"The Sponge" by Joshua Mehigan

Text of poem here.

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Topics discussed in this episode include:

-Matthew's new book, Midlife!

-Joshua Mehigan and his books, The Optimist and Accepting the Disaster

-Josh's interview on SLEERICKETS

-American Naturalism

-Josh's poem Down In the Valley

-Sponges 101

-Parapraxis, aka "The Freudian slip"

-Venice by Herman Melville

-The gang and I talk The Pathetic Fallacy on SLEERICKETS

-Monism, Pantheism, Mysticism, oh my!

-Zen and the art of microbe filtration

-Everything is connected, man!

-Learning how to be and not to be mortal.

-The Hindu Asrama system

-Accepting our disaster

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My favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight

Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry Association Art by David Anthony Klug

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