10 Poems I Like Part V

Read this essay (and see the poems) on Substack!Poems discussed:"The Rhodora" by Ralph Waldo Emerson"In the Desert" by Herman Melville (my Melville essay)"Lucifer in Starlight" by George Meredith"Cold-Blooded Creatures" by Elinor Wylie"The Animals" by Edwin Muir"Sunt Leones" by Stevie Smith (Fayne's essay)"Beyond the Demonic Element" by Harvey Shapiro"Nothing in Heaven Functions as it Ought" by X.J. Kennedy"Halloween" by Gjertrud Schnackenberg (see also SLEERICKETS #2)"The Beautiful Animal" by Geoffrey BrockSupport the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)