Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads, according to Marianne Moore. It's a way of discovering and rediscovering amazement, deep truths, and beauty. It's probably the most underutilized form of reading in your toolkit right now: It's short, crystalline, easy to weave into your day, but has a reputation of being difficult to engage with.

In this episode we're going to provide you with a basic toolkit that will allow you to enjoy reading poetry more while also helping you get more out of it. We'll also read a bunch of poems, recommend some books, and talk about an ungodly range of semi-related topics.