In which I chat about the AI experiment going on lately via social media and counter it with a defence of criticism and a very human (even to the slip up in recitation) poem. Take solace!

In which I greet all you outlaws again and explain the universe haha then introduce Susan and her talk about sounds and forms before she reads her palindrome Like Instruments. Enjoy!

The final episode in Season Six is about nothing. And also joy. And the tragic. And contains a little grrrrr about poets needing to be able to teach in schools more often without all the hoops. Ok thanks for listening. Back for Season Seven in awhile :)

I begin with a recitation of Ancient Music by Ezra Pound to honour the winter and also to exemplify the yawp. And then I say what it is and why it matters to me and yes, more death!!

Another recitation of a longer poem by a wonderful American eco poet. Enjoy.

In which I bring in Tony Hoagland and Oscar Wilde, Wordsworth and Purdy to chat about why and how to revise, wildly.

Interesting that this is episode 41 and that’s how old Chris would have been now had he not died at 29. This poem was written to commemorate what could have been our 21st anniversary today though he died before our 9th. The bench isn’t ready to be installed yet actually but the poem is :)

Which I chat about, despite feeling like caca, and then read Galway Kinell’s wonder-full piece Daybreak.

And I also gripe a bit about people wanting me to mentor for free and then, at the end, recite a new villanelle I wrote based on mature love not wrenching grief.

And the impossibility of translation! Robert Bly tries and it’s better than nada but it all falls flat compared to the intricate sounds of Swedish. I read the first part of the three in my just-learning Swedish accents and then all three in English. Be kind ;)