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.

Listen in PodNod RSS feed Show website

99 episodes
Updated Apr 18, 2023

Episodes99

Newest first

The Pain Reliever
After an artist residency at Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science, Carrie Olivia Adams celebrates the lives of pioneering women in medicine during the nineteenth century. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Jun 25, 2018 · 4 min
Carpet Bomb
Kenyatta Rogers distracts himself with writing during an uncomfortable flight from Los Angeles to Chicago. Produced by Sarah Geis. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Jun 18, 2018 · 4 min
I Told You I Was Sick
Elaine Kahn meditates on care, loss, and the uncertainty of the future. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Jun 11, 2018 · 4 min
No Things
Noel Black imagines singing karaoke on a yacht to the music of Michael McDonald. Produced by Sarah Geis. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Jun 4, 2018 · 4 min
Pomegranate
Mary Cisper mediates on loss and grief after the death of her former husband. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
May 28, 2018 · 4 min
Sweet or Sour
John Lennox summons the presence of a friend who died suddenly and at a young age. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
May 21, 2018 · 4 min
@Allah
Anjuli Raza Kolb describes how her grandfather rewrote verses of the Qur’an using only the @ sign on his typewriter. Produced by Sarah Geis. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
May 14, 2018 · 3 min
Wide Awake in a Field of Deadbolts
Nick Twemlow navigates the often bizarre and alienating world of the modern office. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
May 7, 2018 · 4 min
Hello Kitty Virgin Mary
Feliz Lucia Molina remembers her life as a child while growing up in the San Fernando Valley. Produced by Sarah Geis. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Apr 30, 2018 · 4 min
artificial death
Roberto Harrison imagines a time when death itself will be artificial. Produced by Sarah Geis. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Apr 23, 2018 · 4 min
Grief Sequence 7
Prageeta Sharma reflects on the last night of intimacy with her terminally ill partner. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Apr 16, 2018 · 4 min
On Reflection
Randall Horton thinks about the ways we trap ourselves and others in boxes. Produced by Sarah Geis. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Apr 9, 2018 · 4 min
Agrippina the Younger, Age Thirteen
Diana Arterian describes the wedding ceremony of Agrippina the Younger, Empress of Rome and mother to the infamous Emperor Nero. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Apr 2, 2018 · 4 min
[I have become wealthy in a foreign land]
Johannes Göransson catalogs his summer travels through Berlin and Stockholm. Produced by Sarah Geis. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Mar 19, 2018 · 4 min
Man In Boat, 1998
Vi Khi Nao’s poem inhabits the scene of a painting composed in 1998 by Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Mar 12, 2018 · 4 min
The Thin Man Goes Home
Kit Robinson describes a walk home on a summer night as a cinematic experience. Produced by Katie Klocksin. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.
Mar 5, 2018 · 4 min
What Jimmy Taught Me
Harmony Holiday meditates on her biracial heritage and the legacy of her parents. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Feb 19, 2018 · 4 min
The Demon
Jennifer Firestone recounts the state of dementia in a loved one. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Feb 12, 2018 · 4 min
Let Me Explain
David Shook responds to a poem by Pablo Neruda with his own poem set in present-day Middle East. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Feb 5, 2018 · 4 min

PoetryNow

The Pain Reliever

Carpet Bomb

I Told You I Was Sick

No Things

Pomegranate

Sweet or Sour

@Allah

Wide Awake in a Field of Deadbolts

Hello Kitty Virgin Mary

artificial death

Grief Sequence 7

On Reflection

Agrippina the Younger, Age Thirteen

[I have become wealthy in a foreign land]

Man In Boat, 1998

The Thin Man Goes Home

What Jimmy Taught Me

The Demon

Let Me Explain