Podcasts about poems

There are times when we take our bodies for granted... abusing them with lengthy to-do lists of tasks that test the limits of our capacity. We go about our lives as if the “vessels” we have been given are unshakable, unbreakable, and without limits. How often do we thank others for the things they do for us, yet forget to take time to thank our bodies for getting us through the day? Join host Shannon McAdam for a blessing of the body. Take time to acknowledge and give thanks for the body you have been given, while allowing it a moment or two to rest and be blessed. Joyce Rupp, Out of the Ordinary: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Every Season, (Ave Maria Press, 2011). Listen to other Episodes in the Awaken to God's Presence series.  Download the transcript. Thanks for listening to Faith Unfiltered!Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!Intro and Outro music used with permission: “For Everyone Born,” Community of Christ Sings #285. Music © 2006 Brian Mann, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik, 458 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30308. copyright@umcmission.org “The Trees of the Field,” Community of Christ Sings # 645, Music © 1975 Stuart Dauerman, Lillenas Publishing Company (admin. Music Services). All music for this episode was performed by Dr. Jan Kraybill, and produced by Chad Godfrey.   NOTE: The series that make up Faith Unfiltered explore the unique spiritual and theological gifts Community of Christ offers for today's world. Although Faith Unfiltered is a Ministry of Community of Christ. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are those speaking and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Community of Christ. 

Please enjoy this Summer Salon Series episode of Breaking Form Selects: Tim Dlugos.Support Breaking Form by reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE is available from Bridwell Press. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.  Notes: Tim Dlugos was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and grew up in Arlington, Virginia. From 1968 to 1970, he was a Christian Brother at LaSalle College in Philadelphia. He left LaSalle and moved to Washington, DC, but later lived in New York City where he was a contributing editor to Christopher Street magazine and on the Poetry Project staff.Dlugos's books of poetry include High There (1973), Je Suis Ein Americano (1979), Incredible Risks (1980), Entre Nous (1981), A Fast Life (1982), Strong Place (1992), Powerless: Selected Poems 1973–1990 (1995), and the posthumous A Fast Life: Poems of Tim Dlugos (2011), edited by David Trinidad. Marked by witty observation, narratives that recount life's daily minutia, and heavily enjambed lines, Dlugos's poetry shares its immediate, offhand style with the work of Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler. Dlugos's work is also noteworthy for its firsthand depiction of the AIDS pandemic.Read this essay about Dlugos and Danez Smith.Poems we read include:"G9""An Undelivered Class Presentation on the Subject of Gay Consciousness""Incredible Risks" (scroll down)"Healing the World from Battery Park," which you can read in the 1993 Best American Poetry, available here on the Internet Archive.Watch Ry Dunn read "G-9" here (~15 min). And watch Tim Dlugos read a swath of poems here (~30 min).

According to legend, a young woman who observes certain rites on 20 January, the Eve of St Agnes, will see in her dreams the man she is going to marry. When John Keats found himself in Chichester on that day in 1819, he was inspired to write his own account. In this episode, Seamus and Mark discuss Keats's talent for sublime banality, the competing readings of the lover, Porphyro, and the poem's repurposing of Spenserian allegory for a contemporary love story. 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 on Keats in the LRB: John Bayley: https://lrb.me/npep801 Barbara Everett: https://lrb.me/npep802 Helen Vendler: https://lrb.me/npep803 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Games can be anything, but do they really need to be anything more than Snake??Today we're talking about Game Poems — Issue #1: First Moves by so many people!!! A game about learning what a game poem is and playing Snake.Read/play Game Poems — Issue #1: First Moves on itch.io or the Game Poems website!!! Follow Game Poems on their website!Discussed in the episode:Game Poems Magazine - ResourcesSupport us on Ko-fi!Visit our website!Follow us on YouTube!Follow the show on Bluesky!Check out The Worst Garbage Online!---Art by Tara CrawfordTheme music by _amaranthineAdditional sounds by BoqehProduced and edited by AJ Fillari---Timecodes:(00:00) - Modern Major Child (03:23) - Game Poems Issue #1: First Moves (05:26) - The philosophy of game poems (15:55) - It's over when... (18:49) - Find the game in the show notes!! (19:57) - Stand outs (20:12) - Like I Never Moved at All by Adam Pype and Victor Kraus (23:33) - SNAKISMS 2: Snakes We Live By, Volume 1: A-M by Pippin Barr (28:25) - [começar coisas terminadas] by Isaques Sanchez (33:59) - Asunder by Ash Rezvani, Brittany Westlund, Kate Lloyd (37:26) - Firsts by Geoffrey Mugford (43:12) - Gambit by Caitlin DeRosa (44:58) - On Second Thought by Tereza Kotěšovcová (47:01) - A look of glass stops you. by Brendan Allen (50:33) - Big Takeaways (51:00) - Kim's Big Takeaway (52:41) - AJ's Big Takeaway (54:33) - Chase's Big Takeaway (57:26) - Closing the magazine (01:00:24) - Kim tells a story ★ Support this podcast ★

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.31 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/TBokYp8PsU8?si=7CbUSRi1lSaTQj9P&t=1779. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24764/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.31 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/TBokYp8PsU8?si=7CbUSRi1lSaTQj9P&t=1779. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24764/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

[REBROADCAST FROM May 21, 2026] The stars of Broadway's nine-time Tony-nominated musical ‘CATS: The Jellicle Ball' join All Of It with Alison Stewart live in The Greene Space at WNYC. Enjoy live performances from the show's stars, including André de Shields and Tempress Chastity Moore, and hear from co-directors Bill Rauch and Zhailon Levingston as well as co-choreographers Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons about bringing ballroom to Broadway in this celebrated revival. This event is part of All Of It's Broadway on the Radio series. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hilary Sallick reads her poems "Inexorable" and "There's beauty and time" from our current Summer issue. Hilary Sallick is the author of Love is a Shore (Lily Poetry Books, 2023), long-listed for the Massachusetts Book Award; and Asking the Form (Cervena Barva Press, 2020). Her poems appear or are forthcoming in The Inflectionist Review; Pensive; January House; SoFloPoJo; and elsewhere. A teacher with a longtime focus on adult literacy, she lives in Somerville, MA.

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/ezZ5qLGfHdI?si=MVTGn1ytw4RpmkGu&t=1875. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24763/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.30 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/ezZ5qLGfHdI?si=MVTGn1ytw4RpmkGu&t=1875. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24763/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

As Mary frets over discovering Tom Hayward has a girlfriend, she considers a return home. The Gardiners intervene and do their best to convince Mary to stay by hosting a game night. Can our hero ace word games or will she be Mrs. Bennet's permanent dog sitter? To support the LoG on Patreon visit: https://www.patreon.com/lordsofgrantham To buy LoG Merchandise visit: https://www.teepublic.com/user/lords-of-grantham-podcast Listen to “Monster in the Mirror” by Tempest Edge: https://open.spotify.com/album/49AfIwOPPsmgYfz3p4uEAn?si=6ScIXxgWSpWQ8uFnhF62Mg

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24760/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.29 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24760/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

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Today's poem is Panegyric by Leila Farjami. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Poems that engage with war and grief are texts that communicate to us in ways that news articles about war, and loss, and grief cannot. An article might tell us what happened, who died, how many casualties there were. It should provide facts as to who, what, where, when, and how. It might even attempt the why. But a poem sings to us. A poem sits with us. Holds us, even.” This show is supported by gifts from listeners. Support The Slowdown with a donation today. Slowdownshow.org/donate

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/TCpM7RvAVCo?si=EZ9ZLBAPB6EmUY6-&t=1784. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24767/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.28 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://www.youtube.com/live/TCpM7RvAVCo?si=EZ9ZLBAPB6EmUY6-&t=1784. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24767/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

Christmas Poems by Suzanne W. Guinn https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Poems-Suzanne-W-Guinn-ebook/dp/B0GD8VNRSD Suzannewguinn.com A small, easy to read set of poems. These Christmas poems go back as far as 1966, when Suzanne was a Senior in High School and took a class in Creative Writing, with her favorite English teacher, Mrs. Agnus Smith.

Sitting down with Lynae Vanee @lynaevanee at this year's Essence Festival @essencefest was one of those moments that always stays with me. She has a way of turning honesty into poetry and making people feel seen through every word.Now she's taking “Black Women Deserve Poems” on tour, and I already know each stop has been more than a performance, but a reminder of the power of storytelling, healing, and truth.Get your tickets

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* Video of this talk is available at: https://youtube.com/live/TCpM7RvAVCo. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24757/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

This talk was given by Gil Fronsdal on 2026.07.27 at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. ******* A machine generated transcript of this talk is available. It has not been edited by a human, so errors will exist. Download Transcript: https://www.audiodharma.org/transcripts/24757/download ******* For more talks like this, visit AudioDharma.org ******* If you have enjoyed this talk, please consider supporting AudioDharma with a donation at https://www.audiodharma.org/donate/. ******* This talk is licensed by a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License

Please enjoy this Summer Salon Series episode of Breaking Form Selects: Melvin Dixon.Support Breaking Form by reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE is available from Bridwell Press. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.  Notes:Scholar, novelist, and poet Melvin Dixon was born in Stamford, Connecticut. He earned a BA from Wesleyan University and an MA and a PhD from Brown University. His poetry collections include: Change of Territory (1983) and Love's Instruments (1995, published posthumously. He's the author of two novels, Trouble the Water (1989) and Vanishing Rooms (1991). Read Dixon's most-anthologized poem "Heartbeats" Watch Danez Smith read the poem here. CM Burroughs is joined by Adrian Metejka on this panel celebrating Melvin Dixon's work. Watch here (~30 min). CM Burroughs reads her essay published in Poetry Magazine, the text of which is here: "Poetic Kin: Meeting Melvin Dixon"Read "Looking Back: The AIDS Epidemic" for a bit more about the AIDS pandemic.Poems we read include:"Turning 40 in the Nineties""Change of Territory" "The 80s Miracle Diet""One by One""I'll Be Somewhere Listening for My Name"

Dungeon Court is back in session! This week, Justices Murphy, Axford and Tanner, as well as Bailiff Jiminy, are joined by the Majestically Mononymic Justice Trapp! Grab a seat in the jury box and listen in as they convene to pass judgement on your trials at the table!CREDITS:Sound Mixing and Editing by Trevor LyonDungeon Court Theme Song by Sam WeillerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stephen Haven reads his poems "Deadwood" and "Old Cambridge Cemetery" from our Summer 2026 issue.Stephen Haven's fourth collection of poems, The Flight from Meaning, was published by Slant Books in 2025. His most recent earlier collection, The Last Sacred Place in North America, was selected by T.R. Hummer for the New American Prize in 2012. His poems have appeared recently in Blackbird, The Common, Vox Populi, Verse Daily, The Montreal Review, Live Encounters, and elsewhere.

This is Champagne Song, one of the Prairie Land defendants currently in solitary confinement. These are some poems that I wrote after being sentenced to 100 years. This first one is called “Never Forget” Never…

British poet Lucas Jones has become an international literary sensation by pairing deeply personal poetry with the reach of social media, earning millions of readers drawn to his candid reflections on modern life.His new collection, 'I Still Believe in Miracles,' is an instant bestseller that explores masculinity, love, grief, hope, and the search for connection in an often-fractured world. Blending vulnerability with resilience, Jones writes about heartbreak and healing with remarkable emotional clarity.A London-based actor, writer, and poet, he has emerged as one of a new generation of voices bringing contemporary poetry to an expansive, devoted audience.

Part 1 - Danica M. David joins Neville James to discuss Creative Callaloo: Art, Poems, and Recipes Inspired by the Virgin Islands, the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands' 2026 Great Reads selection. David reflects on her journey as an artist, educator, and first-time author, sharing stories of growing up in St. Croix, the cultural influences of her grandmothers, and the importance of preserving Virgin Islands traditions through art, literature, and food. The program also highlights the role of local authors in documenting Virgin Islands heritage, celebrates the territory's growing creative community, and features a conversation on the value of public broadcasting and upcoming WTJX gubernatorial, lieutenant governor, and delegate debates.

Join our 2026 Cultivating Leaders cohort as they read their De Donde Soy poems

Today, we're opening a different kind of book as we explore two timeless, public-domain poems that have inspired readers for generations. Together, we'll discover the beauty of classic poetry, imagine soaring high on a swing, and take a quiet walk through nature as we learn how poets use words to paint pictures in our minds.Whether you're listening at home, in the classroom, during a homeschool lesson, or on a family road trip, this episode is a wonderful introduction to classic children's literature and the joy of reading poetry aloud.Featured in today's episode:"The Swing" by Robert Louis Stevenson"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert FrostBetween each poem, we'll pause to reflect, ask thoughtful questions, and discover what makes these classic works so memorable.

Part two of our "bring a poem you love" experiment picks up where we left off, finishing out Joe Barca's pick, James Wright's "A Blessing" (yes, THAT ending). Then Dick Westheimer digs into the dirt with Ada Limón's "The Burying Beetle," and we close out with Billy Collins' "The Art of Drowning." Craft talk, scansion, and a few strong opinions!At the Table: Katie Dozier, Timothy Green, Dick Westheimer, Joe Barca & Brian O'Sullivan.

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, Kavya Dumre from Nepali Pathshala Geebung, Queensland and Aashma Tamrakar from NAV Bal Chautari West, Victoria 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 नेपाली पाठशाला जीबङ, क्वीन्सल्यान्डकी काभ्या डुम्रे र न्याभ बाल चौतारी वेस्ट भिक्टोरियाकी आस्मा ताम्राकारले 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।एसबीएस नेपालीको प्रत्यक्ष प्रसारण हरेक मङ्गलवार र बिहीवार दिउँसो २ बजे SBS South Asian मा डिजिटल रेडियोमार्फत, आफ्नो टेलिभिजनको च्यानल ३०५ मा, SBS Audio एपमार्फत, SBS On Demand मा वा हाम्रो वेबसाइटबाट सुन्न सक्नुहुन्छ।साथै हामी सोसल मिडिया टफर्महरू फेसबुक, इन्स्टाग्राम र एक्स मा पनि रहेका छौं SBS Nepali का नाममा।

Ally Ang buzzes into the hive to read poems from their book and also to share the poem "Friends with no Benefits" by Megan Fernandes.Ally is the author of Let the Moon Wobble (Alice James Books 2025). A National Endowment for the Arts fellow and MacDowell fellow, Ally's work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, The Seattle Met, and elsewhere. They co-host Other People's Poems, a poetry open mic and reading series in Seattle.

– “Let's face it. We're lost.”Our speech is breathy, our lips are parched, and our tongues are like sandpaper. Suzanne Cottrell, a Buckeye by birth, lives with her husband in rural Granville County, North Carolina, where she's a member of the North Carolina Writers' Network and the Taste Life Twice Writers. She's the author of a hybrid book, Nature Calls Outside My Window, A Collection of Poems and Stories, and three poetry chapbooks (Kelsay Books). A retired teacher, outdoor enthusiast, and nature lover, she enjoys monthly misadventures with her best friend Deborah Forbes, her co-author of “Preserving Freedom.” Besides writing, Suzanne enjoys reading, researching, knitting, and Pilates. www.suzanneswords.com.Deborah Forbes, a retired educator, lives in eastern North Carolina with her husband and their Greater Swiss Mountain puppy. She enjoys fitness, gardening, needlework, reading, and video calls with her granddaughters. This is her first published piece, marking an exciting new chapter in her life. After retiring, Suzanne and Deborah rekindled their friendship, beginning monthly adventures. Suzanne's encouragement and guidance have been instrumental in Deborah's journey as a writer, offering patience, knowledge, and unwavering support. Though still learning, Deborah hopes this piece will be the foundation for more stories to come.

Please enjoy this Summer Salon Series episode of Breaking Form Selects: Tommye Blount.Support Breaking Form by reviewing the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE is available from Bridwell Press. James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.  Notes:Tommye Blount was born and raised in Detroit. He holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and is the author of Fantasia for the Man in Blue (Four Way Books, 2020), a finalist for the National Book Award, and the chapbook What Are We Not For (Bull City Press, 2016). Blount is the recipient of scholarships and fellowships from Kresge Arts in Detroit and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. In 2023, he received a Whiting Award in Poetry. A Cave Canem Fellow, Blount lives in Novi, Michigan.Visit Tommye's website: https://www.tommyeblount.com/homeBuy the book Fantasia for the Man in Blue from Four Way Books.Poems we mention include:"Fantasia for the Man in Blue" (one of four title poems in the book). Watch Tommye read this poem here. "Leroy Auditions for the Fame School""Ku Klux Klan Robe and Hood, Circa 1925" in Massachusetts Review "Palmer Park""Karl Lagerfeld's Line of Beauty"Read two poems by Tommye in Four Way Review here.See Tommye read his poem "Grand Dragon" at the Whiting Awards here (~1 min)Watch Leroy Johnson's audition in Fame here!Read this interview with Tommye in Adroit Journal

This week, everyone at the table comes bearing gifts — not their own poems, but someone else's genius they can't stop thinking about. Tim kicks things off with Alan Shapiro's "Closer," a breakup poem disguised as a baseball play-by-play, before Brian O'Sullivan brings us Alicia Ostriker's "Demeter to Persephone," a myth retelling with a shockingly modern mom voice. We also get our first bite of Joe Barca's pick, James Wright's classic "A Blessing" — don't worry, we'll finish that one next week. Close reading, scansion, and a little bit of poem-crush confession, all in one sitting.At the Table: Katie Dozier, Timothy Green, Dick Westheimer, Joe Barca, and Brian O'Sullivan.

Read these poems on the Modern Poetry in Translation website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/four-poems-3/ Joshua Edward writes in the introduction: Every Translation Is a Shipwreck Born and raised on an island, I've always dreamed of life at sea, but lacking ‘boat money' and unable to tell a bowline from a marlinspike, I've lamentably remained onshore. Still, I indulge in the idea that the poet's vocation is similar (at least in outline) to that of the sailor. Aren't both considered diminished remnants of romantic and impetuous eras? And don't both occupations hazard fatal depths? These are the waters I'm currently interested in plying, and the poets translated here, Tristan Corbière and Renée Vivien, are well suited to this double dream of poetry and seafaring. Both these poets often take the ocean as their subject, and both are considered what Paul Verlaine called poètes maudits: damned or absolute poets, who've gone to the art's greatest depths. Speaking of damned, it's easy to also view translators as seafarers. Every translator is a voyager returned from a trip, who wants to repeat the experience with others. But this second journey uses only dead reckoning and is never completed, because every translation is a shipwreck. Which is not to say a disaster: at best the translator fools their companions into thinking they arrived at the intended destination. Also good is when the castaways happily forget about the original port of call, or they are inspired to take the journey themselves, to read the text in its original language. At worst the translator inspires a mutiny, and is lashed to the mast, banished, or flogged. I hope that these attempts get across some good measure of the enthusiasm I have for the original poems and for the act of translation itself.

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Flags Sprouting Everywhere. Join Hannah Tool and Farnaz Fatemi as we read poems which unpack iconic American language and make room for more of us in the current cultural landscape. Poems by: Jean Prokott, Ada Limón, Natalie Diaz, Elana Bell, Julia Bouwsma, Aileen Cassinetto and Naomi Shihab Nye. "A New National Anthem" Ada Limón"They Don't Love You Like I Love You" Natalie Diaz"Flags" Elana Bell"There are No Kings in America" Aileen Cassinetto"No Explosions" Naomi Shihab Nye

Hello and welcome again to The Poetry Exchange!We're so pleased to be back with you sharing more stories of connection between people and poems in their lives.This month we have something very special to share with you: a live recording of our event at Latitude Festival in July 2025, celebrating Poems as Friends: The Poetry Exchange 10th Anniversary Anthology. This was our third visit to Latitude Festival in Suffolk over the years, and it was incredibly special to be there with our anthology of Poems as Friends.Michael Shaeffer hosts the event, along with our brilliant guests, poet Roy McFarlane and writer, artist and facilitator Hannah Jane Walker. Together, they read some of the stories and poems held in the pages of The Poetry Exchange Anthology, sharing these with a tent full of people at Latitude Festival 2025!Massive thanks to Latitude Festival for hosting us and providing this recording, and to everyone who joined us on the day.Poems as Friends: The Poetry Exchange 10th Anniversary Anthology is published by Quercus Editions and is available now widely in bookshops and online: www.thepoetryexchange.co.uk/anthologyLatitude Festival takes place this year on 23-26 July at Henham Park in Suffolk, UK.We will be back with more conversations in our latest mini-series of 'Poems with Friends' in September...With love,John & The Poetry Exchange Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Readings by Adam Piette and Ágnes Lehóczky. Read the translations of these poems on the Modern Poetry in Translation website: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/poem/two-poems-12/ Translators Adam Piette and Ágnes Lehóczky write in the introduction: These poems are excerpts from The University Island (forthcoming from And Other Stories), a major work in progress by Hungarian poet István Vörös. The text functions less as a memoir than an anti-memoir—a powerful satire in free verse that chronicles three decades in the trenches of academia. The protagonist, a failed academic and poet, is a tragicomic figure in constant dialogue with his phantom companion, Hermes, the decipherer of the shapeshifting incomprehensible. This inner journey through the history of philosophical hermeneutics echoes the non-conformist souls of twentieth-century literature, reminiscent of Georg Büchner's Lenz, Paul Celan's posthumous phantoms, and the morose narrators of Thomas Bernhard. Vörös depicts the slow physical and psychological collapse of a ‘failed lecturer' challenging a politicised, devalued system. It is a sobering critique of an institutional ‘madhouse' where the academic becomes the very agent of academia's demise. The work is a fiercely nihilistic exploration of annihilation, documenting the destruction of the cultural agora and the natural world alike. Yet, Vörös's genius lies in his ability to present a hyper-real comic world with a humour that is both grotesque and hyperbolic. The narrative occupies a thin line between fact and caricature, where surreal decapitations are viscerally, comically real. Translating this work was a collaborative effort born of shared experience in the British and Hungarian academic systems. We were compelled by its moral weight and its interrogation of the contemporary poem's raison d'être. Ultimately, the book asks a vital question: do we surrender to a system that reduces us to puppets, or do we believe that literature remains powerful enough to push back against institutional hypocrisy?

In episode 545 I chat with Duke Al. Duke is a spoken word artist and OCD advocate. In this episode Duke reads some of his poems about OCD and explains the meanings behind them, including a new one partially inspired by a bit of my own story, he talks the power of poetry, and how he used poetry as a self-therapy, and much more. Hope it helps. Poems read: Poetry and rhyme  A Letter to myself about letters  Dear Chris I wish  Little Duke Numbers, prayers, checks  A couple brand new poems currently untitled Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/duke-545 The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter 

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the first people to hear ‘The Ruined Cottage', read aloud to him on a visit to the Wordsworths in 1797, and he later described it as ‘one of the most beautiful poems in the language'. Like ‘Michael' (1800), it depicts the disintegration of ordinary lives under social and psychological pressures, reflecting Wordsworth's interest in rural poverty as much as the natural world. In this episode, Seamus and Mark look at the two poems as part of the literary revolution brought about by the Lyrical Ballads, in which everyday language is used to depict marginal lives without sentiment, guided by Wordsworth's assertion that ‘men who do not wear fine clothes can feel deeply.' 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: Marilyn Butler on The Lyrical Ballads: https://lrb.me/npep702 Jonathan Wordsworth: Wordsworth in Love: https://lrb.me/npep701 Seamus Perry on 'The Prelude': https://lrb.me/npep703 Colin Burrow on Wordsworth: https://lrb.me/npep704 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, Shirisa Ghimire from Hamro Barnamala Tarneit and Soraya Baral from NAV Bal Chautari Tarneit 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 हाम्रो वर्णमाला टार्नेटकी शिरिसा घिमिरे र न्याभ बाल चौतारी टार्नेटकी सोराया बरालले 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.LISTEN MORE - 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।बाल जगत् शृङ्खलाका अन्य भागहरू सुन्नुहोस्एसबीएस नेपालीको प्रत्यक्ष प्रसारण हरेक मङ्गलवार र बिहीवार दिउँसो २ बजे SBS South Asian मा डिजिटल रेडियोमार्फत, आफ्नो टेलिभिजनको च्यानल ३०५ मा, SBS Audio एपमार्फत, SBS On Demand मा वा हाम्रो वेबसाइटबाट सुन्न सक्नुहुन्छ।साथै हामी सोसल मिडिया प्लेटफर्महरू फेसबुक, इन्स्टाग्राम र एक्स मा पनि रहेका छौं SBS Nepali का नाममा।

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Lords: Cort Martin https://steamcommunity.com/app/2111550 Topics: What does Thomas The Tank Engine do when he gets an itchy nose? The end of Destiny Glittermitten Grove's undisclosed AI content Iroha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha I need to add bears to my threat model What thing would you like to be entangled with? Microtopics: Setting arbitrary deadlines to get things done and taking them seriously. Lord Walker. Writing 20 songs in 12 hours. Schrodinger's Cat Burglar. A video game that everyone in the world will love. Jimbo and the Jet Set. Soulful butt-licking. Do Fish Itch? What twisted idiot god would make a fish itch. The cosmology of Thomas the Tank Engine. Itchy planes flying very close to a mountain so they can scratch their faces. Whether trains can die in the Thomas the Tank Engine universe. Trains trying to live up to human standards of beauty. Pixar Cars needing eye surgery. Destiny's Final Update. Patrolling the moon in search of wizards. T-shirts with the insignias of obscure PVP factions. The logo of a football team that doesn't exist. Destiny shipping as MusicPlayerDemo.exe. Six people at the peak of their skill doing weird crap. Extremely obscure, elaborate secrets in MMOs. The CEO wanting to write a bunch of game lore so the developers have to find a place for him to put it Deliberately burning yourself out on an MMO and then deleting it forever. Vaulting Justifications. Clarity of Biome. Great ideas for a company that has infinite resources. RuneScape Modern and RuneScape Classic. Quitting WoW with your fiancee because you have a wedding to plan. The additional fee Blizzard charges for hosting your wedding inside of World of Warcraft. Fantasy heroin vs. Sci-Fi heroin. Stephepoa, Jasquosius, Dovanice and Jixandlia. Little dudes persisting between missions, if they survive. Naming all the fish after your Kickstarter backers. Doing all the same things the target your satirizing does, except you're doing them ironically. Lemmings as a squad-based tactical war game. A joyous approach to an anti-war message that makes war seem like a ton of fun. Violating the Geneva Convention by putting the Red Cross in Duke Nukem 3D. The video game that has committed the most real life war crimes. Poems you can't look at. Arriving today at the deep mountains of evanescent existence. Perfect pangrams. How they decided on the order of the Japanese phonetic alphabet. Who does Shakespeare think he is? Localizing Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffallo into foreign languages. Poorly localized advertising campaigns. Who is the Pilot? Reading Kingdom Hearts sequel titles as poetry. A Language Built for Poetry. Coyotes begrudgingly scampering away after you honk loud enough. A small family of black bears walking down your street and effortlessly demolishing all your trash cans. Dressing your dogs up like bear cubs so the mama bear takes care of them. How are you going to keep your trash safe? Trying to design a trash can lid that can be operated by a drunk human but not by a smart bear. Putting up bear crossing signs on every street in hopes that you'll discourage traffic driving through your neighborhood. What is this, an overpass for bears?! A salmon tube but for bears. Things in nature that want to kill you that you routinely interact with. Animals that are great except they have way too many legs. Entangled Burglars. Sharing thoughts and sensory inputs over long distances. Wrapping yourself in mummy wrappings so nobody can observe you directly. The Timid Butthole. Where does the cat end and the cat fur begin? Sneaking into the archives and discovering a picture of your dad's butthole in the files and wondering "How did they get this? Why do they have this?" The Three Names of an Elf. Why Cort is one of the most researched developers on Mobygames.

Knotbrook Taylor is an award-winning poet who is originally from England and is now living in Scotland. The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses commissioned him to write a book of Scottish lighthouse poems in 2010, and he was the poet in residence for a time at the museum.  His experimental photography has also received wide acclaim. In this live stream episode Knotbrook reads a number of his poems about Scottish lighthouses and discusses his own experiences traveling the coasts of the UK. The video can be seen here.

Comedian Brian Kiley and I read poems for a month. And he answers all of my nerd questions about writing for Conan and the Oscars.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie & Tim take a look at his new book, Poems for Katie. Tim shares his poems, discusses how the subconscious comes into play, and talks about the power of prompts. How did poetry help him find his way? Tune in this week to find out. At the table: Katie Dozier & Timothy Green.

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