POEMS with SARAH

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Sit back, relax, and listen to original poems and good old classics too in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, & more...

Sarah Valente


    • Aug 28, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 10m AVG DURATION
    • 5 EPISODES


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    Ep. 5: a dream deferred

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 12:10


    In today's episode I share words not my own but by a poet who speaks for me: Langston Hughes.

    Ep. 4: unsung immigrant songs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 13:00


    Today’s poems are a celebration of unsung immigrant songs. Framed in a familial and cultural context, dealing with topics of love and loss, life and death, identity and the relationship of the self to multiple language, these poems narrate the writer’s experience through a unique perspective of physical distance from the native homeland. Also, enjoy a reading of Pablo Neruda's poem Never Alone, With You.

    Ep. 3: little big sister

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 11:30


    This last day of July marks the 29th anniversary of my eldest sister's passing. Having passed away at the age of seven, she forever remained my little big sister. This episode includes parts from my essay, "Exile at Home, or At Home in Exile" (Athenaeum Review, Issue 3) including a poem inspired by her absence, and timeless poems by Victor Hugo and Primo Levi.

    Ep. 2: Im migration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 9:10


    This episode features poems about ancestry, migration, and identity. These poems come from a collections titled "Im migration," which I presented at the Research, Art, Writing Conference at UTDallas in 2012.

    Ep. 1: every departure is an arrival

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 6:00


    Today’s poems illustrate how every departure is an arrival. Episode 1 features my original poem "Brazil is" and a Portuguese reading of Vinicius de Moraes poem "Parte, e tú verás"

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