Text of the poem here. Read the transcript of this episode here! Topics discussed in this episode include: -My new website! -My Substack -The meaning and history of New Formalism -“Can Poetry Matter?” by Dana Gioia -The Big Read and Poetry Out Loud -“The Catholic Writer Today” by Dana Gioia -“Poetry as Enchantment” by Dana Gioia -Boris Dralyuk on Noir Poetry -The Noir hero -Christopher Marlowe and Charles Marlow -The Santa Ana winds -“Red Wind” by Raymond Chandler -“The Lady in the Lake” by...
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Text of the poem here. Read the transcript of this episode here! Topics discussed in this episode include: -My new website! -My Substack -The meaning and history of New Formalism -“Can Poetry Matter?” by Dana Gioia -The Big Read and Poetry Out Loud -“The Catholic Writer Today” by Dana Gioia -“Poetry as Enchantment” by Dana Gioia -Boris Dralyuk on Noir Poetry -The Noir hero -Christopher Marlowe and Charles Marlow -The Santa Ana winds -“Red Wind” by Raymond Chandler -“The Lady in the Lake” by...
Soundtrack to this episode Text of poem: Bird Watcher It returns to the same nest. The watcher lies beneath spring brushwood to await its coming– at watch so long he dreams himself becoming less than himself and more, the landscape’s eyes. Though far beyond his eyes, beyond the range of field-glasses, he knows it breaks no bonds: its instinct to his knowledge corresponds, riding the current of the season’s change. What is there in a small bird’s blood that learns to pl...
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Text of the poem here. Read the transcript of this episode here! Topics discussed in this episode include: -My new website! -My Substack -The meaning and history of New Formalism -“Can Poetry Matter?” by Dana Gioia -The Big Read and Poetry Out Loud -“The Catholic Writer Today” by Dana Gioia -“Poetry as Enchantment” by Dana Gioia -Boris Dralyuk on Noir Poetry -The Noir hero -Christopher Marlowe and Charles Marlow -The Santa Ana winds -“Red Wind” by Raymond Chandler -“The Lady in the Lake” by...