“Perhaps the first world was as ordinary / as a trip to the dentist:”
Tag: poems
S3E12 POV
“Pen in hand, I bloody the page / with comments on point of view.”
S3E11 Babel
“The memory of flood / still lingering, / they build a tower, climbing /
to the heavens / where God’s waters / cannot reach.”
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S3E03 Naming
“Egypt alone needed a word for blue / in the time before grocery store orchids / stained the indigo of ballpoint pens. / A world without raspberry Slurpees / or Levi’s stonewash denim.”
S3E02 Endings, Caedmon’s Hymn
Joe reads two new poems from his soon-to-be-released book of poems responding to Genesis. One is an original, and one is a translation of an Old English text.
“The beginning carries an end, / like the seed that forms / its new self.”
Pre-K Graduation (poem): Ep42
“They stand on stage like individually / wrapped, Halloween Kit-Kats and Hershey’s bars, / fun-size adults in rayon packaging.”
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com
Homecoming (poem): Ep38
Soldiers return to America and face home in this poem and companion flash fiction.
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com
Nesting, The Insufficiency of Pillows (poetry): Ep32
“She / nested in / an attic intake vent,” “Last night, I auditioned / seven pillows to play / the part of you.”
“Nesting” was originally published by Heron Tree.
Theme music is “Holiday Gift” by Kai Engel, via Creative Commons. For artist information, see http://www.kai-engel.com.
