Cook & Crank: The Cosmic Poetry Podcast

Don't some people always seem to be going the wrong way in life? This sonnet is about them.  Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

An ode to that crazy, four-lobbed, evolutionary uncle, The Tetrapod. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

Some advice to the young: Do It Yourself!  A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

A sonnet commemorating the return to one's hometown, and the ambivalence thereof. From Cosmic Poet Simon Pole, and the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

Another longer poem about that mysterious force which warms us all, the Magic Sun. What is it?  Cosmic Poet Simon Pole reads from the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

An homage to the good old zombie movie, which teaches us many lessons. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

An ode to the ubiquitous silver and gold safety vest, in sonnet form. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection.  Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

A viking poem, in the manner of old, about the great king Harald Hardrada. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

What we ultimately receive from others can be a mystery grab-bag, like a pouch.  Poetry read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole, from the Poems Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

Everyone should have a serial killer poem, and we have one today.  From the Poems For Ocean collection, read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

This longer poem is a study of the witch of old, and the wisdom of the past she conveys.  Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole, from the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

A unique sonnet addressing life from the virus' point of view. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole, from the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

Progress. A great concept. But what does it mean in regards to War? Cosmic Poet Simon Pole addresses this concern in his latest reading from the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

The Big Empty beckons, a state which Cosmic Poet Simon Pole explores in his latest verses. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

We celebrate the end of the sunny season in verse, but what is that dark cloud that lies beyond? Poetry read by Simon Pole, the Cosmic Poet. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

A weird town, its weird inhabitants and their weird exports are explored in Cosmic Poet Simon Pole's latest verses. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

Some days you just can't get out of bed. Yet, the smallest act of friendship can be just the spark we need.  Verses from Cosmic Poet Simon Pole's collection, Poems For Ocean.  Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

What is the length of a man's life, and by what scale is it measured? Hear Cosmic Poet Simon Pole engage these questions in his latest sonnet. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

The seasons are powerful forces in our hearts. Cosmic Poet Simon Pole explores Spring and Summer in his latest poem. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

Revisit in verse the life and times of the four bruddahs from Queens. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

In the hour of death, what happens to us and the natural world which surrounds us? Cosmic Poet Simon Pole addresses this universal concern in his latest poem. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

All art is a counter-environment where human beings think and feel new things. Cosmic Poet Simon Pole offers a sonnet reveals this expansive vista to us. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

Fermented, brewed, or distilled: the result is the handmaiden of the muse. Cosmic Poet Simon Pole's latest verse addresses this universal truth. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

The Barber is one of man's most ancient and developed professions. Listen to Cosmic Poet Simon Pole's tribute in verse to these able scissor-smiths. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

Rain has a certain power to wash away what is past, and warm what is cold, but also brings reflection. Cosmic Poet Simon Pole explores this watery boon in the latest poem from the Poems For Ocean collection.   Website: https://simonpole.ca/   Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits