1565 Episodes

  1. 1255: The Presence in Absence by Linda Gregg

    Published: 12/6/2024

  2. 1254: That's My Heart Right There by Willie Perdomo

    Published: 12/5/2024

  3. 1253: On the Death of a Young Lady Five Years of Age, a reinscription by Aracelis Girmay

    Published: 12/4/2024

  4. 1252: The Canonization by John Donne

    Published: 12/3/2024

  5. 1251: On Living by Nâzim Hikmet, translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk

    Published: 12/2/2024

  6. 1250: 52 Blue by Sappho Stanley

    Published: 11/29/2024

  7. 1249: Farmers' Market by Molly Fisk

    Published: 11/28/2024

  8. 1248: Listening to Monk's Misterioso I Remember Braiding My Sisters' Hair by Christopher Gilbert

    Published: 11/27/2024

  9. 1247: A Garden and a Street by Teresa Cader

    Published: 11/26/2024

  10. 1246: Big Purple Peonies by Margaret Ross

    Published: 11/25/2024

  11. 1245: Telescope by Louise Glück

    Published: 11/22/2024

  12. 1244: Poem by Frank O'Hara

    Published: 11/21/2024

  13. 1243: Waiting for the Annular Eclipse by Rhoni Blankenhorn

    Published: 11/20/2024

  14. 1242: Aleppo by Hala Alyan

    Published: 11/19/2024

  15. 1241: Brooklyn is for Breakups by Chen Chen

    Published: 11/18/2024

  16. 1240: Mother of the English Language by Nicole Arocho Hernández

    Published: 11/15/2024

  17. 1239: My Father Flying by Jan Beatty

    Published: 11/14/2024

  18. 1238: Forgiveness Rock Record by Tawanda Mulalu

    Published: 11/13/2024

  19. 1237: Shadow Play by Jessica Fisher

    Published: 11/12/2024

  20. 1236: Letter to a Young Poet by Megan Fernandes

    Published: 11/11/2024

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