"A poem is not a retelling of an experience. A good poem *is* an experience." //

"If you want to see what John Berryman is about, go on YouTube and look up 'Dream Song 14' and watch him reading it." //

Sam Cheney is a Pushcart Prize-winning poet and teacher from Centerville, Utah. He is the Reginald S. Tickner Tickner Writing Fellow at Gilman School. //

On Episode #127 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Sam discuss style in writing, 'Blacks' by Gwendolyn Brooks, W.S. Merwin's poems "Berryman" and "Separation," John Berryman, teaching poetry, passion in the creative process, "Thinking About Having a Child While My House is Flooding," 'Jesus' Son' by Denis Johnson, "Senior Speech," and Lucille Clifton's poem, "blessing the boats." 

Thank you to our producer, Mr. Cesare Ciccanti. //