"Athena" by Amy Clampitt

Buy Versecraft merch HERERead text of poem HERETopics discussed in this episode include:  -No Versecraft next week! :(-R.S. Gwynn-On late-bloomers in poetry-What Krishna meant-The life-changing power of the unicorn tapestries-The Amy Clampitt Residency Program and Virginia Konchan -The "Tails To Heads" Maneuver.-"The Eumenides" by Aeschylus-We're gonna need to see some Id-Pathos, Bathos, and whoever the other musketeers are...-Alicia Stallings' wonderful essay on the Parthenon,  "Frieze Frame" -I just really wanted an excuse to say "apotropaic"-Every culture on earth seems to have beef with snakes-The cultural appropriation of Chaos-You Kant always get what you want-The deep logic of tragedy-We are ourselves both god and monster. Support 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 (/ /)