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For more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chat!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Out of Order by Alexis Sears– Northwest Review– Heartbreak Ghazal by Alexis Sears– Ode to the Heartbreakers by Alexis Sears– Owning the Masters by Marilyn Nelson– LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka– The Atheist by Phillis Wheatley– The Signifying Monkey by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.– The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois– Flying Home by Ralph Ellison– Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar– I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou– Langston Hughes– Husbandry by Matthew Dickman– Bar Napkin Sonnets by Moira Egan– Lapis Lazuli by W. B. Yeats– Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou– Still I Rise by Maya Angelou– Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell (which I mistakenly call Clouds)– Lovejoy Street by A. E. Stallings– The Grapes by Anthony Hecht– Taylor Byas– New Year’s by Greg Williamson– Tritina for Susannah by David Yezzi– PoetrySoup.com…– In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz  by W. B. Yeats– Stephen Kampa– Adam Vines– The West Branch issue in question– Franz Wright– Ryan Wilson– Zara Raab– Jonathan Farmer– Richie HofmannAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander SmithMore Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry SaysI Hate Matt WallVersecraft

For more SLEERICKETS, check out the <a href="https://sleerickets.substack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SECRET SHOW</a> and join <a href="https://sleerickets.substack.com/chat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the group chat</a>!Wear <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/sleerickets?ref_id=26322" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies</a>. They look good!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=out%20of%20order%20alexis%20sears&amp;rls=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Out of Order</a> by <a href="https://www.alexissears.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexis Sears</a>– <a href="https://nwreview.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Northwest Review</a>– <a href="https://www.rattle.com/heartbreak-ghazal-by-alexis-sears/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heartbreak Ghazal</a> by Alexis Sears– <a href="https://pinehillsreview.com/2023/05/10/alexissears2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ode to the Heartbreakers</a> by Alexis Sears– <a href="https://www.gettysburgreview.com/selections/detail.dot?inode=750c6431-75cf-422c-a3c2-e830e13afd8a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Owning the Masters</a> by Marilyn Nelson– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiri_Baraka" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka</a>– <a href="http://www.phillis-wheatley.org/an-address-to-the-atheist/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Atheist</a> by Phillis Wheatley– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Signifying_Monkey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Signifying Monkey</a> by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Souls_of_Black_Folk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Souls of Black Folk</a> by W. E. B. Du Bois– <a href="https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/english2150cwrowefall2017/files/2017/08/Flying-Home.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flying Home</a> by Ralph Ellison– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46459/sympathy-56d22658afbc0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sympathy</a> by Paul Laurence Dunbar– <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings/dp/0345514408" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings</a> by Maya Angelou– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Langston Hughes</a>– <a href="https://citylights.com/hardcover-poetry/husbandry-poems/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Husbandry</a> by Matthew Dickman– <a href="https://www.fireflybookstore.com/bar-napkin-sonnets/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bar Napkin Sonnets</a> by Moira Egan– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43297/lapis-lazuli" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lapis Lazuli</a> by W. B. Yeats– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48985/phenomenal-woman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phenomenal Woman</a> by Maya Angelou– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Still I Rise</a> by Maya Angelou– <a href="https://www.google.com/search?bshm=ncc%2F1&amp;client=safari&amp;ei=_FdvZJLvIPW0qtsPhviRsAs&amp;gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIFCC4QgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQguEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyEwguEIAEEJcFENwEEN4EEOAEGAE6BggAEAcQHjoICC4QgAQQ1AJKBAhBGABQAFj6DGD2DWgAcAF4AIABcYgB2gmSAQQxMS4zmAEAoAEBwAEB2gEGCAEQARgU&amp;oq=both%20sides%20now%20joni%20mitchell&amp;q=both%20sides%20now%20joni%20mitchell&amp;rls=en&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp&amp;uact=5&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiS3cTCv5D_AhV1mmoFHQZ8BLYQ4dUDCA8#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:4267cb62,vid:yXr2EFomFkU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Both Sides Now</a> by Joni Mitchell (which I mistakenly call Clouds)– <a href="https://www.firstthings.com/article/2005/05/lovejoy-street" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lovejoy Street</a> by A. E. Stallings– <a href="https://books.google.com/books?dq=%22we%20are%20already%20shadowed%20by%20the%20mountain%22&amp;hl=en&amp;id=7_VvDwAAQBAJ&amp;lpg=PA111&amp;ots=Nto6HPwInm&amp;pg=PA111&amp;sa=X&amp;sig=ACfU3U0XPiiRtQXzOKEctnPgXUoxYxZJCQ&amp;source=bl&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjHqKDl_On-AhXMSjABHWmAAMsQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&amp;q=%22we%20are%20already%20shadowed%20by%20the%20mountain%22&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Grapes</a> by Anthony Hecht– <a href="https://www.instagram.com/taylorbyaspoet/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Taylor Byas</a>– <a href="https://lastyearsalmanac.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/new-years-a-short-pantoum-greg-williamson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Year’s</a> by Greg Williamson– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/42414/tritina-for-susannah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tritina for Susannah</a> by David Yezzi– <a href="https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/tritina" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PoetrySoup.com…</a>– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57605/in-memory-of-eva-gore-booth-and-con-markievicz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz</a> by W. B. Yeats– <a href="https://stephenkampa.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen Kampa</a>– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/adam-vines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Vines</a>– <a href="http://westbranch.blogs.bucknell.edu/guest-editor-shane-mccrae-a-special-feature/01/2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The West Branch issue in question</a>– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/franz-wright" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Franz Wright</a>– <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=ryan%20wilson%20poet&amp;rls=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Wilson</a>– <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2022/aboutzararaab.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zara Raab</a>– <a href="https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781622884728/that-peculiar-affirmative/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Farmer</a>– <a href="https://www.richiehofmann.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richie Hofmann</a>Alice: <a href="https://poetrysays.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poetry Says</a>Brian: <a href="https://twitter.com/bplatzer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BPlatzer</a>Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by <a href="https://www.danielalexandersmith.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Alexander Smith</a>More Ratbag Poetry Pods:<a href="https://poetrysays.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poetry Says</a><a href="http://www.ihatemattwall.com/category/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Hate Matt Wall</a><a href="https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/versecraft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Versecraft</a>

Ep 110: Both Sides Eventually, ft. Alexis Sears

NB: The eight-line repeating form I for some reason could not recall to save my life is the triolet.For more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chat!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Out of Order by Alexis Sears– Northwest Review– Heartbreak Ghazal by Alexis Sears– Ode to the Heartbreakers by Alexis Sears– Owning the Masters by Marilyn Nelson– Lovejoy Street by A. E. Stallings– The Grapes by Anthony Hecht– Taylor Byas– New Year’s by Greg Williamson– Tritina for Susannah by David Yezzi– PoetrySoup.com…– In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz  by W. B. Yeats– Stephen Kampa– Adam Vines– The West Branch issue in question– Franz Wright– Ryan Wilson– Zara Raab– Jonathan Farmer– Richie HofmannAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander SmithMore Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry SaysI Hate Matt WallVersecraft

NB: The eight-line repeating form I for some reason could not recall to save my life is the <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/48510/cold-turkey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">triolet</a>.For more SLEERICKETS, check out the <a href="https://sleerickets.substack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SECRET SHOW</a> and join <a href="https://sleerickets.substack.com/chat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the group chat</a>!Wear <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/sleerickets?ref_id=26322" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies</a>. They look good!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=out%20of%20order%20alexis%20sears&amp;rls=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Out of Order</a> by <a href="https://www.alexissears.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexis Sears</a>– <a href="https://nwreview.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Northwest Review</a>– <a href="https://www.rattle.com/heartbreak-ghazal-by-alexis-sears/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heartbreak Ghazal</a> by Alexis Sears– <a href="https://pinehillsreview.com/2023/05/10/alexissears2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ode to the Heartbreakers</a> by Alexis Sears– <a href="https://www.gettysburgreview.com/selections/detail.dot?inode=750c6431-75cf-422c-a3c2-e830e13afd8a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Owning the Masters</a> by Marilyn Nelson– <a href="https://www.firstthings.com/article/2005/05/lovejoy-street" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lovejoy Street</a> by A. E. Stallings– <a href="https://books.google.com/books?dq=%22we%20are%20already%20shadowed%20by%20the%20mountain%22&amp;hl=en&amp;id=7_VvDwAAQBAJ&amp;lpg=PA111&amp;ots=Nto6HPwInm&amp;pg=PA111&amp;sa=X&amp;sig=ACfU3U0XPiiRtQXzOKEctnPgXUoxYxZJCQ&amp;source=bl&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjHqKDl_On-AhXMSjABHWmAAMsQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&amp;q=%22we%20are%20already%20shadowed%20by%20the%20mountain%22&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Grapes</a> by Anthony Hecht– <a href="https://www.instagram.com/taylorbyaspoet/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Taylor Byas</a>– <a href="https://lastyearsalmanac.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/new-years-a-short-pantoum-greg-williamson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Year’s</a> by Greg Williamson– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/42414/tritina-for-susannah" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tritina for Susannah</a> by David Yezzi– <a href="https://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/tritina" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PoetrySoup.com…</a>– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57605/in-memory-of-eva-gore-booth-and-con-markievicz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz</a> by W. B. Yeats– <a href="https://stephenkampa.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen Kampa</a>– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/adam-vines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Vines</a>– <a href="http://westbranch.blogs.bucknell.edu/guest-editor-shane-mccrae-a-special-feature/01/2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The West Branch issue in question</a>– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/franz-wright" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Franz Wright</a>– <a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;q=ryan%20wilson%20poet&amp;rls=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Wilson</a>– <a href="http://www.versedaily.org/2022/aboutzararaab.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zara Raab</a>– <a href="https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781622884728/that-peculiar-affirmative/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Farmer</a>– <a href="https://www.richiehofmann.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richie Hofmann</a>Alice: <a href="https://poetrysays.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poetry Says</a>Brian: <a href="https://twitter.com/bplatzer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BPlatzer</a>Cameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by <a href="https://www.danielalexandersmith.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Alexander Smith</a>More Ratbag Poetry Pods:<a href="https://poetrysays.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poetry Says</a><a href="http://www.ihatemattwall.com/category/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Hate Matt Wall</a><a href="https://www.ohiopoetryassn.org/versecraft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Versecraft</a>

Ep 109: Dog Wedding, ft. Alexis Sears

Alexis Sears's first book, Out of Order, won the the 2021 Donald Justice Poetry Prize and was just published by Autumn House Press.  Alexis received her BA in Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and her M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Her work has been widely published, including in Rattle's Poets Respond last month with her "Heartbreak Ghazal."  She was a scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in 2019.  Currently, she teaches 9th grade English in Oakland, California.Find more at: https://www.alexissears.com/As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.  For links to all the past episodes, visit: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/This Week's Prompt (from Katie Bickham):Take any abstraction like sorrow, envy, loneliness, desire, homesickness, hope, etc. and make that your title. Then the body of the poem is simply a description of that abstraction using ONLY concrete images and stories. Three great examples are Anne Sexton's "Courage," Stephen Dunn's "Tenderness," and Jane Kenyon's "Happiness." Next Week's Prompt:Write a canzone that confesses something. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

Alexis Sears's first book, Out of Order, won the the 2021 Donald Justice Poetry Prize and was just published by Autumn House Press. Alexis received her BA in Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and her M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work has been widely published, including in Rattle's Poets Respond last month with her "Heartbreak Ghazal." She was a scholar at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in 2019. Currently, she teaches 9th grade English in Oakland, California. Find more at: <a href="https://www.alexissears.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.alexissears.com/</a> As always, we'll also include live open lines for responses to our weekly prompt or any other poems you'd like to share. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins. For links to all the past episodes, visit: <a href="https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/</a> This Week's Prompt (from Katie Bickham): Take any abstraction like sorrow, envy, loneliness, desire, homesickness, hope, etc. and make that your title. Then the body of the poem is simply a description of that abstraction using ONLY concrete images and stories. Three great examples are Anne Sexton's "Courage," Stephen Dunn's "Tenderness," and Jane Kenyon's "Happiness." Next Week's Prompt: Write a canzone that confesses something. The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

ep. 150 - Alexis Sears

Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Out of Order by Alexis Sears– Field Knowledge by Morri Creech– Big-Eyed Afraid by Erica Dawson– My cool wife is going to AWP– Johns Hopkins people: Greg Williamson, Richie Hofmann, David Yezzi, Mary Jo Salter, Andrew Motion, James Arthur– Introduction to Fiction and Poetry– André 3000’s verse on the new Kanye West record– Louder than a Bomb (the poetry festival)– Louder than a Bomb (the documentary)– The slam poetry scene from 22 Jump Street– Peter Kahn’s intro to the Respect the Mic excerpts in Poetry Magazine– Louder than a Bomb student poets: Nate Marshall, Adam Gottlieb, Lamar Jorden, Nova Venerable– Wild Hundreds by Nate Marshall– The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman– Other bad inaugural poems by Elizabeth Alexander and Richard Blanco– Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl– The Venetian Vespers by Anthony Hecht– My conversation about Christians etc. with Kathleen Jones– Elizabeth Bishop on how embarrassing it is to be a poet– The Seafarer– He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) by the Crystals– The Lost Daughter– Don’t Look Up– Eratosphere– Quincy Lehr– Kim Bridgford– The West Chester Poetry Conference– Poetry by the Sea– Alexis and I are giving a reading together in April at Johns Hopkins– Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning– Golden Years by Alexis SearsTwitter: @sleericketsEmail: sleerickets@gmail.comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith

Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/O/bo149592689.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Out of Order by Alexis Sears</a>– <a href="https://waywiser-press.com/product/field-knowledge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Field Knowledge by Morri Creech</a>– <a href="https://waywiser-press.com/product/big-eyed-afraid/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Big-Eyed Afraid by Erica Dawson</a>– <a href="https://www.joanna-pearson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My cool wife</a> is going to <a href="https://www.awpwriter.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AWP</a>– Johns Hopkins people: <a href="https://gregwilliamsonbooks.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greg Williamson</a>, <a href="https://www.richiehofmann.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richie Hofmann</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Yezzi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Yezzi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jo_Salter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mary Jo Salter</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Motion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Motion</a>, <a href="http://www.jamesarthurpoetry.com/author.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">James Arthur</a>– <a href="https://writingseminars.jhu.edu/undergraduate/requirements/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Introduction to Fiction and Poetry</a>– <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jrrf3h5YS8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">André 3000’s verse on the new Kanye West record</a>– <a href="https://youngchicagoauthors.org/louder-than-a-bomb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Louder than a Bomb (the poetry festival)</a>– <a href="https://www.louderthanabombfilm.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Louder than a Bomb (the documentary)</a>– <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qxJ6bznkNI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The slam poetry scene from 22 Jump Street</a>– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/articles/156794/introduction-6182b8d1cb9fa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Kahn’s intro to the Respect the Mic excerpts in Poetry Magazine</a>– Louder than a Bomb student poets: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tofJcQe87pM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nate Marshall</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXIjF0ERvYY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adam Gottlieb</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfqwv-l1HXk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lamar Jorden</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kpt1rCtPEQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nova Venerable</a>– <a href="https://upittpress.org/books/9780822963837/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wild Hundreds by Nate Marshall</a>– <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/amanda-gormans-inaugural-poem-the-hill-we-climb-full-text.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman</a>– Other bad inaugural poems by <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52141/praise-song-for-the-day" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Alexander</a> and <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/154385/one-today" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Blanco</a>– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurydice_(Ruhl_play)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl</a>– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=34044" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Venetian Vespers by Anthony Hecht</a>– <a href="https://www.matthewbuckleysmith.com/sleerickets/s294r9c83mhy2z4-asz5n-gmtb9-3c43s-282p8-caxhg-ngc5b-h8459-zbzl9-9sdry-e38jr-lrbz3-65gpc-prynk-4pkr2-c3sz6-geygp-kxzb5-5mgt4-x3c8f-d7tgt-axm96" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My conversation about Christians etc. with Kathleen Jones</a>– <a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3229/the-art-of-poetry-no-27-elizabeth-bishop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elizabeth Bishop on how embarrassing it is to be a poet</a>– <a href="https://www.pottstownschools.org/Downloads/The%20Seafarer2.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Seafarer</a>– <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20Oz9Yr_So" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) by the Crystals</a>– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Daughter_(film)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lost Daughter</a>– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Look_Up" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Don’t Look Up</a>– <a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eratosphere</a>– <a href="https://twitter.com/QuincyRLehr?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quincy Lehr</a>– <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Bridgford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kim Bridgford</a>– <a href="https://www.wcupa.edu/arts-humanities/poetry/poetryConference.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The West Chester Poetry Conference</a>– <a href="http://poetrybytheseaconference.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poetry by the Sea</a>– <a href="https://writingseminars.jhu.edu/events/reading-series/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexis and I are giving a reading together in April at Johns Hopkins</a>– <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43745/andrea-del-sarto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning</a>– <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/721778" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Golden Years by Alexis Sears</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/sleerickets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sleerickets</a>Email: sleerickets@gmail.comMusic by ETRNLArt by <a href="https://www.danielalexandersmith.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Alexander Smith</a>