In this episode I read Desert Chorus by Patti Smith from her collection of poems Augeries of Innocence. There's no commentary for this one.

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In this episode I read Easter, 1916 by WB Yeats from The Collected Poems of WB Yeats. And I do a little commentary on the poem in which I talk to a bit about the poem's subject matter and how it's put together.

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In this episode I read Goalkeeper with a Cigarette by Simon Armitage from his collection of poetry The Shout. And I do a little bit of commentary too.

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In this episode I read I Hate Winter* by Franki Elliot from her collection of poems Piano Rats. And I do a little commentary on the poem and the book. If you like this episode I would greatly appreciate if you could please leave a review on ITunes, Anchor or wherever you're listening to this podcast. I hope you enjoy this episode. *language warning

In this episode I read You don't know what love is (an evening with Charles Bukowski) by Raymond Carver.

After the poem I do a little commentary on it.

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In this episode I read Possibility by me. From an unpublished book of poems & haiku.

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In this episode I read 5 haiku from Book of Haikus by Jack Kerouac.

After the haiku, I discuss Kerouac's vision/version of haiku and why a haiku in English doesn't have to be 5/7/5.

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In this episode I read It Ends with a Misleading Kiss by Franki Elliot. And do a little commentary on the poem.

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In this episode I read Other Writers by Leonard Cohen, and I do a little commentary in the second section.

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In this episode I read Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats. And discuss a little bit about what the poem means. And why people are still enjoying Keats' poetry 198 years later.