Preston's Poetry Podcast

Happy Halloween from PPP with a very spooky reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" and guest intro from YouTube horror channel The Ghost of 94! I'll be talking about the way that pairing it with Tel...

31 Okt 202323min

As a follow-up to last episode on Aubades with John Donne, I'll be featuring a modern Aubade, "aubade beginning in handcuffs", to show how contemporary poets like torrin a. greathouse press the Aubade...

21 Okt 202319min

I'll be introducing you to a specific kind of poem that not many people know about: the (steamy) Aubade. We'll be close reading 16th-century Metaphysical Poet John Donne's frustrated ranting at the su...

21 Okt 202316min

After finishing the original nine-episode curriculum, I'll be diving into Romantic Poet Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias," asking the question, What is art for? or Why are the arts important? I'll be shari...

13 Okt 202317min

At the conclusion of the first few 'Introduction to Poetry' episodes, I'll be doubting almost everything I've taught you. You'll see what I mean when we take a look at Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky". H...

6 Okt 202313min

We started talking about Free Verse in last episode, but we'll be looking at another one. This time, a short narrative poem, "In the Desert" by Red Badge of Courage author Stephen Crane. We'll be talk...

4 Okt 202314min

Finally, Walt Whitman lands on this show. The opposite of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman has much to teach us about trying to 'understand' poems and look for symbols. We'll be screaming his "To A Locom...

29 Sep 202318min

We'll be continuing to talk about how to read poems today using the reclusive, puzzling, pensive Emily Dickinson. Learn about how to read punctuation, as well as how and why to write nothingness into...

27 Sep 20239min