{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5acd310d8f061bc45095260c/60bc484f65151500197f789f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Poetry is Good, Actually","description":"<p>Our hosts, but mostly Maq, discuss the art of poetry, the general terribleness of Ezra Pound, and the fact that Poetry is Good, Actually.</p><p><br></p><p>Maq chose a lot of poems for today's episode; below are some links from her show notes, including some poems we didn't get around to discussing but are worth reading nonetheless.</p><p><br></p><p>Reading List:</p><ul><li>Canto 2 from “Hang it all, Robert Browning” to the Greek. 11 lines only, that’s all we need to hate him. Found here: <a href=\"https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/poetry/canto-ii-pound/poem-text\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/poetry/canto-ii-pound/poem-text</u></a> and <a href=\"https://theartofcompost.com/2018/05/24/an-allusion-chart-for-pounds-canto-ii/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>here</u></strong></a>.</li><li>From 2001, Alan Dugan’s <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55170/love-song-i-and-thou-56d236709aeab\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Love Song: I &amp; Thou</u></a></li><li>From 1989, Haizi’s <a href=\"https://completechinese.blogspot.com/2012/08/looking-out-to-sea-warmed-by-spring-air.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Looking out to sea, warmed by the spring air</u></a></li><li>From 2010, Traci Brimhall’s <a href=\"https://punchinthefacepoetry.com/post/36021931225/concerning-cuttlefish-and-ugolino-traci\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Concerning Cuttlefish and Ugolino</u></a></li><li>Let’s do a sonnet! From 1997, William Meredith’s <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43103/the-illiterate-56d221ca1c490\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>The Illiterate</u></a></li><li>Rania Kapoor’s (2016) <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWG8IK15dbk&amp;lc=UghfbFqn5P2cX3gCoAEC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>The Introvert’s Banter</u></a></li><li>Edwin Arlington Robinson’s (1914) <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/12839/eros-turannos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Eros Turranos&nbsp;</u></a></li><li><a href=\"https://sonichits.com/video/Emi_Mahmoud/Why_I_Haven't_Told_You_Yet\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Why I Haven’t Told You Yet</u></a> by Emi Mahmoud</li><li><a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/21816/a-rabbit-as-king-of-the-ghosts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts</u></a> (1954) &nbsp;by Wallace Stevens</li><li><a href=\"https://allpoetry.com/I-Go-Out-On-The-Road-Alone\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">I Go Out on a Road Alone</a> by Mikhail Lermentov</li><li><a href=\"https://www.poemofquotes.com/khalilgibran/love-one-another.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Love One Another</u></a> by Khalil Gibran</li><li>Exeter Book <a href=\"https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/anglo-saxon/flowers/enigmata.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Poem/Riddle 44</u></a> &nbsp;(approx &nbsp;975)</li><li>The Hallmark Poem &nbsp;aka <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44361/easter-wings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Easter Wings</u></a> by George Herbert (only to complain about how shitty people existed even in the 17th century)</li><li>Neil Hilborn’s <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKZ4pdSU-s\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>OCD</u></a></li><li>John Donne's <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46467/the-flea\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>The Flea</u></a>, <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44097/the-canonization\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>The Canonization</u></a>, <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44099/the-ecstasy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>The Ecstasy</u></a>, <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44125/satire-iii\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Satire III</u></a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Crooked Russian Cam"}