"Marriage As A Problem of Universals" by Dick Davis

Topics discussed in this episode include: -The joy of comparing like-minded poems -The Platonic dilemma of romantic love -Heroic couplets -The Problem of Universals -Plato 101 -The contemptus mundi of Platonism -The Renaissance vogue for Platonism -Petrarch and the legacy of the Western love lyric -Poetic structure as the mirror of thought structure -Marriage is inherently anti-Platonic -Plato vs. Aristotle -Deduction vs. Induction -Malachi, Heraclitus, and the Buddha -Cyclical vs. Linear enlightenment -Marriage as spiritual practice Text of poem: Marriage As A Problem of UniversalsFor Meera and Navin Govil Marriage is where the large abstractions we profess are put gently in their small place— the holist’s stare in love with Man has managed less than eyes that love one aging face. Marriage believes the universals we desire are children of a worldly care— while Plato grieves for stasis, the refining fire men pass through is the lives they share. Marriages move between the symbol and life’s facts, from Beauty to this troubled face— though what we love is Truth, Truth flares and fades in acts of local, unrecorded grace. 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 (/ /)