Your Friend Dusti

Dusti reads “Girlhood” by their beloved former housemate Sophia Bowton-Meade, a student & activist in Washington. They also read their own work in progress called “onset/rime.”

Dusti reads Countee Cullen, Frank O’Hara, and Donika Kelly.

Dusti talks about changing seasons and reads three poems by Pablo Neruda.

Dusti reads two contemporary poems and talks about the weather.

Dusti announces the end (for now) of Sad Bastard Sunday and reads poems from the June 2022 of Delicate Emissions Poetry Zine.

Dusti talks about their mosh pit of hope and reads three poems about moving.

A Sad Bastard Sunday episode. Dusti talks about grief as a companion, then reads two poems by William Butler Yeats and one by Bert Meyers. As always, email me at [email protected] if you have an original piece you’d like me to consider for the podcast.

Dusti reads Edna St Vincent Millay, Sara Teasdale, and Ezra Pound. They also discuss Mercurcy in retrograde and how some suburban cops Crunchwrap-blocked them in a Taco Bell parking lot. We’re now available on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. If you would like to submit your own work to be read on the podcast, email [email protected].

Dusti gets personal before reading F.S. Flint’s “The Swan,” then their own poem, “Spiders.”