Ep 187: This Was Poetry, ft. Versecraft, Pt. 1

 

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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:

–  The last episode of Poetry Says

– The Paradise Lost episode of Poetry Says, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2

– The Iron Lyre by Elijah Blumov

– The New Versecraft Substack

– The Iron Lyre Playlist on YouTube and Spotify

– Why So Serious? by Alex Ross

Aunt Imogen by E. A. Robinson

– Brian Brodeur’s piece on E. A. Robinson

– When I Mean I by Jonathan Farmer

The episode with Alan Shapiro

The episode with Naomi Kanakia

– The manifesto episode

A Dress Rehearsal for the Truth by Alan Shapiro

– The Futurist Manifesto

– American History X (1998)

Frequently mentioned names:

Joshua Mehigan

Shane McCrae

A. E. Stallings

Ryan Wilson

Morri Creech

Austin Allen

Jonathan Farmer

Zara Raab

Amit Majmudar

Ethan McGuire

Coleman Glenn

Chris Childers

Alexis Sears

JP Gritton

Alex Pepple

Ernie Hilbert

Joanna Pearson

Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:

Poetry Says by Alice Allan

I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall

Versecraft by Elijah Blumov

Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed

Alice: Poetry Says

Brian: @BPlatzer

Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] com

Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com

Music by ETRNL

Art by Daniel Alexander Smith

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