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The Uncomputable
by John Paul Davis
Poet John Paul Davis reads his own work, one at a time.
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Ode To My Potbelly
The good smells, & the singing
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Ode To The Fleck Of Bicycle Lube On My Left Cheek
Beauty, and joy, after the inconvenience and crash, or maybe, because of them
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A Beautiful Sunset Is Also Climate Change
Happy Earth Day
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Out of Office Auto-Reply
This meeting could have been an email; this email could have been a thing we just never talked about at all.
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Proof
I love this poem so much because of what a wild ride it is; I get done reading it with the feeling of "what just happened?" which is a delightful feeling to get from a poem.
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The Soft World
The new glasses give me a headache
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Charms
There's also the coffee mug with legs my roommate in college, John Murphy, made me.
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Transfiguration
Perhaps the dream is real, and I'm a rabbit who dreamed of being human.
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Jettison
You can just open your hand & let it fall.
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Ode To My Beard
Or Ian McKellan's beard, or Dave Grohl's beard, or Robin Williams's beard, or Seth
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We Are Updating Our Privacy Policy
We also don't want to turn on your world-eating plagiarism machine.
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Apple
For the minutes spent revelling
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A Benediction
May you find respite from your war.
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Department of Homeland Insecurity
I always feel like somebody's wathching me.
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Zugzwang
Sometimes every available move is a losing move
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There Is Not An App For That
The hard work of doing it yourself is possibly maybe the point.
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The Future
Tomorrow never comes.
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Resolution
Happy New Year!
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Every Flame Begins As A Spark
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Another Light Winking Out
The Holy Nail Clippers. The Holy Foam Roller. The Holy Long Underwear.
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Tree Poetry
Don't be hasty.
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No One On The Exoplanet Luyten-B Is Thinking About Me
It's a great big universe.
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Thanksgiving Hymn
Sometimes all you can do is show up, & many times, that's enough.
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Bring An Ancient Mesopotamian Deity To Work Day
The gods run afoul of Human Resources.
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Likes
I'm not buying it.
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The Bees Are Dropping Like Flies
The poem is spoken like a poem.
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404 Not Found
Make them make you.
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Ode to R.C. Cola
An adult look back at a child's belief
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Upgrade Blues
Fiddling with the settings won't change the system.
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Toasts To David Byrne
Remain in light!
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The Machinery
...but not today.
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Analog
An ode to the synthesizer.
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In Dangerous Times Like These, How Can You Write A Poem About How People Can Write Poems About Writing In Dangerous Times Like These?
The best thing about poetry is how useless it is.
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Caressed By The Invisible Hand
I owe money to the money I owe.
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Banquet of Song
Everyone deserves music.
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For Linford, Who Was Told He Writes Too Many Songs With Angels In Them
A unique angle on angels
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Bring Your Selves From A Parallel Universe To Work Day
What would a you who isn't you think of you if you met you?
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15,000 Weddings
Annie Dillard wrote "every day is a god." Well, every day is also a wedding.
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Bring Everyone Who Was Laid Off To Work Day
The cost of layoffs is felt in many ways
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Please Hang Up And Try Again
To request confirmation your prayer was heard, say "do you read me?"
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Diminuendo
Some people bring out our best selves.
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Self-Portrait In Three Colors
An ekphrastic self-portrait responding to the Charles Mingus song by the same name, the week of my birthday.
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Learnings
The KPI of this episode is that you will know what "KPI" stands for, among other things, when you are done listening.
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There Was Song
Two things can be simultaneously true
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Which Is Why
Do the trees we love love us as much as we love them?
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I Become A Radio DJ
Humans will always yearn for art that is human-made.
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What Can We Do With A Captured Asteroid?
Asteroids are people too!
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Face Time
The gateway a conversation creates.
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Share Location
Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken
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Zipper
A poem by John Paul Davis, from his book Climbing A Burning Rope.
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