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The Poetry Professor

The Poetry Professor

Written by: Stephen Cavitt
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Write your best life. Each week, poetry professor Stephen Cavitt reads an original poem and discusses its key technique, helping poetry lovers read between the lines. This season: poems from his book Noctis Terrores.

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 mountain in skinny jeans. The lead sniper for a SWAT team taught him to shoot. Tom Brown Jr. taught him to track. His mother taught him to sing.

Stephen is the author of Noctis Terrores and The Und Wars series in science fiction, which begins with The Distance Between Stars.

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Episodes
  • Reading Lorca Beside the Ocean — Including Quotes in Poems

    Reading Lorca Beside the Ocean — Including Quotes in Poems
    Jan 30 2026

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Reading Lorca Beside the Ocean" and discuss including quotes in poems. Click here for a full transcript of the show.

    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.
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    9 mins
  • Pocket Universes — Whimsical Poems

    Pocket Universes — Whimsical Poems
    Jan 15 2026

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Pocket Universes" and discuss whimsical poems. Click here for a full transcript of the show.

    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.
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    7 mins
  • Lavender Soap — How to Talk about Tough Topics

    Lavender Soap — How to Talk about Tough Topics
    Jan 8 2026

    Listen to poetry professor Stephen Cavitt read "Lavender Soap" and discuss how to talk about tough topics in poetry. Click here for a full transcript of the show.

    Explicit label: This poem contains references to sexual abuse and may not be appropriate for younger listeners.

    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.
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    8 mins
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