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The Quotable Whole: Rome Grew Ready
By Cosmic Poet Simon Pole
Apr 24 • The Spoken Whole
The Married Life
Listen now (4 mins) | Every family is unhappy in its own way, and the same could be said about marriages.
Apr 22 • The Spoken Whole
4:04
The Epic Game: A Baseball Sonnet
by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole
Apr 20 • The Spoken Whole
The Quotable Whole: The Vampire Speaks
By Cosmic Poet Simon Pole
Apr 17 • The Spoken Whole
Space Dome
Listen now (3 mins) | A Poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole
Apr 15 • The Spoken Whole
2:58
The Quotable Whole: On Baseball
By Cosmic Poet Simon Pole
Apr 14 • The Spoken Whole
The Lord of the Rings is Obsolete
Ratio of the Senses is to blame
Apr 9 • The Spoken Whole
Rags of Time
Listen now (3 mins) | All things succumb, in the end. And on this we meditate.
Apr 8 • The Spoken Whole
3:16
The King
Listen now (7 mins) | King of the bathtub.
Apr 1 • The Spoken Whole
7:11

March 2026

Astro Zombies (1968)
Listen now (3 mins) | A classic movie.
Mar 25 • The Spoken Whole
3:08
Scenes From A War
Listen now (4 mins) | Images from a war that hit where it hurts. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole, from the Poems For Ocean collection.
Mar 18 • The Spoken Whole
3:40
Hymn to Prose
Listen now (3 mins) | A hymn to the literature of our time, for better or worse.
Mar 11 • The Spoken Whole
2:42
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