Simon Pole
Cook & Crank: The Cosmic Poetry Podcast
The official podcast of Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. Hear a different poem performed each week in the Cosmic Poet's own authentic, expressive voice, with a short commentary for added enjoyment. Simon Pole is the author of six volumes of poetry, including the seven-poem epic cycle The Saga of Terminal City. Known for a distinctive brand of writing called Cosmic Poetry, which scales from the everyday to the spiritual heights beyond, Pole is a graduate of Harvard University, and a descendant of early Canadian poet Susie Drury. He lives in Kingsville, Ontario, on the north shore of Lake Erie.
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A Rover I 08.07.2026 2:58
Explore the ancient spirit of the rambler and the rover in 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
The Touchdown 01.07.2026 2:58
The rules and runners of football tell us much about ourselves, wrapped in glory and heartache. 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
The Wonderness of Other 24.06.2026 3:00
The encounter with others outside ourselves is magical…and mysterious. A feeling captured in a poem from Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
Chaos Delivered 17.06.2026 5:46
Are cities simply delivering machines for chaos? Perhaps they are. Then again, perhaps they’re not. 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
Cossacks 10.06.2026 3:05
Cossacks, Cossacks, Cossacks? Is anything cooler? Maybe just a poem 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
Dolphin's Lair 03.06.2026 2:34
Come down with me, said the mermaid in the sea…A poem about mermaids and sailors, read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
The Last Binge of Youth 27.05.2026 5:02
Going out with a bang is everyone’s ideal isn’t it? At least when you’re young. 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
The Mist Remembers 20.05.2026 3:53
The present relentlessly gentrifies the past, but on a misty night we can recapture the essence of what is gone. 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
The Moth and the Ladybug 13.05.2026 6:22
The Moth, the Ladybug and the ground-dwelling Shrew, are much like us, aren’t they? Learn the lessons they teach in a Walter de la Mare-ish 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
Fly Little Bird 06.05.2026 2:45
Eventually our children have to leave home, and if we’re lucky they’ll remember us as the ones who loved them. A sonnet read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
O Cat 29.04.2026 3:50
O Cat on my lap on the couch, what are you thinking? Explore the cat’s imagination in 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
The Married Life 22.04.2026 4:04
Every family is unhappy in its own way, and the same could be said about marriages. A poem about The Married Life read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
Space Dome 15.04.2026 2:58
Isn’t it everyone’s fantasy to live in a Space Dome, and hear a sonnet about it? 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
Rags of Time 08.04.2026 3:16
All things succumb, in the end. And on this we meditate. 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
The King 01.04.2026 7:11
King of the bathtub. King of the world. An ode to getting clean read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole from the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
Astro Zombies (1968) 25.03.2026 3:08
A classic movie. A classic sonnet. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
Scenes From A War 18.03.2026 3:40
Images from a war that hit where it hurts. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole, from the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
Hymn to Prose 11.03.2026 2:42
A hymn to the literature of our time, for better or worse. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole, from the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
Moral Clarity 04.03.2026 3:10
A pseudo-sonnet meditation on time’s decay, and love’s possible opposition. From the Poems For Ocean collection, read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
My Boys 25.02.2026 8:50
A longer poem about an unconventional squid-like family, originating in the South Seas. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
The Wicked Tory 18.02.2026 2:46
Do old Tories ever die? Maybe they just fade away. 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
One Among Many 11.02.2026 3:25
Exclusion is a type of alienation. A poem addressing this terrible state and its origin. From Cosmic Poet Simon Pole and the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
Grave Goods 04.02.2026 3:02
To the grave all things come, but what is good about it? 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
The Cartographer's Poem 28.01.2026 3:40
The poet can and should be a map-maker for forgotten realms. 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
Empty Time 21.01.2026 4:02
No a depressing poem, but a poem about depression. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. Website: https://simonpole.ca/ Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits
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