Breaking Form: a Poetry and Culture Podcast Following Orders (Occasional Poems)
Your favorite bridesmaids are (drunk and dis)orderly in this episode about writing for special occasions.
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SHOW NOTES
Here's a cinematic example of an epithalamion--an e.e. Cummings poem (from In Her Shoes).
James’s poem “A Monument for This Morning” appears on p. 4 here. It’s not supposed to be centered on the page. But oh well.
Signed copies of Cher’s book The First Time is a collectible, being sold here for $600. We did find copies in the more affordable $300-range too.
Mike and the Mechanics’s song “The Living Years” was their biggest hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGDA0Hecw1kHere's the video for the song.
The name “Shayla” was Charlotte’s secret baby name, and her friend Laney stole it for her baby. The episode appeared in Season 1, E. 10. Watch the scene, including a great bit from Samantha, here.
You can pre-order Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift, which includes work by both of us, as well as Carl Phillips, Diane Seuss, Joy Harjo, and others.