Father-Son Poetry Chat

Micah James Bauman and I talk about Poems, Recovery, and Robert Frost

If you’ve followed me here for long, you know that I have three sons, and that my youngest boy is also a poet and has collaborated with me on a poetry chapbook called Mapping the Valley: Hospital Poems.

Well, now Micah and I are working on a new book, longer and more about discovery than recovery. A new episode comes out tomorrow at In Three Poems, but for now, treat yourself to this 22-minute podcast with my son Micah James Bauman. We read two poems by him, including one that he got in trouble for writing while in drivers ed. class, and one a bit more serious. He also shares a favorite and timely poem by Robert Frost.

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Word Play in Poetry: Micah James Bauman Reads Fire and Ice – In Three Poems

David's youngest son, Micah James Bauman joins us to talk about his own poems as well as collaborations with his father. Some of Micah's favorite tools are metaphor and wordplay. The Poems:"My House," originally published in Word Fountain, read by David"Tools," from the chapbook, Mapping the Valley: Hospital Poems (2021, Seven Kitchens Press). Read by Micah"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost from New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1923): Public domain.Links:"My House:" https://wordfountain.net/2016/07/14/micah-bauman-2016/"Tools:" https://sevenkitchenspress.com/editors-series-1/volume-four/david-micah-bauman-mapping-the-valley/"Fire and Ice:" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44263/fire-and-iceMicah's Blog: https://micahbauman.wordpress.com/Micah's Bio:Micah James Bauman’s poems have been published in South 85 Journal, Whale Road Review, Anti-heroin Chic, and Sage Cigarettes and has poems forthcoming in the Keystone Anthology. His chapbook Mapping the Valley: Hospital Poems (Seven Kitchens Press, 2021) is a collaboration with his father, David J. Bauman.Text the show!

David J Bauman

Host of the In Three Poems Podcast