Close Talking

Connor and Jack discuss Monica Youn's "Ersatz Ignatz" To read the poem, go here or below: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53591/ersatz-ignatz For more on Youn: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/monica-youn To check out the collection Ignatz: http://www.powells.com/book/ignatz-9781935536017/61-0 Find us on facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking Find us on twitter at: twitter.com/closetalking You can always send us an e-mail with thoughts on this or any of our previous podcasts, as well as suggestions for future shows, at closetalkingpoetry@gmail.com. POEM: Ersatz Ignatz The clockwork saguaros sprout extra faces like planaria stroked by a razor. Chug say the sparrows, emitting fluffs of steam. Chug chug say the piston-powered ground squirrels. The tumbleweeds circle on retrofitted tracks, but the blue pasteboard welkin is much dented by little winds. The yuccas pulse softly under the grow-light sconces. Here is the door he will paint on the rock.