“The Brook Has Worked out the Prominences of a Bend” by A. R. Ammons

Amanda Holmes reads A. R. Ammons’s “ The Brook Has Worked out the Prominences of a Bend. ” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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“The Brook Has Worked out the Prominences of a Bend” by A. R. Ammons is an episode from Read Me a Poem.

This episode is 2:17 long.

This episode was published on Feb 3, 2026.

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