The Slowdown
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EB
Jan 17, 2019
I don't always agree with Ms. Smith's takes on the poems in the intros, but she is always thought provoking, and I appreciate the exposure to new poets.
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Every weekday, Tracy K. Smith delivers a different way to see the world – through poetry. Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.
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235: Body and Soul
00:04:59
Today's poem is Body and Soul by Charles Wright.
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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234: Last Kiss
00:04:59
Today's poem is Last Kiss by Jane Ebihara.
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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233: On the D Train
00:04:59
Today's poem is On the D Train by Jacqueline Johnson.
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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232: My Embodiment
00:04:59
Today's poem is My Embodiment by Craig Morgan Teicher.
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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231: My Grandmother's Love Letters
00:04:59
Today's poem is My Grandmother's Love Letters by Hart Crane.
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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230: My Mother of Invention
00:05:00
Today's poem is My Mother of Invention by Michael Collier.
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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229: Pig
00:05:00
Today's poem is Pig by Henri Cole.
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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228: Hair
00:05:00
Today's poem is Hair by Clarence Major.
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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227: Club Icarus
00:05:00
Note: This poem contains an instance of explicit language. Today's poem is Club Icarus by Matt Miller. This episode features guest host Brenda Shaughnessy; Tracy K. Smith returns this week.
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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226: No War
00:05:00
Note: This poem contains an instance of explicit language. Today's poem is No War by Mariam Fayez. This episode features guest host Tina Chang; Tracy K. Smith returns this week.
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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225: The Government Has Been Canceled
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Government Has Been Canceled by Maya Catherine Popa.
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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224: Birthday Poem
00:05:00
Today's poem is Birthday Poem by Paisley Rekdal.
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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223: sorrows by Lucille Clifton
00:05:00
Today's poem is sorrows by Lucille Clifton.
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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222: The opposite of the ocean is no ocean.
00:05:00
Today's poem is The opposite of the ocean is no ocean. by Cathy Linh Che.
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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221: enough food and a mom
00:05:00
Today's poem is enough food and a mom by Francine J. Harris.
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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220: Through a Glass Through Which We Cannot See
00:05:00
Today's poem is Through a Glass Through Which We Cannot See by Lo Kwa Mei-en. This episode features guest host Brenda Shaughnessy.
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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219: Personals
00:05:00
Today's poem is Personals by C.D. Wright. This episode features guest host Brenda Shaughnessy.
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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218: Enough
00:05:00
Today's poem is Enough by Suzanne Buffam. This episode features guest host Brenda Shaughnessy.
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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217: Essay on Wood
00:05:00
Today's poem is Essay on Wood by James Richardson. This episode features guest host Brenda Shaughnessy.
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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216: The Wooden Overcoat
00:05:14
Today's poem is The Wooden Overcoat by Rick Barot. This episode features guest host Brenda Shaughnessy.
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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215: Even The Rain
00:05:00
Today's poem is Even The Rain by Agha Shahid Ali.
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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214: The Barbarians Are Coming
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Barbarians Are Coming by Marilyn Chin. This episode features guest host Tina Chang.
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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213: Closure
00:05:00
Today's poem is Closure by Paul Tran.
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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212: Drip
00:05:00
Today's poem is Drip by Quenton Baker.
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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211: One Is One
00:05:00
Today's poem is One Is One by Marie Ponsot.
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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210: Anemoia
00:05:00
Today's poem is Anemoia by Keetje Kuipers. This episode features guest host Tina Chang.
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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209: Discovery
00:05:00
Today's poem is Discovery by Natalie Scenters-Zapico. This episode features guest host Tina Chang.
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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208: Killdeer
00:05:00
Today's poem is Killdeer by Nick Flynn. This episode features guest host Tina Chang.
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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207: Parable for Refugees
00:05:00
Today's poem is Parable for Refugees by Ladan Osman. This episode features guest host Tina Chang.
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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206: Marriage
00:05:13
Today's poem is Marriage by Sarah Gambito. This episode features guest host Tina Chang.
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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205: Music from Childhood
00:05:25
Today's poem is Music from Childhood by John Yau.
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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204: Remember What I Came Here to Do to This World Very Little Actually
00:04:59
Today's poem is Remember What I Came Here to Do to This World Very Little Actually by Alice Notley.
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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203: Sister as Moving Object
00:05:00
Today's poem is Sister as Moving Object by Jan Beatty.
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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202: Losers
00:05:00
Today's poem is Losers by Jay Bernard.
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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201: Freeway 280
00:05:25
Today's poem is Freeway 280 by Lorna Dee Cervantes.
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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200: Left to ask
00:05:00
Today's poem is Left to ask by Michael Klein.
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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199: Small Kindnesses
00:05:00
Today's poem is Small Kindnesses by Danusha Lameris.
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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198: Night Work
00:05:50
Today's poem is Night Work by Ed Bok Lee.
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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197: Tornado Child
00:05:00
Today's poem is Tornado Child by Kwame Dawes.
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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196: Bargain
00:05:00
Today's poem is Bargain by Andrea Cohen.
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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195: Update
00:05:00
Today's poem is Update by Amy Gerstler.
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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194: A world's too little for thy tent, a grave too big for me
00:05:00
Today's poem is A world's too little for thy tent, a grave too big for me by Connie Voisine.
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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193: Winter Trees
00:05:00
Today's poem is Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams.
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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192: The Death of an Elephant
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Death of an Elephant by Gianfranco Pagnucci.
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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191: Staying Alive
00:05:00
Today's poem is Staying Alive by David Wagoner.
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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190: World Word by Eamon Grennan
00:05:00
Today's poem is World Word by Eamon Grennan.
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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189: Old Farmer
00:05:00
Today's poem is Old Farmer by Vievee Francis.
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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188: Failure
00:05:00
Today's poem is Failure by Eugene Gloria.
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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187: Summary of Fifteen Years
00:05:00
Today's poem is Summary of Fifteen Years by Suzanne Cleary.
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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186: Directions To Finding You, Or Maybe Just An Inferior Prayer
00:05:00
Today's poem is Directions To Finding You, Or Maybe Just An Inferior Prayer by Angel Nafis.
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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185: Hit
00:05:00
Today's poem is Hit.
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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184: Heirloom
00:05:00
Today's poem is Heirloom by Lauren Clark.
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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183: A Room at Last
00:05:00
Today's poem is A Room at Last by Ko Un.
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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182: Writing a Poem
00:05:00
Today's poem is Writing a Poem by Shirley Geok-lin Lim.
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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181: Three Foxes by the Edge of the Field at Twilight
00:05:00
Today's poem is Three Foxes by the Edge of the Field at Twilight by Jane Hirshfield.
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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180: Evening Sun
00:05:00
Today's poem is Evening Sun by Jane Kenyon.
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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179: Using A Hula Hoop Can Get You Abducted By Aliens
00:05:00
Today's poem is Using A Hula Hoop Can Get You Abducted By Aliens by Matthea Harvey.
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Aug 01, 2019 |
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178: God
00:05:00
Today's poem is God by Marsha de la O.
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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177: Mammogram Call Back with Ultra Sound
00:05:00
Today's poem is Mammogram Call Back with Ultra Sound by Ellen Bass.
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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176: The Boatman
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Boatman by Carolyn Forché.
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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175: Immigrant Can't Write Poetry
00:05:00
Today's poem is Immigrant Can't Write Poetry by Wang Ping.
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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174: Casa
00:05:00
Today's poem is Casa by Rigoberto Gonzalez.
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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173: Strong Men, Riding Horses
00:05:00
Today's poem is Strong Men, Riding Horses by Tishani Doshi.
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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172: Poem for Passengers
00:05:00
Today's poem is Poem for Passengers by Matthew Zapruder.
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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171: Spring Morning
00:05:00
Today's poem is Spring Morning by A.A. Milne.
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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170: Dantalion
00:05:00
Today's poem is Dantalion by Jeffrey Thomson.
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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169: Haiku
00:05:00
Today's poem is Haiku by Etheridge Knight.
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Jul 18, 2019 |
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168: What Does It Say
00:05:00
Today's poem is What Does It Say by Tess Gallagher.
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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167: Material
00:05:00
Today's poem is Material by Sarah Rose Nordgren.
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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166: Variations in Blue
00:05:00
Today's poem is Variations in Blue by Lauren K. Alleyne.
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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165: This Is Not a Small Voice
00:05:00
Today's poem is This Is Not a Small Voice by Sonia Sanchez.
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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164: Silence
00:05:00
Today's poem is Silence by Marianne Moore.
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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163: A Small Needful Fact
00:05:00
Today's poem is A Small Needful Fact by Ross Gay.
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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162: Our Valley
00:05:00
Today's poem is Our Valley by Philip Levine.
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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161: [as freedom is a breakfastfood]
00:05:00
Today's poem is [as freedom is a breakfastfood] by e.e. cummings.
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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160: Courtyard Fire
00:05:00
Today's poem is Courtyard Fire by Arthur Sze.
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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159: from here i saw what happened and i cried
00:05:00
Today's poem is from here i saw what happened and i cried by t'ai freedom ford.
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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158: In prison
00:05:00
Today's poem is In prison by Jean Valentine.
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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157: To the Woman at the United Airlines Check-in Desk at Newark
00:05:00
Today's poem is To the Woman at the United Airlines Check-in Desk at Newark by Nick Laird.
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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156: after the reading
00:05:00
Today's poem is after the reading by Lucille Clifton.
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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155: Borderline Mambo
00:05:00
Today's poem is Borderline Mambo by Rita Dove.
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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154: No Apology: A Poemifesto
00:05:00
Today's poem is No Apology: A Poemifesto by Carmen Giménez Smith.
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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153: The Heaven of Animals
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Heaven of Animals by James Dickey.
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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152: Europa Nostra
00:05:00
Today's poem is Europa Nostra by Nathalie Handal.
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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151: The Fitting
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Fitting by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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150: On Time
00:05:00
Today's poem is On Time by John Milton.
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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149: Red Rover
00:05:00
Today's poem is Red Rover by Claire Wahmanholm.
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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148: The Clam
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Clam by Keith Leonard.
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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147: Changeling
00:05:00
Today's poem is Changeling by Hieu Minh Nguyen.
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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146: The White Fires of Venus
00:05:00
Today's poem is The White Fires of Venus by Denis Johnson.
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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145: Mighty Pawns
00:05:00
Today's poem is Mighty Pawns by Major Jackson.
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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144: The Preacher Addresses the Seminarians
00:05:08
Note: This poem contains an instance of explicit language. Today's poem is The Preacher Addresses the Seminarians by Christian Wiman.
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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143: Untitled Poem
00:05:00
Today's poem is Untitled Poem by Sesshu Foster.
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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142: Ozymandias
00:05:00
Today's poem is Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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141: Ego
00:05:00
Today's poem is Ego by Denise Duhamel.
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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140: To the Thawing Wind
00:05:00
Today's poem is To the Thawing Wind by Robert Frost.
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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139: Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing
00:05:00
Today's poem is Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing by Toi Derricotte.
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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138: Still Life with Aspirin
00:05:00
Today's poem is Still Life with Aspirin by Lucie Brock-Broido.
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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137: What Kind of Times Are These
00:05:00
Today's poem is What Kind of Times Are These by Adrienne Rich.
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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136: Where There Were Steep Riverbanks
00:05:00
Today's poem is Where There Were Steep Riverbanks by Circe Maia.
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Jun 03, 2019 |