MFA Payday
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Podcasting since 2019 • 23 episodes
MFA Payday
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"Control: The Language" Read by the author, Drema Drudge, on a chilly winter's day
"Control: The Language" Read by the author, Drema Drudge, on a chilly winter's day. This was one of the earliest poems she (I) wrote. At least recently.
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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"Some Said It Thundered" Read by the author, Drema Drudge
A flash of memory. A poem that knows exactly how it feels to be struck by something you didn’t see coming.In this brief reading, I share Some Said It Thundered, a poem about those sudden sparks that keep echoing long after the m...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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"You Know, You've Been to Rome" — A Reading by Drema Drudge
Read by the author, Drema Drudge, on a fall night on a porch while listening to the leaves fall, with a raspy throat but a determined heart. Because the muse is always with us. Written and read by Drema Drudge. © 2025. All right...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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Fight Me in the Waffle House Parking Lot at Dawn (Read by the author)
Just sharing another poem, "Fight Me in the Waffle House Parking Lot at Dawn," first published by The Daily Drunk. Many thanks to them. As I say before I read the poem, this came to me while I was on cold medicine and was awake at m...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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"All In" A Poem Written and Read by Drema Drudge (guest appearance by a loud bird)
In this mini episode, Drema Drudge reads her original poem, All In, recorded live from her porch with a very vocal bird as uninvited co-host. A quiet reflection on mutual wisdom.Background ambiance includes a determi...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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