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  • dynamic dispositions - episode thirty six


    In the thirty-sixth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore dynamic dispositions
    From the thirty-sixth episode:

    “Atmospheric River”

    By: Jay Nuwald

    https://linktr.ee/jaynuwald


    “If You Were To Cut Open My Stomach”
    Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot
    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien
    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “Once and Future Pigeon”

    By: Jennifer Kemnitz
    Published in The Art of Learning to Fly

    https://www.instagram.com/hopelessecstatic/


    This week’s writing prompt is to pick up a pen and give me the loudest silence you have ever experienced.

    “Matryoshka”
    By: Ry Downey

    “Love”
    Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot
    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien

    The wise words of author Jay Nuwald “Poetry, to me, is the language of dreams. The words we use describe things no other medium can: a part of the mind or a place or a taste or a smell—experiences that cannot be had any other way. ”

    "Prometheus"

    Lord George Gordon Byron

    music: timothy arliss obrien

    release date: December 10th 2022

    26 min
  • harmless hope - episode thirty five

    In the thirty-fifth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore harmless hope

    From the thirty-fifth episode:

    “I Am Like Water”
    By: Karen A. Szklany
    https://www.instagram.com/labyrinth_dragon/

    https://twitter.com/SzklanyKA

    “The Precipice”

    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien

    Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot

    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “Spirit of the City”

    By: Nicholas Yandell

    Published in The Art of Learning to Fly

    https://www.nicholasyandell.com/

    “Time”

    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien
    #33 published in They
    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “History of Monotype”

    By: Irina Tall

    www.twitter.com/IrinaTall87

    “The Oven Bird”

    By: Robert Frost

    music: timothy arliss obrien

    release date: november twenty-seventh 2022

    11 min
  • generous goals - episode thirty four

    In the thirty-fourth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore generous goals

    from the thirty-fourth episode:

    “How to Mourn the Memories you Miss (or Flowers for Sixteen)”
    By:Maggie Kaprielian
    https://www.instagram.com/maggiekaprielian_/

    “Lost Train Ticket”

    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien
    Written on the podcast Late Night Pomes episode 24
    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “Cycles”

    By: Oluwakemi Esho

    https://oluwakemiesho.com/


    “Fly”
    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien
    Published in The Art of Learning to Fly

    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “January 27, 2017”

    By: Amy Oxford

    “The Roman Road”

    By: Thomas Hardy

    music: timothy arliss obrien

    release date: november sixteenth 2022

    14 min
  • magical musings - episode thirty three

    In the thirty-third episode of The Poet Heroic I explore magical musings

    From the thirty-third episode:

    “Paradox on the Stage”
    By: Adrija Jana
    Published in Justice for Society Magazine, Issue 14
    Instagram: @adrija_jana2004

    “ 9’ x 12’ - $1798 “
    By: Timothy Arliss
    Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot

    “Toothbrush in Your Bathroom”
    By: Val
    https://instagram.com/eatmysorrow

    “Drunk on Vodka and Seltzer”
    By: Timothy Arliss Obrien

    Published in Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month

    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “The Way This Day Went”

    By: Ted Burke

    www.ted-burke-poems.blogspot.com

    www.thevariablefoot.com
    www.ted-burke.com

    “The Oak”
    By: Alfred Lord Tennyson

    release date: october twenty seventh 2022

    14 min
  • punctual percussions - episode thirty two

    In the thirty-second episode of The Poet Heroic I explore punctual percussions.

    From the thirty-second episode:

    “Haunted by Flowers of the Fae”

    By: Linda M. Crate
    https://twitter.com/thysilverdoe

    “On the Moon”
    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien
    Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot

    “Lunch Date”

    By: Regina Beach
    www.reginagbeach.com

    “If I Had Wings”
    By: Nicholas Yandell
    Published in The Art of Learning to Fly
    www.nicholasyandell.com

    “Asp-bite & River Rocks”
    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien

    Published in Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month

    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “The Garden of Love”
    By: William Blake

    release date: september eleventh 2022

    13 min
  • roaming riddles - episode thirty one

    In the thirty-first episode of The Poet Heroic I explore roaming riddles.

    “The Academician”

    By: Raphael Almagor
    http://almagor.blogspot.com

    “The First Liftoff”
    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien
    Published in The Art of Learning to Fly
    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “There is an Old Tree Growing”

    By: Zach Beach
    www.zachbeach.com
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y6PKBX1

    “Life Makes us Happy”

    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien
    Published in Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month
    www.timothyarlissobrien.com
    https://www.powells.com/book/happy-lgbtq-wrath-month-9781034898368

    “Sandpaper Air”
    By: Daniel Hess
    https://totonyproductions.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/totonyproductions/

    “A Mood”
    By: George MacDonald

    12 min
  • valiant victories - episode thirty

    In the thirtieth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore valiant victories.

    “Antic disposition”

    By: Alex Long

    Www.Twitter.com/AllDayLongI


    “Love Returned“
    Timothy Arliss OBrien
    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “Tangle Me in Your Roots So I Can Feel Loved”
    By: X Ballantyne

    https://blog.spacehey.com/entry?id=356977


    “Dinosaur Idioms”
    Written on the podcast Late Night Pomes episode 24
    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien
    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “Stranger I Once Was”
    published in Maudlin House
    By: Michelle Drozdick
    https://twitter.com/drozphallic

    “The Argument of His Book”

    By: Robert Herrick

    This poem is in the public domain

    9 min
  • floral foundries - episode twenty nine

    In the twenty-ninth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore floral foundries.

    “How I Learned to Pray”

    By: Nicole Rollender
    2017 winner of the Poetry of the Sacred Contest,

    published in Parabola Magazine

    https://store.parabola.org/vol-424-families-p199.aspx
    www.nicolemrollender.com

    “Spring Cleaning”
    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien
    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “Nightwatch”
    By: Simon Hauwaerts

    https://www.instagram.com/simonhauwaerts/

    “The Garden of the Heart“

    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien

    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “Temple Body”

    By: Sloane Angelou

    Published in Zero Readers

    https://linktr.ee/SloaneAngelou

    “The Sea Spirit”

    Madison Julius Cawein

    This poem is in the public domain

    This week’s writing prompt is to pick up a pen and describe something without full sentences.

    12 min
  • languish language - episode twenty eight

    In the twenty-eighth episode of The Poet Heroic, I explore languish language.

    “Planted Apartment”

    By: J Farrington

    https://twitter.com/ojfarrington

    “Turn on the Mic”

    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien

    Published in “Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month” (2021)

    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “Fruit”

    By: Dave Malone

    Published in “Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozark Studies” & “Tornado Drill” (Aldrich Press, April 2022)

    www.davemalone.net

    “That Van Gogh Cow Cart”

    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien

    Published in “Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month” (2021)

    www.timothyarlissobrien.com

    “The Unburnt Toast”

    By: Fizza Abbas

    Published in “Stone of Madness Press”

    https://twitter.com/fizzawrites

    “Double Red Daisies”

    Robert von Ranke Graves

    10 min
  • maniacal might - episode twenty seven

    In the twenty-seventh episode of The Poet Heroic, I explore maniacal might.

    “Street Lights”

    By: Sarah Corwin

    https://www.instagram.com/dontlookpoems/

    “Simplicity”

    “Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month” (2021)

    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien

    https://www.powells.com/book/happy-lgbtq-wrath-month-9781034898368

    “Half-Baked History”

    By: Rozann Kraus

    “Just a Sad Poet”

    “Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month” (2021)

    By: Timothy Arliss OBrien

    https://www.powells.com/book/happy-lgbtq-wrath-month-9781034898368

    “Get a Grip”

    By: Asteria Valentine

    https://www.instagram.com/whereisasteria/

    https://twitter.com/asteriaisadream

    “The World Is Too Much With Us”

    William Wordsworth

    12 min

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The Poet Heroic is a monthly podcast and small press publisher of poetry, curated by poet and composer Timothy Arliss OBrien.