{"podcast":{"title":"POETICS: Poetry Podcast","slug":"poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691","podcast_index_feed_id":7109691,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3001310.rss","website_url":"https://bainbridgeislandpress.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3001310/063f0c4321c7a378532602a6c7187955.jpg","author":"Bainbridge Island Press 10-Minute Poetry Podcast","episode_count":48,"summary":"Dedicated to publishing high-quality poetry journals, and anthologies. Located on beautiful Bainbridge Island in the Puget Sound, we have made it our mission to connect great readers with great poetry.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T08:18:24.100355+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691"},"episode":{"title":"Audio Only - Discovering What to Say: A Conversation with Poet Wally Swist","slug":"audio-only-discovering-what-to-say-a-conversation-with-poet-wally-swist","published_at":"2025-10-15T22:50:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691/audio-only-discovering-what-to-say-a-conversation-with-poet-wally-swist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691","url":"https://bainbridgeislandpress.substack.com/p/audio-only-discovering-what-to-say","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176280514/6f8e7a7e728545510bd5b8572b010908.mp3","summary":"Join us for an intimate hour-long conversation with poet Wally Swist about his powerful new collection, Discovering What to Say . Available Now! https://bainbridgeisland.press/products/discovering-what-to-say What do we choose to say when time becomes precious and every word must count? Written over five years as his spouse, Tevis, lives with Alzheimer’s in care, Swist’s poems don’t dwell on illness but instead reveal how a life fully lived continues to discover what matters most. From intimate encounters with the natural world to tributes to literary masters like Rilke and Merwin, from childhood’s complex legacy to meditations in sacred places, this septuagenarian poet grapples with life’s essential questions. In this conversation, we explore the craft behind these profound verses, the role of nature as refuge and revelation, and how poetry helps us speak what needs speaking—especially in life’s final chapters. Discovering What to Say is available now for $19.99 at https://bainbridgeisland.press/products/discovering-what-to-say Subscribe for more author conversations Get full access to Bainbridge Island Press at bainbridgeislandpress.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Join us for an intimate hour-long conversation with poet Wally Swist about his powerful new collection, Discovering What to Say . Available Now! https://b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4169,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691/episodes/audio-only-discovering-what-to-say-a-conversation-with-poet-wally-swist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetics-poetry-podcast-7109691/audio-only-discovering-what-to-say-a-conversation-with-poet-wally-swist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}