Poems for Company - September 28, 2026

September 28, 2026 • 00:29:02
Poems for Company - September 28, 2026
Poems for Company
Poems for Company - September 28, 2026

Sep 28 2026 | 00:29:02

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Show Notes

“Unrequited Love (Part Three)”: Three poems written by men reveal curious responses to the phenomenon of being rejected in love.  Then we close with a female poet witnessing the consequences of romantic rejection for various men she knows.  Michael Drayton, Sonnet #61–“Since there’s no help” (1619).  Ben Jonson, “My PIcture Left in Scotland” (1640-41).  Sir John Suckling, Song–“Why So Pale and Wan” (1646).  Ellen Bass, “I Love the Way Men Crack,” from Mules of Love (BOA Editions, 2002).  Our show’s theme music is Philip Aaberg’s “Going-to-the-Sun,” from Live from Montana (available at sweetgrassmusic.com) and used with the kind permission of Mr. Aaberg.

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