In Three Poems

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Each episode is a conversation in three poems with a different guest poet, examining how poems connect us and how they communicate with each other. inthreepoems.com Hosted by @davidjbauman.bsky.social

15 years ago I was reading poems on YouTube and places like SoundCloud. I did not anticipate eventually being able to sit down with another poet while I read some of their own words and getting the chance to talk it through with them. The really cool part of this podcast is (continued . . .)

New episode is live! This time, David talks with Vietnamese-American poet Mai-Linh Hong about her new book, Continental Drift. Here’s a short clip from David’s reading of her poem “Blue Ridge Elegy.” Listen on your favorite podcast apps, including Apple, Spotify, YouTube or at inthreepoems.com

Robert Lowell's poetic prophecy in 1967: Pity the planet, all joy gone from this sweet volcanic cone; peace to our children when they fall in small war on the heels of small war—until the end of time to police the earth, a ghost orbiting forever lost in our monotonous sublime.

Today, my student revealed their drunk superpower: they suddenly gains the ability Sense Dirtbag and can materialize and wield La Chancla like a 70 year old abuela to chase the dirtbags away. I hope their roommates and friends appreciate this.