Be True, Episode 71: A Poem About Hard Work and Weekends

Be True

1×

0:00

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -7:48

-7:48

Be True, Episode 71: A Poem About Hard Work and Weekends

John reads his poem “Sunday After Church” from his collection Sometimes I Still Pray. He also discusses “old neighborhood” characters, blues man John Lee Hooker, and what makes a poem a poem.

John Tessitore

Dec 16, 2024

Transcript

John reads his poem “Sunday After Church” from his collection Sometimes I Still Pray. He also discusses “old neighborhood” characters, blues man John Lee Hooker, and what makes a poem a poem.

John Tessitore has been a journalist and biographer. He has taught history and literature at colleges around Boston and directed national policy studies on education and civil justice. He serves as Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. His poems have appeared in a variety of books and journals. In each episode of Be True, he reads and discusses one of his published poems.

www.johntessitore.com

Support Be True: ko-fi.com/johntessitore

Instagram: @jtessitorewriter

TikTok: @Jtessitorewriter

Facebook: JohnTessitore, Writer

Threads: @jtessitorewriter

Discussion about this podcast

Be True

In each episode, John Tessitore reads a poem he has published, and tells the story behind the poem. John has been a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, a college lecturer, and a biographer. He has directed national policy studies on education and cultural policy, and serves as Co-Editor Across the Pond for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press. His poems have appeared in a variety of journals and he has published seven chapbooks and a novella available at www.johntessitore.com.

Listen on