"Bedtime Metaphysics" by Morri Creech

Read this episode on Substack!Text of the poem here.Mea culpa: Yes, in the heat of the moment, I mispronounced mise en scene. A la guillotine! Topics discussed include:-Some po-biz kvetching-Morri Creech! -The telos of Versecraft-The "ghost" of pentameter-The Stevensian cosmovision and the metaphysics of metaphor-The axis mundi-Nicholas of Cusa and coincidentia oppositorum-The Moirai-Contronyms-"An Ordinary Childhood" by Morri Creech-Selve oscura dolce-I.A. Richards and tenor & vehicle-"Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth-"Poem Without Metaphors" by Matthew Buckley Smith-The Blumovian Review-My chapbook, "The Necklace of Harmonia"-My book, "Against Oblivion"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 (/ /)