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Amy Zoellers

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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

00:12:49

85 ~ Best Chair in the Room

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2024/04/21

The best chair in the room is all yours for the next leg of our party for National Poetry Month! This one’s a poem-to-song—utilizing a poem written last National Poetry Month (2023) when randomly-drawn Beautiful Words provided the prompts (the word was PICTURESQUE). Then snuggle in for a reading of 3 poems (two of them rare), a little Dorothy Parker, and an impromptu string-of-pearls poetry exercise using books of song lyrics and dice! Wheee! Poetry Freaks (the

00:15:08

84 ~ Fear and Smoking (Poetry in The Twilight Zone)

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2024/04/14

Our second episode of National Poetry Month ‘24 dives into POETRY … in The Twilight Zone, that mid-20th-century television chocolate box of the weird! How much poetry can The Twilight Zone hold? Does poetry make a difference in the lives of the young? Well, it sure did for me! Get some poetry in ya—with a dash of the bizarre! Time Enough at Last https://frankhudson.org/2019/04/06/poetry-in-gray-part-1/ Cecil Hickman poem https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-twilight-zone/ Twilight Zone Poetry

00:03:39

BONUS! ~ Half-Hippie Thursday FULL VERSION

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2024/04/06

Currently in bloom: dogwood tree, strawberries, wild violets! Inspiring the unearthing of the lost first half of this classic tune from episode 8! EIGHT! Full-Hippie Thursday! Shazam.

00:20:02

83 ~ Hepped-Up Nursery Rhymes

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2024/04/05

Nursery Rhymes! Our first poems, the lyrics of our infanthood— tuning our little ears to the rhyme … the rhythm … the horror…And when the horror is done, have some pie. Pie Bakers galore—whether simple or delirious, it’s National Poetry Month. Get a faceful of the goods! Cab Calloway's Hepster's Dictionary: A Guide To The Language Of Jive (1938) -

00:07:00

82 - 2 ~ BONUS! Gospellalia Addendum with Outtakes

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2024/04/01

Overkill? Perhaps. But you don’t wanna miss those very-human outtakes. And at the end of the day, isn’t that right at the heart of gospel—imperfect but adored? Anyway! Just a handful of extra thoughts — esprit d’escalier! And more Good News: our new “Pie Baker” EP is now available for free on Bandcamp under the Minutewax label—treat yourself to some gospel and gospel-oid anthems from your new favorite musical perpetrators! Amen. https://minutewax.bandcamp.com/album/pie-baker-ep

00:22:58

82 ~ Gospellalia

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2024/03/26

Another 3-fer! Your new favorite trio of songwriting freaks can’t be stopped, don’t even try—this time tackling GOSPEL and gospel-like musical party favors.—> devotion —> pie bakers! plural!! —> and….forbidden realms. Tread lightly, do. Amy Zoellers, Scott Chaffin and Seann McAnally are in it up to their necks again. Musical gluttony! Of course. salvation is always an option… Scott: www.instagram.com/brighton Seann: www.instagram.com/johnny.pharaoh/ Amy:

00:21:47

81 ~ Oops I Hit a Weird Button

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2024/03/17

Oops I hit a weird button! Well, someone did. Of course it was me. And a musical collaboration was born. Three songwriters, three days, one kooky phrase! Hear all three versions of “Oops I Hit a Weird Button” right here – it’s a totally rad musical grab-bag–each song astonishingly distinct from the others! You’ll want to dive in and waller. With the two irrepressibles: Scott Chaffin and Seann McAnally!Oops I Hit a Weird Button https://minutewax.bandcamp.com/album/oops-i-hit-a-weird-button Cool

00:46:11

80 ~ Games, Amanda Said

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2024/03/10

Games! You said it, Amanda. Who’s Amanda? Don’t overthink it—all will become apparent as we move around the board, zoom through the levels, roll the D20 — what have you. I’m no game expert, so I recruit others to share their wisdom on the subject—get sidetracked by earrings and apricot brandy (again)---and did you know there’s a game called POETRY FREAKS, invented right here in town? Let’s bounce from shap to shap (that was for you, Star Trek nerds) and move along home, dodging the pitfalls, and

00:25:57

79 ~ Ok, Cookie Time

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2024/03/04

OK, cookie time! Take a break from your dance moves and have a cookie—that splodge of dough baked into a disk of pure love. And twice the wholesome goodness: TWO versions of the opening song! What a score! This episode’s cookie jar also brims with frantic encouragement from mid-20th-century cookbooks, a couple of urban legends, a heroine who loses her poise over a bag of chocolate chips, and SO MUCH COOKIE INSIGHT! I guarantee you’ll feel better . . .Plus: what’s Gilmore Girls got to do with

00:15:53

78 ~ Hungarian Puzzle Box

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2024/02/26

Oh, cripes, it came out another love song! Get thee behind me, February! Anyhow, let’s talk puzzle boxes and dark circles under the eyes!History of Puzzle

01:20:55

77 ~ Strong Ghost (The Inevitable Valentine’s Episode)

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2024/02/12

February? Again?? Well, you asked for it. In the vote to select the tone of our latest Valentine’s-Day-Cometh episode, “DRIPPY ROMANTIC” soundly whomped “CYNICAL.” And so two insufferable lovebirds (-slash-songbirds) track the origin and soaring arc of their honey-bloated companionship across SIX SONGS written for each other and passed like notes in a junior high math class. This episode is STUFFED with love songs—a total chocolate box—can you handle it? You must. And yes, the opener IS a ghost

00:27:25

76 ~ If Your Pajamas Could Talk (Warren G. Harding)

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2024/01/28

Try and guess the color of Warren G. Harding’s pajamas! I dare you! Jump right in for the story behind an ode to the 29th U.S. President, his sleepwear, possible poisoning, and tragic eyebrows! Plus, a delightful conversation with a local archivist and lifelong friend of mine, wherein we discuss Warren’s pj’s, Presidential baking, and cast our votes for the sexiest Prez. Be there! Or be grievously square, your choice.

00:14:40

75 ~ AI Art Song

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2024/01/13

AI art! I didn’t think much about it. Until I did. Snuggle up for a new weird song and one chick’s blatherings! * No artificial intelligence was involved in the making of this episode. Strictly human souls, maybe some ghosts. Human art: https://www.etsy.com/shop/hipnessandoutrage/?etsrc=sdt&load_webview=1&bid=dz7rro3kVTfQIwjRnwSrhmUcWg_P

00:13:52

74 ~ Snow Day

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2024/01/09

Snow Days! Magical gifts of winter bestowed on the school-bound and those with schooly jobs—will they or won’t they … cancel school? A tense scene, but richly rewarding when closings are announced. The possibilities! The memories! A day suspended in a snow globe, throwing pixie dust on the everyday. How many marshmallows in your cocoa? Backbeat Band. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbeat_(soundtrack)

00:19:28

73 ~ Two Blues Songs

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2024/01/03

Happy New Year—with a pair of blues songs to springboard us into such topics as songwriting ghosts — Being and Nothingness (again) — and two quick tricks to make a blues song sound like blues song! Vengeful bathtub ghost! And Bob Dylan, too!

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