Category Archives: Poetry Club

Poetry Club Talks…Margaret Atwood Part 3

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-v9aqy-fc959f Topic: Margaret Atwood’s “Dearly” Host: Betty Poems: “Dearly”, “Betrayal”, “Oh Children”, “Emptiness” Recorded: February 27, 2021 Atwood Four Poems Poetry Club discusses four more poems of the newly released collection “Dearly” in Part 3 of Poetry Club Talks…Margaret Atwood. We acknowledge the returning pattern to environmental questions that demand answers, the silence in betweenContinueContinue reading “Poetry Club Talks…Margaret Atwood Part 3”

Poetry Club Talks…Margaret Atwood Part 2

Poetry Club Talks podcast discusses Margaret ATwood’s poems “Passport” and poems 1, 3, 7 of “Plasticene Suite”

Poetry Club Talks…Margaret Atwood Part 1

In the first five minutes we reflect on the career of actor Christopher Plummer, who passed away the day before we met, February 5th.
Poetry Club begins a two-part series exploring the new poetry work of Margaret Atwood.

Poetry Club Talks…W.S. Merwin Part 2

https://youtu.be/OaJTtfmTOHM?si=UVVRevC0AmQLW-xp Topic: W.S. MerwinHost: Amory & LindaPoem: “Elegy For A Walnut Tree” Recorded: January 30, 2021 Four W.S. Merwin Poems Today Poetry Club discusses…everything and nothing. Friends gathering for a check-in during the pandemic, wandering from topic to topic.  Amory shares a book review of  “Before the Ever After” by Jacqueline Woodson about NFL players who sufferedContinueContinue reading “Poetry Club Talks…W.S. Merwin Part 2”

Poetry Club Talks…Translation with Sean Dwyer

https://youtu.be/kDveHzDSvnY?si=0aAAx93WNPwgSx_Q Topic: TranslationHost: RonPoem: W.S. Merwin’s translation of Pablo Neruda’s “Poema 20”Recorded: January 9, 2021 Dwyer vs Merwin / Poem 20 We have a guest this week! Author, poet, musician, Western Washington University Spanish professor, and host of the monthly Village Books Open Mic Sean Dwyer joins the club today. Under the microscope are twoContinueContinue reading “Poetry Club Talks…Translation with Sean Dwyer”

Poetry Club Talks…RC Weslowski Part 2

https://youtu.be/bMulU3-OWtw?si=gWxe9hZu2tXgavWr Topic: RC WeslowskiHost: ShannonPoem: “Follow Your Dreams”Recorded: January 2, 2021 Follow Your Dreams In part two, Poetry Club enthusiastically examines RC Weslowski’s “Follow Your Dreams”, a three-minute slam performance poem.  The work brings up many questions such as is slam poetry poetry, and if so HOW do you approach it? We also explore if “writingContinueContinue reading “Poetry Club Talks…RC Weslowski Part 2”

Poetry Club Talks…RC Weslowski Part 1

https://youtu.be/nXn4IhcCKVk?si=hn9XxWKSfMWENL68 Topic: RC WeslowskiHost: ShannonPoems: “Sparks” and “PNE Love Affair”Recorded: December 26, 2020 Sparks and PNE Love Affair The use of Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), and one special four-letter word is a few of the topics Poetry Club considers in this week’s discussion of the Canadian poet RC Weslowski. RC Weslowski is theContinueContinue reading “Poetry Club Talks…RC Weslowski Part 1”

Poetry Club Talks…Composition Styles Part 3

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-pdth8-f5ebb1 Topic: Composition Methods Host: Ron Leatherbarrow Poems: “Housekeeper”, “River Ink”, “Her Hands” Recorded: December 19, 2020 In our final episode exploring personal styles of poetry composition, Shannon shares three poems written at different times, 2010, 2012, 2016, when her style shifted.  Her background in broadcasting plays an unexpected role, not only in her composition but also inContinueContinue reading “Poetry Club Talks…Composition Styles Part 3”