Poetry Off the Shelf

By Poetry Foundation

Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard con... more

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The podcast currently has 259 episodes available.

Poetry Off the Shelf episodes:

February 17, 2026 What It Takes to Be a Man
James Ciano on sports, masculinity, and the desperation to belong.

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February 03, 2026 How to Survive on an Island
Stephanie Niu on being lost at sea, crab bridges, and finding the heart of the world.

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49min
January 20, 2026 The Multiverse of Me
Diamond Forde on poison, fan fiction, and writing the Great American Vampire Novel.

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44min
December 30, 2025 Poets We Lost in 2025
Remembering Ellen Bryant Voigt, plus a few words on mortality by Andrea Gibson.

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37min
December 16, 2025 An Old Face
Amanda Quaid on cancer, being bad in New York, and erotic hands.

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57min
December 02, 2025 An Impossible Wish
Tracy K. Smith on her Hello Kitty notebook, automatic writing, and the afterlife.

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46min
November 18, 2025 Body of Water
Chet'la Sebree on fertility, the ocean, and sonnets about menstruation.

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57min
November 04, 2025 What Heaven Looks Like
brittny ray crowell on grief, the scent of burning leaves, and finding her way back.

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47min
October 21, 2025 We Dream of Each Other
Kay Gabriel on embarrassment, labor organizing, and the discipline of hope.

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49min
September 30, 2025 Glow in the Dark
Martha Silano in memoriam: on blushing knees, fairy houses, and preparing your kids for loss.

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