The Poetry Pubcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. For the final episode of season one, we're talking to Pete Peterson (A.S. Peterson on his book covers). Pete is the executive director of The Rabbit Room, and is a poet, playwright, novelist, and editor for Rabbit Room Press. In this conversation, we geek out about epic poetry, discuss what editors wish poets knew, and compare the first and final drafts of one of his poems. Poems Read in this Episode: - Jubilation XI - The Fumi-e Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com
Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, we're talking to our good friend Lisa Eldred. Lisa is a writer from Michigan with a long running Sonnet Sunday series on her blog, Wasabi Jane, and we had a fun conversation about how the daughter of two mathematicians got into poetry, finding creative freedom in the constraints of sonnet form, and the role of humor in this classical writing style. Poems Read in this Episode: - A Ghost Story of the Reformation - Untitled Sonnet - Pocket Cheese Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com
Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, we're talking to Amelia Friedline, a writer, poet, editor, and photographer from Kansas. She has designed six beautiful chapbooks of original writing and photography, and we have a chat about the similarities of poetry and visual art and some advice for self-publishing. Poems Read in this Episode: - In the Midst of Death - Teach Me Once More the Words - Ashes, Ashes Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com
Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, Chris interviews Jen about her perfectionist tendencies, writing as digging, and her thoughts on Dorothy Sayer's take on poetry as search or statement. Jen released her first (and so far only) book Ruins & Kingdoms in 2015, and is currently working on her second poetry collection. Poems Read in this Episode: - When I See It from Ruins & Kingdoms - Making Peach Cobbler from The Molehill Vol. 3 - Beneath the Flood V from The Molehill Vol. 5 Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com
Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, Chris and Jen chat with Janna Barber, a writer and editor at Foundling House, and a longtime Rabbit Room friend. We talk about vulnerability in writing, as well as the unique differences between writing poetry and memoir. Janna's first poetry collection Invisible Hope: Poetry for Ragamuffins, released in January 2020. Poems Read in this Episode: - Invisible Hope - Presence Both of these poems are from Janna's book Invisible Hope: Poetry for Ragamuffins. Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com
Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, Chris and Jen chat with Chris Wheeler, a poet and writer from Middlebury, IN. We talked about Chris' journey into poetry, the particular beauty of art in the midst of suffering, and why G.M. Hopkins is the original emcee. (maybe) Chris' first book Solace: Poems for the Broken Season released in January 2020. Poems Read in this Episode: - Solace - Familiars Both of these poems are from Chris' book Solace: Poems for the Broken Season. Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. You can find more of his music at andrewosenga.com. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website, thepoetrypub.com
Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this week's episode, Chris and Jen welcome their first guest Rachel S. Donahue, author of Real Poems for Real Moms: From a Mother in the Trenches to Another. Rachel has been part of The Poetry Pub community from the start, and in our conversation we talk about her journey into writing poetry and the virtues of not taking yourself too seriously. Her first book released in 2019. Poems Read in this Episode: - On Blueberries - Diaper Haiku III - Hide and Seek - Shucking Corn All of these can be found in Rachel's book Real Poems for Real Moms Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website thepoetrypub.com
Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this first episode, Jen talks to Chris about how he got started writing his poetry, learning how to self-publish, and finding inspiration in nature. You can find Chris' writing and join his email list at his website chrisyokel.com Poems Read in this Episode: - Standing Stones I from A Year in Weetamoo Woods - Garden City from A Child’s Year - Journey from A Year in Weetamoo Woods Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website thepoetrypub.com
Welcome to The Poetry Pubcast, where we talk to everyday poets, hosted by Chris and Jen Yokel. In this special preview episode, we share a little bit about the backstory of The Poetry Pub writing community, the origins of this podcast, and a sneak peek at the guests coming up on our show this season! Special thanks to Andrew Osenga for our theme music, New Year's Daybreak. To learn more about our writing community and digital chapbooks, visit our website.