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Poetry on Tape 16.5.25

Crazy Cassettes, Polemic Poetry, and Wriggling Worms all on today's show.
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Josh Datko
May 16, 2025
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We started off with a reading from the UbuWeb manifesto:

Before that I was playing some Greg Whitehead from Tellus #11. But we quickly got into the poetry with

Bradley Hardeman
:

Coffee Grounds Publication Co.
seeds of common man
Grew from seeds of common man. Sprouted thumbs Hooking into the Earth; Our digits digging at Mother’s Sockets. To rip out the roots of common men— A canibalistic fruit has grown weighing down the stem from which it came. Common men acting uncommon, propagating away from Natural way. May I ask? Where in us did power bloom? Where… Was there space for g…
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a month ago · 8 likes · 3 comments · Bradley Hardeman

He has a few other anti-war poems that are absolutely worth checking out.

After this

James Hart
came in with:

Penny Wagers
Transfixed
As ripples rest above the shoal…
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a month ago · 21 likes · 11 comments · James Hart

And we had a nice Marshall McLuhan reading as well.

Following that

JP
with:

JP
From Far Away
Sometimes music sound better from far away. It’s somehow more breathable, more permeable. Sprawling summer late afternoons, they seemed to never end. You remember— a crew of carpenters’ DeWalt jobsite radio playing 101 WRIF amidst the sounds of chop saws and hammers as they finish the day’s work, fixing up the house down the block that sat dormant for …
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a month ago · 3 likes · 2 comments · JP

Which is a nice love poem to sound, radio, and a lot more. Very nice JP.

I’ve been enjoying

Allison Taylor Conway
Poetry lately over on
A Quiet Corner
, but the poem I read was from a book in 2017. It’s nice to see the evolution in her poetry since then!

And then how could I not read this one by Wil Price over at

Remnant and Shadow
:

Remnant and Shadow
the w o r m s were out today
Josh Datko and I recently shared some words on the pacing and musicality of words in a “silent” digital space. He has been doing an amazing job advocating for more spoken poetry on this platform via championing VoiceOver poems and doing his weekly livestream which is such a great time of celebrating poetry and delighting in community. If you are not subscribed …
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a month ago · 6 likes · Wil Price

Just dropped this morning. You have to go read it and see it yourself. Maybe try your own reading of it and post it and tag Wil!

And a reminder if you can’t check into to substack you can always listen only at radio.bitpunk.fm.

That’s it everyone, have a great weekend!

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