The Numinous Pastorals of Robert Wells

Read this episode in essay form here! Topics discussed in this episode include:-The Cambridge Three: Dick Davis, Robert Wells, Clive Wilmer-My Interview with Dick Davis-The Stanford Poets: Thom Gunn, Edgar Bowers, Yvor Winters, etc.-Virgil's Georgics-The Idylls of Theocritus-Wells poems discussed: "A Caution," "Deus Loci," "The Unnamed Pool," "The Bathing Place," "The Last of Summer."-Episodes on the pathetic fallacy here and here-Apophasis-"Le Cimetiere Marin" by Paul Valery-"The Slow Pacific Swell" by Yvor Winters-Sensory deprivation tanks-Mysticism vs. LoveSupport 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 (/ /)