Podcast Episodes

Fady Joudah — [...]

Season 9 Episode 13

Even though Palestinian-American Fady Joudah’s poem is sparingly titled “[...],” an ellipsis surrounded by brackets, this work itself is psychologica…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Benjamin Zephaniah — To Michael Menson

Season 9 Episode 12

Benjamin Zephaniah’s urgent, imperative “To Michael Menson” was written when he was a poet in residence at a human rights barrister in England. His p…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Carmen Giménez — Ars Poetica

Season 9 Episode 11

Carmen Giménez’s poem “Ars Poetica” is a stunning waterfall of words, a torrent of dozens of short statements that begin with “I” or “I’m.” As you li…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Rick Barot — The Singing

Season 9 Episode 10

Rick Barot’s poem “The Singing” takes place in the humdrum, relatable setting of the waiting room at a car dealership. But the unexpected occurs when…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Diannely Antigua — Another Poem about God, but Really It’s about Me

Season 9 Episode 9

“You would’ve made a lousy nun.” The narrator of Diannely Antigua’s “Another Poem about God, but Really It’s about Me” overhears these words, and the…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Don 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, …

1 year, 7 months ago

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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, 8 months ago

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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, 8 months ago

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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, 9 months ago

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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, 9 months ago

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