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PoetryNow

Poetry Foundation

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.

Episodes

20 of 99 episodes

The Editor's Ex

Caitlin Doyle thinks about romance novels at the end of a relationship. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Reque...

00:04:00Apr 18, 2023

I Thought a Tree Dying

Sandra Doller meditates on aging and motherhood. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Dec 30, 2019

I Saw This Day Coming

Stacy Szymaszek writes a poem in gratitude to her students. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Dec 23, 2019

Hypersensitive Emanation

Will Alexander finds ways of writing poems to revitalize language as a whole. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Dec 16, 2019

There Is No Meaning Here

Christine Kanownik examines the place of religion and spirituality in secular life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Dec 9, 2019

anti-immigration

Evie Shockley expresses frustration over ongoing immigration policies and thinks about ways Americans might better live together. Produced b...

00:04:00Dec 2, 2019

A poem from From A Winter Notebook

Matei Yankelevich meditates on the nature of poetic language and lingers over events from his past. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Nov 25, 2019

Quiescence

Alyse Knorr writes about motherhood and loss. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Nov 18, 2019

I’m an Avid Skier

Jill Magi explores the intersections between sports culture and corporate job-speak. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Nov 4, 2019

Beds

Divya Victor considers the effects of transnational migration on family life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Oct 28, 2019

The Other Side

Jennifer Foerster imagines encountering her younger self on a walk through the streets of Vienna. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Oct 21, 2019

Pearl

Wendy Lotterman wonders what home invasion and poetry have in common. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Oct 14, 2019

Skype Healer

Emmalea Russo recalls a Skype healing session and remembers the death of her aunt Vera. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Oct 7, 2019

As If to Misread Song

Lotte L.S. considers the legacy of British poet and political activist Anna Mendelssohn. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Sep 30, 2019

Goodbye 14

Emily Sieu Liebowitz begins a poem by wondering if the Trojan Horse was merely a metaphor for written language. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Sep 23, 2019

Standards-Based Assessment

Dora Malech reflects on the way gun violence and school shootings have affected her own life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Sep 16, 2019

Girl Soup

Sawako Nakayasu imagines eating a bowl of girl soup and the conundrum posed by her own intervention. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Sep 9, 2019

No People in It

Emily Skillings writes a tribute to poet John Ashbery who died in September of 2017. Produced by Sarah Geis.

00:04:00Sep 2, 2019

poem for bruce

Rodney Koeneke considers the mystery and language of riddles. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

00:04:00Aug 26, 2019