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Back to SearchDon McKay — Neanderthal Dig
Season 9 Episode 8
Don McKay’s poem “Neanderthal Dig” begins with the discovery of an ancient, child-sized skeleton placed on the wing of a swan and then takes flight, …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Ernesto Cardenal — Give Ear to My Words (Psalm 5)
Season 9 Episode 7
When dictatorial leaders use talk of peace as a smokescreen to conceal their plans for war and destruction, what are the people to do? Believe in a …
1 year ago
Diego Báez — Inheritance
Season 9 Episode 6
Many people say their experience of time changes after they have children, a phenomenon that Diego Báez captures in “Inheritance.” In this poem, a pa…
1 year ago
Danielle Chapman — Trespassing with Tweens
Season 9 Episode 5
Wonder and strangeness commingle with the commonplace and universal in Danielle Chapman’s “Trespassing with Tweens.” In a not-quite mirroring, a huma…
1 year, 1 month ago
Richard Langston — Hill walk
Season 9 Episode 4
In Richard Langston’s poem “Hill walk,” he proffers a handful of things that move us over the course of a day — words said or read, notes played, the…
1 year, 1 month ago
Robert Hayden — Those Winter Sundays
Season 9 Episode 3
What sacrifices were made by your parents when you were a child? How did you think about them as they were happening? And how do you think about them…
1 year, 1 month ago
Taylor Johnson — Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Season 9 Episode 2
When you look at people who are younger than you — particularly teenagers — does your mind ever take you back to yourself at their age? Taylor Johnso…
1 year, 1 month ago
Kinsale Drake — Put on that KTNN
Season 9 Episode 1
In Kinsale Drake’s poem “Put on that KTNN,” she writes about driving to a hometown as a familiar station crackles to life on the car radio. From this…
1 year, 1 month ago
Poetry Unbound — Season 9 Trailer
Season 9
Poetry Unbound with host Pádraig Ó Tuama is back on Monday, December 2. Featured poets in this season include Robert Hayden, Kinsale Drake, Danielle …
1 year, 1 month ago
Closing: Poems as Teachers (ft. Kai Cheng Thom) | Ep 7
Season 8
In this concluding episode of "Poems as Teachers," our special miniseries on conflict and the human condition, host Pádraig Ó Tuama says the poems di…
1 year, 8 months ago