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
David Shook responds to a poem by Pablo Neruda with his own poem set in present-day Middle East.
- Added: Jan 25, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Joanna Klink meditates on personal loss.
- Added: Jan 18, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Eleni Sikelianos explores the evolution of the human body.
- Added: Jan 17, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Ben Fama mediates on the loss of a job and the world view of corporate America.
- Added: Jan 08, 2018
- Length: 04:02
- Purchases: 2
Matthew Zapruder dedicates a graduation address to poet and fiction writer Denis Johnson who died in May, 2017.
- Added: Jan 03, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Marie Buck describes relaxing activities many people like to do, and one rather unpleasant one.
- Added: Dec 27, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Brenda Coultas describes the act of writing as it unfolds during the course of a day.
- Added: Dec 18, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Jennifer Foerster imagines encountering her younger self on a walk through the streets of Vienna.
- Added: Dec 11, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Uche Nduka expresses a sense of anguish and offers possible spiritual solutions to current political and existential problems.
- Added: Dec 06, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Amy King considers how the media represent race and police violence.
- Added: Nov 29, 2017
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 5