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The Poetry ProfessorMiddle Aged White Man Drives West — Implied Backstory in PoemsListen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Middle Aged White Man Drives West" and discuss implied backstory in poetry.Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.2025-07-2407 min
The Poetry ProfessorFarm Talk — Sharing Your Subculture Through PoetryListen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Farm Talk" and discuss sharing your subculture in a poem. Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.2025-07-1707 min
The Poetry ProfessorPetroglyphs— Persona PoemsListen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Petroglyphs" and discuss persona poems.Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.2025-07-1010 min
The Poetry ProfessorWaking Up in America — Writing the Inevitable Ending to a PoemListen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Waking Up in America" and discuss writing inevitable endings.Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com.2025-07-0307 min
The Poetry ProfessorGoing Alone — Image vs. Statement in PoetryListen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Going Alone" and discuss the ration of imagery to statement in a poem. Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com. 2025-06-2607 min
The Poetry ProfessorPurgatory is a Greyhound Bus Across America — Prose PoemsListen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Purgatory is a Greyhound Bus Across America" and discuss prose poems. Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com. Explicit rating: mild sexual references. 2025-06-1908 min
The Poetry ProfessorOne Scream — Segmented PoemsListen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "One Scream" and discuss segmented poems. Stephen's poetry collection Noctis Terrores is available now on Kindle Unlimited and in print at major online booksellers. Visit him on the web at stephencavitt.com. 2025-06-1208 min
The Poetry ProfessorThe Trailer: Poetry Professor PodcastThe Poetry Professor Podcast: one real-life professor dissecting his poems to show you their poetic techniques...and help you get famous. Here's the trailer for Season 1. 2025-06-0903 min
Audio Fiction Releases: A Cambridge Geek PodcastStephen Cavitt PresentsEnjoy new science fiction from Stephen Cavitt, the author ofThe Und Wars series, which spans 800+ years and begins with The Distance Between Stars. Stephen Cavitt, MFA, teaches creative writing at Florida Gulf Coast University. He has lived in a tipi, studied with shamans, fed wild bears, walked on fire, and climbed New Mexico's highest mountains in skinny jeans. The lead sniper for a SWAT team taught him to shoot. Tom Brown Jr. taught him to track animals. His mother taught him to sing. Stephen is the author of The Distance Between Stars, available now on Kindle Unlimited and in...2025-04-2300 min
Three Song StoriesEpisode 221 - Stephen Cavitt Stephen Cavitt teaches English and creative writing at FGCU and he’s led groups around the world, from the back trails of the Appalachians to the streets of Shanghai. Stephen has also taught for Duke University, the University of Tennessee, Georgia College, and Chattanooga State Community College.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2022-06-031h 03
Living the Present Moment#31: Spirit of the Shamanic Drum (Stephen Cavitt)“What we are hungry for in the Western world is a reanimation of spirit.”
~ Prof. Stephen Cavitt
The shaman enters the dream-like state to bring back wisdom, guidance, and healing. There are many ways to navigate the multiple layers of reality. One of those ways is the drum. Many shamanic traditions use the hypnotic beat of the drum to induce a shamanic journey into altered states of consciousness.
Stephen Cavitt was called to explore the shamanic teachings while in university also studying creative writing and poetry. What do these two very different areas of stud...2019-10-2839 min
Zach on FilmZach on Film: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)This week, the lives of Bonnie and Clyde go under the microscope as Zach learns about bloody violence in 1967's Bonnie and Clyde.
Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. The film features Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, and Estelle Parsons, with Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Gene Wilder, Evans Evans, and Mabel Cavitt in supporting roles. The screenplay was written by David Newman and Robert Benton. Robert Towne and Beatty provided uncredited contributions...2014-04-2500 min