Season 2 Episode 1: Poetry is Dead

Kate and Michael gather to mourn the loss of poetry and extend their thoughts and prayers to the poetry community during this difficult time. They discuss the infamous op-ed that declared the death of poetry, as well as Caitlin Gildrien's Poem, "These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends." Did they toast or roast this poem? Is poetry really dead?

co starring Kate Hanson Foster

Michael Schmeltzer

featuring Bert Foster (funeral attendee)

Special thanks to the sponsors of this episode:

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Links to work mentioned in this episiode:

T.S. Eliot "Little Gidding" from Four Quartets:

Caitlin Gildrien "These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends"

Jamison Crabtree "we replaced the universe with many tiny things"