Episodes

  • The Trailer: Poetry Professor Podcast
    Jun 9 2025

    The Poetry Professor Podcast: one real-life professor dissecting his poems to show you their poetic techniques...and help you get famous.

    Here's the trailer for Season 1.

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    3 mins
  • Nocte Visita — Writing in Community
    Sep 9 2025

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Nocte Visita" and discuss writing in community. Click here for a full transcript of the show.

    Contains brief mention of drug use and sexual themes.

    Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.

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    8 mins
  • Natura — How Individual Poems Fit into a Poetry Collection
    Sep 4 2025

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Natura" and discuss how individual poems fit into a poetry collection.

    Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.

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    8 mins
  • Boxing and the Breath — Inviting the Reader into Your Subculture through Poetry
    Aug 28 2025

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Boxing and the Breath" and inviting the reader into your subculture.

    Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.

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    10 mins
  • One of These Things is Not Like the Other — Dialogue in Poetry
    Aug 21 2025

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "One of These Things is Not Like the Other" and discuss dialogue in poetry.

    Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.

    Contains sexual themes.

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    9 mins
  • Fire Comes from a Place Beyond this World — Precise Moves in Poetry
    Aug 14 2025

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Fire Comes from a Place Beyond this World" and discuss prose poems.

    Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.

    Contains sexual themes

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    11 mins
  •  The Ghost of Fremont Canyon — Poetic Couplets
    Aug 7 2025

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read " The Ghost of Fremont Canyon" and discuss couplets.

    Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.

    Explicit rating: sexual abuse

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    13 mins
  • Canyon Vigil — Sentence Length in Poetry
    Jul 31 2025

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Canyon Vigil" and discuss sentence length. Click here for a full transcript of the show.

    Explicit rating: contains brief mention of suicidal thoughts.

    Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.

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    9 mins