Versecraft Podcast
1) Black Magic: Two Poems by Seamus Heaney
Read this essay on Substack! Read the poems: "The Early Purges" and "Limbo." Topics mentioned: -Poetry careerism in the 21st century -"The Iron Lyre" -The perennial appeal of the Gentleman Farmer...Show More
2) The Via Negativa of R.S. Thomas
Read this essay and support the show on Substack! Topics discussed in this episode include: R.S. Thomas's poems: -Mediations -Kneeling -Via Negativa -The Absence -Revision -Ernest Hilbert -Alex...Show More
3) The Numinous Pastorals of Robert Wells
Read this episode in essay form here! Topics discussed in this episode include: -The Cambridge Three: Dick Davis, Robert Wells, Clive Wilmer -My Interview with Dick Davis -The Stanford Poets: Tho...Show More
4) "Horses on the Camargue" by Roy Campbell
Read the poem here. Topics discussed in this episode include: -Transcending the smallness of one's time -The Flaming Terrapin -The Voorslag Affair -Campbell against the world, i.e. punching Steve Sp...Show More
5) 10 Poems I Like Part IV
Read the episode on Substack here 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 Ru...Show More
6) "Root Words" by Forester McClatchey
-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 ...Show More
7) "In Chandler Country" by Dana Gioia
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...Show More
8) On Translation: "Roman Elegy V" by J.W. von Goethe
Topics discussed in this episode: -Read this show on substack! -My new website!! -My conversation with David and Matthew on Age of Muses -My new post at Literary Matters -My French translation epis...Show More
9) Schopenhauer Cocktail Hour, Part 2
Topics discussed in this episode include: Read the polished transcript of this episode on Substack! My lecture on The Grand Style in English My poem, "Spelunker," in New Verse Review The 2025 ALSCW...Show More
10) Schopenhauer Cocktail Hour, Part I (feat. Cameron and Ethan)
Topics discussed in this episode include: Read the polished transcript of this episode here! Cameron’s substack Ethan’s substack "The World as Will and Representation" by Arthur Schopenhauer Why yo...Show More