What Are Poems

By Jacob Davies

A man living inside his own head searches for the meaning of poetry while reading works by real poets and writing poems himself.

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The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.

What Are Poems episodes:

November 09, 2020 William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams is explored.
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13min
October 31, 2020 Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich and her poetry is explored and the secret meaning behind MaGilla Gorilla is revealed.
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16min
October 27, 2020 e.e. cummings
e.e. cummings is explored and a listener's poem is read.
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16min
October 19, 2020 Rudyard Kipling
The location where Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book is finally revealed.
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11min
October 03, 2020 Herbert Huncke
Beat Poet, Drug Addict, Hustler and The Mayor of 42nd Street is explored in this episode: His Poem "Two for One" is read and I read my own work "Someone's got to do That."
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13min
September 27, 2020 Gwendolyn Brooks
Chicago Poet Gwendolyn Brooks is discussed. Poems include: The Bean Eaters by Gwendolyn Brooks and Poem #8 by J. Davies
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16min
September 19, 2020 Shel Silverstein
Playboy Contributor and Children's Poet Shel Silverstein is discussed, and we dig our heels into an anti-academic stance of poetry as a whole. Poems include: Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein and Google Maps by J. Davies
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12min
September 12, 2020 Langston Hughes
American Poet Langston Hughes is discussed. His poems: The Negro Speaks of Rivers and I, Too, Sing are read along with my original work: Chickens.
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11min
September 06, 2020 Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound's antisemitism is explored. Pound's poem April along with the original poem entitled "Ezra Pound"
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10min
August 30, 2020 William Shakespeare
The Big Balls Bard's sonnets and shot-gun wedding are explored. Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 is read along with my own poem: Spooky Poem
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11min

FAQs about What Are Poems:

How many episodes does What Are Poems have?

The podcast currently has 64 episodes available.