Let’s Talk About “Feeding the Meter in the Witch City” by Cindy Veach
Cindy Veach takes a cold look at Salem, MA, and the Sackler Family in this poem that considers how appearances can disguise horrors. Read "Feeding the Meter in the Witch City" at Poets Reading the News and find more poems by Cindy Veach here.
25 Feb 2022
Let’s Talk About “Soul Reckoning” by Martha Silano
"To get here, I had to say goodbye to guilt." Martha Silano's wild and beautiful poem tackles the form grief makes in time and space.
2 Feb 2022
Let’s Talk About “Distance” by Julie Danho
"Randomness is the mad king of fear." Julie Danho's poem illuminates how we rationalize our fears at the expense of others. A beautiful and merciless poem. Read "Distance" at Blackbird and find more of Julie Danho's work here.
20 Jan 2022
Let’s talk about “Chyna” by Meghan Dunn
Meghan Dunn's piece is praise poem for the wrestler Chyna and a reflection on inhabiting the fullness of our bodies.
12 Jan 2022
Let’s talk about “Ronald Reagan Was an Idiot” by Rota
In the episode, I read and discuss Rota's poem, "Ronald Reagan Was an Idiot," originally published at Entropy. Listen if you think you'll enjoy a poem that talks about climate change and toupees.
2 Jul 2021
Let’s talk about “Regarding Chainsaws” by Hayden Carruth
In this episode, I talk about one of my longtime favorite poems, Hayden Carruth's "Regarding Chainsaws,"which is both a great persona poem and a necessarily unsentimental exploration or rural life.
1 Jun 2021
Let’s talk about “True Crime” by Kevin Prufer
In this episode, I talk about Kevin Prufer's poem "True Crime," a twisted and witty exploration of everyone's desire for more.
27 May 2021
Let’s talk about “Poem After Watching An Inconvenient Truth With My Students” by Emma Bolden
In this episode, I read and discuss Emma Bolden's poem "Poem After Watching An Inconvenient Truth With My Students" by Emma Bolden
26 May 2021
Let’s talk about “Waiting for Happiness” by Nomi Stone
In this episode, I talk about how much I like Nomi Stone's poem "Waiting for Happiness."
26 May 2021
Let’s talk about Rebecca Morgan Frank’s “Self-Operating Machines”
In this episode, I talk about why I love Rebecca Morgan Frank's poem "Self-Operating Machines" from the book Oh You Robot Saints!
26 May 2021
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