Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDanez Smith — i’m going back to Minnesota where sadness makes sense
Season 4 Episode 24
In a poem brimming with love and nostalgia for winter, a poet leaves California to return to their Minnesotan homeplace, a place where winter makes s…
4 years, 9 months ago
Craig Santos Perez — Rings of Fire
Season 4 Episode 23
What if the planet were as loved as a child? Taking the story of his daughter’s fever when she was one, Craig Santos Perez reflects on everything he …
4 years, 9 months ago
Alberto Ríos — December Morning in the Desert
Season 4 Episode 22
Standing at the edge of a desert, surveying the stars on a December morning, the speaker in this poem observes the everything of everything. He is so…
4 years, 9 months ago
Yehoshua November — 2AM, and the Rabbinical Students Stand in their Bathrobes
Season 4 Episode 21
Yeshiva students stand around in the middle of the night while firemen find the cause of the alarm. It’s a student — distressed by distressing news a…
4 years, 9 months ago
Aria Aber — The Only Cab Service of Farmington, Maine
Season 4 Episode 20
In a taxi, a poet speaks to the driver. It’s the only taxi in town. He mentions travel, mentions Afghanistan, that he was there with the forces. She’…
4 years, 9 months ago
Donika Kelly — In the Chapel of St. Mary’s
Season 4 Episode 19
Why do empty places sometimes lend themselves to reflection or contemplation? In this poem, a poet — describing herself as a nonbeliever — goes into …
4 years, 9 months ago
Linda Hogan — Song for the Turtles of the Gulf
Season 4 Episode 18
In a poem called a “Song,” Linda Hogan crafts a song for turtles and other creatures killed through oil spills in the gulf. At once a praise song for…
4 years, 9 months ago
Lory Bedikian — On the Way to Oshagan
Season 4 Episode 17
The exile’s return to the motherland is the theme around which Lory Bedikian’s poem “On the Way to Oshagan” circles. She, a proud Armenian, stops by …
4 years, 9 months ago
Nico Amador — Flower Wars
Season 4 Episode 16
Telling some of the story of the Flower Wars of the Aztec era, Nico Amador’s poem pits wars against creation. In a poem that begins by recalling crea…
4 years, 9 months ago
Darrel Alejandro Holnes — Amending Wall
Season 4 Episode 15
In a poem that directly addresses Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall,” Darrel Alejandro Holnes asks questions: who gets to build walls, or guard borders?. …
4 years, 10 months ago