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...
"Nor Strange It Is" by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman
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"Nor Strange It Is" by Frederick Goddard Tuckerman
Soundtrack to this episode Text of poem: Nor strange it is, to us who walk in bonds Of flesh and time, if virtue's self awhile Gleam dull like sunless ice; whilst graceful guile— Blood-flecked like hematite or diamonds With a red inward spark—to reconcile Beauty and evil seems and corresponds So well with good that the mind joys to have Full wider jet and scope nor swings and sleeps Forever in one cradle wearily: Like those vast weeds that off d'Acunha's isle Wash with the surf and flap t...
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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...
