To My Artist Friends, Part I (feat. SLEERICKETS)

Read our four poems here! (Note: It may take a little while to load!) Topics discussed in this episode include:-Sleerickets-Poetry Says-Matthew Buckley Smith-Alice Allan -Cameron Clark-Primordial-My Robert Bridges episode-Robert Fagles-Shane McCrae-Parallelism-"The Truly Great" by Stephen Spender-"Paradise Lost" by John Milton-Three approaches to poetic composition: Vatic, Cognitive, Exploratory-"Egg and Dart" by Matthew Buckley Smith-On the nature of the gods-"Science, Politics, and Gnosticism" by Eric Voegelin-Amor Fati-Thomas Ligotti-Giacomo Leopardi-"Cold Turkey" by Joshua Mehigan-The irony-rich blood of Australian poetry-Alice's original concluding couplet: "My girls, good girls, too good for marrying/ too good to love a broken-hearted king"-Serious Australians: Murnane, Murray, and (the entirely real) Malley. 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 (/ /)