PoetryNow

Poetry Foundation

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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99 episodes
Updated Apr 18, 2023

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Apr 18, 2023 · 4 min
The Editor's Ex
By Caitlin Doyle
Dec 30, 2019 · 4 min
I Thought a Tree Dying
Sandra Doller meditates on aging and motherhood. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Dec 23, 2019 · 4 min
I Saw This Day Coming
Stacy Szymaszek writes a poem in gratitude to her students. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Dec 16, 2019 · 4 min
Hypersensitive Emanation
Will Alexander finds ways of writing poems to revitalize language as a whole. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Dec 9, 2019 · 4 min
There Is No Meaning Here
Christine Kanownik examines the place of religion and spirituality in secular life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Dec 2, 2019 · 4 min
anti-immigration
Evie Shockley expresses frustration over ongoing immigration policies and thinks about ways Americans might better live together. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Nov 25, 2019 · 4 min
A poem from From A Winter Notebook
Matei Yankelevich meditates on the nature of poetic language and lingers over events from his past. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Nov 18, 2019 · 4 min
Quiescence
Alyse Knorr writes about motherhood and loss. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Nov 11, 2019 · 4 min
Ekphrasis with Toothing Chainsaw in Unnamed Halhul Vineyard
George Abraham invents a new sonnet form to investigate an act of vandalism that occurred in a Palestinian vineyard. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Nov 4, 2019 · 4 min
I’m an Avid Skier
Jill Magi explores the intersections between sports culture and corporate job-speak. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Oct 28, 2019 · 4 min
Beds
Divya Victor considers the effects of transnational migration on family life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Oct 21, 2019 · 4 min
The Other Side
Jennifer Foerster imagines encountering her younger self on a walk through the streets of Vienna. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Oct 14, 2019 · 4 min
Pearl
Wendy Lotterman wonders what home invasion and poetry have in common. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Oct 7, 2019 · 4 min
Skype Healer
Emmalea Russo recalls a Skype healing session and remembers the death of her aunt Vera. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Sep 30, 2019 · 4 min
As If to Misread Song
Lotte L.S. considers the legacy of British poet and political activist Anna Mendelssohn. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Sep 23, 2019 · 4 min
Goodbye 14
Emily Sieu Liebowitz begins a poem by wondering if the Trojan Horse was merely a metaphor for written language. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Sep 16, 2019 · 4 min
Standards-Based Assessment
Dora Malech reflects on the way gun violence and school shootings have affected her own life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Sep 9, 2019 · 4 min
Girl Soup
Sawako Nakayasu imagines eating a bowl of girl soup and the conundrum posed by her own intervention. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Sep 2, 2019 · 4 min
No People in It
Emily Skillings writes a tribute to poet John Ashbery who died in September of 2017. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Aug 26, 2019 · 4 min
poem for bruce
Rodney Koeneke considers the mystery and language of riddles. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

PoetryNow

The Editor's Ex

I Thought a Tree Dying

I Saw This Day Coming

Hypersensitive Emanation

There Is No Meaning Here

anti-immigration

A poem from From A Winter Notebook

Quiescence

Ekphrasis with Toothing Chainsaw in Unnamed Halhul Vineyard

I’m an Avid Skier

Beds

The Other Side

Pearl

Skype Healer

As If to Misread Song

Goodbye 14

Standards-Based Assessment

Girl Soup

No People in It

poem for bruce