About this podcast
A daily selection from an obscure or famous poet with remarks.
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Episodes
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- "On True and False Taste in Music" · 3 minWilliam Collins (1721-1759) expresses his strong opinions about what makes for good and bad music. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers…
- "In View of Death" and "Last Verses" · 3 minMortimer Collins (1827-1876) looks forward to heaven and appreciates the presence of God in life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers…
- "An October Picture" · 3 minThomas Stephens Collier (1842-1893) describes the rich colors of autumn. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
- "Youth and Age" · 3 minSamuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) looks back at his youth and notes changes in old age. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get…
- "Address to Certain Gold-Fishes" · 3 minHartley Coleridge (1796-1849) looks at life in a glass bowl. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes…
- "Natura Naturans" · 6 minArthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) fantasizes about a fellow train passenger. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
- "Words for Parting" · 3 minMary Clemmer (1839-1884) contemplates impending separation. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…
- "Soldanella" · 5 minSarah D. Clark (19th C.) draws from a snowdrop plant in the Alps a broader lesson about ordinary people called to do great things. This is a public episode. If you'd like to…
- "If You Love Me" · 2 minLuella Clark (1832-1915) urges her suitor not to express love verbally, but through action. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get…
- "Dead Love" · 3 minPhoebe Cary (1824-1871) compares past love to a corpse lying between the couple that killed it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or…
- "Spent and Misspent" · 3 minAlice Cary (1820-1871) writes of the dangers of procrastination. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes…
- "Today" · 1 minThomas Carlyle (1795-1881) urges us to use our time. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…
- "Ask Me No More" · 2 minThomas Carew (1595-1640) describes the natural and mythical glories that are embodied in his beloved. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other…
- "How Delicious is the Winning" and "The River of Life" · 4 minThomas Campbell (1777-1844) writes of the contradictory nature of love and of our perspective on time as we age. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with…
- "Sun of the Sleepless" and "Inscription" · 4 minGeorge Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) writes of the moon and of his dog. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus…
- The Greatest Poet Name Ever, Etc. · 3 minA pause for remarks on p. 89-91 of The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song (1882). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to…
- "The Busts of Goethe and Schiller" · 5 minWilliam Allen Butler (1825-1902) indulgences in a fit of narrative Germanophilia celebrating the lives and memorials of the great writers Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his…
- "Love" · 2 minSamuel Butler (1612-1680) says love is too much for mortals to handle, then compares it to a certain fermented beverage. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this…
- "Delay" · 2 minFrances Louisa Bushnell (1834-1899) celebrates the thrill of delayed romantic satisfaction. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get…
- "Stanzas in Prospect of Death" · 3 minRobert Burns (1759-1796) admits that the indulgence of his passions don’t make for good standing with the Almighty. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with…
