The King - The Spoken Whole

Cook & Crank: The Cosmic Poetry Podcast

The King

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The King

A Poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

The Spoken Whole

Apr 01, 2026

King of the bathtub. King of the world. An ode to getting clean from the Poems For Ocean collection.

Reel-to-Reel image by Joe Haput CC BY

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