Hey, poetry freaks! This is your podcast—poetry, dice rolls for poetry prompts, and always something intoxicating! This week, it’s “Three Poems Called ‘Spleen.’” Did you know your spleen is purple? Join the Decadent Poets of the 1890s for a spectacular bout of melancholia! Write along to the poetry prompt: Mood: The Dark Angel. Decadent Word: Glistening podcast graphic by Flak Sabbath send your poems to: hipnessandoutrage@gmail.com https://youtu.be/J0-cM6dgYW0?si=TfebrsfvECzmSjbc Baudelaire’s spleen refers to a concept popularized by the French poet Charles-Pierre Baudelaire. It encompasses a state of melancholy, boredom, and dissatisfaction with life that lacks a definite cause1. Baudelaire often grappled with profound depression throughout his life, and he used the term “spleen” to describe a debilitating mixture of undesirable feelings—such as anger, melancholy, frustration, and boredom—stemming from humanity’s inability to attain an ideal state of being2. http://firstknownwhenlost.blogspot.com/2012/02/spleen-times-three.html?m=1#:~:text=Suffering%20a%20bout%20of%20%22spleen,wrote%20poems%20with%20that%20title. The Flowers of Evil Spleen and Ideal, Part II Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes www.sparknotes.com/poetry/flowersofevil/section2/ “Spleen” by Paul Verlaine Spleen | Song Texts, Lyrics & Translations | Oxford Song www.oxfordsong.org/song/spleen-3 dandtnetwork.glasgow.ac.uk/spleen-spleen-spleen/ graphic art by Flak Sabbath #poetry #decadentpoets #spleen #paulverlaine #charlesbaudelaire #poetryprompt #poetryfreaks #podcast