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Poems for Company

Poems for Company

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 On this theme-based show, host Brian Dillon reads and comments on poems from the ancient world to the present. Topics include Unlived Lives, Inanimate Objects, Swimming, Advice, and Unrequited love, among many others.© 2024 KMUN Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Social Sciences
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  • Poems for Company - January 26th, 2026

    Poems for Company - January 26th, 2026
    Jan 26 2026
    “Parents Viewed Unconventionally”: Three contemporary female poets comment on one or more parents in somewhat unexpected ways. Molly Twomey, “The Drop Off,” from Raised Among Vultures, and used by kind permission of the author and The Gallery Press, 2022 (www.gallerypress.com). Kathleen Flenniken, “Married Love,” from Post Romantic, used by kind permission of the author (U. of Washington Press, 2020). Ada Limon, “Joint Custody,” from The Hurting Kind (Milkweed, 2022). Our theme music is Philip Aaberg’s “Going-to-the-Sun” from Live from Montana (available at sweetgrassmusic.com) and used with the kind permission of Mr. Aaberg.
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    29 mins
  • Poems for Company - December 22nd, 2025

    Poems for Company - December 22nd, 2025
    Dec 22 2025
    “Friendship”: Three poems consider the shared activities, the camaraderie, the tensions, and the goofiness of friendships. Ada Limon, “Blowing on the Wheel,” from The Hurting Kind (Milkweed, 2022). Delmore Schwartz, “Do the Others Speak of Me Mockingly, Maliciously?” from Selected Poems, copyright 1959 by Delmore Schwartz. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. Sharon Olds, “Best Friends,” from The Dead and the Living (Knopf, 1991), and used with the kind permission of the poet. Our theme music is Philip Aaberg’s “Going-to-the-Sun” from Live from Montana (available at sweetgrassmusic.com) and used with the kind permission of Mr. Aaberg.
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    29 mins
  • Poems for Company - November 24th, 2025

    Poems for Company - November 24th, 2025
    Nov 24 2025
    “Narrative Poems”: These poems offer at least an outline of a story, with a plot and some time references. Like many successful stories, substantial relevant questions may remain unanswered, requiring some speculation on our part. John Greenleaf Whittier, “Telling the Bees.” Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Mr. Flood’s Party.” Our theme music is Philip Aaberg’s “Going-to-the-Sun” from Live from Montana (available at sweetgrassmusic.com) and used with the kind permission of Mr. Aaberg.
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    29 mins
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