“Ithaka” by C. P. Cavafy
Amanda Holmes reads C. P. Cavafy’s “ Ithaka ,” translated from the Greek by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Have a suggestion for a poem...
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“Everybody Who Is Dead” by Frank Stanford
Amanda Holmes reads Frank Stanford’s “ Everybody Who Is Dead .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theameric...
“The Giver” by James Baldwin
Amanda Holmes reads James Baldwin’s “ The Giver .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org...
“Wild Nights—Wild Nights!” by Emily Dickinson
Amanda Holmes reads Emily Dickinson’s “ Wild Nights—Wild Nights! ” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theame...
“Homecoming” by Henry Sloss
Amanda Holmes reads Henry Sloss’s “ Homecoming .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org....
“Now That I Am Forever With Child” by Audre Lorde
Amanda Holmes reads Audre Lorde’s “ Now That I Am Forever With Child. ” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@t...
“The End of March” by Elizabeth Bishop
Amanda Holmes reads Elizabeth Bishop’s “ The End of March .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericans...
“The Idea of Order at Key West” by Wallace Stevens
Amanda Holmes reads Wallace Stevens’s “ The Idea of Order at Key West .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@...
“The Bean-Stalk” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Amanda Holmes reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “ The Bean-Stalk .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamer...
“A Field of Finches Without Sight Still Singing” by Grace Cavalieri
Amanda Holmes reads Grace Cavalieri’s “ A Field of Finches Without Sight Still Singing .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? E...
“Sure on This Shining Night” by James Agee
Amanda Holmes reads James Agee’s “ Sure on This Shining Night .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theameri...
“Hope” by Lisel Mueller
Amanda Holmes reads Lisel Mueller’s “ Hope .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If...
“Days of 1964” by James Merrill
Amanda Holmes reads James Merrill’s “ Days of 1964 .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar....
“For Grace, After a Party” by Frank O’Hara
Amanda Holmes reads Frank O’Hara’s “ For Grace, After a Party .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theameri...
“On the Threshold” by Amy Levy
Amanda Holmes reads Amy Levy’s “ On the Threshold .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.o...
“The Field of Waterloo” by Thomas Hardy
Amanda Holmes reads Thomas Hardy’s “ The Field of Waterloo ” from The Dynasts . Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: p...
“The Lambs Are Not for Sale” by Paula Bohince
Amanda Holmes reads Paula Bohince’s “ The Lambs Are Not for Sale .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theam...
“The Boy Died in My Alley” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Amanda Holmes reads Gwendolyn Brooks’s “ The Boy Died in My Alley .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@thea...
“Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister” by Robert Browning
Amanda Holmes reads Robert Browning’s “ Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podc...
“Twilight: After Haying” by Jane Kenyon
Amanda Holmes reads Jane Kenyon’s “ Twilight: After Haying .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamerican...