Todd Davis on Ditch Memory

"To read a new and selected collection is to experience the evolution of a voice, in this case an essential voice in American poetry. To sit with the whole of these transportive, immersive poems is to awaken like a wild riparian corridor in spring. Wildflowers on the banks. Birdsong in the branches. The reader's heart is a bud: open. Beautiful work." — Chris Dombrowski, The River You Touch Poet Todd Davis's latest collection is Ditch Memory: New and Selected Poems . This is Todd's third time on Contemplify, and like the previous conversations we find our charge in the sacred strides of cultivating attention. The poetry of Todd Davis stretches me and helps me scratch the dirt of what is real, to taste and relish my short passage through this world. I think he will do the same for you. Visit Todd Davis at todddavispoet.com Visit contemplify.com for shownotes Episode Show Notes Works by Todd Davis Ditch Memory: New and Selected Poems Coffin Honey Native Species Winterkill In the Kingdom of the Ditch Todd Davis's full catalog Resources & People Mentioned Dave Shumate W.B. Yeats Mary Oliver Wendell Berry Hildegard of Bingen David James Duncan Chris Dombrowski Mary Rose O'Reilley Drink Recommended Sleepytime tea with Peace Orange Tea with a dab of honey

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Todd Davis on Ditch Memory is an episode from Contemplify by Paul Swanson.

This episode is 01:10:00 long.

This episode was published on Aug 23, 2025.

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