This is a poetry podcast, its not therapy.In this episode Adam and Dylan discuss their early introductions into poetry including <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/sonnet-18-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day&ved=2ahUKEwihnJ7p8JmMAxV6PbkGHc3AFXEQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2a0Gc1xLgUem0rXtBvRCTO" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sonnet 18</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48585/the-pill-versus-the-springhill-mine-disaster&ved=2ahUKEwi6h-L58JmMAxUzEbkGHReoKhkQFnoECEgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1zi_dJRU6Cxb4hpWSzTQkE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richard Brautigan</a>, and <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Claude McKay</a>; plus divorce, spiritual blockages, the revelation of writing, and the American public school systemBe sure to visit us at <a href="https://samfiftyfour.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">samfiftyfour.com</a>, follow us on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/samfiftyfour.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bluesky,</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CxaYL5Fr1hd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/samfiftyfour1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">twitter</a>, and support us on <a href="https://patreon.com/samfiftyfour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon</a>.Closing music courtesy of <a href="https://youtu.be/ib5tu2k4vBU?si=kk4IQ8YDrhGMh53R" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SculptyWorks</a>

This is a poetry podcast, its not therapy. In this episode Adam and Dylan discuss their early introductions into poetry including Sonnet 18, Richard Brautigan, and Claude McKay; plus divorce, spiritual blockages, the revelation of writing, and the American public school system Be sure to visit us at samfiftyfour.com, follow us on bluesky, instagram, and twitter, and support us on patreon. Closing music courtesy of SculptyWorks

This is a poetry podcast, its not therapy.In this episode Adam and Dylan discuss their early introductions into poetry including <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45087/sonnet-18-shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day&amp;ved=2ahUKEwihnJ7p8JmMAxV6PbkGHc3AFXEQFnoECBYQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw2a0Gc1xLgUem0rXtBvRCTO" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sonnet 18</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;opi=89978449&amp;url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48585/the-pill-versus-the-springhill-mine-disaster&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi6h-L58JmMAxUzEbkGHReoKhkQFnoECEgQAQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw1zi_dJRU6Cxb4hpWSzTQkE" rel="noopener noreferrer">Richard Brautigan</a>, and <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die" rel="noopener noreferrer">Claude McKay</a>; plus divorce, spiritual blockages, the revelation of writing, and the American public school systemBe sure to visit us at <a href="https://samfiftyfour.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">samfiftyfour.com</a>, follow us on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/samfiftyfour.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer">bluesky,</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CxaYL5Fr1hd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" rel="noopener noreferrer">instagram</a>, and <a href="https://x.com/samfiftyfour1" rel="noopener noreferrer">twitter</a>, and support us on <a href="https://patreon.com/samfiftyfour" rel="noopener noreferrer">patreon</a>.Closing music courtesy of <a href="https://youtu.be/ib5tu2k4vBU?si=kk4IQ8YDrhGMh53R" rel="noopener noreferrer">SculptyWorks</a>

Clearly Not Suited for an English Class

What is a poem? When does a poem become an essay, or an essay a poem? When is it effective or necessary for a piece of writing to break the rules; of form, of grammar, of genre? Regardless of what it is, what makes it good? 


These questions are why we keep our submission guidelines loose. As editors of an independent journal, we keep our minds open. We want to leave room for writing that transgresses boundaries. We want to be surprised. We never know where the right piece will come from, or what it will say. More than any insistence on form, we want work that obscures the line between word and embodiment–that reaches into us and changes us from within.


We're the editors of the samfiftyfour literary journal. Welcome to our podcast. Here we take an editor's eye to literary craft, curation, and publishing. We discuss works we've published, works that influenced us, and more. We break down pieces of writing and allow them to break us down too. It's a freeform conversation with loose criteria.

Find us at samfiftyfour.com or on instagram @samfiftyfour

Submissions are always open

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What is a poem? When does a poem become an essay, or an essay a poem? When is it effective or necessary for a piece of writing to break the rules; of form, of grammar, of genre? Regardless of what it is, what makes it good? These questions are why we keep our submission guidelines loose. As editors of an independent journal, we keep our minds open. We want to leave room for writing that transgresses boundaries. We want to be surprised. We never know where the right piece will come from, or what it will say. More than any insistence on form, we want work that obscures the line between word and embodiment–that reaches into us and changes us from within. We're the editors of the samfiftyfour literary journal. Welcome to our podcast. Here we take an editor's eye to literary craft, curation, and publishing. We discuss works we've published, works that influenced us, and more. We break down pieces of writing and allow them to break us down too. It's a freeform conversation with loose criteria. Find us at samfiftyfour.com or on instagram @samfiftyfour Submissions are always open

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