…because you know how those bards drink

This week’s Read More is the poem “The Sestina Has Been Drinking” by Steve Davenport, originally published in our Machismo: A Field Guide issue (TLR, Winter2010).

As a special treat, Steve has given us recording of him reading the poem aloud:

But “The Sestina Has Been Drinking” is a popular poem. (Alas, we didn’t discover it.) Steve also sent us this link to a song version by Jessica Dimond and a band of merrymakers (Elko West).