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Brooklyn Poets


    • Jun 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 6m AVG DURATION
    • 141 EPISODES

    5 from 45 ratings Listeners of Yawpcast that love the show mention: brooklyn, voices, great poets, yawp.


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    The Yawpcast podcast is truly a gem in the realm of literary podcasts. With its eye-opening look into some of the most talented poetic voices from Brooklyn and beyond, it delivers a unique and enriching experience that is sure to captivate any poetry enthusiast. Time Out New York has rightfully recognized The Yawpcast as "one of the most innovative literary events in the city," and it's easy to understand why.

    One of the best aspects of The Yawpcast is its ability to transport listeners into the world of lively and inspiring poetry readings. By closing your eyes and hitting play on any one of their programs, you are instantly immersed in an atmosphere filled with raw emotion, powerful words, and thought-provoking imagery. The talent showcased on this podcast is truly remarkable, highlighting some of the most outstanding poetic voices not only from Brooklyn but also from beyond. Each episode presents a diverse range of poets with different styles, perspectives, and backgrounds, providing listeners with a rich tapestry of poetic expressions.

    The open mic section featured in The Yawpcast is another standout aspect that shouldn't be overlooked. It offers an opportunity for both established poets and aspiring ones to share their work with a broader audience. The sense of community fostered through this platform is incredible, as poets can showcase their talents while receiving feedback and support from fellow artists. This interactive element sets The Yawpcast apart from other literary podcasts, creating an engaging experience that keeps listeners coming back for more.

    While The Yawpcast excels in many areas, there are a few minor drawbacks worth mentioning. One aspect that could be improved upon is the frequency of episodes released. As avid fans eagerly await new content each month, it would be even more exciting if episodes were released more frequently to keep up with demand.

    In conclusion, The Yawpcast podcast is undoubtedly a must-listen for anyone passionate about poetry or looking to explore the world of spoken word. Its ability to transport listeners into the vibrant realm of poetry readings, coupled with the incredible diverse talent showcased, is what makes this podcast a standout in the literary community. So sit back, make a strong drink, hit play on an episode, and allow yourself to be transported to the most lively and inspiring poetry readings in all of New York City.



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    Jordan Hamel, "How to Cheat Death in a Nightclub Bathroom"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 2:20


    Poet of the Week, June 2–8, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/jordan-hamel

    Eduardo Martínez-Leyva, "After the Shooting, You Have a Panic Attack in the Supermarket"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 2:18


    Poet of the Week, May 26–June 1, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/eduardo-martinez-leyva

    Anastacia-Reneé, "Get Home Before the PBS Street Lights Go Out"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 3:20


    Poet of the Week, May 19–25, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/anastacia-renee

    Brittany Rogers, "Ice Cam, Little Caesars Arena, February 2023"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 0:52


    Poet of the Week, May 12–18, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/brittany-rogers

    Shana Blatt, "tenor"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 1:07


    Poet of the Week, May 5–11, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/shana-blatt

    Abi Pollokoff, "lilies & these eroded"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 2:47


    Poet of the Week, April 28–May 4, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/abi-pollokoff

    Esther Lin, "Disappearing Act"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 2:02


    Poet of the Week, April 21–27, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/esther-lin

    Kaitlin Hsu, "As a Child, I Pretended to Be a Tree"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 1:44


    Poet of the Week, April 14–20, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/kaitlin-hsu

    Jay Délise, "Psst..."

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 2:13


    Poet of the Week, April 7–13, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/jay-delise

    Monica Sok, "Bong Sota's Inheritance"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 2:11


    Poet of the Week, March 31–April 6, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/monica-sok

    Delilah Silberman, "THE WHOLE HOUSE IS EMPTY"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 1:12


    Poet of the Week, March 17–23, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/delilah-silberman

    Jerome Ellison Murphy, "Hanging"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 1:27


    Poet of the Week, March 24–30, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/jerome-ellison-murphy

    alma valdez-garcia, “ACT”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 1:09


    Poet of the Week, March 10–16, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/alma-valdez-garcia

    Quinta Myricks, "Before I Block You"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 3:00


    Poet of the Week, March 3–9, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/quinta-myricks

    Lydia T. Liu, "First tongue"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 2:22


    Poet of the Week, February 24–March 2, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/lydia-t-liu

    Brad Walrond, "RARE EARTH NEW EARTH"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 2:47


    Poet of the Week, February 17–23, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/brad-walrond

    Lisa Hiton, "Mise en Abyme"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 2:35


    Poet of the Week, February 3–9, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/lisa-hiton

    Alisha Mascarenhas, "HOPE NO MORE"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 2:05


    Poet of the Week, January 27–February 2, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/alisha-mascarenhas

    Latif Askia Ba, "22 septembre"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 1:08


    Poet of the Week, January 20–26, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/latif-askia-ba

    Emily Harman, "Wrack"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 1:11


    Poet of the Week, February 10–16, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/emily-harman

    Nina C. Peláez, "Diptych"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 1:27


    Poet of the Week, January 13–19, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/nina-c-pelaez

    Insiya Taj, "Ripening"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 2:11


    Poet of the Week, January 6–12, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/insiya-taj

    Claire Denson, "The Kiss"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 1:45


    Poet of the Week, December 30, 2024–January 5, 2025. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/claire-denson

    Alisha Acquaye, excerpt from “Saturn Returning to Mami Wata”

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 1:45


    Poet of the Week, December 16–22, 2024. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/alisha-acquaye

    Elly Belle, "of flower crowns and math"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 3:13


    Poet of the Week, December 9–15, 2024. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/elly-belle

    Yomalis Rosario, "every day, i win"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 2:16


    Poet of the Week, December 23–29, 2024. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/yomalis-rosario

    xochi quetzali cartland, "Bear Hugs & Axolotl Dreams"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 2:48


    Poet of the Week, December 2–8, 2024. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/xochi-quetzali-cartland

    Arden Stockdell-Giesler, "Haircut"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 0:59


    Poet of the Week, November 25–December 1, 2024. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/arden-stockdell-giesler

    Christian J. Collier, "In the Spectral Hour"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 1:34


    Poet of the Week, November 18–24, 2024. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/christian-j-collier

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    Marlee Alcina Miller, "Even on 150mg of Lamictal"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 0:55


    Poet of the Week, November 11–17, 2024. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/marlee-alcina-miller

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    Christopher Rey Pérez, "Flu Flamming"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 3:37


    Poet of the Week, October 28–November 3, 2024. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/christopher-rey-perez

    Ruth Awad, "Reasons to Live"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 1:30


    Poet of the Week, November 4–10, 2024. Full text of the poem & interview: brooklynpoets.org/community/poet/ruth-awad

    Yawpcast 6.10.24

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 82:50


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 6.10.24, featuring dawn lonsinger (4:28) and Poem of the Month winner Raisha Waller for "seven ways to tell my therapist i'm 22" (14:32). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 5.13.24

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 72:40


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 5.13.24, featuring Cea (7:45) and Poem of the Month winner Anya Johnson for "Oh, Fascinating" (34:10). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 4.8.24

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 80:50


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 4.8.24, featuring Angel Nafis (3:01) and Poem of the Month winner Eva Koehler for "An Email to Emily, Out of the Blue" (48:48). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

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    Yawpcast 3.11.24

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 80:31


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 3.11.24, featuring Rachelle Toarmino (5:41) and Poem of the Month winner Claire Miles for "I zone out of the ovary war" (14:55). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawp 2.12.24 Yawpcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 82:06


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 2.12.24, featuring Shira Erlichman (3:43) and Poem of the Month winner Evan Thomas Cummings for "Everything at All Times" (1:12:43). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 1.8.24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 92:01


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 1.8.24, featuring Karl Michael Iglesias (7:17) and Poem of the Month winner Michael Fracentese for "Blade Runner Jacket" (41:34). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 12.11.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 74:30


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 12.11.23, featuring Jessica Greenbaum (4:08) and Poem of the Month winner Insiya Taj for "Ripening" (39:22). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Bonus Yawpcast: 2023 Yawp Poem of the Year Contest

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 71:34


    2023 Brooklyn Poets Yawp Poem of the Year Contest, featuring winner s.e. zelalem for "notes on blk lovrs" (49:41) and runner-up Alexis Dibbs for "For the Plants" (15:07). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 11.13.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 80:55


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 11.13.23, featuring K. Iver (2:50) and Poem of the Month winner Meghan Gwilt for "I Digress" (52:41). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 10.9.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 89:19


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 10.9.23, featuring I.S. Jones (7:28) and Poem of the Month winner s.e. zelalem for "notes on blk lovrs" (35:02). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 9.11.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 93:52


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 9.11.23, featuring Joanna Solfrian (6:10) and Poem of the Month winner Eva Koehler for "Solo Passage" (1:17:19). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 8.14.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 74:30


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 8.14.23, featuring Lynn Melnick(4:22) and Poem of the Month winner Claire Miles for "return to self" (10:28). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

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    Yawpcast 7.10.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2023 80:43


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 7.10.23, featuring Gbenga Adesina (4:11) and Poem of the Month winner Nicole Alexander for "ues" (29:21). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    poem nicole alexander
    Yawpcast 6.12.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 87:09


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 6.12.23, featuring Cindy Tran & Justin Wong (2:06) and Poem of the Month winner Alexis Dibbs for "For the Plants" (49:18). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 5.8.23

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 92:13


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 5.8.23, featuring imogen xtian smith (5:08) and Poem of the Month winner Naomi Brenman for "Call Me Crazy" (29:02). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 4.10.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 91:41


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 4.10.23, featuring Isabella DeSendi (5:41) and Poem of the Month winner Jennifer Pineo-Dunn for an excerpt from "subway bint sundog bint arbutus isle" (1:01:47). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 3.13.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 92:00


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 4.10.23, featuring Ramya Ramana (6:50) and Poem of the Month winner Skye Jackson for "(when the white girl in the bathroom at hadestown asks if I'm cosplaying as persephone)" (29:43). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 2.13.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 88:38


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 2.13.23, featuring Eugenia Leigh (5:48) and Poem of the Month winner Jaz Sufi for "Someday I'll Love Jaz Sufi" (38:45). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

    Yawpcast 1.9.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 94:24


    Brooklyn Poets Yawp open mic, 1.9.23, featuring Jon Sands (7:14) and Poem of the Month winner Ann Herendeen for "The Star" (57:57). For more info, go to brooklynpoets.org/events/yawp.

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