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What Are Poems

by Jacob Davies

A man living inside his own head searches for the meaning of poetry while reading works by real poets and writing poems himself.You can submit your own poems to the podcast at [email protected] (peace and love peace and love, beef jerky)Visit https://www.bonfire.com/what-are-shirts/ to purchase the official WHAT ARE POEMS T-Shirt. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob-davies2/support

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Episodes

  1. Djuna Barnes

    Djuna Barnes out here living

  2. John Berryman

    It all goes around and around

  3. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

    I’ve returned with my rich buddy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  4. Robert Lax

    What's this? No scandal? A good man, writing good things who ends up in Greece (not exiled, just alone, but not alone at all) It's Robert Lax on What are Poems!

  5. Frank O'Hara

    He is on the pulse of Late-60's New York City. A friend of all artist -- Frank O'Hara. I discuss a harrowing tale of hammers I heard second hand.

  6. The Star-Spangled Banner

    Two men choke on grapes in this episode.

  7. Marianne Moore

    Marianne Moore was out there. Another poet who's father has a psychotic break. Another poet who was writing, and breathing and living and dying in times before our times. Also: She sums up what I've been trying to say in her poem "Poetry"

  8. Baxter Black

    NPR contributor, poet, and philosopher Baxter Black's poems are read. I regret making fun of Ronald Reagan in a twist of fate I never saw coming.

  9. Rupert Brooke

    It's everyone in England's biggest crush: Rupert Brooke.

  10. John Gillespie Magee Jr.

    It's a vivid, quick, important life on What Are Poems today. It's reaching back for inspiration and that inspiration reverberating for generations. Hey! Have you ever had a Rolling Rock Beer?

  11. Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln may or may not have written a poem about suicide in 1838. A reading, an investigation, thoughts of Lizzie McGuire.

  12. Dorothy Wordsworth

    The sister of William Wordsworth gets some thoughts. My buddy Phil reads a poem at around 4 AM in my home. My buddy Noah says "May I?" A little taste of friendship and the friends we keep on WHAT ARE POEMS.

  13. Allen Ginsberg

    It's Ginsberg. He's just as I thought he would be.

  14. Gerda Mayer

    Number 50! and it's Gerda Mayer (refugee, poet) OPERATION KINDERTRANSPORT. What happened in Jim Thorpe?

  15. 12 Minutes on Easter (Amy Lowell Returns)

    Quick holiday episode, folks! My thoughts on the top, Amy Lowell mentions a rabbit, we wish each other well.

  16. Jimmy Stewart (And His Poem)

    The short story of American film actor James Stewart and the poem he wrote about his dog. (A sort of Special What are POEMS). I read a poem and let you know about some exclusive merch (available at: https://www.bonfire.com/what-are-shirts/)

  17. Don Welch

    Stumbled upon this Don Welch fella. Got into his poems, kept reading them throughout the whole podcast. Neat one. Quiet one. What are Poems.

  18. Ovid

    It's Ovid on a LATE NIGHT EPISODE of WHAT ARE POEMS. Hey! How about Ovid? He's not raised by horse people (I just haven't gone to bed yet) but he is writing erotic poems in Ancient Rome. Here we go.

  19. Anne Bradstreet

    She's born when the only thing going on is shoeing horses. She founds Boston (James Brown saves it) She's writing poetry (All the men are shaking their heads) It's Anne Bradstreet. (The Queen of Clam Chowder)

  20. Pauli Murray

    You want to feel like you haven't done anything yet today? Get a load of the life and times of Pauli Murray (lawyer, priest, activist, author and poet)

  21. Etheridge Knight

    Stunned by Etheridge Knight. New Favorite Poet. He was doing it. Cursing, Swearing, Inspiring, Sir?! Hatin Regan, bringing people up into the light. I continue to tease out what happened between me and Phil over soccer...

  22. Amy King

    Poet and Activist Amy King's poems are read. I wonder about the fight at the Golden Corral Buffet.

  23. Muses (Maud Gonne)

    Forget Yeats - let's do this. Muses and Yeat's Muse herself, Maud Gonne, are the topic of discussion. A poem about soup is read.

  24. W.B. Yeats

    I fail miserably at tackling the topic of Yeats.

  25. Mary Oliver

    This lady was out in the woods!

  26. Homer

    I return for an actual second season after an epiphany while mopping a floor.

  27. Stephen Dunn

    Stephen Dunn, American Poet who played basketball, is discussed in and around thought-tangents.

  28. John Keats (Part Three)

    SEASON 2 begins with JOHN KEATS PART 3

  29. John Keats (Part Two)

    Keats is a doctor in this EPISODE

  30. John Keats (Part One)

    Hey! It's John Keats and it's the First Part of a Three Part Season Finale.

  31. Robot Poetry (A Very Special Episode)

    I explore the evolution of robot poetry

  32. Paul Laurence Dunbar

    It's Paul Laurence Dunbar! and it's all fun and games and achievements until he drops the ball at the very end.

  33. Rainer Maria Rilke

    What's going on with this guys early life? Holy Crow! My cats almost get out.

  34. Amy Lowell

    Amy Lowell knocks it out of the park with her poem "Bath" - I also read a poem about a bath. In a Very Special Bath Episode of WHAT ARE POEMS?

  35. Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    Lawrence Ferlinghetti doesn't hit as hard as I suspect he will. My poem "American Legion" is read.

  36. Philip Levine

    Detroit poet Philip Levine is explored. How about Nature Documentaries?

  37. Roses Are Red (An Origin Story)

    The origins of Roses are Red are explored, and Thomas Crapper gets some thoughts.

  38. Amanda Gorman

    Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman is discussed along with the idea that Stenonychosaurus could have evolved into a dinosaur man.

  39. Dr. Seuss

    How about it? Dr. Seuss? I read Yertle the Turtle and get so exhausted I can't compose my own poem.

  40. Rhina P. Espaillat

    Rhina P. Espaillat who is currently in the news is discussed. My friend Phil's poem is read.

  41. Eavan Boland

    Eavan Boland (Irish Poet) makes for a very (Irish Poet) episode as your host is informed of the closure of his favorite Dinette.

  42. Quincy Troupe

    Quincy Troupe's jazzy take on poetry

  43. Karl Shapiro

    Karl Shapiro, son of Baltimore is explored.

  44. Billy Collins

    Billy Collins is explored. Dueling poems about the Susquehanna river are read.

  45. The Night Before Christmas

    Happy Holidays from What Are Poems?!

  46. H.D.

    Manic-Pixie-Dream-Girl H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) is finally discussed in full. I think about DVDS.

  47. Joy Harjo

    Poet, musician, playwright, and author Joy Harjo is discussed and my own brother sends me in a poem.

  48. Seamus Heaney

    20th Century Poet Seamus Heaney is discussed, my own poem "Deborah" is read.

  49. Edna St. Vincent Millay

    Original scene girl Edna St. Vincent Milllay is explored and my poem "You put the Beans out" is read.

  50. William Carlos Williams

    William Carlos Williams is explored.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A man living inside his own head searches for the meaning of poetry while reading works by real poets and writing poems himself.You can submit your own poems to the podcast at [email protected] (peace and love peace and love, beef jerky)Visit https://www.bonfire.com/what-are-shirts/ to purchase the official WHAT ARE POEMS T-Shirt. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob-davies2/support

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