The Poet Heroic

In the 46th episode of The Poet Heroic I explore wonderful wisdom.From the 46th episode:“Green Tea and Sage”By:  Jesse Thomas“I’m a Caged Ghost”By: Timothy Arliss OBrienwww.timothyarlissobrien.com“In Pursuit of Good Fiction”By: Robert Zwilling“Some Days I Find Poem Scråps All Around Me”By: Timothy Arliss OBrienwww.timothyarlissobrien.com“Proprioception”By: Lukas Quinn“I Think Continually of =Those Who Were Truly Great”By: Stephen SpenderMusic: timothy arliss obrienRelease date: 4.16.25

In the forty-fifth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore understated universes. From the forty-fifth episode: “Dionysus in Vegas” By: Anthony David Vernon Published in Apocalypse Confidentia lhttps://medium.com/@antmanvernon305 “The Parade” (Hagalaz) By: Anne Westlund Published in The Wolf in Me https://www.poetbay.com/AnneWestlund “Someone Else” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published #14 in They www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Love A Special Kind Of Pain” By: Michaell Magrutsche https://MICHAELLM.com “Someone might love me unconditionally one day” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in The Queer Revoltwww.timothyarlissobrien.com “We Wear The Mask” By: Paul Laurence Dunbar Music: timothy arliss obrien Release date: June 7th 2024

In the forty-fourth episode of The Poet Heroic we explore rambling roads. From the forty-fourth episode: “Beyond Understanding” By: Nicholas Yandell Published in Of Restless Wonder www.nicholasyandell.com “Johnston, Iowa” By: C.W. Bryan This episode's writing prompt is to get behind the wheel and share a story from the road. “Inside”By: Nicholas Damion Alexander Published in Vox Poetica https://nicholasdamionalexander.blogspot.com/ “At Home With Never Knowing” By: Nicholas Yandell Published in Handbasket Zine issue 13 “Truck Stop” By: Marc Isaac Potter “The Road That Has No End” By: Joseph Burrows Music: nicholas yandell Release date: March 22nd 2023

In the forty-third episode of The Poet Heroic I explore Invasive Immersions. From the forty-third episode: “North American Beauty” By: Natasha T Champney “Masking”By: Murielle Chery https://spacehey.com/profile?id=2050798https://neobook.org/mienlfp/https://www.wattpad.com/user/mIeNlFP This episode's writing prompt is to tell me a deep dark dastardly secret. “Knots”By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in Deep Overstock issue twentytwowww.timothyarlissobrien.com “Catechism”By: Emily Moon Published in Spank the Carp issue 39https://linktr.ee/EmilyMoonPoet “The Memory”By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in Dear God I’m a Faggotwww.timothyarlissobrien.com “A January Dandelion”By: George Marion McClellen

In the forty-second episode of The Poet Heroic I explore abstract acquiescence. From the forty second episode: “Men Who Mourn Nothing” By: J. S. Carrie “Red Dawn” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in Deep Overstock issues fourwww.timothyarlissobrien.com “Anatomical” By: Dylan Webster This episode's writing prompt is to jumble all your thoughts together and spit them onto the page. “Wistful Longing” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published number 39 in They www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Rogue Within” By: Mila Yew allpoetry.com/lemongriszer “England in 1819” By: Percy Shelley Music: timothy arliss obrien Release date: January 26th 2023

In the forty first episode of The Poet Heroic I explore pensive polishings. From the forty first episode: “Infinite Progress”By: Michele Schmidt “Whispers, Whispers”By: Komi https://blog.spacehey.com/entry?id=719003 “Fly”By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in The Art of Learning to Flywww.timothyarlissobrien.com This episode’s writing prompt is to tell me a time when you were disastrously wrong. “Butterly Flutters”By: Sunbird “The Fox and the Stocking”By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot “The Amulet”By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the fortieth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore methodical melancholia. From the fortieth episode: “Juno 1992” By: Ted Naughton  Published in Sage Cigaretteshttps://www.sagecigarettes.com/?p=1657 “Take the time to become possessed” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in The Queer Revolt www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Pride Dancing” By: Karen A. Shklahny https://www.amazon.com/stores/Karen-Szklany-Gault/author This episode's writing prompt is to give me something you are missing. “It’s The End of The World”By Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in The Queer Revolt www.timothyarlissobrien.com “the jukebox anthem & the discovery of heterosexuality with religion” By: John Compton https://www.facebook.com/poetjohncompton "Tavern" by Edna St. Vincent Millay https://califragile.org/2018/06/03/tavern-by-edna-st-vincent-millay/ Music: timothy arliss obrien Release date: 8.18.23

In the thirty-ninth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore gorgeous grandeurs. From the thirty ninth episode: “The Soul” By: S.T. Brant Published in Melody in Exilehttps://shanebrant.com/ “Let’s make an evening of it” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in They #34 www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Wedded” By: Kelli Lage Published in Paddler Press Volume 2 – Roots & Wings www.KelliLage.com “The Las Vegas Horror” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Written during the Flash Fiction Horror Workshop at Grover's curiosity shop Hosted by writer Tim Day. www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Time’s Fool”By: Asteria @times_fool “A Jelly-Fish” By: Marianne Moore Music: timothy arliss obrien Release date: 6.3.23

From the thirty seventh episode: “Shell of Light” By: Colin Keating https://www.instagram.com/francisbaconbits/ “Little Blazes” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Beyond” By: Alyssia White Alyssiawhite.co.uk “Long remembered feelings. A conversation with the counselor.” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien # 22 Published in They www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Finland” By: Ron Riekki Published in Boomer Lit Mag https://twitter.com/RiekkiRon “Art thou pale for weariness” by Percy Bysshe Shelley music: timothy arliss obrien release date: January 29th 2023

In the thirty-sixth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore dynamic dispositions From the thirty-sixth episode: “Atmospheric River” By: Jay Nuwald https://linktr.ee/jaynuwald “If You Were To Cut Open My Stomach” Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot By: Timothy Arliss OBrien www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Once and Future Pigeon” By: Jennifer Kemnitz Published in The Art of Learning to Fly https://www.instagram.com/hopelessecstatic/ This week’s writing prompt is to pick up a pen and give me the loudest silence you have ever experienced. “Matryoshka” By: Ry Downey “Love” Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot By: Timothy Arliss OBrien The wise words of author Jay Nuwald “Poetry, to me, is the language of dreams. The words we use describe things no other medium can: a part of the mind or a place or a taste or a smell—experiences that cannot be had any other way. ” "Prometheus" Lord George Gordon Byron music: timothy arliss obrien release date: December 10th 2022

In the thirty-fifth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore harmless hope From the thirty-fifth episode: “I Am Like Water” By: Karen A. Szklany https://www.instagram.com/labyrinth_dragon/ https://twitter.com/SzklanyKA “The Precipice” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Spirit of the City” By: Nicholas Yandell Published in The Art of Learning to Fly https://www.nicholasyandell.com/ “Time” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien #33 published in They www.timothyarlissobrien.com “History of Monotype” By: Irina Tall www.twitter.com/IrinaTall87 “The Oven Bird” By: Robert Frost music: timothy arliss obrien release date: november twenty-seventh 2022

In the thirty-fourth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore generous goals from the thirty-fourth episode: “How to Mourn the Memories you Miss (or Flowers for Sixteen)” By:Maggie Kaprielian https://www.instagram.com/maggiekaprielian_/ “Lost Train Ticket” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Written on the podcast Late Night Pomes episode 24 www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Cycles” By: Oluwakemi Esho https://oluwakemiesho.com/ “Fly” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in The Art of Learning to Fly www.timothyarlissobrien.com “January 27, 2017” By: Amy Oxford “The Roman Road” By: Thomas Hardy music: timothy arliss obrien release date: november sixteenth 2022

In the thirty-third episode of The Poet Heroic I explore magical musings From the thirty-third episode: “Paradox on the Stage” By: Adrija Jana Published in Justice for Society Magazine, Issue 14 Instagram: @adrija_jana2004 “ 9’ x 12’ - $1798 “ By: Timothy Arliss Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot www.timothyarlissobrien@gmail.com “Toothbrush in Your Bathroom” By: Val https://instagram.com/eatmysorrow “Drunk on Vodka and Seltzer” By: Timothy Arliss Obrien Published in Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month www.timothyarlissobrien.com “The Way This Day Went” By: Ted Burke www.ted-burke-poems.blogspot.com www.thevariablefoot.com www.ted-burke.com “The Oak” By: Alfred Lord Tennyson release date: october twenty seventh 2022

In the thirty-second episode of The Poet Heroic I explore punctual percussions. From the thirty-second episode: “Haunted by Flowers of the Fae” By: Linda M. Crate https://twitter.com/thysilverdoe “On the Moon” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in Dear God I’m a Faggot “Lunch Date” By: Regina Beach www.reginagbeach.com “If I Had Wings” By: Nicholas Yandell Published in The Art of Learning to Fly www.nicholasyandell.com “Asp-bite & River Rocks” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month www.timothyarlissobrien.com “The Garden of Love” By: William Blake release date: september eleventh 2022

In the thirty-first episode of The Poet Heroic I explore roaming riddles. “The Academician” By: Raphael Almagor http://almagor.blogspot.com “The First Liftoff” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in The Art of Learning to Fly www.timothyarlissobrien.com “There is an Old Tree Growing” By: Zach Beach www.zachbeach.com https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y6PKBX1 “Life Makes us Happy” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month www.timothyarlissobrien.com https://www.powells.com/book/happy-lgbtq-wrath-month-9781034898368 “Sandpaper Air” By: Daniel Hess https://totonyproductions.com/ https://www.instagram.com/totonyproductions/ “A Mood” By: George MacDonald

In the thirtieth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore valiant victories. “Antic disposition” By: Alex Long Www.Twitter.com/AllDayLongI “Love Returned“ Timothy Arliss OBrien www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Tangle Me in Your Roots So I Can Feel Loved” By: X Ballantyne https://blog.spacehey.com/entry?id=356977 “Dinosaur Idioms” Written on the podcast Late Night Pomes episode 24 By: Timothy Arliss OBrien www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Stranger I Once Was” published in Maudlin House By: Michelle Drozdick https://twitter.com/drozphallic “The Argument of His Book” By: Robert Herrick This poem is in the public domain

In the twenty-ninth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore floral foundries. “How I Learned to Pray” By: Nicole Rollender 2017 winner of the Poetry of the Sacred Contest, published in Parabola Magazine https://store.parabola.org/vol-424-families-p199.aspx www.nicolemrollender.com “Spring Cleaning” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Nightwatch” By: Simon Hauwaerts https://www.instagram.com/simonhauwaerts/ “The Garden of the Heart“ By: Timothy Arliss OBrien www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Temple Body” By: Sloane Angelou Published in Zero Readers https://linktr.ee/SloaneAngelou “The Sea Spirit” Madison Julius Cawein This poem is in the public domain This week’s writing prompt is to pick up a pen and describe something without full sentences.

In the twenty-eighth episode of The Poet Heroic, I explore languish language. “Planted Apartment” By: J Farrington https://twitter.com/ojfarrington “Turn on the Mic” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in “Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month” (2021) www.timothyarlissobrien.com “Fruit” By: Dave Malone Published in “Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozark Studies” & “Tornado Drill” (Aldrich Press, April 2022) www.davemalone.net “That Van Gogh Cow Cart” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien Published in “Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month” (2021) www.timothyarlissobrien.com “The Unburnt Toast” By: Fizza Abbas Published in “Stone of Madness Press” https://twitter.com/fizzawrites “Double Red Daisies” Robert von Ranke Graves

In the twenty-seventh episode of The Poet Heroic, I explore maniacal might. “Street Lights” By: Sarah Corwin https://www.instagram.com/dontlookpoems/ “Simplicity” “Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month” (2021) By: Timothy Arliss OBrien https://www.powells.com/book/happy-lgbtq-wrath-month-9781034898368 “Half-Baked History” By: Rozann Kraus “Just a Sad Poet” “Happy LGBTQ Wrath Month” (2021) By: Timothy Arliss OBrien https://www.powells.com/book/happy-lgbtq-wrath-month-9781034898368 “Get a Grip” By: Asteria Valentine https://www.instagram.com/whereisasteria/ https://twitter.com/asteriaisadream “The World Is Too Much With Us” William Wordsworth

26. In the twenty-sixth episode of The Poet Heroic I explore tenacious tensions Poems: “Mudslides” By: Felicia Reninger https://allpoetry.com/Rashae “Blue Moon” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien “Free Me” By: Chancellor K. Jackson www.instagram.com/korlehj www.maggielogic.com “A thousand new lovers in the next year” By: Timothy Arliss OBrien “Wall Flower” By: Maggie Daniels Published in “Swimming” (2020) https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/swimming-maggie-daniels/1138541568?ean=9780578831992 www.maggielogic.com “I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing” By: Walt Whitman