Tag: poetry

  • The Poetry Professor Season 1, Episode 26

    Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season you’ll hear poems from my book Noctis Terrores. In today’s episode, you’ll hear “Reading Lorca Beside the Ocean”, you’ll hear me try to talk in Spanish,…

  • The Poetry Professor Season 1 Episode 24

    Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season, you’ll hear poems from my book Noctis Terrores. Today I’ll read “Pocket Universes” and we’ll talk about whimsical poems. Here’s… Pocket Universes If I was your…

  • The Poetry Professor Season 1, Episode 23

    Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season, you’ll hear poems from my book Noctis Terrores. Today you’ll hear “Lavender Soap”, and we’ll talk about how to talk about tough topics. Explicit label: This…

  • The Poetry Professor Season 1, Episode 20

    ​​Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season, you’ll hear poems from my book Noctis Terrores. Today, I’ll read “Notes from a Grocery Store Psychic”, and we’ll talk about logical leaps in prose poems.…

  • The Poetry Professor Season 1, Episode 22

    Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season, you’ll hear poems from my book Noctis Terrores. Today, ladies and gentlemen, you’ll hear three poems for the price of one. That’s right–step right up and…

  • The Poetry Professor Season 1, Episode 21

    Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season, you’ll hear poems from my book Noctis Terrores. In today’s episode, you’ll hear “Forty is Another Country”, and we’ll talk about writing prompts. Here’s… Forty is…

  • The Poetry Professor Season 1, Episode 19

    Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season, you’ll hear poems from my book Noctis Terrores. Today, I’ll read “Summer in San Carlos” and we’ll talk about consistent imagery. Here’s… Summer in San Carlos…

  • The Poetry Professor Season 1, Episode 18

    Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season, you’ll hear poems from my book, Noctis Terrores. America, it’s time for my most controversial poem. Today, you’ll hear “The Classification of Trees”, and we’ll talk…

  • The Poetry Professor Season 1, Episode 17

    Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season, you’ll hear poems from my book, Noctis Terrores. In today’s episode, you’ll hear “Florida Nights” and we’ll talk about small deliberate choices in poetry. Here’s…  Florida…

  • The Poetry Professor Podcast Season 1, Episode 15

    Intro Welcome to the Poetry Professor Podcast with Stephen Cavitt, where every week I read you an original poem and then we talk about its key technique. This season, you’ll hear poems from my book Noctis Terrores. Today you’ll hear “Ghost Story,” or perhaps even spookier “Ghoooost~ Story,” and we’ll talk about keeping a slush…