The Poetry Foundation

- Location: Chicago, Illinois
Audio poems, poetry docs and poetry podcasts from The Poetry Foundation in Chicago.
Series

176 Pieces
If you've ever been curious about why and how a poem gets made, PoetryNow is a weekly 4-minute, modular radio program that offers an audio immersion into the concept of a poem. Listen to and follow the inner workings of a new poem as poets read and talk about their work on PoetryNow, a presentation of The Poetry Foundation.
- From: The Poetry Foundation
- Updated: Jun 20, 2018
Pieces
Divya Victor considers the effects of transnational migration on family life.
- Added: Sep 06, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Wendy Lotterman wonders what home invasion and poetry have in common.
- Added: Aug 28, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Emmalea Russo recalls a Skype healing session and remembers the death of her aunt Vera.
- Added: Aug 16, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Lotte L.S. considers the legacy of British poet and political activist Anna Mendelssohn.
- Added: Aug 07, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Emily Sieu Liebowitz begins a poem by wondering if the Trojan Horse was merely a metaphor for written language.
- Added: Jul 30, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Dora Malech reflects on the way gun violence and school shootings have affected her own life.
- Added: Jul 22, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Sawako Nakayasu imagines eating a bowl of girl soup and the conundrum posed by her own intervention.
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Emily Skillings writes a tribute to poet John Ashbery, who died in September of 2017.
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Rodney Koeneke considers the mystery and language of riddles.
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Khaled Mattawa remembers the sense of hope felt during the Arab Spring and at the prospect of having a second child.
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2