PoetryNow

Series produced by The Poetry Foundation

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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.

The series will feature 52 episodes available for stations to broadcast in any quantity or combination, at no cost, starting June.


176 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
PN 17-91 "Who’s That" by Ana Božičević
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Ana Božičević explores the feelings and emotions of spring.

Bought by KALW, KENW, and KHSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
PN 17-90 "the name before the name before mine" by Jay Besemer
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Jay Besemer considers heredity and the uncertainty of one’s past.

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KENW, and KHSU


  • Added: Feb 18, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
PN 17-89 "About Suffering" by Elisa Gabbert
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Elisa Gabbert meditates on the nature of suffering and the language we use to describe it.

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
PN 17-88 "encasement (storage e)" by Rusty Morrison
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Rusty Morrison recalls an encounter in an airport and considers how touch can be a source of knowledge.

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  • Added: Feb 04, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
PN 17-87 "pronoun circle-jerk and the dog charlie" by Julian Talamantez Brolaski
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Julian Talamantez Brolaski considers the way we use pronouns to signal gender.

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
PN 17-86 "Seventeen Funerals" by Richard Blanco
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Richard Blanco remembers the 17 students killed in a mass-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14th, 2...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
PN 17-85 "The Ambassador of the Interior Has a Talking to with the Minister of the Cabinet of Vengeance" by Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer imagines the prospect of a God who may have created humanity in order to battle evil.

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
PN 17-84 "Phantom Twin" by Katy Lederer
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Katy Lederer recalls her experience with in vitro fertilization and finds poetry in the language of science.

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
PN 17-80 "Nothing Happened in 1999: by Hayan Charara
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Hayan Charara considers how the world would be different today if certain historically significant events had not taken place in the late 1990s.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
PN 17-79 "gravity furnace" by francine j. harris
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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francine j. harris revisits her childhood home in Detroit and imagines the ways destruction can be an empowering act.

Bought by Raven Radio and KHSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 2
PN 17-82 "Bitch Is a Word I Hear A Lot" by Kim Parko
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Kim Parko considers the politics of the word “bitch.”

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
PN 17-83 "Sanctuary" by Donika Kelly
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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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.

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
PN 17-81 "Vow" by Diana Khoi Nguyen
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Diana Khoi Nguyen meditates on the importance of exchanging marital vows.

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
PN 17-78 "Chase Scene" by Gabriel Ojeda Sague
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Gabriel Ojeda-Sague describes a strange dream and considers the domestic space he has built with his partner. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KHSU, and KENW


  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
PN 17-77 "I Make Promises Before I Dream" by Tongo Eisen-Martin
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Tongo Eisen-Martin examines the institutions artists and artworks occupy and uses writing as a challenge to power. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KHSU, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
PN 17-76 "For Charlie" by Ruben Quesada
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Ruben Quesada remembers a friend who died under mysterious circumstances and meditates on his own friends, loved ones, and mortality. Produced by K...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
PN 17-73 "Discipline Park" by Toby Altman
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Toby Altman visits a hospital in Washington State designed by Bertrand Goldberg and considers the costs of making art in contemporary America. Prod...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
PN 17-71 "mom and dad in a photo" by Edmund Berrigan
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Edmund Berrigan finds an old photo of his mother and father and describes a rich web of detail from the image. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KHSU, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
PN 17-75 "Fault Whispers" by Mark Tardi
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Mark Tardi begins a poem with a line from the journal of the artist Francesca Woodman, a photographer known for her haunting self-portraits. Produc...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
PN 17-74 "A Feeling Right Before the Feeling" by Brenda Hillman
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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Brenda Hillman explores the many nuances of human emotions and articulates the moment before a feeling comes into being. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KHSU, KENW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5

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