Really Dead Poets Society

Send a textBe not afraid! It’s poetry month at the pod and Nat and Ang are here to cure your BARDOLOTRYPHOBIA. The gals serve up an irreverent crash course in love poetry, from Shakespeare’s sonnets to Solomon’s songs with (almost) nothing and no one in between. Find out which of our featured really famous, really dead poets is the literary heartthrob of the ages. Discover at last why Shakespeare and Solomon sound so much alike sometimes. Along the way, just try to keep track of all the hackneyed metaphors Nat and Ang use to explain things. We dare you. And be sure to stick around for the singalong. Zero credit offered and no homework. Just a romp. RESOURCESPoetic Forms Writer’s DigestSonnets of ShakespeareSong of Songs/Song of SolomonRev. Rob Christ on Song of Songs (TikTok)Zhang Longxi “The Letter or the Spirit”Canonization of Song of Songs (including the views of William Whiston and the Latter Day Saints) Sharon Olds Stag’s LeapOscar Wilde Ave Marie Gratia Plena Poets Mentioned in PassingTyler Knott GregsonRupi KaurTaylor Swift (who?)Mary OliverJust for Fun The Hair of the Head of ShakespeareNew Yorker Radio Hour Podcast: Judi Dench on Bond and ShakespeareTransitional Music and Sound Effects: Jon Presstone, “Fancy and Friendly” and “Renaissance Revelry”Storyblocks, Stadium Sound EffectsAGT and Nat and Ang on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/agenerationalthingpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/natalia_latham/ https://www.instagram.com/angelajoylatham/Logo by Kara Joy Schrock: https://www.instagram.com/kjreliquaries/Technical consultant, Tim GodbyMusic (for regular episodes):"Curious Documentary" by Jon Presstone (intro and transitions)"I Feel Fire" by we20fifty (outro)