In this episode, we read and discuss 2 poems related to the great country of Ireland: "From a Bench in St. Stephen's Green" by James Matthew Wilson and "Adam's Curse" William Butler Yeats.

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For centuries, poetry was a unifying force in society: farmers and aristocrats alike shared a common knowledge and participated, to a large extent, in a common poetic story. Nowadays, things have changed. Poetry has been pigeon-holed to the classroom or the academy, and therefore become less approachable. Our project is to reclaim poetry one poem at a time, placing it back in the rightful hands of the people!

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