How to Get to My House

[Ruth]

Mark Scarborough’s podcasts, Lyric Life, is a wonderful series where he devotes a short discussion to a variety of lyric poems. He’s a good reader, and an excellent commentator whose observations are short, keen and understandable. His latest episode is devoted to my poem, How to Get to My House.

The previous discussions were of poems by Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Philip Larkin, Stephen Dunn and Kay Ryan. To say I’m thrilled to be in such heady company would be a royal understatement. Whee!

To listen up, there are a variety of ways you get to it, including iTunes, but I think this is the easiest: http://www.bruceandmark.com/mark/ If my poem doesn't come up click on "more episodes" above the picture and scroll down to number 8.

[Ken, Moderator]

Trés chic, Ruth!

[Sharon]

You put a twist in ordinary things that makes them interesting, Ruth.

[Ruth]

Thanks, Sharon!

Chic, NE? No one has ever called me chic, before.

[Ken, Moderator]

Chic lit, call it.