Audio Poem of the Day

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Familiars

06.05.2023

By John Kinsella

Audio Poem of the Day episodes:

06.05.2023 Familiars By John Kinsella
06.04.2023 The Window, at the Moment of Flame By Alicia Ostriker
06.03.2023 Maroon By Kuhu Joshi
06.02.2023 Late Spring by Campbell McGrath (read by Anne O. Sullivan)
06.01.2023 Variation on the Word Sleep By Margaret Atwood
05.31.2023 A Regret By David Trinidad
05.30.2023 Untitled #9, 1995 By Victoria Chang
05.29.2023 You've Ruined My Evening/You've Ruined My Life By Tom Raworth
05.28.2023 Tarp By Rick Barot
05.27.2023 Ross: Children of the Ghetto By George Szirtes
05.26.2023 My Fathers, Coming and Going By George Szirtes
05.25.2023 Ye Elves of Hills, Brooks, Standing Lakes and Groves By William Shakespeare
05.24.2023 Mantric Blizzard as Space By Will Alexander
05.23.2023 As If from the Sea By C. Dale Young
05.22.2023 Anagrammer By Peter Pereira
05.21.2023 Late February By Ted Kooser
05.20.2023 If suddenly By Anu Lakhan
05.19.2023 Dark Ceiling by Edward Dorn
05.18.2023 "I came upon the gnawed torso of a seal" By Melanie Braverman
05.17.2023 A Little Closer to the Edge By Ocean Vuong
05.16.2023 In the Thriving Season by Lisel Mueller (read by Melissa Severin)
05.15.2023 Night Bird By Danusha Laméris
05.14.2023 Nights By Mona Kareem tr. by Sara Elkamel
05.13.2023 I saw this day coming By Stacy Szymaszek
05.12.2023 Mortification by Census By Rodney Gómez
05.11.2023 Creative Writing By Miroslav Holub
05.10.2023 Harness By Jane Hirshfield
05.09.2023 Against Pink By Dara Yen Elerath
05.08.2023 To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet (read by Laura Marks)
05.07.2023 Testament By Connie Voisine
05.05.2023 Striplings By Atsuro Riley
05.04.2023 Garden of Eden By Tracy K. Smith
05.03.2023 Renting By Brian Tierney
05.02.2023 small teachers By Canese Jarboe
05.01.2023 “La guerra nos declaraste” By Irma Pineda
04.30.2023 So Many Books, So Little Time By Haki R Madhubuti
04.29.2023 Living Among the Dead By William Matthews
04.28.2023 we acknowledge ourselves By Allison Akootchook Warden
04.27.2023 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
04.26.2023 Southern Gothic By Rickey Laurentiis
04.25.2023 “soy llaga abierta” By Beatriz Miralles de Imperial
04.24.2023 A Feeling Right Before the Feeling By Brenda Hillman
04.23.2023 Their Bodies By David Wagoner
04.22.2023 Prayer for a Bamboo-Flowering Famine By Karen An-Hwei Lee
04.21.2023 Like Judith Slaying Holofernes By Paul Tran
04.20.2023 Fugue by Peter Pereira
04.19.2023 "No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief." By Gerard Manley Hopkins (read by Mary Jo Bang)
04.18.2023 The Editor's Ex By Caitlin Doyle
04.18.2023 Bay Leaves By Nikki Giovanni
04.17.2023 Claiming Language, Claiming Art V By Haki R Madhubuti

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Audio Poem of the Day

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Audio Poem of the Day episodes:

Familiars

The Window, at the Moment of Flame

Maroon

Late Spring

Variation on the Word Sleep

A Regret

Untitled #9, 1995

You've Ruined My Evening/You've Ruined My Life

Tarp

Ross: Children of the Ghetto

My Fathers, Coming and Going

Ye Elves of Hills, Brooks, Standing Lakes and Groves

Mantric Blizzard as Space

As If from the Sea

Anagrammer

Late February

If suddenly

Dark Ceiling

"I came upon the gnawed torso of a seal"

A Little Closer to the Edge

In the Thriving Season

Night Bird

Nights

I saw this day coming

Mortification by Census

Creative Writing

Harness

Against Pink

To My Dear and Loving Husband

Testament

Striplings

Garden of Eden

Renting

small teachers

“La guerra nos declaraste”

So Many Books, So Little Time

Living Among the Dead

we acknowledge ourselves

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Southern Gothic

“soy llaga abierta”

A Feeling Right Before the Feeling

Their Bodies

Prayer for a Bamboo-Flowering Famine

Like Judith Slaying Holofernes

Fugue

"No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief."

The Editor's Ex

Bay Leaves

Claiming Language, Claiming Art V