BLOOM! Poetry
The Troubadour Podcast
English - October 31, 2018 04:00 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MBBooks Arts Health & Fitness poetry literature literature and life historical stories wisdom of the ages Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Often to understand poetry, it helps to compare two poems of a similar subject. On this episode I will be comparing a new poet to an old one.
The new: Jeremiah Cobra is a writer and poet living in Souther California. He recently published his first book of short stories and poems in a compilation, "Beauty and Perspective."
I'll be reading and discussing his poem A Flower's Bloom.
The old: William Blake (1757-1827). Blake is one of the great Romantic poets of the 18th and 19th century. Considered a visionary in his own time, his series Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience commonly portray a deceptively simplistic scene, but hide a beautifully dark vision of the world.
I'll be reading and discussing his poem The Blossom.
Read these poems here: https://www.kirkbarbera.com/single-post/2018/10/31/BLOOM-poetry