Poetry For All
Finding Our Way Into Great Poems
We found 10 episodes of Poetry For All with the tag “women's history month”.
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Episode 6: Jen Bervin, Nets
October 6th, 2020 | Season 1 | 19 mins 13 secs
21st century, erasure, eros and desire, grief and loss, intimacy, women's history month
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.
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Episode 2: Emily Dickinson, Tell all the truth
September 10th, 2020 | Season 1 | 14 mins 13 secs
19th century, ars poetica, rhymed verse, spirituality, surprise, women's history month
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.