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Poetry Off the Shelf

Poetry Off the Shelf

Written by: Poetry Foundation
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 Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.℗ & © 2023 Poetry Foundation Art
Episodes
  • Poets We Lost in 2025

    Poets We Lost in 2025
    Dec 30 2025

    Remembering Ellen Bryant Voigt, plus a few words on mortality by Andrea Gibson.


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    37 mins
  • An Old Face

    An Old Face
    Dec 16 2025

    Amanda Quaid on cancer, being bad in New York, and erotic hands.


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    56 mins
  • An Impossible Wish

    An Impossible Wish
    Dec 2 2025

    Tracy K. Smith on her Hello Kitty notebook, automatic writing, and the afterlife.


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    46 mins
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