Poetry for Children and Slobs

Poetry can be really delightful, but it can also feel really inaccessible. In this episode, we talked about our favorite poems, how to discover poems you love (and disregard everything else tbh), and then how to find poems that fit your specs. Stick around after the outro to hear our editor Lucas reading some selections.

This episode was produced by Rachel and Sally and edited by Lucas Nguyen. Our logo was designed by Amber Seger (@rocketorca). Our theme music is by Tiny Music. MJ Brodie transcribed this episode. Follow us on Twitter @OhILikeThatPod.

Things we talked about: 

The Anti-Sleep Routine That’s Actually Helped My Insomnia by Terri Pous for Apartment Therapy The mockingbird that humiliated Sally on her own front porchVerse Dailyr/PoetryPoetryFoundation.orgMatthew Ogle’s poetry newsletter Pomestacy-marie ishmael, whose newsletter The Main Event, often includes poetry Poetry Rx: There Are Enough Ballrooms in You by Sarah Kay for the Paris ReviewThe Ultimate List of (Non-Cheesy) Wedding Poems by Najva Sol for A Practical WeddingAre You Using a Poem in Your Wedding? by Emily Threlkeld for A Practical WeddingJapanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death by Yoel HoffmannDevotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary OliverDew point versus humidityWeather Time Machine: Old ships' logs are giving scientists new insights into the past and future of the earth's changing climate by Feilding Cage for Reuters

Rachel’s favorite poems:

The Orange by Wendy CopeDifferences of Opinions by Wendy CopeFrida Kahlo to Marty McConnell by Marty McConnellOn This the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic, We Reconsider the Buoyancy of the Human Heart by Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie

Sally’s favorite poems:

Por que cantamos/Why We Sing by Mario BenedettiPoem (The day gets slowly started) by James SchuylerResolution # 1,003​ by June Jordan

Poems read by Lucas after the outro:

Banyan by Mary OliverA selection of Japanese death poems from here