PoetryNow
Series produced by The Poetry Foundation
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
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Mary Cisper mediates on loss and grief after the death of her former husband.
- Added: May 21, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
John Lennox summons the presence of a friend who died suddenly and at a young age.
- Added: May 11, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb describes how her grandfather rewrote verses of the Qur’an using only the @ sign on his typewriter.
- Added: May 07, 2018
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 5
Nick Twemlow navigates the often bizarre and alienating world of the modern office.
- Added: Apr 30, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Feliz Lucia Molina remembers her life as a child while growing up in the San Fernando Valley.
- Added: Apr 16, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Roberto Harrison imagines a time when death itself will be artificial.
- Added: Apr 13, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Prageeta Sharma reflects on the last night of intimacy with her terminally ill partner.
- Added: Apr 05, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Randall Horton thinks about the ways we trap ourselves and others in boxes.
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Diana Arterian describes the wedding ceremony of Agrippina the Younger, Empress of Rome and mother to the infamous Emperor Nero.
- Added: Mar 21, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Johannes Göransson catalogs his summer travels through Berlin and Stockholm.
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Vi Khi Nao’s poem inhabits the scene of a painting composed in 1998.
- Added: Mar 02, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 4
Kit Robinson describes a walk home on a summer night as a cinematic experience.
- Added: Feb 22, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Rodney Koeneke considers the mystery and language of riddles.
- Added: Mar 14, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Emily Skillings writes a tribute to poet John Ashbery who died in September of 2017.
- Added: Feb 19, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
Harmony Holiday meditates on her biracial heritage and the legacy of her parents.
- Added: Feb 12, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
Jennifer Firestone recounts the state of dementia in a loved one.
- Added: Feb 02, 2018
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 2
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
