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

Read our four poems here. (Note: The file may take a while to load!)Topics mentioned in this episode include:-My David Yezzi episode-Ryan Wilson-Three kinds of formal poets: puzzle solvers, natural rhymers, aesthetes-Paul Celan-Literary Matters-John Berryman's "Dream Songs"-Wait Until Dark-Object Permanence (here's Matthew's poem on the subject!)-"The Uncanny" by Sigmund Freud-The gnosticism of disability-The spiritual mimesis of architecture-Abbot Suger -The aesthetics of tourism-New York's Art Deco skyscrapers-Frank Lloyd Wright-The "Dialogue Between the Soul and the Body" topos (see Marvell's example)-Rainer Maria Rilke-The recently deceased Louise Gluck-The anti-Romantic thesis behind the Romantic anti-hero-"Paradise Lost" by John Milton-"Brand" and "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen-My turophilia and background as a fromagier-Making mozzarella with Dave in Colorado-An enthusiastic endorsement of raw milk-Illegal cheese!-The world of fragrances and parfumerie-The amber accord-Not that Richard Burton, this one-An invitation to psychedelic druidcraftSupport 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 (/ /)