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Amy Zoellers

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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

00:17:19

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

00:19:10

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

00:10:11

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

00:18:06

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)

00:15:22

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

00:13:15

90 ~ The Spleen is Purple, Man (Poetry Freaks...

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2024/06/08

Time to consider the spleen! That magnificent purple organ that cleans your blood and does you all kinds of good! And didn’t Keanu Reeves and Christian Bale both rupture theirs in motorcycle accidents back in the ‘90s? A vague memory, unconfirmed. Anyway! Here is your formal intro to POETRY FREAKS The Podcast—and Three Poems Called Spleen! Talk about summer fun!! POETRY FREAKS The Podcast https://youtu.be/J0-cM6dgYW0?si=IC7FmMAee0LGkCIu POETRY FREAKS The Game

00:16:19

89 ~ A Quiet Bit of Mind-Blowing (Count Dracula in...

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2024/06/04

Whoa—Count Dracula in Swinging London?? I’m a little breathless again! It’s “Dracula A.D. 1972”! What more could we want? The kaleidoscopic colors—the misty churchyard—the bloodbath! My goodness, what are you waiting for? A spurt of go-go music for a vampire chase in the fog? Well, you’ll get it! Freak out!!!

00:23:04

88 ~ John Keats After Dark

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2024/05/18

Was the poet John Keats a graverobber? Who wants to know? And why shouldn’t he be? He was the whole gothic package—-tubercular, pale, preoccupied with death, poetic… Here is your sleek transition from poetry hangover to summer sleepovers with their ghostly thrills. And OHHH catch a brand new urban legend starring your dauntless host—wowie!!Keats A-Go-Go: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190723-was-the-poet-john-keats-a-graverobber Exploring John Keats' Poems About Death -

00:20:09

87 ~ Vaguely Cursed (Accursed Poets!)

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2024/04/28

Poets and Poetry Freaks alike–gather, gather! For a song of accursed poets and a nice long swim in their wake. Hey, there’s a French term for those folks: Poétes maudits! And you know how a very specific phrase in another language just grips me by the soul and sets me to shivering with joy! Cursed poets, symbolists, decadents! With a trifecta like that, how can we not emerge more poetic? This is the dream! A Poet’s Glossary www.edwardhirsch.com/a-poets-glossary-2/ White

00:18:15

86 ~ Gum Wrapper Song

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2024/04/24

Why yes, poetry on gum wrappers—you should try it sometime. National Poetry Month toodles along, leaving starry trails behind it — and things get groovy with poetry glowed up with ambient musical coolness—thanks to Scott Chaffin! This one’s a love letter to poetry practice with a whole load of poems written on gum wrappers—plus a list of books that have inspired me the most! Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon The Sick Bag Song by Nick Cave M Train by

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