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.
Cook & Crank: The Cosmic Poetry Podcast
Latest Episodes
This Day of Snow
What makes a snow day special? Cosmic Poet Simon Pole explores its peculiar quality in his latest sonnet. From the Poems For Ocean collection.
Here Be Destiny
A wizard looks back on his rustic exile. What exactly has his life amounted too? A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection.
Zeks Feed the Ukrainians
The Soviet Gulag consumed them all. Yet, the human spirit lives, and we remember. A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection.