Poking Around

Poking Around

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Poking Around episodes

  • Pilots, Birds, Gods

    Featured poem: Meditation of _____ by Nome Emeka Patrick. Featured topics: Babylon, language, gods, confusion, flight, grandfathers, and pilots.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

    52 min
  • Ghosts

    Featured poem: Swallowing Rage by Lisa Conquet. Featured topics: assualt, womanhood, cornell 7, rage, the paranormal, aliens, mind reading, the moon.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

    51 min
  • The Nature Episode

    Featured poem: Man or Bear? by Jillian Stacia. Featured topics: hiking, camping, almost dying, buses, men, bears, and whales.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

    57 min
  • Because

    Featured poem: Acrophobia by Elizabeth Torres. Featured topics: heights, motherhood, reaching, falling, skiing, baby Zoe, Hugh L Carey, Hugh Grant, legacy.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

    1 hr 2 min
  • Opposite Day

    Featured poem: Newton's First Law of Motion by Kiara Rose. Featured topics: uncles, cousins, beasties, artists, scientists, and wearing your socks on your hands.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

    1 hr
  • The Club ft Breonn Lyons

    Featured poem: Weather Boy by Breonn Lyons. Featured topics: clubbing, romance, notes app poetry, girls night out, crossing the street, risking your life.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

    50 min
  • Gorgeous Clown Fundamentals

    Featured poem: The Women’s Locker Room 10 AM on Thursdays, Immediately Following Water Aerobics by Jillian Stacia. Featured topics: horrifying dreams, nudity, aging, clowns, locker rooms, and radical vulnerability.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠


    58 min
  • Identifying With Men

    Featured poem: I Dreamt of Molly and Told Her I Want to be a Poet Too by Mckenna Irwin. Featured topics: souls, dr*gs, heaven, love, p*ss, sh*t, blood, womanhood, the pandemic, facebook, miscommunications, bathrooms.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

    54 min
  • Desert Based Time

    Featured poem: Cheesecake Factory by Max McDonough. Featured topics: lent, convenience, working at the mall, falling in love, queerness, weddings, and walking on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected]

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠



    57 min
  • Limerence

    Featured poem: WebMD & chill by Anthony Gioia. Featured topics: infatuation, limerence, crushes, pregnancy, pillows.

    Poem read with permission from the author. 

    Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

    Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

    New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

    52 min

About Poking Around

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Join hosts Hannah Monsour and Zoe Branch as they joke around about poems and poem around about jokes. Both professional poets and amateur comedians, the artists explore the funny and the profound —…