Listen "To My Artist Friends, Part I (feat. SLEERICKETS)"
Episode Synopsis
Read our four poems here! (Note: It may take a little while to load!) Topics discussed in this episode include:-Sleerickets-Poetry Says-Matthew Buckley Smith-Alice Allan -Cameron Clark-Primordial-My Robert Bridges episode-Robert Fagles-Shane McCrae-Parallelism-"The Truly Great" by Stephen Spender-"Paradise Lost" by John Milton-Three approaches to poetic composition: Vatic, Cognitive, Exploratory-"Egg and Dart" by Matthew Buckley Smith-On the nature of the gods-"Science, Politics, and Gnosticism" by Eric Voegelin-Amor Fati-Thomas Ligotti-Giacomo Leopardi-"Cold Turkey" by Joshua Mehigan-The irony-rich blood of Australian poetry-Alice's original concluding couplet: "My girls, good girls, too good for marrying/ too good to love a broken-hearted king"-Serious Australians: Murnane, Murray, and (the entirely real) Malley. Support 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 (/ /)
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