Podcasts about poems

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:30:00 GMT http://relay.fm/cortex/180 http://relay.fm/cortex/180 From Instagram Poems to a Bestselling Book, with Loryn Brantz 180 Myke Hurley Myke talks to Loryn Brantz – illustrator, poet, and bestselling author – about her journey from Sesame Street and BuzzFeed to becoming an independent creator, how her poems grew into a book, and the routines she uses to make space for new ideas. Myke talks to Loryn Brantz – illustrator, poet, and bestselling author – about her journey from Sesame Street and BuzzFeed to becoming an independent creator, how her poems grew into a book, and the routines she uses to make space for new ideas. clean 5162 Subtitle: State of the WorkflowMyke talks to Loryn Brantz – illustrator, poet, and bestselling author – about her journey from Sesame Street and BuzzFeed to becoming an independent creator, how her poems grew into a book, and the routines she uses to make space for new ideas. This episode of Cortex is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. New users get $100 in Sentry credits with code cortex26. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CORTEX. Guest Starring: Loryn Brantz Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Check out the Cortex Brand store – Premium Productivity Tools Submit Feedback ‎Gabby - Coaching & Meditation App - App Store Loryn's Website Loryn Brantz – Instagram The Good Advice Cupcake – Instagram Poems of Parenting – HarperCollins I Am a Spicy Nugget – Books of Wonder Brick If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Waistlines – Buzzfeed Ms. Rachel - Wikipedia Dos and Don'ts of Sharing Photos of Your Children on Instagram and Facebook | WSJ - YouTube Amazon Is Making an AI-Animated ‘Good Advice Cupcake' TV Show. Its Original Creator Is Furious | WIRED Loryn's Post about Cuppy and Buzzfeed – Instagram Designed in California — Kickstarter Campaign Upgrade #621: Road to the Apple II: The Partnership (Part 2) - Relay

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:30:00 GMT http://relay.fm/cortex/180 http://relay.fm/cortex/180 Myke Hurley Myke talks to Loryn Brantz – illustrator, poet, and bestselling author – about her journey from Sesame Street and BuzzFeed to becoming an independent creator, how her poems grew into a book, and the routines she uses to make space for new ideas. Myke talks to Loryn Brantz – illustrator, poet, and bestselling author – about her journey from Sesame Street and BuzzFeed to becoming an independent creator, how her poems grew into a book, and the routines she uses to make space for new ideas. clean 5162 Subtitle: State of the WorkflowMyke talks to Loryn Brantz – illustrator, poet, and bestselling author – about her journey from Sesame Street and BuzzFeed to becoming an independent creator, how her poems grew into a book, and the routines she uses to make space for new ideas. This episode of Cortex is sponsored by: Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get 25% off your membership. Sentry: Mobile crash reporting and app monitoring. New users get $100 in Sentry credits with code cortex26. Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code CORTEX. Guest Starring: Loryn Brantz Links and Show Notes: Get Moretex – More Cortex, with no ads. Check out the Cortex Brand store – Premium Productivity Tools Submit Feedback ‎Gabby - Coaching & Meditation App - App Store Loryn's Website Loryn Brantz – Instagram The Good Advice Cupcake – Instagram Poems of Parenting – HarperCollins I Am a Spicy Nugget – Books of Wonder Brick If Disney Princesses Had Realistic Waistlines – Buzzfeed Ms. Rachel - Wikipedia Dos and Don'ts of Sharing Photos of Your Children on Instagram and Facebook | WSJ - YouTube Amazon Is Making an AI-Animated ‘Good Advice Cupcake' TV Show. Its Original Creator Is Furious | WIRED Loryn's Post about Cuppy and Buzzfeed – Instagram Designed in California — Kickstarter Campaign Upgrade #621: Road to the Apple II: The Partnership (Part 2) - Relay

Welcome to Bal Jagat, a new series featuring poems recited by students studying at various Nepali language schools in Australia. This SBS Nepali initiative aims to showcase the creative expression and imagination of second-generation Nepali speakers growing up in Australia. In this episode, Eva Chhetri from Geelong Nepali Pathshala and Sarvika Tripathi from Aintree Nepali Pathshala recite their poems. If you would like your children to participate, send us an email at nepali.program@sbs.com.au. - अस्ट्रेलियामा सञ्चालन भइरहेका विभिन्न नेपाली भाषा विद्यालयमा पढ्दै गरेका केही विद्यार्थीहरूले वाचन गरेका कविताहरूको यो विशेष प्रस्तुति, बाल जगत्‌मा तपाईँलाई स्वागत छ। एसबीएस नेपालीको प्रयास रहने यस विशेष शृङ्खलामा अस्ट्रेलियामा हुर्कँदै गरेको दोस्रो पुस्ताका नेपाली भाषीहरूका भावना, कल्पना र सिर्जनात्मक अभिव्यक्तिलाई समेटिने छ। यस भागमा जीलङ नेपाली पाठशालाकी इभा क्षेत्री र एन्ट्री नेपाली पाठशालाकी सार्भिका त्रिपाठीले आफ्ना कविताहरू वाचन गरेका छन्। आफ्ना बच्चाहरूलाई पनि सहभागी गराउन चाहनुहुन्छ भने, हामीलाई nepali.program@sbs.com.au मा इमेल पठाउनुहोस्।Subscribe to the SBS Nepali podcast here.If you would like your children to participate, send us an email at nepali.program@sbs.com.au.Disclaimer: We would like to inform you that the opinions expressed in the segment are those of the talents themselves. - हाम्रा थप अडियो प्रस्तुतिहरू पोडकास्टका रूपमा उपलब्ध छन्। यो नि:शुल्क सेवा प्रयोग गर्न तपाईंले आफ्नो नाम दर्ता गर्नु पर्दैन। पोडकास्टमा सामाग्री उपलब्ध हुनासाथ सुन्न यहाँ थिच्नुहोस्।आफ्ना बच्चाहरूलाई पनि सहभागी गराउन चाहनुहुन्छ भने, हामीलाई nepali.program@sbs.com.au मा इमेल पठाउनुहोस्।नोट: हामी तपाईँलाई जानकारी गराउन चाहन्छौँ कि यस कुराकानीमा व्यक्त गरिएका विचारहरू वक्ता स्वयम्‌का हुन् र यी विचारहरू प्रति एसबीएसको समर्थन वा विरोध छैन।

Read the translations of this poem on the Modern Poetry in Translation website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/three-poems-3/ Translator Stine An writes in the introduction: Yoo Heekyung's fifth poetry collection, Winter Night Rabbit Worries (Hyundae Munhak, 2023), turns to the origins of stories and poetry. Both the tales that get passed on through time around a small fire on a winter night and the tales spun in the dark alone as a prelude to dreaming. When I first encountered Yoo's story-poems, they felt like fine watercolour etchings from an old storybook—delicate, wistful, and glowing with a quiet warmth. Later, Yoo shared that his work was haunted by Aloysius Bertrand's Gaspard de la Nuit: Fantasies in the Manner of Rembrandt and Callot (1842), the collection that introduced the modern prose poem to the Western literary tradition and inspired Baudelaire's Paris Spleen. These character-driven prose poems are like intimate one-act plays that flame into existence as visions. Within South Korean poetry, his debut Today's Morning Vocabulary (Moonji Books, 2011) marked a departure from the experimental avant-garde poetics popular at the time. Yoo's work as a writer and cultural worker is undergirded by his faith in poetry's plurality, accessibility, and necessity. Poetry is air: the atmosphere he's shared through Wit N Cynical, the poetry bookshop and project space he founded in Seoul set to celebrate its 10-year anniversary in July 2026. Yoo approaches translation as literary collaboration, as a form of spooky action at a distance. He has described our work being connected by an invisible thread. I reflected on this thread as I brought my own lyricism and literary experiences to these poems. I imagined myself paying attention to the minute vibrations in the language to portray the tonal shadows and the rhythms of the many voices heard and the gestures felt through the dark. – Stine An

The boys are back in (their respective) town(s), and get their teeth into a typically diverse range of topics from the naked commerciality of the World Cup to the importance of conquering shame in one's creative endeavours. On which note, listen out for some poetry at the end of the show.Play along:https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/quick/17506Contact us:twoacrosspod@gmail.comListen to Enthusiasts:https://open.spotify.com/artist/0p10AAj4tXDtkxfAop3lj2

Bliss in Triple Rhythm–A Toolbox for Poets: Nine Ways to Shape A Word Song: Shown in 300 Original Poems by Martin Bidney https://www.amazon.com/Bliss-Triple-Rhythm-Toolbox-Poets/dp/1987402561 Mmartinbidney.org This book of word songs in unexpected melodic patterns will surprise you by its equally unusual liveliness. I’m so eager to begin singing for you that, as you noticed, I’ve already written a prefatory poem in one of the varied kinds of triple rhythm units I’ll be illustrating (la LA la; weak STRONG weak; one TWO three; x/x). The strangest thing I’ll be doing in my collection is to bring about a resurrection of ancient stanza patterns embodying the musical structures I love. The uncustomary triple-rhythm stanza forms richly displayed will acquire a real if unlikely novelty by presenting tools so extremely old. About the author Martin Bidney, Professor Emeritus at Binghamton University (NY), writes poetry books that are dialogues. In “Shakespair” he converses in Shakespearean sonnets with the 154 that the bisexual Bard himself wrote in the 1590s about his boyfriend and girlfriend. In “A Unifying Light” Martin converses with Qur’anic passages on the topic of Jews and Christians in the Qur’an and the Islamic virtues they embody. “East-West Poetry” shows Martin replying, in poems, to passages from both the Qur’an and Rumi. “Poems of Wine and Tavern Romance” offers 103 dialogues between Martin and Hafiz, the 14th century Persian pub poet he translates, a Muslim Sufi who was bisexual, like Shakespeare, and whom Germany’s greatest poet, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, called his “twin” brother! (Martin translates Hafiz from the same version Goethe used.) In fact, Martin has also translated Goethe’s own “West-East Divan” (divan means “collection”) and wrote conversational reply poems to all of Goethe’s 240 lyrics. Martin’s dialogue book with the greatest Polish poet, Adam Mickiewicz, contains, on facing pages, the sonnets he wrote in response to the “Crimean Sonnets” he translated from Polish. In “Like a Fine Rug of Erivan” he translates 39 Pushkin poems from Russian and recites them on a CD. His wide-ranging fascination with revelatory writing stems from “Patterns of Epiphany,” where Martin pioneered a method of analysis he has since applied to over 20 authors.

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Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio, the podcast for writers everywhere brought to you by Pen to Print. In our Poem-Of-The-Month episode for June we're sharing two poems by poet and academic Ben Wilkinson, originally recorded for and broadcast on The Seren Poetry Podcast. The poems were written and performed by Ben Wilkinson and recorded by Chris Gregory. You can find out more about Ben Wilkinson by visiting his website here https://www.benwilkinson.org/You can visit the Seren website here https://www.serenbooks.com/And listen to the Seren Poetry Podcast where you'll find a full interview with Ben Wilkinson and more of his poems here https://pod.link/1642711694 All content associated with this podcast in audio and in print is protected and may not be copied or used for any purposes including generative AI/AI training. We're always delighted to read your contributions so if you'd like to see your words in Write On! or hear them on this podcast please get in touch. Please submit to: https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/submit-to-write-on/ Thank you for listening to Write On! Audio.  This edition has been presented and produced by Chris Gregory.  Write On! Audio is an Alternative Stories production for Pen to Print. This podcast is produced using public funding from Arts Council England.

KALW's Jeneé Darden who grew up in East Oakland in the ‘80s and ‘90s… and her little kid self would've loved a place like Chapter 510. The youth writing center provides a safe and empowering learning space for young writers. And Chapter 510 centers Black, brown and queer voices… and publishes their works. Their latest book is “When the Stars Bloom in Oakland: An Anthology of Poems by Fourth Graders.” Janet Heller is an Oakland poet and a co-founder of Chapter 510. Anjali Emsellem is a writer and educator who teaches in the program. They spoke to Jenee for KALW's the sights and sounds show. Here's an excerpt from their conversation. 

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Hello friendsWelcome back for another episode in this 'mini-series' of The Poetry Exchange podcast - Poems with Friends.In Poems with Friends, our producer John Prebble speaks with some of the amazing friends he has made through The Poetry Exchange over the last 12 years, inviting them to bring along a poem that's keeping them company at this time.It's a way of catching up and spending some quality time with friends - over a poem, of course!In this episode, John speaks with his great friend and co-producer of The Poetry Exchange, Sally Anglesea. Sally worked with Fiona, Michael and John on The Poetry Exchange from the project's very earliest years, nurturing Fiona's gorgeous idea of Poems as Friends into a wide range of experiences for people to enjoy. Sally, Fiona, Michael and John became a very close band of friends and colleagues, and Sally continues to deeply involved and right at the heart of The Poetry Exchange to this day.Sally talks with John about a poem that has been a friend to her for many years, since she met it through The Poetry Exchange: 'Wild Geese' by Mary Oliver.Thank you for listening,John and The Poetry Exchange x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Miles and his guests kick-off a fantasy world cup featuring all of Murdoch's novels. Murdoch's novels will be separated into seven groups – we've added in the short story ‘Something Special' and the recently published ‘Poems from an Attic' to make the numbers works – and each day following the release of the podcast they'll be a window of 24 hours for you to vote for your favourite via Facebook and X (Bluesky doesn't have a poll function, sadly) The top two works from each group go through, with two third-placed works going through as ‘lucky losers' to the round of 16. There will then be knock-out stages ending up in the final, and even a 3rd/4th place play-off. Who will win? Who will end up missing out? And what will be over or underrated? The choice will be up to you! Joining me to discuss the groups, permutations, and the runners and riders are James Jefferies, created of irismurdoch.info and Liz Dexter, blogger extraordinaire and author of Iris Murdoch and the Common Reader.

This week, In The Belly is doing a take over to feature the poems of incarcerated writers in their own voicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews acclaimed poet Laurie D. Graham about her new book of poetry, Calling it Back to Me (McClelland & Stewart, 2026). A poet's clear-eyed witnessing of familial history, this is the most personal collection yet from two-time Trillium Book Award finalist Laurie D. Graham. In these searching, spare, and resonant poems, Laurie D. Graham traces the story of her great-grandmothers' lives before and after they left their homelands and settled on this continent, striving to understand how she came to be here and writing the act of colonization as it exists in her own family history. This collection's fractured lines, time-weathered yet alive with detail, reflect a family's knowledge broken by global immigration and memory loss, both individual and collective. The result is a courageous reckoning with the legacy of leaving home. With tender curiosity and a determination to bear unflinching witness, Calling It Back to Me: Poems (Random House, 2026) asks: When language and memory are so tenuous, what is it that gets passed down between generations? LAURIE D. GRAHAM grew up in Treaty 6 Territory, near amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta), and she has lived in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, in the Territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg, since 2018, where she is a poet, an editor, and the publisher of Brick magazine, a journal of literary non-fiction based in Toronto. Her first book, Rove, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for the best first book of poetry in Canada. Her second and third books, Settler Education and Fast Commute, were both nominated for Ontario's Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery interviews acclaimed poet Laurie D. Graham about her new book of poetry, Calling it Back to Me (McClelland & Stewart, 2026). A poet's clear-eyed witnessing of familial history, this is the most personal collection yet from two-time Trillium Book Award finalist Laurie D. Graham. In these searching, spare, and resonant poems, Laurie D. Graham traces the story of her great-grandmothers' lives before and after they left their homelands and settled on this continent, striving to understand how she came to be here and writing the act of colonization as it exists in her own family history. This collection's fractured lines, time-weathered yet alive with detail, reflect a family's knowledge broken by global immigration and memory loss, both individual and collective. The result is a courageous reckoning with the legacy of leaving home. With tender curiosity and a determination to bear unflinching witness, Calling It Back to Me: Poems (Random House, 2026) asks: When language and memory are so tenuous, what is it that gets passed down between generations? LAURIE D. GRAHAM grew up in Treaty 6 Territory, near amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta), and she has lived in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, in the Territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg, since 2018, where she is a poet, an editor, and the publisher of Brick magazine, a journal of literary non-fiction based in Toronto. Her first book, Rove, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for the best first book of poetry in Canada. Her second and third books, Settler Education and Fast Commute, were both nominated for Ontario's Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry

In her diary entry for 20 November 1797, Dorothy Wordsworth describes a late afternoon walk with her brother William and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ‘ We went eight miles in the dark,' she wrote, ‘William and Coleridge employing themselves in laying the plan of a ballad.' This was the origin of the opening poem of the 'Lyrical Ballads', published the following year – the book often seen as marking the beginning of Romanticism. In this episode, Seamus and Mark discuss the strange hallucinatory power of ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and Coleridge's search for a meter that could capture the force of his imagination. They also consider some of the poem's many interpretations, from the influence of abolitionist writing to William Empson's reading of the shooting of the albatross, and consider whether it's best understood as a terrible encounter at a wedding reception. Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and to all our other Close Readings series, sign up: Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://lrb.me/applesignupnp⁠ Other podcast apps: ⁠https://lrb.me/scsignupnp Read more in the LRB: Barbara Everett on Coleridge the modernist: https://lrb.me/npep601 Susan Eilenberg on the life of Coleridge: https://lrb.me/npep602 Marilyn Butler on the Lyrical Ballads: https://lrb.me/npep603 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode of Conversations with Amoda Maa, we share a live online gathering inspired by Kavi's new poetry collection, Poems of Grace. Together, Amoda and Kavi explore the mystery of grace, awakening, surrender, love, and the sacredness hidden within ordinary life. The gathering begins with a discourse from Amoda on the nature of grace and its role in the awakening process, followed by readings from Poems of Grace and an intimate dialogue on vulnerability, suffering, beauty, and the deeper intelligence that moves through all experience. Rather than a formal teaching or interview, this episode is offered as a contemplative space—a gentle invitation to slow down, soften, and listen beyond the mind. Topics explored include: • Grace and the awakening process • Surrender and the end of resistance • Poetry as a doorway into silence and being • Love, grief, beauty, and vulnerability • The sacredness of ordinary life • The relationship between form and formlessness • Living with an open heart amidst uncertainty We hope this special gathering offers a moment of reflection, stillness, and remembrance.

The “Sights + Sounds” team met several of the young poets from the anthology during a literary festival at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland.

Welcome to Bal Jagat, a new series featuring poems recited by students studying at various Nepali language schools in Australia. This SBS Nepali initiative aims to showcase the creative expression and imagination of second-generation Nepali speakers growing up in Australia. In this episode, Nitisha Dahal from Geelong Nepali Pathshala and Trisha Pradhan from Aintree Nepali Pathshala recite their poems. If you would like your children to participate, send us an email at nepali.program@sbs.com.au. - अस्ट्रेलियामा सञ्चालन भइरहेका विभिन्न नेपाली भाषा विद्यालयमा पढ्दै गरेका केही विद्यार्थीहरूले वाचन गरेका कविताहरूको यो विशेष प्रस्तुति, बाल जगत्‌मा तपाईँलाई स्वागत छ। एसबीएस नेपालीको प्रयास रहने यस विशेष शृङ्खलामा अस्ट्रेलियामा हुर्कँदै गरेको दोस्रो पुस्ताका नेपाली भाषीहरूका भावना, कल्पना र सिर्जनात्मक अभिव्यक्तिलाई समेटिने छ। यस भागमा जिलंग नेपाली पाठशालाकी नीतिशा दाहाल र एन्ट्री नेपाली पाठशालाकी तृषा प्रधानले आफ्ना कविताहरू वाचन गरेका छन्। आफ्ना बच्चाहरूलाई पनि सहभागी गराउन चाहनुहुन्छ भने, हामीलाई nepali.program@sbs.com.au मा इमेल पठाउनुहोस्।हाम्रा थप अडियो प्रस्तुतिहरू पोडकास्टका रूपमा उपलब्ध छन्। यो नि:शुल्क सेवा प्रयोग गर्न तपाईंले आफ्नो नाम दर्ता गर्नु पर्दैन। पोडकास्टमा सामाग्री उपलब्ध हुनासाथ सुन्न यहाँ थिच्नुहोस्।आफ्ना बच्चाहरूलाई पनि सहभागी गराउन चाहनुहुन्छ भने, हामीलाई nepali.program@sbs.com.au मा इमेल पठाउनुहोस्।नोट: हामी तपाईँलाई जानकारी गराउन चाहन्छौँ कि यस कुराकानीमा व्यक्त गरिएका विचारहरू वक्ता स्वयम्‌का हुन् र यी विचारहरू प्रति एसबीएसको समर्थन वा विरोध छैन।

In this episode Jane shares two poems--one she heard decades ago, the second just recently--that moved her to share them with lovers of language and even those who don't care much about it, knowing the poems would move them. "If I Were a Poem" by Sara Holbrook and "Thank You" by Matt Moberg are poems that reach into the heart and, like a kite on a windy day, drag you, laughing, to the height of joy and then dash you to the ground, still and breathless. They speak of joy and awe and beauty and love as well as desperation and the depths of grief. They offer a love of life both astonishing and messy--sacred--and want, above all for us to relish in the love of it all and pass it on.

We're taking it back to the 2025 Portland Book Festival this weekend, with poets m. mick powell and Taylor Byas, and moderater Jae Nichelle.   Taylor Byas's second collection, Resting Bitch Face, uses watching and surveillance to explore Black female subjectivity. Byas engages with multiple art forms — painting, film, sculpture, and photographs – to explore the perspectives of artist and muse, of watcher and watched.   Taylor is in conversation with m. mick powell, whose debut poetry collection Dead Girl Cameo: A Love Stroy in Poems features of chorus of pop stars – Aaliyah, Whitney Houston, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and more – in an exploration of grief, sexuality, and celebrity. Powell refers to the collection as a documentary, and it includes imagery, speculative verse, and more.   Poet Jae Nichelle leads a conversation that starts from the prompt “pop culture poetry.” Engaging with pop culture, as these collections do, is an act of engaging with the cultural moment. Done well, it doesn't “date” the work, but creates a time capsule – a documentary. Both collections are deeply researched, and Taylor and mick discuss their relationships to art, scholarship, and commerce, and the interplay between those different aspects of publishing this particular collections.    In the conversation, first we'll hear m. mick powell read the title poem of their debut collection, Dead Girl Cameo, followed by a reading by Taylor Byas of the title poem of Resting Bitch Face and then a conversation between mick, Taylor, and the moderator, Jae.   A heads up – there's some mature language that may not be appropriate for all listeners, and you'll hear some bleeps in the opening poem.  Taylor Byas is an award-winning poet and a Black Chicago native currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her poetry collection I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times won the Maya Angelou Book Award, the Ohioana Book Award, the CHIRBy Award, and the BCALA Best Poetry Honor. m mick powell is a queer Black Cabo Verdean femme, poet, artist, Aries, and the author of DEAD GIRL CAMEO (One World Books, 2025) and threesome in the last Toyota Celica & other circus tricks, winner of the 2023 Host Publications Chapbook Prize. An assistant professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Connecticut, mick enjoys chasing waterfalls and being in love.  Louisiana-born Jae Nichelle (she/her) is the author of God Themselves (Andrews McMeel, 2023) and the chapbook The Porch (As Sanctuary) (YesYes Books, 2019). She was a finalist for a 2023 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship and won the inaugural John Lewis Writing Award in poetry from the Georgia Writers Association. Her poetry has appeared in Best New Poets 2020 (University of Virginia Press, 2020), the Washington Square Review, The Offing, Muzzle Magazine, and elsewhere. She believes in all of our collective ability to contribute to radical change. 

Welcome back to The Poetry Exchange!It's very special to be here with you all again.We're excited to be returning with something a bit different...a 'mini-series' of conversations over the coming months, which we're calling 'Poems with Friends.'In 'Poems with Friends', our Producer John Prebble catches up with some of the great friends he's made through working on The Poetry Exchange over the last 12 years. He invites each of his friends to speak with him 1:2:1 about a poem that's keeping them company at this time...a poem that's resonating for them and speaking to them now in some way. Together, they read the poem and have a conversation about it, as well as catching up and enjoying some quality time together!In this first episode of 'Poems with Friends', John speaks with the brilliant Alison McManus. Alison has been a massive friend to and champion of The Poetry Exchange for many years, since she first walked into a chapel in Durham to talk about the poem that's been a friend to her with Fiona Bennett and Michael Shaeffer. Alison went on to become Chair of The Poetry Exchange as a small charity, and has been a vital part of our work and a great friend to so many of us over the years.In this conversation, Alison catches up with John and talks with him about a poem that's keeping her company at this time: 'The Tyger' by William Blake.We are looking forward to sharing more conversations in this 'mini-series' of Poems with Friends with you soon.Thank you for listening,John and The Poetry Exchange x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Poetic Pictures: Camera Creates Captured Couplets.  Parcel Panic: Digital Arrests and Deceptive Delivery Drama.  Robo-Revival: T-Shirt Tech Taking Tailoring to the Top.  Wolf Warning: Japan's Bear-Battling Bot Beasts Bite Back.  Hedgehog Horizons: Satellites, Sensors and Saving Britain's Spiky Survivors.  Tappy Tones: Boox Brings Bold Bluetooth Book Browsing.  Hunting Hacks or High-Tech Hype? When Gadgets Game the Great Outdoors.  Discordant Decisions: AI's Job-Judging Jumble.  Sense and Surveillance: When Smart Security Cameras Go Spectacularly Silly. 

Annette Sisson reads her poems "Gravel at Every Turn" and "Oceans of Salty Sky."Annette Sisson's poems appear in The Penn Review, Birmingham Poetry Review, Rust & Moth, Cider Press Review, West Trade Review, and many other journals and anthologies. Her second book, Winter Sharp with Apples, was published by Terrapin Books (2024), and her third book manuscript, Rhizomes and Bones, is currently seeking a publisher. In 2019 she won The Porch Writers' Collective's poetry prize, and since then she has won and placed in numerous contests.

Send us Fan MailTrue healing happens when we open ourselves to the beauty around us—the beauty in the silence, in the trees, in the animals, in poetry, and through the beauty of learning to be present with ourselves again.In this conversation, you'll learn tools for addiction recovery and for a creativity boost. You'll also hear how profoundly natural beauty can be to restore the human spirit.My guest, Aaron Poochigian, is a poet, classics scholar, translator, and author whose life and work beautifully bridge literature, philosophy, and the healing power of nature.Aaron has translated some of the world's most timeless voices, including Sappho and Marcus Aurelius, and his writing has appeared in publications such as *The Financial Times*, *The New York Review of Books*, and *Poetry Magazine*.But beyond his academic and literary accomplishments, Aaron's personal journey is one of transformation.A former cocaine addict, Aaron found himself, like many during the pandemic, craving peace, inspiration, and reconnection after a season of isolation. And unexpectedly, he found it in Central Park.What began as a simple contemplation of this iconic urban sanctuary became a way to reconnect with life itself. This experience inspired his beautiful new book, *Four Walks in Central Park*, a unique guidebook written entirely in verse.This episode is a reminder that creativity is sparked by activating our senses during idle time.CONNECT TO AARON: His new book: Four Walks in Central Park: A Poetic Guide to the Park. Stung with Love: Sappho's Poems and FragmentsWebsite: aaronpoochigian.com.Download my FREE eBook: A Weekend of Feeling GreatSchedule a FREE Discovery call Sign up for my free weekly newsletter: HEREBuy my book Living Your Best Life in CollegeTake the 2-minute Wellness QuizIf you enjoyed this episode, please FOLLOW, RATE, REVIEW & SHARE!! Rates and reviews help the message get to more people! Thanks!Good is What Makes You Feel Well is Mamma Terra's PodcastCONNECT WITH MAMMA TERRA HEALTH COACHING:Instagram: @mammaterrahcFacebook: MammaTerra.HCLinkedIn: Anna ResendeIntro Music "Levitar" credits to Ricardo Ulpiano, Thiago Peixoto, Marcelo Luciano Menino, and Anderson Rodrigo de Oliveira.Podcast art credits to Caroline Kohls Thanks for tuning in!

Poems about Jewish American Identity, from Dennis Lee, Wilderness Sarchild, and Fran Markover.Support the show

Authors Voices gives writers and poets a platform for reading their work. It’s been too infrequent a series in the past. Starting in 2026, inaugurated by this wonderful reading by Los Angeles poet Kim Dower, we will be presenting a monthly reading series with a representation of poets I feel have not received enough attention […] The post Kim Dower reading her poems for National Poetry Month, 2026 first appeared on WritersCast.

In this episode of LAB the Podcast, Zach sits down with Dominican poet Rosa Lía Gilbert to explore longing, exile, immigration, family, beauty, and the deep human desire for belonging. Through stories of the Dominican Republic, mango trees, immigration paperwork, marriage, and faith, Rosa Lía shares the journey behind her poetry collection Under the Saman Tree: Poems of Home, Longing, and Belonging.Together, they discuss Sehnsucht, the writings of C.S. Lewis, the ache for a better country, and how beauty points beyond itself toward God. This conversation is rich with wisdom on home, memory, identity, and the sacred tension of being pilgrims longing for eternity.Order Under the Saman Tree: Poems of Home, Longing, and Belonging: https://a.co/d/0eMHI9Q8Subscribe for more episodes of LAB the PodcastWatch to experience the space, hear the heart, and meet the people: https://www.youtube.com/@VUVIVOV3Support / Sponsor: https://vuvivo.com/supportFollow: @labthepodcast | @vuvivo_v3 | @zachjelliott | @rosagilbertpoetryThank you for joining the conversation and embodying the life and beauty of the gospel. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow LAB the Podcast. #LABthePodcast #RosaliaGilbert #Poetry #Sehnsucht #CSLewis #DominicanRepublic #ChristianPoetry #Longing #Beauty #Belonging #ImmigrationStory #UnderTheSamanTree #VUVI VO #V3 #FaithAndArt #ChristianArtist #Poet #Literature #HomeAndBelonging #BeautyPointsBeyondItselfSupport the show

Joshua Coben reads his poem "The Spatter of Waterfalls," and E. R. Skulmoski reads her poem "Hymn (3)." Joshua Coben is the author of two poetry collections, Maker of Shadows (Texas Review Press, 2010), winner of the X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize, and Night Chaser (David Robert Books, 2020), a finalist for the Vassar Miller Prize, the New American Poetry Prize, and the Donald Justice Poetry Prize. He lives in Massachusetts. Visit him at joshuacoben.com. E. R. Skulmoski lives in the Interior of British Columbia with her husband and four children. Her work has been published in Ekstasis, Barely South Review, and Voice & Verse, among others.

Recorded by Yahya Ashour for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 20, 2026 www.poets.org⁠

Lester McKinzy was working construction and spending long days on his feet when a rare disorder suddenly changed everything. What started as weakness, numbness and trouble walking eventually left him wheelchair bound as doctors searched for answers. In this episode of Open Mics with Dr. Stites, Lester shares his journey with POEMS syndrome, a rare and complex disorder connected to plasma cells that can affect the nerves, organs, hormones, blood and skin. His care team at The University of Kansas Cancer Center explains why POEMS syndrome can be difficult to diagnose, how it may be mistaken for conditions like neuropathy or multiple sclerosis, and why early recognition is so important. Doctors also discuss how POEMS syndrome is treated, when stem cell transplant may be needed, and why Lester was able to use his own cells for the procedure. This is a powerful look at a rare, life-threatening diagnosis, the role of specialized cancer care and the determination it takes to move from a wheelchair back to walking again.

‘I caressed my future todaybut its cheeks held no time'- from Interstellar by Sasha de Motte In this episode of 3CR's Spoken Word show which aired on Thursday 21st May 2026, you will hear poet Sasha de Motte talk about identity, authenticity and intuition. Sasha de Motte (they/she) is a writer and poet. As a queer person of colour and a spiritually inclined soul, they pride themselves on all parts of their identity. Yet, her work primarily shines a light on deep raw emotions beyond the labels. In 2025 they published their debut poetry collection, Autumn. Poems written and performed by Sasha de Motte in this episode:MineInterstellarWithering Away CreditsProduced, engineered and edited by Indrani Perera.Thank you to Sasha de Motte for sharing their poetry and to you for listening! NoteSpoken word and poetry come from the heart and touch on all the topics peculiar to the human condition. As such there may be content in this show that could cause distress. Please practice self-care when listening and seek help if you need it.

Kelli Russell Agodon is a poet, writer, editor, and book designer whose Dialogues with Rising Tides, was named a Finalist for the Washington State Book Awards. In today's episode, Kelli and Annmarie discuss texting Emily Dickinson, how to write a poem, and Kelli's latest book Accidental Devotions which Traci Brimhall describes as “the kind of beauty you wish to hold forever.” Episode Sponsors: Open Books: Poem Emporium – A poetry bookstore and community space located in historic Pioneer Square, in Seattle, Washington. Stop by our Seattle location or shop at open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com. Newtonville Books – An independent bookstore located at 10 Langley Rd, in Newton, Massachusetts -- in the old stone building at the north corner of the triangle parking lot. Come for the books. Stay for the books. And learn more and shop online at newtonvillebooks.com. Titles by Kelli Russell Agodon: Accidental Devotions Dialogues with Rising Tides Hourglass Museum Everything Is Writable, co-authored with Annette Spaulding-Convy The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts, co-authored with Martha Silano Demystifying the Manuscript: Essays and Interviews on Creating a Book of Poems, co-edited with Susan Rich Additional Titles and Authors Mentioned in This Episode: The New Economy, by Gabrielle Calvocoressi Blue Atlas, by Susan Rich Dear Selection Committee, by Melissa Studdard Glitter Road, by January Gill O'Neil Terminal Surreal, by Martha Silano Follow Kelli Russell Agodon: Facebook: @agodon Instagram: @kelliagodon Bluesky: @kelliagodon Threads: @kelliagodon Twitter/X: @kelliagodon Substack: Postcards from a Poet @kelliagodon YouTube: @PoemsYouNeed agodon.com twosylviaspress.com **Writing Workshops: If you liked this conversation and are interested in writing together, please consider the opportunities below. For women interested in an online Saturday morning writing circle, you can sign up here. For anyone interested in a May weekday accountability circle, you can sign up here. For anyone in search of an evening class to jumpstart their creative practice, you can sign up here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Manglesh Dabral recites his Poems | 2015/New Delhi/Recorded and Curated by IrfanBECOME A PATRON : Work on Listen with Irfan takes time, money and hard work to produce. As of now it is being done voluntarily with the family, friends and listeners who came forward for hand holding from its inception.  If you like the Podcasts, admire it, and benefit from its content, please consider awarding us an honorarium to make the future of this Podcast Channel robust and assured. यहाँ आपको मिलती हैं वो दुर्लभ आवाज़ें खुद बोलती, गाती और बहस करती। मनोहर श्याम जोशी, कमलेश्वर, कृष्णा सोबती, बी वी कारंत, शमशेर बहादुर सिंह, बलराज साहनी, अज्ञेय, रसूलन बाई, निर्मल वर्मा, मंगलेश डबराल, राजेंद्र यादव, चंद्रकांत देवताले, भवानी प्रसाद मिश्र, इस्मत चुग़ताई, सत्यदेव दुबे, त्रिलोचन, अमरीश पुरी, इब्राहीम अल्क़ाज़ी, मोहन उप्रेती, गोरख पांडेय, नैना देवी, वीरेन डंगवाल, मन्नू भंडारी, भीष्म साहनी, देवकी नंदन पांडे आदि के अलावा अनगिनत भारतीय और विदेशी समकालीन विचारक, कलाकार, लेखक, कवि और सांस्कृतिक लड़ाके। किताबों पर चर्चा के पॉडकास्ट, संगीत, फिल्म रिव्यू और स्ट्रीट रिकॉर्डिंग्स का एकमात्र पॉडकास्ट मंच। चैनल को फॉलो करने और इस यात्रा के सहयोगी बनने के लिए लिंक कमेंट बॉक्स में है।  Details to support this Podcast Channel i.e. Listen with Irfan :-Bank Name: State Bank Of IndiaName: SYED MOHD IRFANAccount No:32188719331Branch: State Bank of India, Vaishali Sec 4, GhaziabadIFSC–SBIN0013238UPI/Gpay ID irfan.rstv-2@oksbiSupport LwI by contributing:  https://rzp.io/rzp/MemorywalaPayPal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠paypal.me/farah121116⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Lindsey Weishar reads her poem "Variations on Mercy," and Daniel Thomas reads his poem "The Other Life."Lindsey Weishar holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She has contributed to a variety of outlets including Verily Magazine, Dappled Things, and the Word on Fire blog. Her chapbook, Matchbook Night, was published by Leaf Press (Canada) in 2018.Daniel Thomas's third poetry collection, River of Light, was published by Shanti Arts Publishing in 2025. His previous books are Leaving the Base Camp at Dawn and Deep Pockets. He has published poems in many journals, including Southern Poetry Review, Nimrod, Poetry Ireland Review, Amethyst Review, Radix, Atlanta Review, and others. More info at danielthomaspoetry.com

Welcome to Bal Jagat, a new series featuring poems recited by students studying at various Nepali language schools in Victoria. This SBS Nepali initiative aims to showcase the creative expression and imagination of second-generation Nepali speakers growing up in Australia. In this episode, Arika Aryal from Epping Wollert Nepali Community Baal Vatika and Neon Karki from NAV Bal Chautari Laverton recite their poems. If you would like your children to participate, send us an email at nepali.program@sbs.com.au. - भिक्टोरियामा सञ्चालन भइरहेका विभिन्न नेपाली भाषा विद्यालयमा पढ्दै गरेका केही विद्यार्थीहरूले वाचन गरेका कविताहरूको यो विशेष प्रस्तुति, बाल जगत्‌मा तपाईँलाई स्वागत छ। एसबीएस नेपालीको प्रयास रहने यस विशेष शृङ्खलामा अस्ट्रेलियामा हुर्कँदै गरेको दोस्रो पुस्ताका नेपाली भाषीहरूका भावना, कल्पना र सिर्जनात्मक अभिव्यक्तिलाई समेटिने छ। यस भागमा एपिङ वलर्ट नेपाली कम्युनिटी बाल वाटिकाकी अरिका अर्याल र न्याभ बाल चौतारी ल्याभर्टनका नियोन कार्कीले आफ्ना कविताहरू वाचन गरेका छन्। आफ्ना बच्चाहरूलाई पनि सहभागी गराउन चाहनुहुन्छ भने, हामीलाई nepali.program@sbs.com.au मा इमेल पठाउनुहोस्।

Are we still capable of slowing down, paying attention, and finding meaning in a world that never stops? Tune in for an inspiring discussion with Diana Gordon on her new book Loosestrife for Porcupines. Moments with Marianne Radio Show airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio Affiliate!  https://www.kmet1490am.comDiana Gordon is the prize winning author of Nightly, at the Institute of the Possible, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award, and Loosestrife for Porcupines, 2026 finalist for the Blue Light Prize. Her past includes working as a classical pianist, teaching, and performing chamber music; as a political activist, and as an equestrian, schooling dressage mounts with Olympic team members. After a major course correction, Diana dedicated herself to becoming a writer. 10,000 hours later, she's now a novelist, poet, and creative non-fiction writer. As an editor at Hedgerow Books, Diana midwifed the publication of ten poetry collections, several of which were honored as finalists for national awards. Short works have been published widely, in journals such as The Cincinnati Review, Poetry Daily, and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet—a zine by Small Beer Press. Awards include, but are not limited to, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in fiction and Glimmer Train's First Prize for her short story, “The Work of Hunters is Another Thing."  www.dmgordon.comOrder on Amazon: https://a.co/d/00MQKdiZ To learn more about interview opportunities contact us at: https://www.mariannepestana.com 

‘Tam o' Shanter' first appeared as a lengthy footnote in Francis Grose's Antiquities of Scotland (1791) after Robert Burns convinced Grose to include the ruined Alloway Kirk in his volume, and its supernatural associations (invented by Burns). Its story of the drunken Tam's encounter with witches in the stormy Ayrshire landscape has served as both a celebration and chastisement of Scottish masculinity ever since its publication, but the attitude of its narrator remains elusive throughout. In this episode, Seamus and Mark discuss the poem's moral and stylistic turns, its influence on Wordsworth and Coleridge, and what it owes to the Augustan perfectionism of Pope. They then turn to a much darker example of Romantic narrative poetry, George Crabbe's ‘Peter Grimes' (published in his collection The Borough in 1810), and explore the bracing realism and psychological insight in the story of a cruel Suffolk fisherman who destroys the apprentices placed in his care. This episode also features a bonus conversation with Andrew O'Hagan, who reads extracts from 'Tam o' Shanter' and explains why the poem's reliably contradictory narrative voice is so useful for anyone learning to write stories. Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and to all our other Close Readings series, sign up: Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/applesignupnp Other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/scsignupnp Read more in the LRB: Karl Miller: Peeping Tam: ⁠https://lrb.me/npep501⁠ Neal Ascherson on Burns's life: ⁠https://lrb.me/npep502

Today on the show: Poet and child psychotherapist, Anita Barrows,  returns with the latest  poems and stories of the ongoing genocide in Palestine: Barrows, mom of Nora Barrows Friedman, has been writing a poem for every day of the on going Gaza genocide, along with conducting a poetry workshop with young people living and writing in the face of the total destruction of their beloved Gaza homeland. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Poet Anita Barrows, Returns with the Latest  Poems and Stories of the Ongoing Genocide in Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

Revisiting themes from Ecclesiastes through songs that inspire, challenge, and give voice to our longing to make meaning in a world that so often seems meaningless. Pastor Scott is joined by special musical guest Mel Muscarella. Speaker: Pastor Scott Austin Part of the series “Everything Is Meaning: Ecclesiastes and Existentialism”

Brian G. Phipps reads his poem "Moving Day," and Andreas Fleps reads his poem "The Temple."Brian G. Phipps is the author of Before the Burning Bush (Univ. of St. Katherine Press, 2018), a collection of poems. His poetry has appeared in several journals, most recently in Presence and St. Katherine Review. “Moving Day” is part of a work-in-progress collection on the feasts of the church year and the seasons of the solar year as experienced by a person with seasonal affective disorder.Andreas Fleps is a poet/writer based in the suburbs of Chicago. He studied theology and philosophy at Dominican University, and his debut collection of poems entitled Well into the Night (via Energion Publications) was released at the end of 2020. His work has appeared in publications such as Marathon Literary Review, The Rappahannock Review, Waxing & Waning, Wild Roof Journal, The Windhover, and the award-winning anthology Glissando!, among others.

My guests on this week's Book Club podcast are Amanda Golden and Karen V. Kukil, editors of the new The Poems of Sylvia Plath, a variorum collection of every poem Plath wrote. They tell me what light her juvenilia sheds on her later work, how art and music fed into her poetry, and how deep her poetic partnership with Ted Hughes ran. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guests on this week's Book Club podcast are Amanda Golden and Karen V. Kukil, editors of the new The Poems of Sylvia Plath, a variorum collection of every poem Plath wrote. They tell me what light her juvenilia sheds on her later work, how art and music fed into her poetry, and how deep her poetic partnership with Ted Hughes ran.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcastsContact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In September of 2024, Katie Rizzo lost her firstborn son to addiction. In a tragic irony, she found that grief mirrored pregnancy. After joining grief groups, listening to podcasts, and reading everything she could get her hands on, Katie carried her grief as long as she could. Finally, she found ways to help cope with the trauma and deliver this ‘grief baby.' Her memoir, The Trimesters of Grief, will be released on October 6. You can preorder starting June 12th. A book of Poems is being published on November 1st. Website: https://www.katierizzo.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rizzoboysandagirl/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katierizzo007/ You may also contact Professor of Perseverance through email, Jamesperduespeaks@comcast.net

Over Zoom, Lawrence Zarian interviews Ellen Burstyn ahead of their in-person meeting on The Kelly Clarkson Show, reflecting on divine timing and how his pandemic-born podcast explores how entertainers see the world differently. Burstyn discusses promoting her poetry book and her discomfort with “commercializing” something sacred, emphasizing her goal of introducing poetry to people who don't know it; Zarian shares how the book gave him language for grief, citing Maya Angelou and Rumi, and Burstyn recites Edna St. Vincent Millay's “Love is not all.” Burstyn recalls a childhood split between being popular at school and hiding at home due to an abusive stepfather, and how poetry helped her envision a future. They discuss forgiveness, therapy, sobriety, and generational trauma, then touch on colleagues and projects including Cloris Leachman, Jack Nicholson, Alan Alda, Linda Blair, and roles like Lois in The Last Picture Show, ending with Burstyn completing “I, Ellen Burstyn, am beautiful because…” with a memory of her mother.Timestamp Menu:01:51 Universe and Timing03:04 Mirror Question03:54 Poetry Book Doubts09:01 Poetry Awakening09:53 Two Lives Growing Up15:42 Forgiving Mom17:40 Trauma and Sobriety24:47 Poems for Grief29:33 Favorite Poem Recital32:07 Poetry as Healing33:21 Central Park Cherry Blossoms35:32 Fashion and Self Love37:39 Rapid Fire Film Memories42:43 Internet Myths and Truth44:24 Alan Alda and Friendship48:07 Women and Equal Partnership52:13 Revisiting Past Characters54:03 Longing Poem and Farewell55:55 I Am Beautiful Because

In this episode, I sit down with Brady (Alaskan Tapes), the artist and mind behind We All Speak In Poems—a project that exists somewhere between a label, a creative platform, and a philosophy. PRESENTED BY HELLBENDER VINYL - www.hellbendervinyl.com   We talk about the quiet power of ambient music, building a world around your art, and what it really means to create without chasing numbers. Brady shares how his journey evolved from early experimentation to a more intentional, emotionally-driven practice—and how that same mindset shapes the artists and releases he supports. This conversation goes deep into independence, creative identity, and the tension between art and algorithms. If you're running a label, releasing music, or just trying to stay grounded in your creativity… this one's for you.   Supported by Infinite Catalog - http://infinitecatalog.com/otherrecordlabels   Learn more about We All Speak in Poems: http://weallspeakinpoems.com  

Let's talk about Sex! Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. And BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE is available from Bridwell Press. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books. Show Notes:Poems we read and texts we mention include:Dorianne Laux, "The Lovers" (Visit Laux's website here).Jenny Johnson, "Daddy Scene" (published in Cherry Tree Issue 11). Subscribe here. Read Jenny's essay "Butch Blowjob" in Bomb Magazine.sam sax, "Ode to the Belt" can be read in The Nation Sept 2023--or you can watch sam perform the poem here. If you're looking for a theory reading about sexuality, might we recommend Sigmund Freud's "Three Contributions To The Theory Of Sex"Jericho Brown's "Host" appears in The New TestamentTimothy Liu's "The Size of It" appeared in The Paris Review Fall 1994Maya Abu Al-Hayyat's "Sex" Sophie Cabot Black, "Interrogation"You can read Minnie Bruce Pratt's "Peach" here (just scroll down/search for "peach").Aaron reads from this article ("50 interesting sex facts...") in the fact check. 

Today's poem is You believed only a girl born of dandelion can be ferocious by Purvi Shah.The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Poems are meant to live in the air, to be read aloud, but I also know that form follows function. I want to see the choices the poet made when crafting the piece. Is the poem in couplets, tercets, or sturdy quatrains? Is it in one unbroken stanza with no white space? When I read a poem, knowing that form has the opportunity to enact, or at least reinforce, the content, I learn from the poet's choices. The stanza shape and length is an opportunity to embody something in the poem, so what did the poet go with? Maybe they chose couplets for a poem about two lovers or a parent and child. Or a prose poem for a piece that is more narrative and casually spoken. Or maybe the poem “explodes” across the field of the page, fragmented and uncontained.” This show is supported by gifts from listeners. Support The Slowdown with a donation and get access to the sponsor-free version of The Slowdown today. Slowdownshow.org/donate

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Gwyneth sits down with Matthew McConaughey to discuss Poems & Prayers, a collection of personal writings that trace his journey through reinvention, truth, and self-discovery. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices