Ep 72: Let’s Get Difficult, Pt. 1
Get bonus episodes by subscribing to the SLEERICKETS Secret Show!
SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies are now on sale, in new colors, and with the logo available in black as well as white. They look good! (For hoodies, sweatshirts, and baseball shirts, follow the link and look at the menu on the left side of the screen.)
Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
– Some Trees by John Ashbery
– The History of My Life by John Ashbery
– The Triumph of Love by Geoffrey Hill
– The Art of Poetry No. 80, with Geoffrey Hill and Carl Philips
– Joshua Mehigan’s class on free verse
– The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams
– Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold
– The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot
– Defining Difficulty in Poetry by Reginald Shepherd
– Why Poems Don’t Make Sense by Your Humble Servant
Email: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
Twitter: @BPlatzer
Sister Podcast (Alice): Poetry Says
Eratosphere (Cameron): W T Clark
Music by ETRNL
Art by Daniel Alexander Smith
