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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Things to Do in Hell
Chris Martin composes a list of things one might do in hell. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Apr 1, 2019 · 4 min
The Great Deceiver
Brian Lucas takes a speculative look at figures of deception. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Mar 25, 2019 · 4 min
Who’s That
Ana Božičević explores the feelings and emotions of spring. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Mar 18, 2019 · 4 min
the name before the name before mine
Jay Besemer considers heredity and the uncertainty of one’s past. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Mar 11, 2019 · 4 min
About Suffering
Elisa Gabbert meditates on the nature of suffering and the language we use to describe it. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Mar 4, 2019 · 4 min
encasement (storage e)
Rusty Morrison recalls an encounter in an airport and considers how touch can be a source of knowledge. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Feb 25, 2019 · 4 min
pronoun circle-jerk and the dog charlie
Julian Talamantez Brolaski considers the way we use pronouns to signal gender. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Feb 18, 2019 · 4 min
Seventeen Funerals
Richard Blanco remembers the 17 students killed in a mass-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14th, 2018. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Feb 11, 2019 · 4 min
The Ambassador of the Interior Has a Talking to With the Minister of the Cabinet of Vengeance
Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer imagines the prospect of a God who may have created humanity in order to battle evil. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Feb 4, 2019 · 4 min
Phantom Twin
Katy Lederer recalls her experience with in vitro fertilization and finds poetry in the language of science. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Jan 28, 2019 · 4 min
Sanctuary
Donika Kelly recalls a class field trip to a sea lion sanctuary in the sixth grade and questions why certain lives are valued above others. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Jan 21, 2019 · 4 min
Bitch Is a Word I Hear A Lot
Kim Parko considers the politics of the word “bitch.” Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Jan 14, 2019 · 4 min
Vow
Diana Khoi Nguyen meditates on the importance of exchanging marital vows. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Jan 7, 2019 · 4 min
Nothing Happened in 1999
Hayan Charara considers how the world would be different today if certain historically significant events had not taken place in the late 1990s. Produced by Sarah Geis. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Dec 31, 2018 · 4 min
gravity furnace
francine j. harris revisits her childhood home in Detroit and imagines the ways destruction can be an empowering act. Produced by Colin McNulty.
Dec 24, 2018 · 4 min
Chase Scene
Gabriel Ojeda-Sague describes a strange dream and considers the domestic space he has built with his partner. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Dec 17, 2018 · 4 min
I Make Promises Before I Dream
Tongo Eisen-Martin examines the institutions artists and artworks occupy and uses writing as a challenge to power. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Dec 10, 2018 · 4 min
For Charlie
Ruben Quesada remembers a friend who died under mysterious circumstances and meditates on his own friends, loved ones, and mortality. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Dec 3, 2018 · 4 min
Fault Whispers
Mark Tardi begins a poem with a line from the journal of the artist Francesca Woodman, a photographer known for her haunting self-portraits. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Nov 26, 2018 · 4 min
A Feeling Right Before the Feeling
Brenda Hillman explores the many nuances of human emotions and articulates the moment before a feeling comes into being. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Nov 19, 2018 · 4 min

PoetryNow

Things to Do in Hell

The Great Deceiver

Who’s That

the name before the name before mine

About Suffering

encasement (storage e)

pronoun circle-jerk and the dog charlie

Seventeen Funerals

The Ambassador of the Interior Has a Talking to With the Minister of the Cabinet of Vengeance

Phantom Twin

Sanctuary

Bitch Is a Word I Hear A Lot

Vow

Nothing Happened in 1999

gravity furnace

Chase Scene

I Make Promises Before I Dream

For Charlie

Fault Whispers

A Feeling Right Before the Feeling