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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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 |
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135: Circe
00:05:00
Today's poem is Circe by H.D.
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May 31, 2019 |
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134: Beehive
00:05:00
Today's poem is Beehive by Jean Toomer.
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May 30, 2019 |
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133: Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg
00:05:00
Today's poem is Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg by Richard Hugo.
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May 29, 2019 |
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132: Punishment
00:05:00
Today's poem is Punishment by Seamus Heaney.
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May 28, 2019 |
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131: I Loved You Before I Was Born
00:05:00
Today's poem is I Loved You Before I Was Born by Li-Young Lee.
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May 27, 2019 |
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130: Dancing Bear
00:04:59
Today's poem is Dancing Bear by Richard Scott.
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May 24, 2019 |
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129: The Year I Had Cancer
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Year I Had Cancer by Brad Buchanan.
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May 23, 2019 |
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128: Safe house
00:05:00
Today's poem is Safe house by Busisiwe Mahlangu.
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May 22, 2019 |
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127: Big Finish
00:05:00
Today's poem is Big Finish by Kimberly Johnson.
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May 21, 2019 |
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126: My Parents' 50th Wedding Anniversary
00:05:00
Today's poem is My Parents' 50th Wedding Anniversary by Aaron Smith.
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May 20, 2019 |
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125: Yoko
00:05:00
Today's poem is Yoko by Thom Gunn.
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May 17, 2019 |
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124: the break
00:05:00
Today's poem is the break by Nate Marshall.
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May 16, 2019 |
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123: When Vision Narrows To A Single Beam of Light
00:05:00
Today's poem is When Vision Narrows To A Single Beam of Light by Eleanor Wilner.
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May 15, 2019 |
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122: Whipping Tree
00:05:00
Today's poem is Whipping Tree by Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
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May 14, 2019 |
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121: A Room of Her Own
00:05:00
Today's poem is A Room of Her Own by Ming Di.
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May 13, 2019 |
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120: What's Left
00:04:59
Today's poem is What's Left by Kerry Hardie.
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May 10, 2019 |
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119: He Said
00:04:59
Today's poem is He Said by Gerald Stern.
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May 09, 2019 |
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118: Migraine: Aura and Aftermath
00:05:00
Today's poem is Migraine: Aura and Aftermath by Claudia Emerson.
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May 08, 2019 |
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117: To The Republic
00:04:59
Today's poem is To The Republic by Frank Bidart.
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May 07, 2019 |
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116: Record Changer
00:05:00
Today's poem is Record Changer by Adrian Matejka.
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May 06, 2019 |
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115: Michiko Dead
00:05:00
Today's poem is Michiko Dead by Jack Gilbert.
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May 03, 2019 |
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114: Burial
00:04:59
Today's poem is Burial by Koleka Putuma.
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May 02, 2019 |
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113: First Will & Testament
00:04:59
Today's poem is First Will & Testament by sam sax.
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May 01, 2019 |
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112: The Darkling Thrush
00:04:59
Today's poem is The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy.
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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111: Bored
00:04:59
Today's poem is Bored by Margaret Atwood.
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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110: We Lived Happily During The War
00:04:59
Today's poem is We Lived Happily During The War by Ilya Kaminsky.
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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109: Pearl
00:04:59
Today's poem is Pearl by Dorianne Laux.
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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108: Backwards
00:05:00
Today's poem is Backwards by Warsan Shire.
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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107: Thank You For Waiting
00:05:00
Today's poem is Thank You For Waiting by Simon Armitage.
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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106: Lake Michigan, Scene 3
00:04:59
Today's poem is Lake Michigan, Scene 3 by Daniel Borzutzky.
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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105: I Just Hope I Can Sleep
00:04:59
Today's poem is I Just Hope I Can Sleep by Dorothea Lasky.
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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104: Poem for an Antique Korean Fishing Bobber
00:05:00
Today's poem is "Poem for an Antique Korean Fishing Bobber" by Dobby Gibson.
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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103: The Skylark
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Skylark by John Clare.
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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102: Love Poem
00:04:59
Today's poem is Love Poem by Donika Kelly.
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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101: Postcards from the Labyrinth
00:05:00
Today's poem is Postcards from the Labyrinth by Johnny Lorenz.
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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100: New World Orchestra
00:05:00
Today's poem is New World Orchestra by Ed Roberson.
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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99: Philadelphia
00:05:00
Today's poem is Philadelphia by Emily Skaja.
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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98: stunt
00:05:00
Today's poem is stunt by Monique Ferrell.
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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97: American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin ["You don't seem to want it, but you wanted it"]
00:04:59
Today's poem is American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin ["You don't seem to want it, but you wanted it"] by Terrance Hayes.
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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96: The Sun Rising
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Sun Rising by John Donne.
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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95: A Very Good Dog
00:05:00
Today's poem is A Very Good Dog by Matthew Dickman.
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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94: Anna May Wong on Silent Films
00:05:00
Today's poem is Anna May Wong on Silent Films by Sally Wen Mao.
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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93: Purple Bathing Suit
00:05:00
Today's poem is Purple Bathing Suit by Louise Gluck.
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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92: Always Alone
00:05:00
Today's poem is Always Alone by Linda Gregg.
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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91: Consider Me
00:05:00
Today's poem is Consider Me by Langston Hughes.
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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90: Villanelle of the Suicide's Mother
00:05:00
Today's poem is Villanelle of the Suicide's Mother by C.K. Williams.
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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89: Crowning
00:05:00
Today's poem is Crowning by Kevin Young.
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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88: Ars Poetica #28: African Leave-Taking Disorder
00:05:00
Today's poem is Ars Poetica #28: African Leave-Taking Disorder by Elizabeth Alexander.
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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87: The Space Between Skins Is Called A Wound
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Space Between Skins Is Called A Wound by Julian Randall.
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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86: Black cricket in the doorway, on the ceiling, in
00:05:00
Today's poem is Black cricket in the doorway, on the ceiling, in by Quan Barry.
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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85: Night Surrender
00:04:59
Today's poem is Night Surrender by Leila Ortiz.
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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84: Storm
00:04:59
Today's poem is Storm by Tina Chang.
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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83: Spring and Fall
00:05:00
Today's poem is Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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82: I Watch Her Eat the Apple
00:05:00
Today's poem is I Watch Her Eat the Apple by Natalie Diaz.
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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81: Parable of a Firstborn
00:05:00
Today's poem is Parable of a Firstborn by Rebecca Morgan Frank.
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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80: Muse
00:05:00
Today's poem is Muse by Loretta Collins Klobah.
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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79: Trans Is Against Nostalgia
00:05:00
Today's poem is Trans Is Against Nostalgia by Taylor Johnson.
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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78: Introduction to Patriarchy
00:05:00
Today's poem is Introduction to Patriarchy by Chelsea Rathburn.
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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77: Utsuroi
00:05:00
Today's poem is Utsuroi by Lee Ann Roripaugh.
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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76: Listen
00:05:00
Today's poem is Listen by Didi Jackson.
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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75: The Unwritten
00:05:00
Today's poem is The Unwritten by W.S. Merwin.
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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74: Waking Up
00:05:00
Today's poem is Waking Up by Thomas James.
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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73: If They Come for Us
00:05:00
Today's poem is If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar.
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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72: Bat
00:05:00
Today's poem is Bat by D.H. Lawrence.
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Mar 05, 2019 |