Poetry Podcasts

The Daily Poem offers one essential poem each weekday morning. From Shakespeare and John Donne to Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, The Daily Poem curates a broad and generous audio anthology of the best poetry ever written, read-aloud by David Kern and an assortment of various contributors. Some lite commentary is included and the shorter poems are often read twice, as time permits. The Daily Poem is presented by Goldberry Studios. dailypoempod.substack.com

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The Verb

BBC Radio 4

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Radio 3's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance

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Poem-a-Day

The Academy of American Poets

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Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

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Audio Poem of the Day

Poetry Foundation

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Audio recordings of classic and contemporary poems read by poets and actors, delivered every day.

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Poetry Off the Shelf

Poetry Foundation

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Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

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Ganj e Hozour Telephone messages

Parviz Shahbazi

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Charlotte Mason Poetry

Charlotte Mason Poetry Team

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Charlotte Mason Poetry is dedicated to promoting Charlotte Mason’s living ideas. We strive to share an authentic interpretation of Mason’s life work through a combination of original and vintage articles by a wide variety of authors. Our team draws from and transcribes many rare and wonderful documents from the PNEU many of which cannot be found anywhere else on the web.

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SpeakEasy Cafe - Open Mic Poetry Radio

SpeakEasy Cafe

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The Speakeasy Cafe Open-Mic Poetry Show airs every Thursday at 8 pm east coast time! Hosted by Nyla Alisia, this show offers non-stop poetic entertainment where it is all about YOU the POETS! The Speakeasy Cafe is an eclectic, supportive, passionate and inspiring place to come share your words, listen to other poets, inspire and be inspired! Poets write because they have something to say, come take the mic and say it! You are always welcome at the Speakeasy Cafe!

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Poetry Unbound

On Being Studios

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Short and unhurried, Poetry Unbound is an immersive exploration of a single poem, hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Pádraig Ó Tuama greets you at the doorways of brilliant poems and walks you through — each one has wisdom to offer and questions to ask you. Already a listener? There’s also a book (Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World), a Substack newsletter with a vibrant conversation in the comments, and occasional gatherings.

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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

American Public Media

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Poet Major Jackson is your guide on the pathways to feel and understand our common journey – through poetry. In sharing poems, we take a moment to pause and acknowledge the world’s magnitude, and how poets illuminate that mystery. Join The Slowdown for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by APM Studios in partnership with The Poetry Foundation and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. Ma ...

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The LRB Podcast

The London Review of Books

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The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas. Hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, with guest episodes from the LRB's US editor Adam Shatz, Meehan Crist, Rosemary Hill and more. Find the LRB's new Close Readings podcast in on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or search 'LRB Close Readings' wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast

Avalon

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Frank Skinner loves poetry. And he thinks you might like it too. Join Frank each week as he takes you through some of his choice picks of poems. There may be laughter. There may be tears. There will certainly be poetry. Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast is produced by Sarah Bishop. It is an Avalon production.

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Interesting People Reading Poetry

Stermer Brothers

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Interesting People Reading Poetry is a short, sound-rich podcast where artists and luminaries read a favorite poem and share what it means to them. Created by Andy & Brendan Stermer.

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Marxist Poetry

marxistpoetry

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Making enemies with the Poetry Foundation and Quillette while falling asleep at work

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Dante's History

Mallon Khan

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The poem is allegorical, with multiple meanings. Each episode will cover a canto at a time, summarizing and interpreting the poem based on dozens of commentaries. Check the website for further reading.

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American Masters: Creative Spark

American Masters | PBS

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How do today’s masters create their art? American Masters: Creative Spark presents narrative interviews that go in-depth with an iconic artist about the creation of a single work. Each episode offers a unique window into the world of art and the creative process of artists and cultural icons across a wide range of disciplines, from music and comedy to poetry and film. Explore more at www.pbs.org/creativespark

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Lunar Poetry Podcasts

Lunar Poetry Podcasts

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A series of discussions, interviews and live recordings with poets from the UK and abroad in which we examine the writing process. Now hosted by Peter deGraft-Johnson a.k.a The Repeat Beat Poet, the series was founded by David Turner in October 2014 in south east London.

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IndieFeed: Performance Poetry

IndieFeed.com Community

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Cutting edge performance poetry! One performance per show. Brought to you by the same people who send you incredible independent music. Collect them all!

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Poetry Spoken Here

Cardboard Box Productions, Inc.

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An almost weekly poetry podcast that features interviews with poets, reviews of poetry books, examinations of individual poems, and investigations of themes in poetry. Sit back, relax, and let poetry speak to you.

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PoetryNow

Poetry Foundation

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PoetryNow is a weekly four-minute radio series featuring some of today’s most accomplished and innovative poets who offer an acoustically rich and reflective look into a single poem.

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Waves Breaking

Avren Keating

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A podcast in which Avren Keating interviews other transgender, genderqueer, and/or gender variant poets about their life and work in order to figure out their place in the world.

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The Poetry Fix

Erika Kyba

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DUAL Poetry Podcast

The Poetry Translation Centre

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The Poetry Translation Centre is dedicated to translating contemporary poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Each week we bring you a new poem podcast from one of the world's greatest living poets, in both the original language and in English translation. To find out more about our work, please visit www.poetrytranslation.org. The Poetry Translation Centre is funded by Arts Council England.

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The Poetry Magazine Podcast

Poetry Foundation

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The Poetry Magazine Podcast takes listeners on an audio journey into and beyond the pages of Poetry. Hear poets share the surprises, confusions, and desires that keep them writing. Hosted by Cindy Juyoung Ok and produced by Rachel James.

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The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed

BBC Radio 4

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Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is a former probation officer, DJ and poet celebrated for his witty and profound take on modern life. He writes in the shed in his garden, and in this podcast he invites guests to join him to talk about poetry, creativity, music, art, sheds, sherry and the countryside.

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Uncut Poetry

Sunil Bhandari

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Sunil Bhandari is a poet by compulsion. He says he survives in this world because he can get to write poetry. This podcast is of his poetry.

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The Poetry Gods

The Poetry Gods

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The Poetry Gods are here to show you how to not be wack in 2016 & beyond. Interviews and stories about the people behind the poems. You don't have to love poetry to love the show. Hosted by Aziza Barnes, Jon Sands, and José Olivarez. Artwork by Jess X. Chen. If you dig the show, share the link.

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Urdu Adab

Dr S Naqvi

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The podcast aims to spread Urdu Adab to people who cannot read or write urdu. It will contain short stories which are meaningful, funny, romantic & sarcastic as well as poetry, literature and other forms of Urdu Adab.

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Of Poetry Podcast

Han VanderHart

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Kitchen table conversations with poets, hosted by Han VanderHart.

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Self Care Spotlight

Alyssa Kuzins

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Thank you for four years of listening! SCS is officially retired as my personal journey has shifted. Please enjoy these episodes and I hope they meet you where you are.

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Reading the Psalms

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Poetry comes alive when read aloud! Let’s look at Bible poetry together.

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Rumi Poems with Adam Siddiq

Adam Siddiq

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Subscribe and listen to the cosmically ecstatic love poems of the world's most adored poet, Rumi (Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi), spoken by Adam Siddiq.

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Within the Wires

Night Vale Presents

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An immersive fiction podcast told through found audio from an alternate universe. Each season is a standalone story set in the same world. Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Original music by Mary Epworth.

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New Books in Poetry

New Books Network

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Interview with Poets about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry

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In Our Time: Culture

BBC Radio 4

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Popular culture, poetry, music and visual arts and the roles they play in our society.

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Poetry as F*ck

Poetry as F*ck

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Poetry as F*ck is a spoken word podcast, containing three different shows: 'Poets Against Humanity' - a Creative Commons remix of 'Cards Against Humanity' where poets desecrate each others' work in a panel show format. 'Lies, Dreaming' - a digital open mic night based around a theme, with recorded spoken word submitted by listeners. 'Eight Poems That, If You Had To Be Trapped In Some Way For a Prolonged Period Of Time With Little Hope of Rescue, You'd Quite Like to Bring Along For Coping Pur ...

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DKMH

Dacre Montgomery

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Beat poetry set to music. I have spent two years compiling my poetry and these wonderfully talented musicians have helped me bring it to life. There are five core human drives that influence human behavior. To AQUIRE To BOND To LEARN To DEFEND To FEEL .... This podcast is a depiction of what DRIVES ME and how much my experiences have shaped who I am. It is supposed to be altogether meditative, confronting and hopefully...universally relatable. What drives you...? Produced by Christopher Mott ...

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Poetry Business Podcast

The Poet Life

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P_G_Poetry 🎙

Prince-Gauthier

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If you’re ready for raw, one-take spoken word that dives deep into love’s highs, heartbreak’s depths, and those moments that lift the soul, so tune in. ✍🏽🎙️✨ Here, words flow unfiltered, just for you.🗣 🎤

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Stories

Francis Rosenfeld

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Fiction

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Think! It Ain't Illegal Yet

St_Clinton

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This show is designed to make you think about different issues, and is dome through poetry, spoken word, music and other ways. This show takes no sides as it you will hear things that you will both agree and disagree with. A new episode is brought to you each Sunday and Thursday,

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The Poetryhood | الحيّ الشعري

The Poetryhood | الحيّ الشعري

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The Poetryhood is a community dedicated to creating & celebrating grassroot poetry. We aspire to pioneer a poetic movement through our podcast. In these episodes, you can expect to discover a treasure trove of poetic content, along with inspiring conversations featuring poets and artists, all contributing to the vibrant tapestry of The Poetryhood.

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The Book Club

The Spectator

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Literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented weekly by Sam Leith.

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The Troubadour Podcast

Kirk j Barbera

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"It is the honourable characteristic of Poetry that its materials are to be found in every subject which can interest the human mind." William Wordsworth The Troubadour Podcast invites you into a world where art is conversation and conversation is art. The conversations on this show will be with some living people and some dead writers of our past. I aim to make both equally entertaining and educational.In 1798 William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge published Lyrical Ballads, which Wordswor ...

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That Dull Boring Place Called Life 4:28

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As we age, we hark back to the ordinary. After we've seen it all, our sense of wonder might not have dimmed, but it does become selective. And we know that though there is no end to discoveries, we find even a still moment is rich in repast. And without wallowing in nostalgia, we remember simpler times. And we remember the glow of presence. No deta…

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Guigemar: The Encounter 4:33

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This installment of Guigemar portrays the first encounter between Guigemar and the imprisoned young lady. The poet brings some interesting elements to the forefront in their encounter, including the focus on his heartbeat and his dependence on the lady's hospitality.Af Erika Kyba

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Fool’s Errand 46:48

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Idra Novey on exile, stereotypes, and making art the center of your life.Af Poetry Foundation

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1235: On Being by Ruben Quesada 5:04

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Today’s poem is On Being by Ruben Quesada. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem captures our complex relationship with nature, how we experience the sublime of the seasons, but also, the way it is often mediated through our modern and mechanized era.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The …

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The SPEAKEASY CAFE ~ONLINE~ OPEN MIC POETRY RADIO SHOW INSPIRE AND BE INSPIRED! 2:56:00

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ATTENTION POETS: Make your words a priority! You have something to say, come and say it! Read live, online, at the SpeakEasy Cafe, Tonight! Join host Nyla Alisia for an invigorating three hour broadcast starting with The INKWELL Mini -WORKSHOP and then settle in for an amazing night of SPOKEN WORD POETRY! The SPEAKEASY CAFE ~ONLINE!~ OPEN MIC POETR…

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Poetry Business Podcast | S7: Ep. 2 | How Taalam Acey Built A Thriving Poetry Career for 30+ Years | S7: Ep. 2 59:01

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In this episode, we sit down with the legendary poet Taalam Acey, a powerhouse who has kept audiences captivated and inspired for over 30 years. How Taalam Acey Built a Thriving Poetry Career for 30+ Years delves deep into the highs and lows of a career that has spanned multiple eras, from the golden age of spoken word to the digital revolution. Ta…

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Something About Morris and Country Dances, Part II 32:43

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Editor’s Note, by Heidi Buschbach Last week, Part I of this article was posted, so if you would like to read more about the history of Morris Dance or the Espérance Club, or the reasons why we include folk dance in our Charlotte Mason curriculum, please read that editor’s note and article. Here in Part … The post Something About Morris and Country …

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Junious 'Jay' Ward: Of the Field, the Mythic Perception of the South, and the Vulnerable Document 46:00

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Read: "Inheritance" and "Homecoming, Rich Square, NC" (Fourway Review) Purchase: Composition (Button Poetry, 2023) Junious 'Jay' Ward is a poet and teaching artist from Charlotte, NC. He is a National Slam champion (2018), an Individual World Poetry Slam champion (2019), author of Sing Me A Lesser Wound (Bull City Press 2020) and Composition (Butto…

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Ep 287. Live Poets Society 1:28:42

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Giving the kids their boring magic. Show notes Jonathan Farmer Matthew Buckley Smith Church Going by Philip Larkin Why Poetry is Making a Comeback in Schools on Mindshift/KQED Ode to Kool-Aid by Marcus Jackson In Praise of Okra by January Gill O’Neil Root Cellar by Theodore Roethke Gwendolyn Brooks Elizabeth Bishop Shane McCrae Gabrielle Calvocores…

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Dennis Wuerthner, "Poems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness: P’ahan chip by Yi Illo" (U Hawaii Press, 2024) 1:37:55

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Dr. Dennis Wuerthner’s Poems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness: P’ahan chip by Yi Illo (U Hawaii Press, 2024) is the first complete English translation of one of the oldest extant Korean source materials. The scholar, Yi Illo (1152–1220), filled this collection with poetry by himself and diverse writers, ranging from Chinese master poets and Kory…

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Today I Wrote An Anthem About Love ❤️ 2:47

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This episode, dives deep into love’s raw beauty. 'Today, I Wrote an Anthem About Love' is a spoken word piece that captures the power of love that endures, through quiet moments, messy truths, and promises whispered like prayers. Tune in for a heartfelt exploration of a love that grows and holds on, an anthem for all who believe in forever.…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry" 6:07

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Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 26, 2024. www.poets.orgAf The Academy of American Poets

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Jim Moore Reads Jane Mead 23:12

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Jim Moore joins Kevin Young to read “I wonder if I will miss the moss,” by Jane Mead, and his own poem “Mother.” Moore has published eight poetry collections, including, most recently, “Prognosis.” He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and multiple Minnesota Book Awards.Af WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

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Bertrand N. O. Walker: "The Warrior’s Plume" 3:22

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Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 10, 2024. www.poets.orgAf The Academy of American Poets

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The bag may not inflate but oxygen is flowing 8:01

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I’m a historic guy. They could put me in a museum. I went to college when tuition was $71/quarter so we didn’t have to ask our parents for money so we got to go into the arts. There were no laptops, no iPhones, no Airplane Mode. I regaled the Lovelanders with stories about the Fifties, back when Minnesota winters were ferocious. I lived through the…

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From “Reconstructions” 1:58

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By Bradley TrumpfhellerAf Poetry Foundation

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Thomas Moore: "At the Mid Hour of Night" 4:01

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Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 9, 2024. www.poets.orgAf The Academy of American Poets

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Phone Calls Audio Programs #1017-3

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Psalm 124 — If not for the Lord, where would we be? 3:44

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Thank God for his help! Thank God for his good creation. Thank God for his saving power!

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Kenneth Grahame's "A Song of Mr. Toad" 4:22

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Kenneth Grahame (8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) is best remembered for the classic of children's literature The Wind in the Willows (1908). Scottish by birth, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in England, following the death of his mother and his father's inability to look after the children. After attending St Edward's School in Oxf…

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Untitled 1975–86 ["By now, the docks have succumbed to the oyster shells"] 2:07

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The Blue Rose Manuscript - Divided by Zero - Options 15:20

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Option: An act of choosing; a thing that is or may be chosen Like all naturally evolving systems reality doesn’t behave according to a predetermined plan, it runs on repeated trial and error and on eliminating the fruitless branches in the tree of choice. Even though you can’t see it, reality presents and tests options for itself constantly and aut…

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Painting From Life 1:01:11

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Garth Greenwell on shame, small acts of love, and the patch of snow inside us.Af Poetry Foundation

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Levi Romero: "the cherry end of your cigarette against the pale sky" 4:29

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Recorded by Levi Romero for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 8, 2024. www.poets.orgAf The Academy of American Poets

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Nursery 1:07

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By Kiki PetrosinoAf Poetry Foundation

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "A Common Inference" 6:44

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) wrote fiction and nonfiction works including several collections of poetry and her most famous short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892). Her poems address the issues of women’s suffrage and the injustices of women’s lives. She was also the author of Women and Economics (1898), Concerning Children (1900), The H…

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Robert Graves 54:53

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the author of 'I, Claudius' who was also one of the finest poets of the twentieth century. Robert Graves (1895 -1985) placed his poetry far above his prose. He once declared that from the age of 15 poetry had been his ruling passion and that he lived his life according to poetic principles, writing in prose only to p…

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1234: Mami Told Me to Put Water under the Bed by Peggy Robles-Alvarado 6:00

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Today’s poem is Mami Told Me to Put Water under the Bed by Peggy Robles-Alvarado. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem professes the healing properties of water and the restorative powers of language to renew our connection to each other.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown tod…

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Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake: "Someday I’ll Love—" 3:37

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Recorded by Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 7, 2024. www.poets.orgAf The Academy of American Poets

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Psalm 123 — God is Ready to Help 4:10

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Whenever you are in difficulty you can cry out to God. This psalm can help.

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Training Camp 1:10

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By Reginald HarrisAf Poetry Foundation

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Robert Morgan's "Bellrope" 9:12

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“The line through the hole in the dark…trembling/with its high connections.” Robert Morgan (born 1944) is an American poet, short story writer, non-fiction author, biographer, and novelist. He studied at North Carolina State University as an engineering and mathematics major, transferred to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an Engl…

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The Mendel Inheritance 52:19

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When Gregor Mendel published the results of his experiments on pea plants in 1866 he initiated a fierce debate about the nature of heredity and genetic determinism that continues today. The battle lines were drawn in England in the late 19th century by William Bateson, who believed in fixed genetic inheritance, and W.F.R. Weldon, who argued that Me…

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1233: Trans Loneliness by Rickey Laurentiis 5:24

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Today’s poem is Trans Loneliness by Rickey Laurentiis. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Society’s debates around gender identity boils down to this simple fact: people want others to see them as they see themselves. This is a pure, human need for affirmation from friends, parents, and peers. It builds self-e…

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100th anniversary of A A Milne and E H Shepard, with James Campbell 35:49

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On this week's Book Club podcast we're celebrating the 100th anniversary of a landmark in children's publishing, When We Were Very Young — which represented the first collaboration between A A Milne and E H Shepard, who would (of course) go on to write an illustrate Winnie-the-Pooh. Sam Leith is joined by James Campbell, who runs the E H Shepard es…

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Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother" 3:07

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Recorded by Mary Leauna Christensen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 6, 2024. www.poets.orgAf The Academy of American Poets

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Phone Calls Audio Programs #1017-2

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Gwendolyn Brooks' "First fight. Then fiddle." 8:54

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Today’s poem is about politics (but this, too, shall pass). Happy reading. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeAf Sean Johnson

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1232: A House Called Tomorrow by Alberto Ríos 6:08

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Today’s poem is A House Called Tomorrow by Alberto Ríos. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “I loved watching the volunteers at my polling place. They were cheerful. They lovingly bantered, though they certainly could have belonged to different political parties. They gave me a vision of selfless coexistence th…

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Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raised to confront them" 3:10

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Recorded by Margo Tamez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 5, 2024. www.poets.orgAf The Academy of American Poets

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Season 9, Cassette 4: Start from Scratch 14:40

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"Of course I feel calm and happy. Why wouldn’t I?" # The voice of Kat Waterford is Robin Virginie, robinvirginie.info Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Available Now: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS (a novel) by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthew…

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Thomas Hardy's "The Shadow on the Stone" 12:01

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Today’s poem is a reluctant reckoning with the present absence created by grief. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribeAf Sean Johnson

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1231: Gala Noise by Diane Mehta 5:49

6d ago5:49

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Today’s poem is Gala Noise by Diane Mehta. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem invites us to contemplate how language is not just what is heard, but what is conveyed beneath the surface. Underneath, it sees that we are interconnected with nature, linked to an existential restlessness which leads us…

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