"To His Love.\" The first poem, a stately beauty, imagines war almost peacefully; the second poem, scarred by combat, speaks back nervously and angrily. We talk through this remarkable set of poems and experiences and examine how a careful use of language conveys their effects.\n\n\"The Soldier\"\nby Rupert Brooke\n\nIf I should die, think only this of me:\n      That there’s some corner of a foreign field\nThat is for ever England. There shall be\n      In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;\nA dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,\n      Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam;\nA body of England’s, breathing English air,\n      Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.\n\nAnd think, this heart, all evil shed away,\n      A pulse in the eternal mind, no less\n            Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;\nHer sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;\n      And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,\n            In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.\n\nTo His Love\nby Ivor Gurney\n\nHe's gone, and all our plans\n   Are useless indeed.\nWe'll walk no more on Cotswold\n   Where the sheep feed\n   Quietly and take no heed.\n\nHis body that was so quick\n   Is not as you\nKnew it, on Severn river\n   Under the blue\n   Driving our small boat through.\n\nYou would not know him now ...\n   But still he died\nNobly, so cover him over\n   With violets of pride\n   Purple from Severn side.\n\nCover him, cover him soon!\n   And with thick-set\nMasses of memoried flowers—\n   Hide that red wet\n   Thing I must somehow forget.\n\nFor more on Rupert Brooke, see The Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor more on Ivor Gurney, see The Poetry Foundation.\n\nGurney was also a prolific composer. For a sample of his music, see his Goucestershire Rhapsody.Links:The Soldier by Rupert Brooke | Poetry MagazineTo His Love by Ivor Gurney | Poetry FoundationIvor Gurney: A Gloucestershire Rhapsody - YouTubeVincent Sherry | Arts \u0026amp; SciencesRupert Brooke | Poetry FoundationIvor Gurney | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we talk with Vince Sherry about two poems of WWI: Rupert Brooke\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;The Soldier\u0026quot; and Ivor Gurney\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;To His Love.\u0026quot; The first poem, a stately beauty, imagines war almost peacefully; the second poem, scarred by combat, speaks back nervously and angrily. We talk through this remarkable set of poems and experiences and examine how a careful use of language conveys their effects.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026quot;The Soldier\u0026quot;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nby Rupert Brooke\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf I should die, think only this of me:\u003cbr\u003e\n      That there’s some corner of a foreign field\u003cbr\u003e\nThat is for ever England. There shall be\u003cbr\u003e\n      In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;\u003cbr\u003e\nA dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,\u003cbr\u003e\n      Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam;\u003cbr\u003e\nA body of England’s, breathing English air,\u003cbr\u003e\n      Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd think, this heart, all evil shed away,\u003cbr\u003e\n      A pulse in the eternal mind, no less\u003cbr\u003e\n            Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;\u003cbr\u003e\nHer sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;\u003cbr\u003e\n      And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,\u003cbr\u003e\n            In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo His Love\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nby Ivor Gurney\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe\u0026#39;s gone, and all our plans\u003cbr\u003e\n   Are useless indeed.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe\u0026#39;ll walk no more on Cotswold\u003cbr\u003e\n   Where the sheep feed\u003cbr\u003e\n   Quietly and take no heed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis body that was so quick\u003cbr\u003e\n   Is not as you\u003cbr\u003e\nKnew it, on Severn river\u003cbr\u003e\n   Under the blue\u003cbr\u003e\n   Driving our small boat through.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou would not know him now ...\u003cbr\u003e\n   But still he died\u003cbr\u003e\nNobly, so cover him over\u003cbr\u003e\n   With violets of pride\u003cbr\u003e\n   Purple from Severn side.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCover him, cover him soon!\u003cbr\u003e\n   And with thick-set\u003cbr\u003e\nMasses of memoried flowers—\u003cbr\u003e\n   Hide that red wet\u003cbr\u003e\n   Thing I must somehow forget.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Rupert Brooke, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rupert-brooke\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Ivor Gurney, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ivor-gurney\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGurney was also a prolific composer. For a sample of his music, see his \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqxo0rV2AFY\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eGoucestershire Rhapsody.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Soldier by Rupert Brooke | Poetry Magazine\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/13076/the-soldier\"\u003eThe Soldier by Rupert Brooke | Poetry Magazine\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"To His Love by Ivor Gurney | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57246/to-his-love\"\u003eTo His Love by Ivor Gurney | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Ivor Gurney: A Gloucestershire Rhapsody - YouTube\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqxo0rV2AFY\"\u003eIvor Gurney: A Gloucestershire Rhapsody - YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Vincent Sherry | Arts \u0026amp; Sciences\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://artsci.wustl.edu/faculty-staff/vincent-sherry\"\u003eVincent Sherry | Arts \u0026amp; Sciences\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rupert Brooke | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rupert-brooke\"\u003eRupert Brooke | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Ivor Gurney | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ivor-gurney\"\u003eIvor Gurney | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we talk with Vince Sherry about two poems of WWI: Rupert Brooke's \"The Soldier\" and Ivor Gurney's \"To His Love.\" The first poem, a stately beauty, imagines war almost peacefully; the second poem, scarred by combat, speaks back nervously and angrily. We talk through this remarkable set of poems and experiences and examine how a careful use of language conveys their effects.","date_published":"2021-04-27T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/ba9cbfdd-85b9-462f-9b4e-a7c1a5b532c7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14944399,"duration_in_seconds":1483}]},{"id":"97145389-ce2e-45f1-9c1d-d866e6b5a104","title":"Episode 21: Christian Wiman, I Don't Want to Be a Spice Store","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/21","content_text":"In this episode we talk with Christian Wiman about the arc of a book of poetry, the structure of an individual poem, the desire for openness and accessibility, and the surprising shifts from levity to seriousness that take even the writer by surprise. The episode considers how poets construct and organize their poems, and it also touches on differing approaches poets take across their career.\n\nChristian Wiman is the Clement-Muehl Professor of Communication Arts at Yale Divinity School, the former editor of Poetry magazine, and the author, editor, and translator of multiple books. He has won countless awards for his poetry and also has extraordinary books of prose, including My Bright Abyss and He Held Radical Light. Today, we talk with him about his poem “I Don’t Want to be a Spice Store” from his latest book of poetry, Survival is a Style.\n\nFor more on Christian Wiman, please see The Poetry Foundation.\n\nThis poem comes from Survival is a Style.Links:Survival Is a Style | Christian Wiman | MacmillanChristian Wiman | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode we talk with Christian Wiman about the arc of a book of poetry, the structure of an individual poem, the desire for openness and accessibility, and the surprising shifts from levity to seriousness that take even the writer by surprise. The episode considers how poets construct and organize their poems, and it also touches on differing approaches poets take across their career.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChristian Wiman is the Clement-Muehl Professor of Communication Arts at Yale Divinity School, the former editor of \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c/em\u003e magazine, and the author, editor, and translator of multiple books. He has won countless awards for his poetry and also has extraordinary books of prose, including \u003cem\u003eMy Bright Abyss\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHe Held Radical Light\u003c/em\u003e. Today, we talk with him about his poem “I Don’t Want to be a Spice Store” from his latest book of poetry, \u003cem\u003eSurvival is a Style\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Christian Wiman, please see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/christian-wiman\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis poem comes from \u003ca href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374272050\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eSurvival is a Style\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Survival Is a Style | Christian Wiman | Macmillan\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374272050\"\u003eSurvival Is a Style | Christian Wiman | Macmillan\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Christian Wiman | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/christian-wiman\"\u003eChristian Wiman | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode we talk with Christian Wiman about the arc of a book of poetry, the structure of an individual poem, the desire for openness and accessibility, and the surprising shifts from levity to seriousness that take even the writer by surprise. ","date_published":"2021-04-13T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/97145389-ce2e-45f1-9c1d-d866e6b5a104.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13792849,"duration_in_seconds":1125}]},{"id":"c42b6c15-8881-4318-861b-5db613153526","title":"Episode 20: Hester Pulter, View But This Tulip","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/20","content_text":"Wendy Wall joins us to discuss an extraordinary poet whose works went unknown for over three hundred years. Hester Pulter brought together science, religion, poetic traditions and so much more. Her 120 remarkable poems are now available at the award-winning Pulter Project website.\n\nIn this episode we discuss her work with emblems, her scientific chemistry experiment with flowers, and her wonderment (both worried and confident, doubtful and awestruck) about the resurrection of the body and its reunification with the soul after death.\n\nFor a biography of Hester Pulter, see here: \nhttps://pulterproject.northwestern.edu/about-hester-pulter-and-the-manuscript.html\n\nFor her poems, see the Pulter Project here:\nhttps://pulterproject.northwestern.edu/\n\nHere is the text of today's poem:\n\n\"View But This Tulip\" (Emblem 40)\n\nView but this tulip, rose, or gillyflower,\nAnd by a finite, see an infinite power.\nThese flowers into their chaos were retired\nTill human art them raised and reinspired\nWith beating, macerating, fermentation,\nCalcining, chemically, with segregation;\nThen, lest the air these secrets should reveal,\nShut up the ashes under Hermes’s seal;\nThen, with a candle or a gentle fire,\nYou may reanimate at your desire\nThese gallant plants; but if you cool the glass,\nTo their first principles they’ll quickly pass:\nFrom sulfur, salt, and mercury they came;\nWhen they dissolve, they turn into the same.\nThen, seeing a wretched mortal hath the power\nTo recreate a Virbius of a flower,\nWhy should we fear, though sadly we retire\nInto our cause? Our God will reinspire\nOur dormant dust, and keep alive the same\nWith an all-quick’ning, everlasting flame.\nThen, though I into atoms scattered be,\nIn indivisibles I’ll trust in Thee.\nThen let this comfort me in my sad story:\nDust is but four degrees removed from glory\nBy Nature’s paths, but God from death and night\nCan raise this flesh to endless life and light.\nThen, my impatient soul, contented be,\nFor thou a glorious spring ere long shalt see.\nAfter these gloomy shades of death and sorrow,\nThou shalt enjoy an everlasting morrow.\nAs wheat in new-plowed furrows rotting lies,\nIncapable of quick’ning till it dies,\nSo into dust this flesh of mine must turn\nAnd lie a while forgotten in my urn.\nYet when the sea, and earth, and Hell shall give\nTheir treasures up, my body too shall live:\nNot like the resurrection at Grand Caire,\nWhere men revive, then straight of life despair;\nBut, with my soul, my flesh shall reunite\nAnd ne’er involvéd be with death and night,\nBut live in endless pleasure, love, and light.\nThen hallelujahs will I sing to thee,\nMy gracious God, to all eternity.\nThen at thy dissolution patient be:\nIf man can raise a flower, God can thee.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eWendy Wall joins us to discuss an extraordinary poet whose works went unknown for over three hundred years. Hester Pulter brought together science, religion, poetic traditions and so much more. Her 120 remarkable poems are now available at the award-winning \u003ca href=\"https://pulterproject.northwestern.edu/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ePulter Project\u003c/a\u003e website.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this episode we discuss her work with emblems, her scientific chemistry experiment with flowers, and her wonderment (both worried and confident, doubtful and awestruck) about the resurrection of the body and its reunification with the soul after death.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a biography of Hester Pulter, see here: \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://pulterproject.northwestern.edu/about-hester-pulter-and-the-manuscript.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://pulterproject.northwestern.edu/about-hester-pulter-and-the-manuscript.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor her poems, see the Pulter Project here:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://pulterproject.northwestern.edu/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://pulterproject.northwestern.edu/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the text of today\u0026#39;s poem:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026quot;View But This Tulip\u0026quot; (Emblem 40)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eView but this tulip, rose, or gillyflower,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd by a finite, see an infinite power.\u003cbr\u003e\nThese flowers into their chaos were retired\u003cbr\u003e\nTill human art them raised and reinspired\u003cbr\u003e\nWith beating, macerating, fermentation,\u003cbr\u003e\nCalcining, chemically, with segregation;\u003cbr\u003e\nThen, lest the air these secrets should reveal,\u003cbr\u003e\nShut up the ashes under Hermes’s seal;\u003cbr\u003e\nThen, with a candle or a gentle fire,\u003cbr\u003e\nYou may reanimate at your desire\u003cbr\u003e\nThese gallant plants; but if you cool the glass,\u003cbr\u003e\nTo their first principles they’ll quickly pass:\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom sulfur, salt, and mercury they came;\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen they dissolve, they turn into the same.\u003cbr\u003e\nThen, seeing a wretched mortal hath the power\u003cbr\u003e\nTo recreate a Virbius of a flower,\u003cbr\u003e\nWhy should we fear, though sadly we retire\u003cbr\u003e\nInto our cause? Our God will reinspire\u003cbr\u003e\nOur dormant dust, and keep alive the same\u003cbr\u003e\nWith an all-quick’ning, everlasting flame.\u003cbr\u003e\nThen, though I into atoms scattered be,\u003cbr\u003e\nIn indivisibles I’ll trust in Thee.\u003cbr\u003e\nThen let this comfort me in my sad story:\u003cbr\u003e\nDust is but four degrees removed from glory\u003cbr\u003e\nBy Nature’s paths, but God from death and night\u003cbr\u003e\nCan raise this flesh to endless life and light.\u003cbr\u003e\nThen, my impatient soul, contented be,\u003cbr\u003e\nFor thou a glorious spring ere long shalt see.\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter these gloomy shades of death and sorrow,\u003cbr\u003e\nThou shalt enjoy an everlasting morrow.\u003cbr\u003e\nAs wheat in new-plowed furrows rotting lies,\u003cbr\u003e\nIncapable of quick’ning till it dies,\u003cbr\u003e\nSo into dust this flesh of mine must turn\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd lie a while forgotten in my urn.\u003cbr\u003e\nYet when the sea, and earth, and Hell shall give\u003cbr\u003e\nTheir treasures up, my body too shall live:\u003cbr\u003e\nNot like the resurrection at Grand Caire,\u003cbr\u003e\nWhere men revive, then straight of life despair;\u003cbr\u003e\nBut, with my soul, my flesh shall reunite\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd ne’er involvéd be with death and night,\u003cbr\u003e\nBut live in endless pleasure, love, and light.\u003cbr\u003e\nThen hallelujahs will I sing to thee,\u003cbr\u003e\nMy gracious God, to all eternity.\u003cbr\u003e\nThen at thy dissolution patient be:\u003cbr\u003e\nIf man can raise a flower, God can thee.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Wendy Wall joins us to discuss an extraordinary poet whose works went unknown for over three hundred years. Hester Pulter brought together science, religion, poetic traditions and so much more. Her 120 remarkable poems are now available at the award-winning Pulter Project website.","date_published":"2021-03-29T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/c42b6c15-8881-4318-861b-5db613153526.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":18732224,"duration_in_seconds":1544}]},{"id":"4e75b8fc-c85a-4f4e-8355-dbd15488422a","title":"Episode 19: Naomi Shihab Nye, Gate A-4","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/19","content_text":"Naomi Shihab Nye, a Palestinian-American poet born in St. Louis and raised in Jerusalem and San Antonio, focuses on the ordinary to observe the extraordinary. Her poetry often speaks of cultural encounters and celebrates different cultures. She is the recipient of many awards and is currently the Poetry Foundation's Young People's Poet Laureate. \n\nIn this poem, we explore what makes a poem \"poetry\" versus some other genre, and we consider what difference such designations make while walking through a longer, narrative poem.\n\nFor the text of the poem, see here: https://poets.org/poem/gate-4\n\nFor more on Naomi Shihab Nye, see the Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/naomi-shihab-nye\n\nThis poem comes from Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose.\n\nThe image has a creative commons license and can be found here.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye, a Palestinian-American poet born in St. Louis and raised in Jerusalem and San Antonio, focuses on the ordinary to observe the extraordinary. Her poetry often speaks of cultural encounters and celebrates different cultures. She is the recipient of many awards and is currently the Poetry Foundation\u0026#39;s Young People\u0026#39;s Poet Laureate. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this poem, we explore what makes a poem \u0026quot;poetry\u0026quot; versus some other genre, and we consider what difference such designations make while walking through a longer, narrative poem.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the text of the poem, see here: \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/gate-4\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://poets.org/poem/gate-4\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Naomi Shihab Nye, see the Poetry Foundation: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/naomi-shihab-nye\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/naomi-shihab-nye\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis poem comes from \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Honeybee-Poems-Naomi-Shihab-Nye/dp/0060853905\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eHoneybee: Poems and Short Prose\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe image has a creative commons license and can be \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naomishihabnye.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003efound here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Remember airports? In this wonderful, narrative poem, Nye speaks of the remarkable capacity for community in a world of strangers.","date_published":"2021-03-09T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/4e75b8fc-c85a-4f4e-8355-dbd15488422a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15130345,"duration_in_seconds":1139}]},{"id":"6ae4fd6e-30a4-444e-98e2-e7f1740d9396","title":"Episode 18: Jenny Johnson, Dappled Things","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/18","content_text":"Jenny Johnson is the author of In Full Velvet (Sarabande Books, 2017).  Her honors include a Whiting Award, a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, and a NEA Fellowship. She has also received awards and scholarships from the Blue Mountain Center, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Yaddo. Her poems have appeared in The New York Times, New England Review, Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, and elsewhere. After earning a BA/MT in English Education from the University of Virginia, she taught public school for several years in San Francisco, and she spent ten summers on the staff of the UVA Young Writer’s Workshop. She earned an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College. She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at West Virginia University, and she is on the faculty of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University’s low-residency MFA program.\n\nFor more about Jenny, please visit her website: https://www.jennyjohnsonpoet.com/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJenny Johnson is the author of In Full Velvet (Sarabande Books, 2017).  Her honors include a Whiting Award, a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, and a NEA Fellowship. She has also received awards and scholarships from the Blue Mountain Center, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Yaddo. Her poems have appeared in The New York Times, New England Review, Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics, and elsewhere. After earning a BA/MT in English Education from the University of Virginia, she taught public school for several years in San Francisco, and she spent ten summers on the staff of the UVA Young Writer’s Workshop. She earned an MFA in Poetry from Warren Wilson College. She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at West Virginia University, and she is on the faculty of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University’s low-residency MFA program.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more about Jenny, please visit her website: \u003ca href=\"https://www.jennyjohnsonpoet.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.jennyjohnsonpoet.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, Jenny Johnson discusses the sources of inspiration for her poem \"Dappled Things,\" her love of Gerard Manley Hopkins, and the incredible diversity--and fragility--of the natural world.","date_published":"2021-03-02T11:30:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/6ae4fd6e-30a4-444e-98e2-e7f1740d9396.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15664719,"duration_in_seconds":1645}]},{"id":"35439135-75b3-4571-bcb0-504b79603378","title":"Episode 17: Gerard Manley Hopkins, Pied Beauty","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/17","content_text":"Pied Beauty\n\nGlory be to God for dappled things –\n   For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;\n      For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;\nFresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;\n   Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough;\n      And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.\n\nAll things counter, original, spare, strange;\n   Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)\n      With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;\nHe fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:\n                                Praise him.\n\nIn this extraordinary curtal sonnet (a shortened sonnet, curtailed), Hopkins packs immense power. He uses the shortened form to heighten the emotion, drawing himself up short in the end with nothing else that can be said other than \"Praise him.\" This week, we walk through these short lines and unfold some of the ways that Hopkins works. \n\nHopkins was an immensely influential poet of the Victorian era (late 1800s) whose work was not published or encountered until 1918 in the modernist era. He was a reclusive, Jesuit priest who struggled with depression, but who could also be given over to incredible acts of wonder and praise (as in this poem). He stands outside his  time, and has been read and loved by poets of all different persuasions throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.\n\nFor more informaiton on Hopkins, please see The Poetry Foundation.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePied Beauty\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGlory be to God for dappled things –\u003cbr\u003e\n   For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;\u003cbr\u003e\n      For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;\u003cbr\u003e\nFresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;\u003cbr\u003e\n   Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough;\u003cbr\u003e\n      And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll things counter, original, spare, strange;\u003cbr\u003e\n   Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)\u003cbr\u003e\n      With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;\u003cbr\u003e\nHe fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:\u003cbr\u003e\n                                Praise him.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this extraordinary curtal sonnet (a shortened sonnet, curtailed), Hopkins packs immense power. He uses the shortened form to heighten the emotion, drawing himself up short in the end with nothing else that can be said other than \u0026quot;Praise him.\u0026quot; This week, we walk through these short lines and unfold some of the ways that Hopkins works. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHopkins was an immensely influential poet of the Victorian era (late 1800s) whose work was not published or encountered until 1918 in the modernist era. He was a reclusive, Jesuit priest who struggled with depression, but who could also be given over to incredible acts of wonder and praise (as in this poem). He stands outside his  time, and has been read and loved by poets of all different persuasions throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more informaiton on Hopkins, please see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gerard-manley-hopkins\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this extraordinary curtal sonnet (a shortened sonnet, curtailed), Hopkins packs immense power. He uses the shortened form to heighten the emotion, drawing himself up short in the end with nothing else that can be said other than \"Praise him.\" This week, we walk through these short lines and unfold some of the ways that Hopkins works. ","date_published":"2021-02-23T09:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/35439135-75b3-4571-bcb0-504b79603378.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11340826,"duration_in_seconds":875}]},{"id":"4ab5e9d9-4cd1-4a49-948e-0b332ae2d5c4","title":"Episode 16: John Milton, When I Consider How My Light is Spent","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/16","content_text":"The episode explores Milton's great sonnet spun from the difficulties of middle age and new disappointments. We consider how he pulls consolation from his sense of defeat and near despair. Faced with his coming blindness, he hears the voice of Patience giving him the strength to wait.\n\nTHE TEXT\n\nJohn Milton, \"When I Consider How My Light is Spent\"\n\nWhen I consider how my light is spent,\n   Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,\n   And that one Talent which is death to hide\n   Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent\nTo serve therewith my Maker, and present\n   My true account, lest he returning chide;\n   “Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”\n   I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent\nThat murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need\n   Either man’s work or his own gifts; who best\n   Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state\nIs Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed\n   And post o’er Land and Ocean without rest:\n   They also serve who only stand and wait.”\n\nhttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-milton","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe episode explores Milton\u0026#39;s great sonnet spun from the difficulties of middle age and new disappointments. We consider how he pulls consolation from his sense of defeat and near despair. Faced with his coming blindness, he hears the voice of Patience giving him the strength to wait.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44750/sonnet-19-when-i-consider-how-my-light-is-spent\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eTHE TEXT\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Milton, \u0026quot;When I Consider How My Light is Spent\u0026quot;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen I consider how my light is spent,\u003cbr\u003e\n   Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,\u003cbr\u003e\n   And that one Talent which is death to hide\u003cbr\u003e\n   Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent\u003cbr\u003e\nTo serve therewith my Maker, and present\u003cbr\u003e\n   My true account, lest he returning chide;\u003cbr\u003e\n   “Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”\u003cbr\u003e\n   I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent\u003cbr\u003e\nThat murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need\u003cbr\u003e\n   Either man’s work or his own gifts; who best\u003cbr\u003e\n   Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state\u003cbr\u003e\nIs Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed\u003cbr\u003e\n   And post o’er Land and Ocean without rest:\u003cbr\u003e\n   They also serve who only stand and wait.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-milton\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-milton\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"The episode explores Milton's great sonnet spun from the difficulties of middle age and new disappointments. We consider how he pulls consolation from his sense of defeat and near despair. Faced with his coming blindness, he hears the voice of Patience giving him the strength to wait.","date_published":"2021-02-15T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/4ab5e9d9-4cd1-4a49-948e-0b332ae2d5c4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12589957,"duration_in_seconds":957}]},{"id":"c0bfa0cf-1b7c-4894-8980-304b33011c68","title":"Episode 15: Amanda Gorman, Chorus of the Captains","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/15","content_text":"Amanda Gorman became the first poet ever to perform at the Super Bowl on February 7, 2021. In this episode we talk about poetry for the masses, mass media, genres of poetry, spoken word, the visual and the verbal, and the mix of ancient methods with emergent forms.\n\nSee her poem here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ejbSCjg2qo\n\nSee this great article by Virginia Jackson and Meredith Martin about Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem at Avidly:\nThe Poetry of the Future\n\nFor more on Amanda Gorman, see The Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amanda-gorman","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eAmanda Gorman became the first poet ever to perform at the Super Bowl on February 7, 2021. In this episode we talk about poetry for the masses, mass media, genres of poetry, spoken word, the visual and the verbal, and the mix of ancient methods with emergent forms.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSee her poem here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ejbSCjg2qo\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ejbSCjg2qo\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSee this great article by Virginia Jackson and Meredith Martin about Amanda Gorman\u0026#39;s Inauguration Poem at Avidly:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http://avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2021/01/29/the-poetry-of-the-future/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Poetry of the Future\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Amanda Gorman, see The Poetry Foundation: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amanda-gorman\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amanda-gorman\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Amanda Gorman became the first poet ever to perform at the Super Bowl on February 7, 2021. In this episode we talk about poetry for the masses, mass media, genres of poetry, spoken word, the visual and the verbal, and the mix of ancient methods with emergent forms.","date_published":"2021-02-09T20:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/c0bfa0cf-1b7c-4894-8980-304b33011c68.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13575073,"duration_in_seconds":1076}]},{"id":"13b04c3a-c56c-4b40-88c5-87ef8067cede","title":"Episode 14: George Herbert, The Collar","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/14","content_text":"In this episode, we look at \"The Collar\"--a famous single-stanza poem, playing with meter, rhythm, and rhyme by the seventeenth-century priest and poet, George Herbert.\n\nHere is the poem in full:\n\nTHE COLLAR\n\nI struck the board, and cried, \"No more;\n                         I will abroad!\nWhat? shall I ever sigh and pine?\nMy lines and life are free, free as the road,\nLoose as the wind, as large as store.\n          Shall I be still in suit?\nHave I no harvest but a thorn\nTo let me blood, and not restore\nWhat I have lost with cordial fruit?\n          Sure there was wine\nBefore my sighs did dry it; there was corn\n    Before my tears did drown it.\n      Is the year only lost to me?\n          Have I no bays to crown it,\nNo flowers, no garlands gay? All blasted?\n                  All wasted?\nNot so, my heart; but there is fruit,\n            And thou hast hands.\nRecover all thy sigh-blown age\nOn double pleasures: leave thy cold dispute\nOf what is fit and not. Forsake thy cage,\n             Thy rope of sands,\nWhich petty thoughts have made, and made to thee\nGood cable, to enforce and draw,\n          And be thy law,\nWhile thou didst wink and wouldst not see.\n          Away! take heed;\n          I will abroad.\nCall in thy death's-head there; tie up thy fears;\n          He that forbears\n         To suit and serve his need\n          Deserves his load.\"\nBut as I raved and grew more fierce and wild\n          At every word,\nMethought I heard one calling, Child!\n          And I replied My Lord.\n\nFor more on George Herbert, visit the poetry foundation.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we look at \u0026quot;The Collar\u0026quot;--a famous single-stanza poem, playing with meter, rhythm, and rhyme by the seventeenth-century priest and poet, George Herbert.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere is the poem in full:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE COLLAR\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI struck the board, and cried, \u0026quot;No more;\u003cbr\u003e\n                         I will abroad!\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat? shall I ever sigh and pine?\u003cbr\u003e\nMy lines and life are free, free as the road,\u003cbr\u003e\nLoose as the wind, as large as store.\u003cbr\u003e\n          Shall I be still in suit?\u003cbr\u003e\nHave I no harvest but a thorn\u003cbr\u003e\nTo let me blood, and not restore\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat I have lost with cordial fruit?\u003cbr\u003e\n          Sure there was wine\u003cbr\u003e\nBefore my sighs did dry it; there was corn\u003cbr\u003e\n    Before my tears did drown it.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Is the year only lost to me?\u003cbr\u003e\n          Have I no bays to crown it,\u003cbr\u003e\nNo flowers, no garlands gay? All blasted?\u003cbr\u003e\n                  All wasted?\u003cbr\u003e\nNot so, my heart; but there is fruit,\u003cbr\u003e\n            And thou hast hands.\u003cbr\u003e\nRecover all thy sigh-blown age\u003cbr\u003e\nOn double pleasures: leave thy cold dispute\u003cbr\u003e\nOf what is fit and not. Forsake thy cage,\u003cbr\u003e\n             Thy rope of sands,\u003cbr\u003e\nWhich petty thoughts have made, and made to thee\u003cbr\u003e\nGood cable, to enforce and draw,\u003cbr\u003e\n          And be thy law,\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile thou didst wink and wouldst not see.\u003cbr\u003e\n          Away! take heed;\u003cbr\u003e\n          I will abroad.\u003cbr\u003e\nCall in thy death\u0026#39;s-head there; tie up thy fears;\u003cbr\u003e\n          He that forbears\u003cbr\u003e\n         To suit and serve his need\u003cbr\u003e\n          Deserves his load.\u0026quot;\u003cbr\u003e\nBut as I raved and grew more fierce and wild\u003cbr\u003e\n          At every word,\u003cbr\u003e\nMethought I heard one calling, Child!\u003cbr\u003e\n          And I replied My Lord.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on George Herbert, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/george-herbert\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethe poetry foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we look at \"The Collar\"--a famous single-stanza poem, playing with meter, rhythm, and rhyme by the seventeenth-century priest and poet, George Herbert.","date_published":"2021-02-01T09:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/13b04c3a-c56c-4b40-88c5-87ef8067cede.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13735224,"duration_in_seconds":1104}]},{"id":"2de082f9-2324-456a-8bf9-86826226b6bd","title":"Episode 13: Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/13","content_text":"In this episode, we discuss Amanda Gorman's \"The Hill We Climb,\" the poem that she recited at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. We discuss how well suited the poem is to its occasion, Gorman's powerful use of sound, and the conversation that she engages in--with John Winthrop, the Constitution, the Bible, George Washington, Maya Angelou, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Like everyone else in America, we are in love with this poem and hope you enjoy the discussion. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss Amanda Gorman\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;The Hill We Climb,\u0026quot; the poem that she recited at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. We discuss how well suited the poem is to its occasion, Gorman\u0026#39;s powerful use of sound, and the conversation that she engages in--with John Winthrop, the Constitution, the Bible, George Washington, Maya Angelou, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Like everyone else in America, we are in love with this poem and hope you enjoy the discussion. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we discuss Amanda Gorman's \"The Hill We Climb,\" the poem that she recited at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. We discuss how well suited the poem is to its occasion, Gorman's powerful use of sound, and the conversation that she engages in--with John Winthrop, the Constitution, the Bible, George Washington, Maya Angelou, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Like everyone else in America, we are in love with this poem and hope you enjoy the discussion. \r\n\r\nFor the full text of \"The Hill We Climb,\" please see this page: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poem-transcript/index.html\r\n\r\nFor more on Amanda Gorman, please see personal website: https://www.theamandagorman.com/","date_published":"2021-01-25T09:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/2de082f9-2324-456a-8bf9-86826226b6bd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14721466,"duration_in_seconds":1128}]},{"id":"5ebb194d-2f3b-4857-93b1-85c731445f5a","title":"Episode 12: James Merrill, Christmas Tree","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/12","content_text":"In this episode, Spencer Reece guides us through a reading of \"Christmas Tree,\" one of the last poems that James Merrill wrote before his death. We learned so much through this conversation--about the friendship between James Merrill and Spencer Reece, the rhetorical force of visual poems, and the emotional power of elegy during the AIDS pandemic as well as in our own moment. \n\nFor the full text of \"Christmas Tree,\" please see this page from the September 1995 issue of Poetry magazine.\n\nFor more on James Merrill, please see this page from the Poetry Foundation website.\n\nFor more on Spencer Reece, please see this page from the Poetry Foundation website. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, Spencer Reece guides us through a reading of \u0026quot;Christmas Tree,\u0026quot; one of the last poems that James Merrill wrote before his death. We learned so much through this conversation--about the friendship between James Merrill and Spencer Reece, the rhetorical force of visual poems, and the emotional power of elegy during the AIDS pandemic as well as in our own moment. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the full text of \u0026quot;Christmas Tree,\u0026quot; please see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=39363\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethis page\u003c/a\u003e from the September 1995 issue of \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c/em\u003e magazine.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on James Merrill, please see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/james-merrill\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethis page\u003c/a\u003e from the Poetry Foundation website.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Spencer Reece, please see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/spencer-reece\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethis page\u003c/a\u003e from the Poetry Foundation website. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2020-12-02T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/5ebb194d-2f3b-4857-93b1-85c731445f5a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16757055,"duration_in_seconds":1297}]},{"id":"2848cea7-0a47-452c-89d7-5aadbe2df955","title":"Episode 11: Alberto Ríos, When Giving Is All We Have","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/11","content_text":"In this episode, we think with the inaugural state poet laureate of Arizona, Alberto Ríos, about the meaning of giving. Why do we give? What is giving? And what are its consequences? Ríos wrote this poem for a broad audience and has shared it with many different groups. It is, on the one hand, a very simple and accessible poem, easy to understand. And it is also, on the other hand, filled with rich layers, structures, images, and contexts. We explore here how simplicity and complexity work together.\n\nFor the full text of the poem, see here.\n\nFor more on Alberto Ríos, see the Poetry Foundation here.\n\nThanks to Copper Canyon Press for granting us permission to read this poem in this episode. You can find \"When Giving Is All We Have\" in A Small Story about the Sky: https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/a-small-story-about-the-sky-by-alberto-rios/Links:When Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Ríos - Poems | poets.org — inaugural state poet laureate of ArizonaAlberto Ríos | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we think with the inaugural state poet laureate of Arizona, Alberto Ríos, about the meaning of giving. Why do we give? What is giving? And what are its consequences? Ríos wrote this poem for a broad audience and has shared it with many different groups. It is, on the one hand, a very simple and accessible poem, easy to understand. And it is also, on the other hand, filled with rich layers, structures, images, and contexts. We explore here how simplicity and complexity work together.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the full text of the poem, \u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/when-giving-all-we-have\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Alberto Ríos, \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alberto-rios\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee the Poetry Foundation here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to Copper Canyon Press for granting us permission to read this poem in this episode. You can find \u0026quot;When Giving Is All We Have\u0026quot; in \u003cem\u003eA Small Story about the Sky\u003c/em\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/a-small-story-about-the-sky-by-alberto-rios/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/a-small-story-about-the-sky-by-alberto-rios/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"When Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Ríos - Poems | poets.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://poets.org/poem/when-giving-all-we-have\"\u003eWhen Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Ríos - Poems | poets.org\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; inaugural state poet laureate of Arizona\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Alberto Ríos | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alberto-rios\"\u003eAlberto Ríos | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we read and discuss a poem about giving by Alberto Ríos, the inaugural state poet laureate of Arizona. ","date_published":"2020-11-17T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/2848cea7-0a47-452c-89d7-5aadbe2df955.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11485377,"duration_in_seconds":946}]},{"id":"e05b18e1-0b3a-4e87-aa1d-47b55281552c","title":"Episode 10: Mary Jo Bang, The Head of a Dancer","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/10","content_text":"This week Mary Jo Bang joins us! We learn about the Bauhaus movement and an influential photographer named Lucia Moholy, whose works were largely stolen during her lifetime. Mary Jo Bang's collection, A Doll for Throwing uses ekphrastic prose poetry throughout to delve into the riches of the Bauhaus movement which flourished in Germany between the world wars and had longlasting consequences for modern art. With Mary Jo Bang's poem this week, we explore both ekphrasis (poetry about an image) and prose poetry (poetry with no line breaks).\n\nFor the full text of the \"Head of the Dancer,\" please see here. \n\nFor the image by Lotte Jacobi about which this poem is written, please see here.\n\nFor more on Lucia Moholy, please see the MoMA here..\n\nFor more on Mary Jo Bang, please see the Poetry Foundation here.Links:The Head of a Dancer | The New YorkerHead of a Dancer, Berlin | Saint Louis Art MuseumLucia Moholy | MoMAMary Jo Bang | Poetry FoundationA Doll for Throwing | Graywolf Press","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis week Mary Jo Bang joins us! We learn about the Bauhaus movement and an influential photographer named Lucia Moholy, whose works were largely stolen during her lifetime. Mary Jo Bang\u0026#39;s collection, \u003cem\u003eA Doll for Throwing\u003c/em\u003e uses ekphrastic prose poetry throughout to delve into the riches of the Bauhaus movement which flourished in Germany between the world wars and had longlasting consequences for modern art. With Mary Jo Bang\u0026#39;s poem this week, we explore both ekphrasis (poetry about an image) and prose poetry (poetry with no line breaks).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the full text of the \u0026quot;Head of the Dancer,\u0026quot; please \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/the-head-of-a-dancer\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003esee here\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the image by Lotte Jacobi about which this poem is written, \u003ca href=\"https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/12067/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eplease see here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Lucia Moholy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.moma.org/artists/6922\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eplease see the MoMA here.\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Mary Jo Bang, please see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-jo-bang\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethe Poetry Foundation here\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Head of a Dancer | The New Yorker\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/the-head-of-a-dancer\"\u003eThe Head of a Dancer | The New Yorker\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Head of a Dancer, Berlin | Saint Louis Art Museum\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/12067/\"\u003eHead of a Dancer, Berlin | Saint Louis Art Museum\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Lucia Moholy | MoMA\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.moma.org/artists/6922\"\u003eLucia Moholy | MoMA\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Mary Jo Bang | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-jo-bang\"\u003eMary Jo Bang | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"A Doll for Throwing | Graywolf Press\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/doll-throwing\"\u003eA Doll for Throwing | Graywolf Press\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"This week Mary Jo Bang joins us! We learn about the Bauhaus movement and a photographer named Lucia Moholy. And we look at both ekphrastic poetry (poetry about an image) and prose poetry (poetry with no line breaks).","date_published":"2020-11-10T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/e05b18e1-0b3a-4e87-aa1d-47b55281552c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15518403,"duration_in_seconds":1342}]},{"id":"12a5f2a1-b72d-4a13-8eec-1af48a65c8ef","title":"Episode 9: Anne Bradstreet, In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/9","content_text":"This week we read Anne Bradstreet's elegy for her grandchild Elizabeth and draw out the multiple voices (both faith and doubt, both grief and consolation) and the tensions and deep emotions in the work of this talented Puritan poet--the first woman from British North America to publish a book of poems.\n\n\"In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665 Being a Year and a Half Old\"\n\nFarewell dear babe, my heart's too much content,\nFarewell sweet babe, the pleasure of mine eye,\nFarewell fair flower that for a space was lent,\nThen ta'en away unto eternity.\nBlest babe why should I once bewail thy fate,\nOr sigh the days so soon were terminate;\nSith thou art settled in an everlasting state.\n\nBy nature trees do rot when they are grown.\nAnd plums and apples thoroughly ripe do fall,\nAnd corn and grass are in their season mown,\nAnd time brings down what is both strong and tall.\nBut plants new set to be eradicate,\nAnd buds new blown, to have so short a date,\nIs by His hand alone that guides nature and fate.\n\nFor more on Anne Bradstreet, please see the Poetry Foundation.\n\nFor an essay on Anne Bradstreet's art, please see this short piece by Kevin Prufer.\n\nFor an essay on Anne Bradstreet's publication of The Tenth Muse (the first published book by a woman from British North America) and her ambitions as a poet, see this piece by Charlotte Gordon.\n\nFor an understanding of Puritan spirituality, please see this short review essay by Abram Van Engen.Links:Anne Bradstreet | Poetry FoundationOn Anne BradstreetHumble Assertions: The True Story of Anne Bradstreet’s Publication of The Tenth Muse - Commonplace - The Journal of early American LifeThe Law and the Gospel - Commonplace - The Journal of early American Life","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis week we read Anne Bradstreet\u0026#39;s elegy for her grandchild Elizabeth and draw out the multiple voices (both faith and doubt, both grief and consolation) and the tensions and deep emotions in the work of this talented Puritan poet--the first woman from British North America to publish a book of poems.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, Who Deceased August, 1665 Being a Year and a Half Old\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFarewell dear babe, my heart\u0026#39;s too much content,\u003cbr\u003e\nFarewell sweet babe, the pleasure of mine eye,\u003cbr\u003e\nFarewell fair flower that for a space was lent,\u003cbr\u003e\nThen ta\u0026#39;en away unto eternity.\u003cbr\u003e\nBlest babe why should I once bewail thy fate,\u003cbr\u003e\nOr sigh the days so soon were terminate;\u003cbr\u003e\nSith thou art settled in an everlasting state.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy nature trees do rot when they are grown.\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd plums and apples thoroughly ripe do fall,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd corn and grass are in their season mown,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd time brings down what is both strong and tall.\u003cbr\u003e\nBut plants new set to be eradicate,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd buds new blown, to have so short a date,\u003cbr\u003e\nIs by His hand alone that guides nature and fate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Anne Bradstreet, please see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-bradstreet\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor an essay on Anne Bradstreet\u0026#39;s art, please see this short piece by \u003ca href=\"https://poetrysociety.org/features/old-school/on-anne-bradstreet\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eKevin Prufer\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor an essay on Anne Bradstreet\u0026#39;s publication of The Tenth Muse (the first published book by a woman from British North America) and her ambitions as a poet, see this piece by \u003ca href=\"http://commonplace.online/article/humble-assertions-the-true-story-of-anne-bradstreets-publication-of-the-tenth-muse/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eCharlotte Gordon\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor an understanding of Puritan spirituality, please see this short review essay by \u003ca href=\"http://commonplace.online/article/vol-17-no-3-5-vanengen/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eAbram Van Engen\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Anne Bradstreet | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/anne-bradstreet\"\u003eAnne Bradstreet | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"On Anne Bradstreet\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://poetrysociety.org/features/old-school/on-anne-bradstreet\"\u003eOn Anne Bradstreet\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Humble Assertions: The True Story of Anne Bradstreet’s Publication of The Tenth Muse - Commonplace - The Journal of early American Life\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://commonplace.online/article/humble-assertions-the-true-story-of-anne-bradstreets-publication-of-the-tenth-muse/\"\u003eHumble Assertions: The True Story of Anne Bradstreet’s Publication of The Tenth Muse - Commonplace - The Journal of early American Life\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Law and the Gospel - Commonplace - The Journal of early American Life\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://commonplace.online/article/vol-17-no-3-5-vanengen/\"\u003eThe Law and the Gospel - Commonplace - The Journal of early American Life\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"This week we read Anne Bradstreet's elegy for her grandchild Elizabeth and draw out the multiple voices (both faith and doubt, both grief and consolation) and the tensions and deep emotions in the work of this talented Puritan poet--the first woman from British North America to publish a book of poems.","date_published":"2020-10-27T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/12a5f2a1-b72d-4a13-8eec-1af48a65c8ef.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10832996,"duration_in_seconds":892}]},{"id":"a296cdfb-7557-4454-baf5-3e9f752d895f","title":"Episode 8: Toi Derricotte, \"The Minks\"","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/8","content_text":"Carl Phillips joins us this week to take a close look at Toi Derricotte's \"The Minks.\" Together we consider the art of narrative poetry, the movements of a single-stanza poem, and the meaning of line breaks.\n\nToi Derricotte is the author of five books of poetry and a collection of prose called The Black Notebooks. She has won numerous awards and fellowhips, including the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Distinguished Pioneering of the Arts Award from the United Black Artists, the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement, the PEN/Voelcker Award, and two Pushcart Prizes. With Cornelius Eady she co-founded Cave Canem in 1996, an organization committed to furthering the artistic and professional opportunities for African American poets. \"The Minks\" comes from her 1990 book Captivity, which explores the legacies of slavery and its impact on African American families in the present day. It is included in I: New and Selected Poems published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, which granted us permission to read it for this podcast.\n\nCarl Phillips, our guest for this episode, is also an award-winning poet of multiple collections, most recently Pale Colors in a Tall Field (2020). He has had three books nominated for a National Book Award and has won the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry, a Pushcart Prize, the Kingsley Tuft Poetry Award, and numerous fellowships and other awards. Thank you to Carl for joining us today as our first guest!\n\nFor more on Toi Derricotte, please see here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/toi-derricotte\n\nFor more on Carl Phillips, please see here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips\n\nFor the full text of \"The Minks,\" please see here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42872/the-minksLinks:The Minks by Toi Derricotte | Poetry FoundationToi Derricotte | Poetry FoundationI - University of Pittsburgh PressCarl Phillips | Poetry Foundation — the Kingsley Tuft Poetry Award","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eCarl Phillips joins us this week to take a close look at Toi Derricotte\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;The Minks.\u0026quot; Together we consider the art of narrative poetry, the movements of a single-stanza poem, and the meaning of line breaks.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToi Derricotte is the author of five books of poetry and a collection of prose called The Black Notebooks. She has won numerous awards and fellowhips, including the Lucille Medwick Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Distinguished Pioneering of the Arts Award from the United Black Artists, the Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement, the PEN/Voelcker Award, and two Pushcart Prizes. With Cornelius Eady she co-founded Cave Canem in 1996, an organization committed to furthering the artistic and professional opportunities for African American poets. \u0026quot;The Minks\u0026quot; comes from her 1990 book Captivity, which explores the legacies of slavery and its impact on African American families in the present day. It is included in I: New and Selected Poems published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, which granted us permission to read it for this podcast.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCarl Phillips, our guest for this episode, is also an award-winning poet of multiple collections, most recently Pale Colors in a Tall Field (2020). He has had three books nominated for a National Book Award and has won the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry, a Pushcart Prize, the Kingsley Tuft Poetry Award, and numerous fellowships and other awards. Thank you to Carl for joining us today as our first guest!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Toi Derricotte, please see here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/toi-derricotte\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/toi-derricotte\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Carl Phillips, please see here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the full text of \u0026quot;The Minks,\u0026quot; please see here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42872/the-minks\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42872/the-minks\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Minks by Toi Derricotte | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42872/the-minks\"\u003eThe Minks by Toi Derricotte | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Toi Derricotte | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/toi-derricotte\"\u003eToi Derricotte | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"I - University of Pittsburgh Press\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://upittpress.org/books/9780822945666/\"\u003eI - University of Pittsburgh Press\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Carl Phillips | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips\"\u003eCarl Phillips | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e \u0026mdash; the Kingsley Tuft Poetry Award\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"This week, with special guest Carl Phillips, we take a close look at \"The Minks\" and consider the art of narrative poetry and the movements of a single-stanza poem.","date_published":"2020-10-20T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/a296cdfb-7557-4454-baf5-3e9f752d895f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15083760,"duration_in_seconds":1218}]},{"id":"12171e6e-68bb-4911-8282-f897d8cd671a","title":"Episode 7: John Donne, Holy Sonnet 14","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/7","content_text":"This week we look at one of John Donne's Holy Sonnets from the seventeenth century. This famous poem (#14, \"Batter my heart\") turns a poetic tradition of love and longing to religious ends, earnestly seeking God and questioning whether union with God will ever be achieved.\n\nJohn Donne was an influential metaphysical poet who enjoyed wide fame in his own day, then went largely unread for two centuries, and then, saw his reputation radically revived in the early twentieth century. He was born into a Catholic family, converted to Anglicanism, and became a minister. Along the way, he wrote both \"secular\" erotic love poems and \"religious\" poems of many forms. This poem is one of the nineteen \"Holy Sonnets\" he wrote.\n\nFor a sequence on sonnets, this episode caps a mini-sequence in Poetry For All, which included a sonnet of Shakespeare's (episode 4), a reconception of the sonnet tradition by the Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay (episode 5), a set of erasure poems drawn from Shakespeare's sonnets by Jen Bervin (episode 6), and a return to the seventeenth-century sonnet tradition with John Donne (episode 7).\n\nFor more on John Donne, please see the Poetry Foundation: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-donneLinks:John Donne | Poetry FoundationHoly Sonnets: Batter my heart, three-person'd God… | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis week we look at one of John Donne\u0026#39;s Holy Sonnets from the seventeenth century. This famous poem (#14, \u0026quot;Batter my heart\u0026quot;) turns a poetic tradition of love and longing to religious ends, earnestly seeking God and questioning whether union with God will ever be achieved.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Donne was an influential metaphysical poet who enjoyed wide fame in his own day, then went largely unread for two centuries, and then, saw his reputation radically revived in the early twentieth century. He was born into a Catholic family, converted to Anglicanism, and became a minister. Along the way, he wrote both \u0026quot;secular\u0026quot; erotic love poems and \u0026quot;religious\u0026quot; poems of many forms. This poem is one of the nineteen \u0026quot;Holy Sonnets\u0026quot; he wrote.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a sequence on sonnets, this episode caps a mini-sequence in Poetry For All, which included a sonnet of Shakespeare\u0026#39;s (episode 4), a reconception of the sonnet tradition by the Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay (episode 5), a set of erasure poems drawn from Shakespeare\u0026#39;s sonnets by Jen Bervin (episode 6), and a return to the seventeenth-century sonnet tradition with John Donne (episode 7).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on John Donne, please see the Poetry Foundation: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-donne\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-donne\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"John Donne | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/john-donne\"\u003eJohn Donne | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Holy Sonnets: Batter my heart, three-person\u0026#39;d God… | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44106/holy-sonnets-batter-my-heart-three-persond-god\"\u003eHoly Sonnets: Batter my heart, three-person\u0026#39;d God… | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"This week we look at one of John Donne's Holy Sonnets from the seventeenth century. This famous poem (#14, \"Batter my heart\") turns a poetic tradition of love and longing to religious ends, earnestly seeking God and questioning whether union with God will ever be achieved.","date_published":"2020-10-14T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/12171e6e-68bb-4911-8282-f897d8cd671a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11735767,"duration_in_seconds":954}]},{"id":"8c263901-1c92-4a2b-8825-e8d4380cdf64","title":"Episode 6: Jen Bervin, Nets","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/6","content_text":"In this episode we learn about erasure poetry and poetic tradition by looking at Jen Bervin's incredible book NETS, composed of erasure poems created from the sonnets of Shakespeare.  The erasures are extraordinary--short and moving--and you'll never see Shakespeare the same way again. We also discuss poetic traditions, and the idea of writing into and over top of what has come before.\n\nFor an important essay on the political implications of erasure poetry, please see \"The Near Transitive Properties of the Political and Poetical: Erasure\" by Solmaz Sharif.\n\nFor more on Jen Bervin, please visit her website: http://jenbervin.com/\n\nSpecial thanks this week to Ugly Duckling Presse for giving us permission to read Bervin's poetry aloud. \"18\" \"63\" and \"64\" by Jen Bervin were first published in Nets (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009).\n\nTo purchase Nets please visit Ugly Duckling Presse. Links:Jen Bervin Personal WebsiteJen Bervin | Poetry FoundationUgly Duckling Presse: NetsEvening Will Come","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode we learn about erasure poetry and poetic tradition by looking at Jen Bervin\u0026#39;s incredible book NETS, composed of erasure poems created from the sonnets of Shakespeare.  The erasures are extraordinary--short and moving--and you\u0026#39;ll never see Shakespeare the same way again. We also discuss poetic traditions, and the idea of writing into and over top of what has come before.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor an important essay on the political implications of erasure poetry, please see \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"http://www.thevolta.org/ewc28-ssharif-p1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Near Transitive Properties of the Political and Poetical: Erasure\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot; by Solmaz Sharif.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Jen Bervin, please visit her website: \u003ca href=\"http://jenbervin.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttp://jenbervin.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpecial thanks this week to Ugly Duckling Presse for giving us permission to read Bervin\u0026#39;s poetry aloud. \u0026quot;18\u0026quot; \u0026quot;63\u0026quot; and \u0026quot;64\u0026quot; by Jen Bervin were first published in \u003cem\u003eNets\u003c/em\u003e (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo purchase \u003cem\u003eNets\u003c/em\u003e please visit \u003ca href=\"https://uglyducklingpresse.org/publications/nets/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eUgly Duckling Presse\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jen Bervin Personal Website\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://jenbervin.com/\"\u003eJen Bervin Personal Website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Jen Bervin | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jen-bervin\"\u003eJen Bervin | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Ugly Duckling Presse: Nets\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://uglyducklingpresse.org/publications/nets/\"\u003eUgly Duckling Presse: Nets\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Evening Will Come\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.thevolta.org/ewc28-ssharif-p1.html\"\u003eEvening Will Come\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode we learn about erasure poetry and poetic tradition by looking at Jen Bervin's incredible book NETS, created from the sonnets of Shakespeare. ","date_published":"2020-10-06T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/8c263901-1c92-4a2b-8825-e8d4380cdf64.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15781376,"duration_in_seconds":1153}]},{"id":"10f9c4e8-7c1c-4fff-8157-c3ca8cd07de3","title":"Episode 5: Claude McKay, \"America\"","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/5","content_text":"In this episode, we discuss Claude McKay, an influential poet of the Harlem Renaissance, taking a close look at his incredible sonnet \"America.\" \n\nFor help in our preparations for this podcast, we want to thank Professors Bill Maxwell and Vince Sherry at Washington University in St. Louis, both of whom have often taught Claude McKay and this poem in particular. Bill Maxwell in addition has written extensively on McKay, and we encourage you to look up his work. \n\nFor the complete collection of McKay's poetry, see Bill Maxwell's edited volume: \nClaude McKay, Complete Poems\n\nAnd for more information on McKay, please visit the Poetry Foundation:Links:Amazon.com: Complete Poems (American Poetry Recovery) (9780252075902): McKay, Claude, Maxwell, William: BooksClaude McKay | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we discuss Claude McKay, an influential poet of the Harlem Renaissance, taking a close look at his incredible sonnet \u0026quot;America.\u0026quot; \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor help in our preparations for this podcast, we want to thank Professors Bill Maxwell and Vince Sherry at Washington University in St. Louis, both of whom have often taught Claude McKay and this poem in particular. Bill Maxwell in addition has written extensively on McKay, and we encourage you to look up his work. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the complete collection of McKay\u0026#39;s poetry, see Bill Maxwell\u0026#39;s edited volume: \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Poems-American-Poetry-Recovery/dp/0252075900/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1\u0026keywords=claude+mckay\u0026qid=1601308642\u0026sr=8-2\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eClaude McKay, Complete Poems\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd for more information on McKay, please visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/claude-mckay\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ethe Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Amazon.com: Complete Poems (American Poetry Recovery) (9780252075902): McKay, Claude, Maxwell, William: Books\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Poems-American-Poetry-Recovery/dp/0252075900/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1\u0026amp;keywords=claude+mckay\u0026amp;qid=1601308642\u0026amp;sr=8-2\"\u003eAmazon.com: Complete Poems (American Poetry Recovery) (9780252075902): McKay, Claude, Maxwell, William: Books\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Claude McKay | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/claude-mckay\"\u003eClaude McKay | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"In this episode, we discuss Claude McKay, an influential poet of the Harlem Renaissance, taking a close look at his incredible sonnet \"America.\"","date_published":"2020-09-29T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/10f9c4e8-7c1c-4fff-8157-c3ca8cd07de3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10451281,"duration_in_seconds":880}]},{"id":"2894d036-d0b3-4e4e-a25f-68e7a6c0d18a","title":"Episode 4: Shakespeare, Sonnet 18","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"In this episode we introduce listeners to one of the most resilient forms in English-language poetry: the sonnet. And we do it with one of the most famous sonnets Shakespeare wrote.\n\nFor the sonnet in full, see https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/sonnet-18-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day\n\nFor helpful works on Shakespeare's sonnets, see:\n\nStephen Booth's edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets\n\nand \n\nHelen Vendler's edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode we introduce listeners to one of the most resilient forms in English-language poetry: the sonnet. And we do it with one of the most famous sonnets Shakespeare wrote.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the sonnet in full, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/sonnet-18-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/sonnet-18-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor helpful works on Shakespeare\u0026#39;s sonnets, see:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Shakespeares-Sonnets-Yale-Nota-Bene/dp/0300085060\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eStephen Booth\u0026#39;s edition of Shakespeare\u0026#39;s Sonnets\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eand \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Art-Shakespeares-Sonnets-Helen-Vendler/dp/0674637127\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eHelen Vendler\u0026#39;s edition of Shakespeare\u0026#39;s Sonnets\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In this episode we introduce listeners to one of the most resilient forms in English-language poetry: the sonnet. And we do it with one of the most famous sonnets Shakespeare wrote.","date_published":"2020-09-22T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/2894d036-d0b3-4e4e-a25f-68e7a6c0d18a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13161456,"duration_in_seconds":972}]},{"id":"1f9de9eb-fda2-4472-b9c0-2a84e635c9b7","title":"Episode 3: Phillis Wheatley, On Being Brought from Africa to America","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"To view the poem, please see: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45465/on-being-brought-from-africa-to-america\n\nTo hear Cornelius Eady reading the poem and discussing it, see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QezAVP_HiY\n\nFor a foundational essay about Phillis Wheatley and her work, please see June Jordan's essay, \"The Difficult Miracle of Black Poetry in America.\"\n\nFor two examples of the way Wheatley has inspired other artists and writers, please see the work of Cornelius Eady and Honoree Fanonne Jeffers.\n\nEady, \"Diabolic\"\nEady, \"To Phillis Wheatley's Mother\"\nEady, Interview\n\nJeffers, The Age of PhillisLinks:The Difficult Miracle of Black Poetry in America… | Poetry FoundationCornelius Eady Reading and Discussing Phillis Wheatley's \"On Being Brought from Africa to America\" Read by Cornelius Eady - YouTubeHonoree Fanonne Jeffers, The Age of Phillis – HFS Books","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eTo view the poem, please see: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45465/on-being-brought-from-africa-to-america\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45465/on-being-brought-from-africa-to-america\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo hear Cornelius Eady reading the poem and discussing it, see here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QezAVP_HiY\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QezAVP_HiY\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a foundational essay about Phillis Wheatley and her work, please see June Jordan\u0026#39;s essay, \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/68628/the-difficult-miracle-of-black-poetry-in-america\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Difficult Miracle of Black Poetry in America\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor two examples of the way Wheatley has inspired other artists and writers, please see the work of Cornelius Eady and Honoree Fanonne Jeffers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEady, \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/poem/diabolic\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eDiabolic\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot;\u003cbr\u003e\nEady, \u0026quot;\u003ca href=\"https://www.harvardreview.org/content/to-phillis-wheatleys-mother/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eTo Phillis Wheatley\u0026#39;s Mother\u003c/a\u003e\u0026quot;\u003cbr\u003e\nEady, \u003ca href=\"https://barelysouthreview.com/interview-with-cornelius-eady-interview/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eInterview\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJeffers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hfsbooks.com/books/the-age-of-phillis-jeffers/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eThe Age of Phillis\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"The Difficult Miracle of Black Poetry in America… | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/68628/the-difficult-miracle-of-black-poetry-in-america\"\u003eThe Difficult Miracle of Black Poetry in America… | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Cornelius Eady Reading and Discussing Phillis Wheatley\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;On Being Brought from Africa to America\u0026quot; Read by Cornelius Eady - YouTube\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QezAVP_HiY\"\u003eCornelius Eady Reading and Discussing Phillis Wheatley\u0026#39;s \u0026quot;On Being Brought from Africa to America\u0026quot; Read by Cornelius Eady - YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, The Age of Phillis – HFS Books\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.hfsbooks.com/books/the-age-of-phillis-jeffers/\"\u003eHonoree Fanonne Jeffers, The Age of Phillis – HFS Books\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"This episode examines a short, incredible, difficult and important poem by one of the founding figures of African American literary traditions, Phillis Wheatley.","date_published":"2020-09-15T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/1f9de9eb-fda2-4472-b9c0-2a84e635c9b7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9517753,"duration_in_seconds":849}]},{"id":"56332c0e-1cc3-402a-9f17-cf36ba09dfbc","title":"Episode 2: Emily Dickinson, Tell all the truth","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"Full poem:\n\nTell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263)\nby Emily Dickinson\n\nTell all the truth but tell it slant —\nSuccess in Circuit lies\nToo bright for our infirm Delight\nThe Truth's superb surprise\nAs Lightning to the Children eased\nWith explanation kind\nThe Truth must dazzle gradually\nOr every man be blind —\n\nFor more on Emily Dickinson, see https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinsonLinks:Emily Dickons, Tell all the truth but tell it slant --Emily Dickinson | Poetry Foundation","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56824/tell-all-the-truth-but-tell-it-slant-1263\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eFull poem\u003c/a\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTell all the truth but tell it slant — (1263)\u003cbr\u003e\nby Emily Dickinson\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTell all the truth but tell it slant —\u003cbr\u003e\nSuccess in Circuit lies\u003cbr\u003e\nToo bright for our infirm Delight\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Truth\u0026#39;s superb surprise\u003cbr\u003e\nAs Lightning to the Children eased\u003cbr\u003e\nWith explanation kind\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Truth must dazzle gradually\u003cbr\u003e\nOr every man be blind —\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Emily Dickinson, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Emily Dickons, Tell all the truth but tell it slant --\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56824/tell-all-the-truth-but-tell-it-slant-1263\"\u003eEmily Dickons, Tell all the truth but tell it slant --\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Emily Dickinson | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson\"\u003eEmily Dickinson | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"What does it mean to tell the truth \"slant\"? Is this a ballad, a hymn? What is \"ars poetica\" and is this an example? Join us for a discussion of this great, short, fun, rich poem by Dickinson.","date_published":"2020-09-10T07:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/56332c0e-1cc3-402a-9f17-cf36ba09dfbc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11334417,"duration_in_seconds":853}]},{"id":"f3ee8c5e-d400-41d1-bd00-cb5e68ad530d","title":"Episode 1: Seamus Heaney, Digging","url":"https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/1","content_text":"In this episode, we begin learning about poetry through Seamus Heaney's great poem \"Digging.\"\n\nFor the text of Heaney's poem, please see: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47555/digging\n\nTo hear Seamus Heaney reading this poem himself, please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRkPU1LSUg\n\nFor more on Seamus Heaney, please visit: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/seamus-heaneyLinks:Digging by Seamus Heaney | Poetry FoundationSeamus Heaney reading \"Digging\"More on Seamus HeaneySeamus Heaney, Death of a Naturalist","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we begin learning about poetry through Seamus Heaney\u0026#39;s great poem \u0026quot;Digging.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the text of Heaney\u0026#39;s poem, please see: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47555/digging\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47555/digging\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo hear Seamus Heaney reading this poem himself, please see: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRkPU1LSUg\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRkPU1LSUg\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more on Seamus Heaney, please visit: \u003ca href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/seamus-heaney\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ehttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/seamus-heaney\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinks:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Digging by Seamus Heaney | Poetry Foundation\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47555/digging\"\u003eDigging by Seamus Heaney | Poetry Foundation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Seamus Heaney reading \u0026quot;Digging\u0026quot;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRkPU1LSUg\"\u003eSeamus Heaney reading \u0026quot;Digging\u0026quot;\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"More on Seamus Heaney\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/seamus-heaney\"\u003eMore on Seamus Heaney\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003ca title=\"Seamus Heaney, Death of a Naturalist\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Death-Naturalist-Poetry-Seamus-Heaney/dp/0571230830\"\u003eSeamus Heaney, Death of a Naturalist\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","summary":"We begin Poetry for All by teaching and talking about a great poem on poetry itself: Seamus Heaney's \"Digging.\"","date_published":"2020-08-31T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d55a3bfc-6538-4214-882b-a389e71b4bf6/f3ee8c5e-d400-41d1-bd00-cb5e68ad530d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11475646,"duration_in_seconds":884}]}]}