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SLEERICKETS

By: Matthew Buckley Smith
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  • Welcome to SLEERICKETS, a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems.
    © 2021 Matthew Buckley Smith
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  • Ep 156: Greater Metropolitan Shaltador, ft. Victoria Moul

    Ep 156: Greater Metropolitan Shaltador, ft. Victoria Moul
    Jul 26 2024
    My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chatLeave 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!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– Victoria’s newsletter Horace & Friends– What is a poetry magazine for? by Victoria Moul– On being underwhelmed by Victoria Moul– On poetry for children by Victoria Moul– Self-Portait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant– Ion by Plato– Julia Donaldson– The Man with Night Sweats by Thom Gunn– The Burning Babe by Robert Southwall– Poems of Mr. John Milton (1645)– Shearsman– The Interpreter– Francois Fenelon– Philip Gross– To Lucasta, Going to the Wars by Richard Lovelace– The Highwayman by Alfred NoyesFrequently 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– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith
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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Ep 155: Furious Marginalia, ft. Christopher Childers, Pt. 1

    Ep 155: Furious Marginalia, ft. Christopher Childers, Pt. 1
    Jul 13 2024
    NB: Yes, I realize that my statement “Nobody ever speaks in rhyme and meter” is in fact a line of iambic pentameter.My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chatLeave 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!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse, trans. Christopher Childers– The Eight Stages of Translation by Robert Bly– Robert Frost’s letter to John Bartlett regarding sentence sound (couldn’t find a great copy online)– Sonnets to Orpheus No. 21 by Rainer Maria Rilke (see also Chris’s translation below)– Horace i.11– Orchard Trees, January by Richard Wilbur– Heraclitus trans. William Johnson Cory– Diffugere Nives/Horace iv.7, trans. A. E. Housman– J. Kates– The Mysteries of Caesar by Anthony Hecht– An addendum from Chris:I emailed XJ Kennedy and asked him if this epigram is about Bly's essay & this specific Rilke poem. He denied it, but come on, it fits too well:TO A TRANSLATOR You've done it: Rilke talks American Thanks to your perseverance, at the costOf music, rhyme and rhythm, stanza plan--Indeed, in your translation all is lost.This maybe more just for curiosity--my own attempt at the sonnet, just based on Bly's essay, though your point about the oddness of the central conceit is well taken. (We missed, or maybe didn't say as obvious, that earth as a school child who is reciting the poem of spring perhaps makes a bit more sense in Sonnets to Orpheus; and the idea of song after long silence is particularly appropriate to Rilke, at least from what I remember of the story of the composition of the Duino Elegies.)Sonnet to Orpheus 1.21Rilke It’s spring again, and the Earth lookslike a child who’s worked to memorizehundreds of poems. She lived with booksa long time, and now, she takes the prize. A difficult teacher, that old man whosebeard we liked for its shaggy white.We’re asking her the names of the bluesand greens, and she–she gets them right! O lucky Earth on recess, play!You’re It, and we–we’re in pursuitof your smiles. Joy is the winner’s wings. See?–all she learned in her teacher’s sway,and everything printed on each deep rootand laborious stalk–she sings, she sings!Frequently 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– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Ep 154: Cleveland Roundtable

    Ep 154: Cleveland Roundtable
    Jul 13 2024
    NB: OK, so the names I couldn’t remember in the intro were as follows: LM is how we all consistently refer to Literary Matters because we are so cool. James is James Matthew Wilson, who comes up toward the end of the conversation, when I continually complain about him and Ryan and Elijah gently defend him. Armen is Armen Davoudian, who requires no defense because everybody loves him.Elisabeth is Elisabeth Clark, David’s wife and Managing Editor of 32 Poems.Warren is Robert Penn Warren.See notes below for more.Finally, happy birthday, Philip Metres!My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chatLeave 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!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:– The YouTube footage of the big Cleveland reading/conference/shouting match: Pt. 1 & Pt. 2– In Ghostlight by Ryan Wilson– Newly Not Eternal by George David Clark– Some Problems with Autobiography by Brian Brodeur– The last issue of Literary Matters– The continuation of 32 Poems– The Sentence by Morri Creech—and my review of same– Grace Schulman– Jean Valentine– Charles Simic– Fred Chappell– Stephen Dunn– Christian Wiman– Don Share– Horace ii.10– J. D. McClatchy– Little Boats, Unsalvaged by Dave Smith– Raphael Krut-Landau– Michael Shewmaker– Ernie Suarez– Rosanna Warren– Alex Pepple– Lothrop Stoddard– The nightmarish putto from the Ligotti-esque hotel where I stayed on Brian Brodeur’s recommendation.– Wiseblood Books– JMW (see Nota Bene)– Dappled Things– Katy Carl– Bernardo Aparicio Garcia– Joshua Hren– Franciscan University Press– Modern Age– Catholic Imagination Conference– Contemporary Catholic Poetry – The Contemporary Poetry Review– The Vision of the Soul by James Matthew WilsonFrequently 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– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith
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    1 hr and 40 mins
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