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 269 episodes available.

Poetry Off the Shelf episodes:

July 14, 2026 My Old Self
Laura Kolbe on hormones, sainthood, and the trouble with change.

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1h 12min
July 01, 2026 We Hold These Truths
America at 250.

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46min
June 16, 2026 An Act of Mercy
Serena Chopra on prairie grass, manic rage, and the memories in her ears.

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50min
June 02, 2026 Don’t Make Any Noise
J Brooke on testosterone, incinerators, and the mobster at home.

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47min
May 19, 2026 The Act of Touching
Chris Crowder on muscles, privacy, and being Captain Safety.

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41min
April 28, 2026 Hereafter Parties
Arielle Hebert on Florida, driving with the windows down, and tallying up the dead.

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55min
April 14, 2026 A Handful of Dust
Iain McGilchrist on Rip Van Winkle, the poet's brain, and the real word for sunshine.

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50min
March 31, 2026 The Wrong Details
D.S. Waldman on the left hand, losing his brother, and introducing the most wounded part.

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58min
March 17, 2026 The Character in the Corner
Sony Ton-Aimé on radical joy, pig blood, and the ancestors we forgot.

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54min
March 03, 2026 Those Bodies We Borrowed
Monica Ferrell on robot apples, Playboy bunnies, and botox vs. crow's feet.

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59min

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