"Through The Water" by James Matthew Wilson

Text of poem here Topics discussed in this episode include:-My experience in New York's formalist bohemia-James Matthew Wilson and his books-Jacques Maritain & Etienne Gilson-The iambic decameter effect-Broken-backed lines-"The Castle of Thorns" by Yvor Winters-"The Slow Pacific Swell" by Yvor Winters-"Mother Carey's Hen" by David Yezzi-My episode on the above poem-Encountering water as chaoskampf-John 13 and 14-Keats' notion of the "mansion of many apartments"-"Before the Law" by Franz Kafka-Paganism as spiritual childhood-The Univocity vs. Analogy debate between Scotus and Aquinas-Matthew 4 and 14-The fisher can't fish himself!-We should all be more like that giant monster of God, Behemoth-Job 40-Edgar Bowers and Sturge Moore-Baptized in the SublimeSupport 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 (/ /)