Your poetry ritual: An immersive reading of a single poem, guided by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Unhurried, contemplative and energizing. New episodes on Monday and Friday, about 15 minutes each. Two seasons per year, with occasional special offerings. Anchor your life with poetry.
Radio 3's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance
The Writer's Almanac is a daily podcast of poetry and historical interest pieces, usually of literary significance. Each day's offering is five minutes long and contains "on this day in history" information as well as an accessible poem.
The Daily Poem offers one essential poem each weekday morning. From Shakespeare and John Donne to Robert Frost and E..E Cummings, The Daily Poem curates a broad and generous audio anthology of the best poetry ever written, read-aloud by David Kern and an assortment of various contributors. Some lite commentary is included and the shorter poems are often read twice, as time permits. The Daily Poem is presented by Goldberry Studios. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Poetry-based interviews and shower thoughts.
Audio recordings of classic and contemporary poems read by poets and actors, delivered every day.
Host Ada Limón delivers a different way to see the world – through poetry. In just one turn of phrase, poetry can anchor us, or shift a moment, a day, or even a whole life. Join us for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by American Public Media in partnership with The Poetry Foundation.
The Poetry Magazine Podcast features poets and artists in their natural form—reading poems and speaking freely.
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Coleman Edward Dues. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
An almost weekly poetry podcast that features interviews with poets, reviews of poetry books, examinations of individual poems, and investigations of themes in poetry. Sit back, relax, and let poetry speak to you.
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Commonplace: Conversations with Poets (and Other People)


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Commonplace: Conversations with Poets (and Other People)
Rachel Zucker
Intimate and compelling interviews by Rachel Zucker with poets and other artists. Become a Patron & support our growing podcast! www.patreon.com/commonplacepodcast
Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.
Charlotte Mason Poetry is dedicated to promoting Charlotte Mason’s living ideas. We strive to share an authentic interpretation of Mason’s life work through a combination of original and vintage articles by a wide variety of authors. Our team draws from and transcribes many rare and wonderful documents from the PNEU many of which cannot be found anywhere else on the web.
Producer Helena de Groot explores the diverse world of contemporary poetry with readings by poets, interviews with critics, and short poetry documentaries. Nothing is off limits, and nobody is taken too seriously
A podcast in which Avren Keating interviews other transgender, genderqueer, and/or gender variant poets about their life and work in order to figure out their place in the world.
Frank Skinner loves poetry. And he thinks you might like it too. Join Frank each week as he takes you through some of his choice picks of poems. There may be laughter. There may be tears. There will certainly be poetry. Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast is produced by Sarah Bishop. It is an Avalon production for Bauer Media.
Interpretations of Rumi's poems in Farsi and English under Ganj e Hozour (Tresure of Presence)- Phone Calls
The Poetry Exchange talks to people about the poem that has been a friend to them. In each episode you will hear a guest talking about their chosen poem and the part it has played in their life, as well as the recording of the poem that we make as a gift for them. Our podcast features conversations with people from all walks of life, as well a range of special guests. Join us to discover the power of poetry in people's lives. Silver Award Winner for Most Original Podcast at the British Podca ...
The Speakeasy Cafe's Sound of Ink, open-mic poetry show airs every Thursday at 5pm west coast / 8 pm east coast time! Hosted by Nyla Alisia, this show offers non-stop poetic entertainment where it is all about YOU the POETS! The Speakeasy Cafe is an eclectic, supportive, passionate and inspiring place to come share your words, listen to other poets, inspire and be inspired! Poets write because they have something to say, come take the mic and say it! You are always welcome at the Speakeasy Cafe!
Interesting People Reading Poetry is a short, sound-rich podcast where artists and luminaries read a favorite poem and share what it means to them. Created by Andy & Brendan Stermer.
The Poetry Translation Centre is dedicated to translating contemporary poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Each week we bring you a new poem podcast from one of the world's greatest living poets, in both the original language and in English translation. To find out more about our work, please visit www.poetrytranslation.org. The Poetry Translation Centre is funded by Arts Council England.
Making enemies with the Poetry Foundation and Quillette while falling asleep at work
This is the podcast channel of The Poetryhood. Hosted by Jamil Adas & Farah Chamma. This show contains 2 types of episodes: 1) Spit Poetry: plain and simply.. poetry. 2) Conversations with poets & writers. Happy Poetry Listening!
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage talks to guests about life, language and music in his shed.
The poem is allegorical, with multiple meanings. Each episode will cover a canto at a time, summarizing and interpreting the poem based on dozens of commentaries. Check the website for further reading.
A series of discussions, interviews and live recordings with poets from the UK and abroad in which we examine the writing process. Now hosted by Peter deGraft-Johnson a.k.a The Repeat Beat Poet, the series was founded by David Turner in October 2014 in south east London.
PoetryNow is a weekly four-minute radio series featuring some of today’s most accomplished and innovative poets who offer an acoustically rich and reflective look into a single poem.
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Wax Poetic: Poetry from Canada


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Wax Poetic: Poetry from Canada
RC Weslowski, Kevin Spenst, and Lucia Misch
Your weekly appointment with the muse. Listen to interviews and readings with Canada's top spoken word, slam, and literary poets. Canadian poetry, at its best.
The podcast aims to spread Urdu Adab to people who cannot read or write urdu. It will contain short stories which are meaningful, funny, romantic & sarcastic as well as poetry, literature and other forms of Urdu Adab.
The Poetry Gods are here to show you how to not be wack in 2016 & beyond. Interviews and stories about the people behind the poems. You don't have to love poetry to love the show. Hosted by Aziza Barnes, Jon Sands, and José Olivarez. Artwork by Jess X. Chen. If you dig the show, share the link.
Sunil Bhandari is a poet by compulsion. He says he survives in this world because he can get to write poetry. This podcast is of his poetry.
Poetry comes alive when read aloud! Let’s look at Bible poetry together.
The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas. Hosted by Thomas Jones, it also features regular contributions from US Editor Adam Shatz and the ongoing ‘Close Readings’ series, which explores the lives and works of writers through the pieces about them in the LRB archive. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Subscribe and listen to the cosmically ecstatic love poems of the world's most adored poet, Rumi (Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi), spoken by Adam Siddiq.
This podcast explores the spiritual elements and properties of healing through the art of poetry. This podcast also features poetry written by the host Jorge Quintana.
Browse poems by contemporary and classic poets.
Browse poems by contemporary and classic poets.
Listen to some of the works of some of the greatest Poets and Spoken Word people around. Ranging from Shakespeare to UniverSouLove, URSprung Collective, Tsombe, Janet Dawson, Jamie Bond and beyond. We play some of a wide range of styles.
Kitchen table conversations with poets, hosted by Han VanderHart.
Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal of situation, and character in the context of Greek tragedy, comedy and epic poetry. But it still applies today. It is especially popular with screenwriters as seen in many script gurus’ how-to books.
Beat poetry set to music. I have spent two years compiling my poetry and these wonderfully talented musicians have helped me bring it to life. There are five core human drives that influence human behavior. To AQUIRE To BOND To LEARN To DEFEND To FEEL .... This podcast is a depiction of what DRIVES ME and how much my experiences have shaped who I am. It is supposed to be altogether meditative, confronting and hopefully...universally relatable. What drives you...? Produced by Christopher Mott ...
Poetry as F*ck is a spoken word podcast, containing three different shows: 'Poets Against Humanity' - a Creative Commons remix of 'Cards Against Humanity' where poets desecrate each others' work in a panel show format. 'Lies, Dreaming' - a digital open mic night based around a theme, with recorded spoken word submitted by listeners. 'Eight Poems That, If You Had To Be Trapped In Some Way For a Prolonged Period Of Time With Little Hope of Rescue, You'd Quite Like to Bring Along For Coping Pur ...
The Prolific Pulse is all about poetry.
Poetry Non-Stop is a poetry podcast presented by Patrick Widdess
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Poetry Spoken Here


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Episode #191 Laura Budofsky Wisniewski Reads from Sanctuary, Vermont
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Vermont poet Laura Budofsky Wisniewski reads from her new collection Sanctuary, Vermont. The book explores the history (and pre-history) of a fictional Vermont town. Hear more in this interview about the inspiration behind the collection and the exhaustive research - often into hidden, challenging histories - that went into the poems.Learn more abo…
A poem I wrote about the sixty three year love affair between a member of the royal family and one her dutiful long standing servants known as G M for short the old Queen mums cool companion.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
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Poetry Unbound


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Abigail Chabitnoy — If You’re Going to Look Like a Wolf They Have to Love You More Than They Fear You.
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How would you tell your own creation myth? Who — or what — would be in it? Abigail Chabitnoy is the author of How to Dress a Fish (Wesleyan 2019), winner of the 2020 Colorado Book Award for Poetry and shortlisted in the international category of the 2020 Griffin Prize for Poetry. Most recently, she was the recipient of the Witter Bynner Funded Nati…
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SpeakEasy Cafe - Open Mic Poetry Radio


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The SPEAKEASY CAFE ~ONLINE~ OPEN MIC POETRY RADIO SHOW INSPIRE AND BE INSPIRED!
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The SPEAKEASY CAFE ~ONLINE!~ OPEN MIC POETRY RADIO SHOW INSPIRE AND BE INSPIRED! Show time: 5:00pm West coast - 8:00pm East coast REMEMBER TO CALL IN EARLY!! The call in number is 646-595-3965 Info: You do not have to be logged in to listen to the show, but you do to join in the Poet's chat-room. It's a good way to network with other writers and th…
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The Poetry Magazine Podcast


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Srikanth Reddy in Conversation with Josué Coy Dick, Juan Coy Tení, and Jesse Nathan
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Today we explore the Popol Vuh, the foundational sacred narrative of the K’iche people. This Mayan epic tells the story of creation, the role of the gods in human affairs, and the history of migration and settlement in Central America up to the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century. The story of the Popol Vuh is pretty amazing itself. It was pa…
Tom Sleigh about his romance with experience, fancy jackets, and one last visit to the dog beach.By Poetry Foundation
Editor’s Note: When Charlotte Mason famously wrote in Home Education that “Mothers owe ‘a thinking love’ to their Children,”[1] she was quoting Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. Mason was very familiar with Pestalozzi’s work: at age 18 she had studied at the Home and Colonial Society, a school dedicated to training teachers to follow the Pestalozzian met…
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Poetry Says


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Ep 176. Autumn Royal on the inescapable
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Autumn Royal on writing poems in Roxby Downs, sessional teaching from a hot desk, appearing suss at art galleries, reality eclipsing her first book, and “grittiness”. Show notes Snake Story by Dorothy Porter Autumn’s collection She Woke & Rose Bernadette Mayer’s The Tragic Condition of the Statue of Liberty Lacan on Death Lindsay Tuggle’s Calenture…
By George OppenBy Poetry Foundation
"We walk under boughs heavy with fragrance,petals touching our cheeks with infinitesimal tenderness,and think back to how meaningless was what we’d said. In a universe of a million possibilities, we could be a certainty,but we suffered our uncertain inequities. We should have found tenderness like kittens venturing into the world -with fright and w…
In this episode I reflect on my recent growth and the ways I have become dependent on consistent advancement in my life. Sometimes growth can become addicting and when this happens, frustration surfaces: frustration over where we want to be vs. where we are, frustration over our abilities, frustration over our limitations. If you want to support th…
It was such a delight to meet with Tiffany Kouadio to discuss her lovely children's book "Dear Little Brown Skin Girl" ABOUT Little Brown Skin Girl "Our little girls have a vast, complex world ahead of them. They need to be reminded of their value every day. This book is a little reminder that our girls, no matter what color, are special and their …
This week Ian McMillan and his guests write to uncover previously hidden worlds and consider how to use language to hide in plain sight...Mick Herron is the author of the 'Slough House; series of spy thrillers about a group of discarded and overlooked M15 agents. The first book in the series, Slow Horses has been adapted for TV starring Gary Oldman…
By Martha ZweigBy Poetry Foundation
A poem I wrote for my father who was born in 1926 and now similar to an old model T ford motor car he needs constant tinkering and maintenance to keep him running . I've done my best to copy his gasping Yorkshire speech he was born in the days of horse and cart starting work at the age of twelve down in the mills on the east side of steel river , h…
A musing about our Star Trek scientists who make it sound like our intergalactic fate is just a walk through a subway station into some subatomic Stargate .--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
We lived our lives like nocturnal belfry bats fuelled by drink and drama cranial crashes and darkness of depression were common place the only way to fight against them was with serotonin smarties and a daily dose of humour .--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
Today’s poem is Self-Care by Solmaz Sharif.By American Public Media
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The Writer's Almanac


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The Writer's Almanac for Friday, May 20, 2022
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On this day in 1946 English-born poet, W.H. Auden became a U.S. citizen. "It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it."By Prairie Home Productions
Recorded by kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 20, 2022. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
A poem about lust a seemingly deadly sin that if the devil be shamed and the truth told is an instinctive desire that all of us hold .--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
A person who's cranial capacity is cast by abject austerity remains of that mind set even though they may elevate themselves to a privileged position of prosperity it will always have the mentality of a miser .--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
Hidden in her silver box were those secret letters of love from a dead lover who in a moment of war when passion was the fashion and she fed hers red and raw to his hungry dog of amour . --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
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Audio Poem of the Day


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Sonnets from the Portuguese 43: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
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by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (read by Laura Marks)By Poetry Foundation
To own a car in the swinging sixties was extremely rare especially for young people but if it was a jaguar then you were the nouveau rich make believe millionaires the fake faux movie stars . Members of my family and their friends were just this usually their balloons burst into bankruptcy debt and divorce, too much money in young hands its like mi…
Krystyana Skarbek was a polish beauty queen a countess and the longest serving spy in Churchill's war time SOE , with a life expectancy of just six weeks she lasted seven years as a field agent fighting against Nazi tyranny only then to be betrayed by her own trusted powers that be the British who at the end of the second world war with a stroke of…
A poem for Janine who used to be a traveller with wings on her feet up untill Gabriel gifting her a daughter with the same name as his immortal horn the beautiful Lily .--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
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The Slowdown


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678: You're the One I Wanna Watch the Last Ships Go Down With
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Today’s poem is You're the One I Wanna Watch the Last Ships Go Down With by Brian Tierney.By American Public Media
A poem about leaving the steel town of Sheffield at the age of nineteen , I stood wondering why the train left at the minute past midnight until I heard a hundred steel whistles blew from the industrialised Armageddon of the east end , at a minute past midnight when the steel sirens had finished the train guard blew his whistle and I never looked b…
A poem written for two old Bohemians who through reckless behaviour in a younger year did so destroy the fragile entity of love , and are now left with just the ghost of her to haunt their old empty hearts .--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
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The Writer's Almanac


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The Writer's Almanac for Thursday, May 19, 2022
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Today is the birthday of the minister and activist Malcolm X, born in 1925, and also of playwright Lorraine Hansberry, born in 1930.By Prairie Home Productions
Recorded by Christy Passion for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 19, 2022. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
A musing written for lily age 9 and her cat Shawn who's got terribly fat of late getting himself stuck in his own cat flap due to having been neutered and putting on rather a bit too much timber . Narrated in a Yorkshire accent due to Shawn being born and raised in Harrogate .--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message…
Setting off on a world tour in the late seventies was nothing like it is today there were no mobile phones or multimedia just the odd phone box for calls with your thumb and forefinger for transportation hitchhiking thousands of miles around the globe taking years and years almost a decade to the point where many of us became wonderless with our ow…
ADDITIONAL INFO Selected Work by Doreen Wang with Rachel Zucker et al., “Commonplace goes to Taiwan,” Part 1 and Part 2. with Mish Liang Hsu, 一年的告白/ Dos Salidas. “The roadmap of regret, curiosity and sound: How I decided to make a podcast with my dying mother,” CommonWealth Magazine. “The Kundiman 2018 Series, Pt. 1,” Racist Sandwich. "The Analects…
Walking into a very expensive veggie vegan boutique i listened to the sermon of a spiritual salesman , it felt as if you we're about to adopt his precious vegetables , this high priest of the Celtic druids so worshipped his wild woodland produce I got to feeling that my blood would be sacrificed under an oak tree named Zeus after i touched a sacred…
By Irma PinedaBy Poetry Foundation
The building blocks of life are made from nucleic acids , Lysergic acid has also been around since the dawn of time doubtless it would have been eaten by our early primate mammalian species increasing hallucinogenic and conscious brain capability hence where the homo sapiens may have got their jump start on the evolutionary ladder the human is now …
A poem about an old rag and bone man who started out with just a horse and cart then after a life of skinflinting strife became very rich but even after acquiring great wealth he still retained his beggar man roots and rhetoric.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message…
Big Manchester Pete the hardest looking man you were ever likely to meet his face was made for a trick or treat but inside he carried a big old heart that was softer than a boiled swede of sugar beet .--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/steven-richardson5/message
Today’s poem is Practicing by Ciona Rouse.By American Public Media
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The Writer's Almanac


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The Writer's Almanac for Wednesday, May 18, 2022
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"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." -- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, born on this day in 1872.By Prairie Home Productions
Recorded by Donovan Kūhiō Colleps for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 18, 2022. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
By Ilya KaminskyBy Poetry Foundation