Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "The Classification of Trees" and discuss small, deliberate choices in poetry. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://stephencavitt.com/poetry-professor-season-1-episode-18/">Click here for a full transcript of the show.</a>Stephen's poetry collection <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.amazon.com/Noctis-Terrores-poems-Stephen-Cavitt/dp/B0DJDHXZYZ">Noctis Terrores</a> is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://stephencavitt.com">stephencavitt.com</a>.

Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "The Classification of Trees" and discuss small, deliberate choices in poetry. Click here for a full transcript of the show. Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.

Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "The Classification of Trees" and discuss small, deliberate choices in poetry. <a href="https://stephencavitt.com/poetry-professor-season-1-episode-18/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click here for a full transcript of the show.</a>Stephen's poetry collection <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Noctis-Terrores-poems-Stephen-Cavitt/dp/B0DJDHXZYZ" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noctis Terrores</a> is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at <a href="http://stephencavitt.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">stephencavitt.com</a>.

The Classification of Trees — How Poems Make the Cut

Write your best life. Each week, poetry professor Stephen Cavitt reads an original poem and discusses its key technique, helping poetry lovers read between the lines. This season: poems from his book <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Noctis-Terrores-poems-Stephen-Cavitt/dp/B0DJDHXZYZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QDZFfwLGvFVZZGnTZ1Xorg.4q-WHIJRfaDv4KpBN0AfI2Tlm2l6kw959e5o6oepglQ&amp;qid=1745599816&amp;sr=1-1">Noctis Terrores.</a>Stephen Cavitt, MFA, teaches creative writing at Florida Gulf Coast University. He has lived in a tipi, studied with shamans, fed wild bears, walked on fire, and climbed New Mexico's highest mountain in skinny jeans. The lead sniper for a SWAT team taught him to shoot. Tom Brown Jr. taught him to track. His mother taught him to sing.Stephen is the author of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Noctis-Terrores-poems-Stephen-Cavitt/dp/B0DJDHXZYZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QDZFfwLGvFVZZGnTZ1Xorg.4q-WHIJRfaDv4KpBN0AfI2Tlm2l6kw959e5o6oepglQ&amp;qid=1745599816&amp;sr=1-1">Noctis Terrores</a> and The Und Wars series in science fiction, which begins with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Distance-Between-Stars-Wars/dp/B0D76LMKX1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DvIKY7tkI7Zc7wyWAE4RLIDows72qF5pLXPmyqa8xAXGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.kV-KWV7QK7gIc9Hda69tQiXxfidMU8fnjbZiSX0q5aQ&amp;qid=1745519322&amp;sr=1-1">The Distance Between Stars</a>.

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Write your best life. Each week, poetry professor Stephen Cavitt reads an original poem and discusses its key technique, helping poetry lovers read between the lines. This season: poems from his book Noctis Terrores. Stephen Cavitt, MFA, teaches creative writing at Florida Gulf Coast University. He has lived in a tipi, studied with shamans, fed wild bears, walked on fire, and climbed New Mexico's highest mountain in skinny jeans. The lead sniper for a SWAT team taught him to shoot. Tom Brown Jr. taught him to track. His mother taught him to sing. Stephen is the author of Noctis Terrores and The Und Wars series in science fiction, which begins with The Distance Between Stars.

Write your best life. Each week, poetry professor Stephen Cavitt reads an original poem and discusses its key technique, helping poetry lovers read between the lines. This season: poems from his book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Noctis-Terrores-poems-Stephen-Cavitt/dp/B0DJDHXZYZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QDZFfwLGvFVZZGnTZ1Xorg.4q-WHIJRfaDv4KpBN0AfI2Tlm2l6kw959e5o6oepglQ&amp;qid=1745599816&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noctis Terrores.</a>Stephen Cavitt, MFA, teaches creative writing at Florida Gulf Coast University. He has lived in a tipi, studied with shamans, fed wild bears, walked on fire, and climbed New Mexico's highest mountain in skinny jeans. The lead sniper for a SWAT team taught him to shoot. Tom Brown Jr. taught him to track. His mother taught him to sing.Stephen is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Noctis-Terrores-poems-Stephen-Cavitt/dp/B0DJDHXZYZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QDZFfwLGvFVZZGnTZ1Xorg.4q-WHIJRfaDv4KpBN0AfI2Tlm2l6kw959e5o6oepglQ&amp;qid=1745599816&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noctis Terrores</a> and The Und Wars series in science fiction, which begins with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Distance-Between-Stars-Wars/dp/B0D76LMKX1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DvIKY7tkI7Zc7wyWAE4RLIDows72qF5pLXPmyqa8xAXGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.kV-KWV7QK7gIc9Hda69tQiXxfidMU8fnjbZiSX0q5aQ&amp;qid=1745519322&amp;sr=1-1" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Distance Between Stars</a>.

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