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19. An Artform for Today More than Ever: Finding Emotional Resonance in Poetry

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Host Sheridan Sharp is delighted to bring on an exciting guest to discuss a new and important topic. Multi-published poet and professor Mark Bennion joins her to discuss everything poetry. Listen in and gain a better understanding of the many facets and emotional resonance of poetry—there’s something for everyone! Learn what makes a poem great and get advice for how and where you can publish your poetry from a long-time expert. As a bonus, hear a LIVE reading of a personal poem of Mark’s on this episode of Am I Write?
Resources

Poems by Mark

Beneath the Falls collection

“What I’ve Thought and What Is”

“Eight Days”

“Prayers for the Prodigal Within”

“To the Prank Call”

Poetry Suggestions from Mark:

D.S. Martin’s Angelicus collection

Elizabeth Bishop

Linda Pastan

Naomi Shihab Nye

About Mark
Mark D. Bennion grew up in Wisconsin, Utah, and Idaho. In his undergraduate days he studied at both Ricks College and Brigham Young University, majoring in English and minoring in Korean. Upon graduating from BYU, he lived in Jerusalem for a year and studied language and literature at Hebrew University. After his time in the Holy Land, he attended the MFA program at the University of Montana and finished there in 2000.
Since then, he has taught composition, creative writing, and literature courses at BYU-Idaho. He is the author of three poetry collections: Psalm & Selah: a poetic journey through the Book of Mormon (2009), Forsythia (2013), and Beneath the Falls: poems (2020). Mark and his wife, Kristine, are raising their family in the Upper Snake River Valley.

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Host Sheridan Sharp is delighted to bring on an exciting guest to discuss a new and important topic. Multi-published poet and professor Mark Bennion joins her to discuss everything poetry. Listen in and gain a better understanding of the many facets and emotional resonance of poetry—there’s something for everyone! Learn what makes a poem great and get advice for how and where you can publish your poetry from a long-time expert. As a bonus, hear a LIVE reading of a personal poem of Mark’s on this episode of Am I Write?
Resources

Poems by Mark

Beneath the Falls collection

“What I’ve Thought and What Is”

“Eight Days”

“Prayers for the Prodigal Within”

“To the Prank Call”

Poetry Suggestions from Mark:

D.S. Martin’s Angelicus collection

Elizabeth Bishop

Linda Pastan

Naomi Shihab Nye

About Mark
Mark D. Bennion grew up in Wisconsin, Utah, and Idaho. In his undergraduate days he studied at both Ricks College and Brigham Young University, majoring in English and minoring in Korean. Upon graduating from BYU, he lived in Jerusalem for a year and studied language and literature at Hebrew University. After his time in the Holy Land, he attended the MFA program at the University of Montana and finished there in 2000.
Since then, he has taught composition, creative writing, and literature courses at BYU-Idaho. He is the author of three poetry collections: Psalm & Selah: a poetic journey through the Book of Mormon (2009), Forsythia (2013), and Beneath the Falls: poems (2020). Mark and his wife, Kristine, are raising their family in the Upper Snake River Valley.

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