A story about rich people sequestering themselves away from a deadly pandemic while the rest of the world suffers :)Content warning for some short, typical 1800s descriptions that may be considered offensive today.

Deceit of the Raven Witch

Oct 20th, 2020 9m

A witchy narrative poem for the Halloween season!Disclaimer: This poem unintentionally contains stereotypes about women and beauty that have been heavily incorporated into the collective unconscious' witch canon.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

Oct 7th, 2020 15m 6s

CONTENT WARNINGS:Connotation between mental illness and murderUse of outdated terms relating to mental illness, specifically "mad"One of my favorite Poe stories, this episode follows a character (presumably a man) who finds himself haunted by h

History of Language

Oct 6th, 2020 1m 35s

A semi-humorous poem speculating on when human language evolved.

"The Destruction of Sennacherib" by George Gordon Byron

Sep 16th, 2020 2m 27s

Lord Byron's 1815 poem about King Sennacherib's seige on Jerusalem, especially the Biblical version of the story. I'm not a big fan of religion or religious tales, but just as a work of art -- with its rhythm, metaphors, rhymes, etc. -- this po

The Books That We Read

Sep 15th, 2020 1m 47s

Another teensy tiny episode: a short poem I wrote back when I had no clue how to conjugate Early Modern English verbs or use Early Modern English informal second person pronouns.Note to past me: It's thou hast, not thee hath!

"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Sep 2nd, 2020 9m 55s

Poe's famous 1845 poem, long interpreted to be told from the perspective of a man feeling guilty about killing his wife.

Orleanna's Dirge Poem

Sep 1st, 2020 2m 38s

A poem I wrote in 2018 based on Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible.

"The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred Tennyson

Aug 19th, 2020 11m 21s

"The Lady of Shalott" (1832) by Lord Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson. The 1842 version is not very good in my opinion, so this is the original.

The Candle Wick Heir

Aug 18th, 2020 2m 56s

"The Candle Wick Heir," a poem in my 2018 Portfolio.

"Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake

Aug 5th, 2020 9m 38s

"Auguries of Innocence" (1803 or 1863) by William Blake. The inspiration for the podcast's name! (If you don't know why, read the first four lines of the poem, copied below.)To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold In

Panthera onca

Aug 4th, 2020 3m 14s

"Panthera onca," a series of haiku in my 2018 Portfolio.

Trailer

Introduction (will be deleted after first episode goes up!)

Jul 18th, 2020 36s

I just recorded this real fast so I could get the podcast on the various distribution centers. I'll delete it after episode 1 goes up because it is not an actual introduction lol.

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