Episodes

  • 20: Aubade in Autumn

    20: Aubade in Autumn
    Oct 1 2021
    In this episode we welcome the beginning of fall with Peter Everwine’s beautiful and contemplative dawn song.
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    Less than 1 minute
  • 19: Failure

    19: Failure
    Aug 29 2021
    In this episode, we read the titular poem from Schultz's Pulitzer prize-winning Failure.
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    4 mins
  • 18: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

    18: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
    May 19 2021
    In this extra-long episode, we take on this epic poem by Bob Dylan.
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    10 mins
  • 17: Ode To My Period Underwear

    17: Ode To My Period Underwear
    Apr 26 2021
    In celebration of National Poetry Month, we explore one of Olivia Gatwood's odes.
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    Less than 1 minute
  • 16: One Hundred Love Sonnets XVII

    16: One Hundred Love Sonnets XVII
    Feb 14 2021
    Let’s explore one of Pablo Neruda’s most famous love poems. In this episode, I am joined by guest reader Otto Martinez to take a look at the poem in both English and Spanish. This is the 17th poem in One Hundred Love Sonnets, a collection inspired by and dedicated to his wife Matilde.
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    Less than 1 minute
  • 15: Medlars and Sorb Apples

    15: Medlars and Sorb Apples
    Jan 29 2021
    In the first episode of the new year, we will take a look at the Orphic myth and the mysterious connection between D. H Lawrence and his strangest of strange companions — H.D. This poem echos the idea that in order to be truly good something has to be just a little bit rotten.
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  • 14: Birches

    14: Birches
    Dec 25 2020
    Let’s celebrate Christmas with one of Robert Frost’s most loved poems. After such a tough year, wouldn’t it be nice to get away from Earth for a while?
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    Less than 1 minute
  • 13: Annabel Lee

    13: Annabel Lee
    Oct 31 2020
    Let’s celebrate Halloween with one more poem from our prince of darkness, Edgar Allen Poe. In this episode, we explore the beautiful ballad Annabel Lee and Poe’s Poetic Principle.
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