"Root Words" by Forester McClatchey

30/11/2025 18 min
"Root Words" by Forester McClatchey

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-Read the poem... by pre-ordering Forester’s new collection here! -Or here, on Substack! -The Versecraft Substack-My annus mirabilis-Forester McClatchey! -Frederick Goddard Tuckerman-Renovating the sonnet-house-Mycorrhizal intelligence-Is the pathos fallacious? -A thinking cheese for the thinking man-The ents at the entmoot-My recent episode on Sleerickets with Alice-Cosmic double-consciousness-Dark circles of eternity and oblivionSupport the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE. BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE. VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok: @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)