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By: Elijah Perseus Blumov
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Exploring the art of poetry through the craft of some of the world's best but most underrated poems.© 2025 Versecraft Art
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  • 10 Poems I Like Part IV
    Jan 1 2026

    Poems discussed in this episode:

    "Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee" by Emily Bronte

    "Cargoes" by John Masefield

    "From Stone to Steel" by E.J. Pratt

    "The Hill" by Rupert Brooke

    "When the Ecstatic Body Grips" by E.R. Dodds

    "For My Daughter" by Weldon Kees

    "Poetry and Religion" by Les Murray

    "Soul" by Alan Shapiro

    "Where the River Meets the Sound" by Suzanne Doyle

    "Clear Water" by Catherine Tufariello

    Support the show

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    You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here!

    TikTok: @versecraft
    Send me a note at: versecraftpodcast@gmail.com

    My 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 Association
    Art by David Anthony Klug

    List 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 (/ /)

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    37 mins
  • "Root Words" by Forester McClatchey
    Nov 30 2025

    -Read the poem... by pre-ordering Forester’s new collection here!

    -Or here, on Substack!

    -The Versecraft Substack

    -My annus mirabilis

    -Forester McClatchey!

    -Frederick Goddard Tuckerman

    -Renovating the sonnet-house

    -Mycorrhizal intelligence

    -Is the pathos fallacious?

    -A thinking cheese for the thinking man

    -The ents at the entmoot

    -My recent episode on Sleerickets with Alice

    -Cosmic double-consciousness

    -Dark circles of eternity and oblivion

    Support the show

    VISIT 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: @versecraft
    Send me a note at: versecraftpodcast@gmail.com

    My 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 Association
    Art by David Anthony Klug

    List 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 (/ /)

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    19 mins
  • "In Chandler Country" by Dana Gioia
    Nov 14 2025

    Text of the poem here.

    Read the transcript of this episode here!


    Topics discussed in this episode include:

    -My new website!

    -My Substack

    -The meaning and history of New Formalism

    -“Can Poetry Matter?” by Dana Gioia

    -The Big Read and Poetry Out Loud

    -“The Catholic Writer Today” by Dana Gioia

    -“Poetry as Enchantment” by Dana Gioia

    -Boris Dralyuk on Noir Poetry

    -The Noir hero

    -Christopher Marlowe and Charles Marlow

    -The Santa Ana winds

    -“Red Wind” by Raymond Chandler

    -“The Lady in the Lake” by Raymond Chandler

    -A net of coins

    -Plato FM Radio

    -Of beauty and youth

    -Of coyotes, dogs, and men

    Support the show

    VISIT 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: @versecraft
    Send me a note at: versecraftpodcast@gmail.com

    My 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 Association
    Art by David Anthony Klug

    List 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 (/ /)

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    32 mins
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