"Mother Carey's Hen" by David Yezzi

Text of poem HERENo more Versecraft until October! Sorry :( BUY SHIRTS Topics discussed in this episode include: -Matthew comes for my prosodic neck (mea culpa: his reading was first foot trochee, feminine ending).-Rabbi Neil Blumofe brings up Pirkei Avot-Susan Spear and Catherine Chandler-David Yezzi!-Yezzi's new Anthony Hecht biography, Late Romance-Matthew interviews David here-Yezzi's new Selected, More Things In Heaven-Mother Carey, Mater Cara, Stella Maris-Metrical schemes and ambiguous scansions-Salty mirages-The Tao of the petrel-Stoicism, Marcus Aurelius, "Following Nature"-The Post-Symbolist Method 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 (/ /)