Poetry is Good, Actually

Our hosts, but mostly Maq, discuss the art of poetry, the general terribleness of Ezra Pound, and the fact that Poetry is Good, Actually.

Maq chose a lot of poems for today's episode; below are some links from her show notes, including some poems we didn't get around to discussing but are worth reading nonetheless.

Reading List:Canto 2 from “Hang it all, Robert Browning” to the Greek. 11 lines only, that’s all we need to hate him. Found here: https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/poetry/canto-ii-pound/poem-text and here.From 2001, Alan Dugan’s Love Song: I & ThouFrom 1989, Haizi’s Looking out to sea, warmed by the spring airFrom 2010, Traci Brimhall’s Concerning Cuttlefish and UgolinoLet’s do a sonnet! From 1997, William Meredith’s The IlliterateRania Kapoor’s (2016) The Introvert’s BanterEdwin Arlington Robinson’s (1914) Eros Turranos Why I Haven’t Told You Yet by Emi MahmoudA Rabbit as King of the Ghosts (1954)  by Wallace StevensI Go Out on a Road Alone by Mikhail LermentovLove One Another by Khalil GibranExeter Book Poem/Riddle 44  (approx  975)The Hallmark Poem  aka Easter Wings by George Herbert (only to complain about how shitty people existed even in the 17th century)Neil Hilborn’s OCDJohn Donne's The Flea, The Canonization, The Ecstasy, Satire III

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