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Amy Zoellers

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110 ~ Desirable

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2025/06/18

Just what is it to be desirable? Why do I get weirded out by my lover’s many exes? Why do I dream about that one gal? Is anyone cooler than Leanne Shapton? Let’s dive into nearly all of these conundrums in episode 10, with a fierce new song!Was She Pretty? Leanne Shapton https://a.co/d/cuqv14z27 Kinds of Loneliness - McAnally & Vorwarkhttps://a.co/d/jlAPXZ4

00:13:01

109 ~ Rainy Days and Urban Legends

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2025/06/03

What’s the least scary way to weather a tornado scare? Podcast right on through it! That wasn’t the plan, of course, when recording began. No, the rainy day seemed a golden opportunity to wallow in spooky stories — yes! And then the sirens wailed….27 Kinds of Loneliness https://a.co/d/7TALHCHThe Poet’s Bowlhttps://a.co/d/eqakFGyCryptid Campfire (songs)https://minutewax.bandcamp.com/album/cryptid-campfire

00:06:27

108 ~ Before and After

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2025/05/04

Happy Anniversary to my sweet gumdrop! I’m wearing your slippers right now—can you hear the magic? For the occasion, I’m dragging two old favorites out of the mothballs: “Death in the Afternoon” and “Hungarian Puzzle Box”—a little comparison of life before and after it got beautiful. Thank you for celebrating with!

00:14:40

107 ~ Song Slam (for National Poetry Month)

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2025/04/27

National Poetry Month 2025 lends us its shimmer for just a few days more! So let’s investigate Slam Poetry—what is it? For years I never knew! Let’s find out what it is and what it ain’t, and let us all agree that “So I Married an Axe Murderer” provides the ultimate example of an exaggerated beatnik-style poetry performance cinema has to offer. And remember, be a Mensch!Slam poetry | Definition, Guidelines, & History |

00:22:17

106 ~ Drunken Tercets

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2025/04/21

Poetry Freaks! It’s National Poetry Month 2025! Let us toast the occasion with poem-to-song “Drunken Tercets,” a string-of-pearls poem filled with lines from moon poems by favorite poets, and a reading of my handmade chapbook MOON-DEVOURED from cover to cover! You can find Moon-Devoured in “A Howling Breakfast of Moon Soda—4 Chapbooks in One!” by Amy Zoellers (McAnally), link below! And don’t forget to check out my sister-podcast, POETRY FREAKS as we jam ourselves with poetica all April long!A

00:19:28

105 ~ Poet’s Food

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2025/04/12

The food of poets! We splash again into National Poetry with a feast of poets praising food, fearing the distraction of baking, collecting poets’ recipes, and writing a grace at the age of six! It’s a feast!

00:12:42

104 ~ Tell Your Secrets to the Peacock

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2025/03/21

Is the peacock the keeper of secrets? Would you let them pull your chariot? Get a little surreal — and discover oodles about this strutting bird with plumage of a thousand eyes. Would you tell the peacock your secrets?The Peacock by Christine Jacksonhttps://www.amazon.com/Peacock-Animal-Christine-Jackson/dp/1861892934The Peacock in Myth, Legend, and 19th Century History ~ Mimi Matthewswww.mimimatthews.com/2016/05/13/the-peacock-in-myth-legend-and-19th-century-history/

00:13:57

103 ~ Grieving Flapper

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2025/03/07

Flappers! Those party gals of a century ago—unflappable! Until stricken with the universal thump of human grief. Diphtheria funerals—elevator mishaps—and the terrible death of a moonstruck

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102 ~ 99 Poems of Love

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2025/02/16

The February curse is upon us with another love song, so eat your celery to counteract the sugar hit! Meanwhile, let’s hang out with Pablo Neruda—and Jan Neruda! A peep at Pablo Picasso’s thigh poem, among other romantic surrealism! This is one hot bath loaded with rose petals….Literary Analysis: Exploring the Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Author Pablo Nerudawww.literarysum.com/pablo-neruda-a-literary-analysis-of-his-poetry/#the-influence-of-surrealism-and-magical-realism-on-nerudas-poetry

00:19:28

101 ~ Eggnog Riot

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2024/12/01

No juice in the Christmas eggnog? Now there’s cause for a riot—especially if it’s 1826 at West Point Military Academy! Booze was banned, but these lads were determined, and the Grog Mutiny ignited. Smashed banisters, broken furniture! Defenestration!! The old knock-and-dash! Those cadets could really light it up back in the day. Enjoy this romp with a brand-new song and a couple of throwbacks to bring spice to your listening experience. Where’s that nutmeg?Glitter and

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100 ~ Cloves and Lava (Thanksgiving Song)

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2024/11/15

Ahh, the next great Thanksgiving anthem for the ages—and episode 100! In which we answer the burning question: what the heck is Cheez Whiz? We’re celebrating a food holiday here, and everybody’s cooking the same things! Well, for the most part. Crack open your Autumn Binders to the Thanksgiving chapter—hallelujah, it’s Thanksgiving! Hey, life can be prickly. Have some pumpkin pie!Again! EPISODE 100! WOOO! Even though I keep calling it the 99th episode—in the episode. (Arsenic Auntys was a

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99 ~ Arsenic Auntys (Halloween Herbalism!)

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2024/10/30

Happy Halloween! Don’t you ever wish you were the sweet, unhinged aunties in the 1944 Cary Grant flick, Arsenic and Old Lace? I mean —not the murder part, of course, but their cuddly nurturing-in-overdrive, the doilies, the cakes, the foraging in the cemetery next door, the elderberry wine—ohh, that elderberry wine. (aggressive, dissonant harp-thrum). Here’s an impromptu song for your trick-or-treat bag on this spookiest of occasions, a whole heap of Halloween herbal medicine, and another romp

00:20:59

98 ~ A Werewolf at the Window

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2024/10/21

There’s a werewolf at the window! I never should’ve opened that door…Spooky October continues! Katie, bar the door, there’s a wolfman on the loose! Let’s howl and wallow in “An American Werewolf in London,” Sabine Baring-Gould’s BOOK OF WEREWOLVES, and the Canadian coming-of-age classic werewolf film, GINGER SNAPS! And don’t miss my new collection of poetry, BEATNIK WEREWOLF, available now—link below! Listen to the end for an immediate correction: “Prince of Darkness” is not a werewolf movie—merely

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97 ~ Gossamer

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2024/10/06

Gossamer, what are you? A cobweb for a dress—not entirely warm on a coach-ride with Death, is it? For spooky October, let’s. have a haunted tea party with the poet Emily Dickinson! Shall we? Oh, let’s!https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47652/because-i-could-not-stop-for-death-479https://halloweenhaunt.wordpress.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gossamer_(Looney_Tunes)

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96 ~ The Half-German Pop Song

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2024/09/28

Hey, who is that smiling rock star in the bath tub, grinning like an angel, printed on a coffee mug for switchboard morale—and what has he to do with a secret book of poetry? How many times did I change my major in college? Go ahead—grade my German. Komm auf mich zu. Come at me, papa…The Eye of Tony Hickshttps://a.co/d/4QfmhRQYouTubehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=TD3hdbVbXPA&si=Bqw1fIqyA24OKBOk

00:19:13

95 ~ I’m Cool with That (‘cause It’s My Birthday)

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2024/09/16

Say, are you aware of the credo that, when it’s your birthday, you can do whatever you want? Like watch horror movies all day and eat Elvis Poke Cake for breakfast? I’m cool with that—cause it’s my birthday! HALF A CENTURY under the bridge! Come celebrate—let’s talk 1974—Artemis cakes—poke cakes—and have a little music, both American AND Romanian! To another year and many more!1974

00:14:32

94 ~ Mother Natalie

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2024/09/01

Dump Cake! Watergate Pie! Two glistening and eccentric 20th-century desserts attempt to sweeten the bitter pills of life as I share one of my sad little stories! We all have them. That is why we love our pastries, right? Bake along! Watergate Salad https://www.food.com/recipe/authentic-watergate-salad-120800Dump Cakehttps://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a20164016/cherry-dump-cake-recipe/

00:19:51

93 ~ Dueling Chupacabras (Cryptid Campfire!)

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2024/07/30

CRYPTID CAMPFIRE ‘24! El Chupacabra — finally! What hidden creature is draining the blood from our goats? Our chickens, geese and cows? Is it a bald, leathery wolf? Is it a monster with feathers? A vampire lizard? Whatever she is. she gonna have fangs! And what could be more spooky fun than a chupacabra song? Two of ‘em! It’s Dueling Chupacabras with Mr. & Mrs. McAnally to ward off the bloodthirsty beast, if we’re lucky. Shake up an exotic Chupacabra Punch, get comfy around the campfire…. and …

00:11:12

92 ~ Garbage Angel

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2024/07/14

Did you ever want to just slap somebody for their impertinent beauty or outrageous charisma? Leave it to Louise Belcher, 9-year-old heroine of “Bob’s Burgers,” to provide an exquisite string of words to apply to those who would upset our apple carts and knock the wind out of us. Plus—a terribly cursory look at the boy band thing (or more like how disappointed I was by all the haircuts in 7th grade) and Jack Kerouac’s use of the word “angel.”

00:18:31

91~ Everything I Touch Turns to Graveyards

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2024/06/26

“Everything I touch turns to graveyards,” Patty Duke lamented in a 1971 episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery! And for ten years, I KNEW it would become a song. And here it is! In your hot little hands! Let’s plunge into an eerie tale of a cursed diary—followed by a short list of other cursed objects, and gratitude to Patty Duke for advocating for mental health awareness and funding.The Diary (Night

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