Episode 114 || Poetry for Beginners

From the Front Porch · Apr 13, 2017 · 42m

"They get frustrated when they can't figure out what's going on in the poem. And if they can't figure out what's going on, they have no entrance into the poem. If they have no entrance into the poem, they're going to stop reading." Annie and Chris sit down with poets Ruth Baumann and Will Fargason to talk about poetry: where does one even begin to read it and how can it be less intimidating? Also, Jewel setting the bar with puns and an evolving mystery involving a bedazzled human skull. + Shel Silverstein + Puff Daddy + Bob Dylan + Conor Oberst + Kaveh Akbar + Jewel's A Night Without Armor+…