Caitlin Doyle thinks about romance novels at the end of a relationship. Produced by Katie Klocksin.Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

I Thought a Tree Dying

Dec 30th, 2019 4m

Sandra Doller meditates on aging and motherhood. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

I Saw This Day Coming

Dec 23rd, 2019 4m

Stacy Szymaszek writes a poem in gratitude to her students. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Hypersensitive Emanation

Dec 16th, 2019 4m

Will Alexander finds ways of writing poems to revitalize language as a whole. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

There Is No Meaning Here

Dec 9th, 2019 4m

Christine Kanownik examines the place of religion and spirituality in secular life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

anti-immigration

Dec 2nd, 2019 4m

Evie Shockley expresses frustration over ongoing immigration policies and thinks about ways Americans might better live together. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

A poem from From A Winter Notebook

Nov 25th, 2019 4m

Matei Yankelevich meditates on the nature of poetic language and lingers over events from his past. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Quiescence

Nov 18th, 2019 4m

Alyse Knorr writes about motherhood and loss. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Ekphrasis with Toothing Chainsaw in Unnamed Halhul Vineyard

Nov 11th, 2019 4m

George Abraham invents a new sonnet form to investigate an act of vandalism that occurred in a Palestinian vineyard. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

I’m an Avid Skier

Nov 4th, 2019 4m

Jill Magi explores the intersections between sports culture and corporate job-speak. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Beds

Oct 28th, 2019 4m

Divya Victor considers the effects of transnational migration on family life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

The Other Side

Oct 21st, 2019 4m

Jennifer Foerster imagines encountering her younger self on a walk through the streets of Vienna. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Pearl

Oct 14th, 2019 4m

Wendy Lotterman wonders what home invasion and poetry have in common. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Skype Healer

Oct 7th, 2019 4m

Emmalea Russo recalls a Skype healing session and remembers the death of her aunt Vera. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

As If to Misread Song

Sep 30th, 2019 4m

Lotte L.S. considers the legacy of British poet and political activist Anna Mendelssohn. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Goodbye 14

Sep 23rd, 2019 4m

Emily Sieu Liebowitz begins a poem by wondering if the Trojan Horse was merely a metaphor for written language. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Standards-Based Assessment

Sep 16th, 2019 4m

Dora Malech reflects on the way gun violence and school shootings have affected her own life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Girl Soup

Sep 9th, 2019 4m

Sawako Nakayasu imagines eating a bowl of girl soup and the conundrum posed by her own intervention. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

No People in It

Sep 2nd, 2019 4m

Emily Skillings writes a tribute to poet John Ashbery who died in September of 2017. Produced by Sarah Geis.

poem for bruce

Aug 26th, 2019 4m

Rodney Koeneke considers the mystery and language of riddles. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

We Are Saying Yes, But Who Are We to Say

Aug 19th, 2019 4m

Khaled Mattawa remembers the sense of hope felt during the Arab Spring and at the prospect of having a second child. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

immediately motionless likeness

Aug 12th, 2019 4m

Kirsten Ihns considers the way a poem can dance the reader’s mind. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

Euphorbia

Aug 5th, 2019 4m

Eric Baus demonstrates how the powerful can learn from something seemingly small and weak. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

At the Vietnam Center and Archive

Jul 29th, 2019 4m

Hai-Dang Phan examines archival documents concerning the abduction of a young Vietnamese woman by Thai pirates in the 1980s. Produced by Katie Klocksin.