# POETICS Podcast - What is poetry, really?

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Podcast: [POETICS: Poetry Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691)
Published: 2025-09-10T16:18:00+00:00
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## Resource

Big thanks to David J. Rothman and Susan Delaney Spear for writing “Learning the Secrets of English Verse” so we can learn about things like Anglo-Saxon Strong-Stress Alliterative Meter, and how it loosely applies to poems we already know! Like Dickinson! (what) Get full access to Bainbridge Island Press at bainbridgeislandpress.substack.com/subscribe

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