"Musseling" by Jan Schreiber

Text of poem here (Note: this is an older version, and some lines have changed).  Topics discussed in this episode include:  -My Ryan Wilson episode-My Mark Jarman episode-Ryan's corrections and very gracious explanation-The Contemporary Poetry Review-Jan's wonderfully kooky website -THINK Journal's Critical Path Symposium-The aquastentialist poem-"The Slow Pacific Swell" by Yvor Winters-"Le Cimitiere Marin" by Paul Valery-Ukiyo-Ask not for whom the bell buoy tolls-"The Bell Buoy" by Rudyard Kipling-An etiology of sirens-Artist vs. Mystic-"No Man Is An Island" (a sermon excerpt, not a poem) by John Donne-Aware and Aware -De ProfundisSupport 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 (/ /)