Featured poem: Birth-day by Lucille Clifton. Featured topics: how to turn 21, getting dizzy, homework souls, and the tragic disappearance of woman pilot Amelia Earhart.

Poem read with permission from the publisher.  The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010. Copyright © 2016 published by BOA Editions.

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Featured poem: The Raincoat by Ada Limon. Featured topics: Forbes 30 Under 30, fairy smut, a rare and unnamed ailment, and manic pixie dream girls. And our mothers, whom we love hugely and endlessly!

Poem read from The Carrying, published by Milkweed Editions and used with permission from the publisher.

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Featured poem: This Year I Mean to be an Elephant by Wendy Xu. Featured topics: Blockbuster, shrooms, death by phone, & sexy babies.

Poem read with permission from the author.

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It's our first episode! Featured poem: Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye. Featured topics: Travel mishaps, past life murder, reverse nannying, and dating your dad.

Poem read with permission from the author.

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