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For centuries, poetry was a unifying force in society: farmers and aristocrats alike shared a common knowledge and participated, to a large extent, in a common poetic story. Nowadays, things have changed. Poetry has been pigeon-holed to the classroom or the academy, and therefore become less approachable. Our project is to reclaim poetry one poem at a time, placing it back in the rightful hands of the people!
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In this episode, we consider the poems by two Johns of two different eras; John Clegg and John Heath-Stubbs.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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In this episode, we discuss a grand poem by Mary Jo Salter and a classic by the Bard, William Shakespeare. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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In this episode, we explore the lovely poetry of Catharine Savage Brosman and Paul Valery.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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In this episode, we explore a poem by Brett Foster and one of his influences, Cecco Angiolieri (who was a contemporary of Dante!). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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In this episode, we discuss the poetry of two distinct poets: T.S. Eliot and Robert Crawford. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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In this episode, we discuss two poems: "The Angel with the Broken Wing" by Dana Gioia and "October Maples" by Richard Wilbur. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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In this special episode, we discuss the poem "The Sugar Shack" by Daniel Rattelle. We also consider one of the poets who influenced him, Alfred Lord Tennyson. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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In this episode, we read and discuss 2 poems related to the great country of Ireland: "From a Bench in St. Stephen's Green" by James Matthew Wilson and "Adam's Curse" William Butler Yeats. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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This week, the Collisters consider an unlikely connection between 2 unique poems: "Los Periquitos" by A.M. Juster and "Book I, Ode IX of Horace," translated by John Dryden. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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The Collisters kick off their first podcast with 2 great poems: "Like" by A.E. Stallings and "Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetryforthepeople/message
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