Episode 101: The Close Company of Poetry & Common Speech with Linda Ropes

The premiere episode of a new podcast called Fresh Ink.  Join Lui Campos and Des Stevens as they interview various writers and organizers giving an introspect into the creative writing process, the difficult battle of getting publish, as well as the role places like libraries and other organizations play in the spread of literature.  

In today's episode,  Lui & Des talk with Colorado poet Linda Ropes about her life experiences and how it has shaped the evolution of her poetry over the years.  After which Ms. Ropes reads to our audience two of her poems.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction to Fresh Ink
• 2:19 Fresh Ink Theme
• 3:33 Introduction of Linda Ropes
• 4:25 Interview Begins
• 7:02 A Bit of History on Poetic Form
• 7:45 The Coolness of Haiku
• 9:04 Lui's Haiku Story & the Small World of LaGrange Gators
• 10:04 From Chat Books to Poetic Volumes
• 12:11 T.S. Eliott to the Rescue
• 15:01 A Tale of Blue Jean & Sunday Speak
• 17:00 Curiosity of A Writing Business
• 19:27 Poem #1: Holding Back
• 21:07 Comments on Holding Back
• 22:40 Poem #2: Laila
• 24:40 Comments on Laila
• 28:37 Attraction of Poetry
• 30:00 Lui's Admiration of "Rite of Passage"
• 30:52 Poem #3: Rite of Passage (read by Lui)
• 32:19 Comments on Rite of Passage
• 35:28 Encore Poem
• 36:00 Comments on Encore Poem
• 36:44 Linda Rope's Comment to Writers
• 37:15 Closing Comments
• 40:28 Fresh Ink End Theme