Poems for Company - September 22nd, 2025

September 22, 2025 00:28:59
Poems for Company - September 22nd, 2025
Poems for Company
Poems for Company - September 22nd, 2025

Sep 22 2025 | 00:28:59

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Show Notes

“Unrequited Love (Part Two)”: A previous episode in March ’23 dealt with this same theme and featured poems by both men and women.  This episode considers unrequited love primarily from the woman’s point of view.  Guys in my audience may need to listen in.  Ellen Bass, “Can’t Get Over Her,” from Mules of Love (BOA Editions, 2002).  Sappho, “Fragment # 31 (Ode to Anactoria),” translator Michael R. Burch (thehypertexts.com/Sappho Longer Poems in Translations by Michael R. Burch.htm), and read with the kind permission of the translator.  Sharon Olds, “Crazy,” from Stag’s Leap (Knopf 2012), and read with the kind permission of the author.  The show’s theme...

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