Ep 219: Listener Crit #7

SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, subscribe to SECRET SHOW, join the group chat, and send me a poem for Listener Crit!Leave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it’s easier). Thanks!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!For a frank, anonymous critique on SLEERICKETS, subscribe to the SECRET SHOW and send a poem of no more 25 lines to sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Pre-order Brian’s book The Optimists! It’s so good!Elijah's on Jeopardy!Selling SunsetResume by Dorothy ParkerThe Subalterns by Thomas HardyPriamelFragment 16 by SapphoInsomnia by Elizabeth BishopZeugmaA Letter by Anthony HechtA Letter by Donald JusticeIrresponsible Tune by Dirty ProjectorsThe Fall of Rome by W. H. AudenAubade by Bill CoyleJelly Roll: a blues by Kevin YoungElegy by Edna St. Vincent MillayThe House on the Hill by Edwin Arlington RobinsonThe Freaks at Spurgin Road Field by Richard HugoThe Great British Bake OffSecret show notesRhymes Rooms by Brad LeithauserFreddie deBoerFunny Games (1997)Allen TateHayden CarruthFrequently mentioned names:– Joshua Mehigan– Shane McCrae– A. E. Stallings– Ryan Wilson– Morri Creech– Austin Allen– Jonathan Farmer– Zara Raab– Amit Majmudar– Ethan McGuire– Coleman Glenn– Chris Childers– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna Pearson– Matt Wall– Steve Knepper – Helena FederOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah Perseus BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: In Future PostsBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: Minor TiresiasMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith