Poking Around

In this special and fabulous episode, we discuss busking secrets, how we met each other, philosophical questions, and other silly dynamics / fantastic lore.

Featured poem: Wound Is the Orgin of Wonder by Maya C. Popa. Featured topics: old literature, mortality, religion, wonder, menus, language, restaurants.

Poem read with permission from the author. 

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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Featured poem: I Keep Trying to Leave but the Sex Just Gets Better and Better by Ali Shapiro. Featured topics: breakups, sexy stuff, outgrowing, and the horrifying experience of starting to read a new book.

Poem read with permission from the author. 

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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Featured poem: On Seeing the First Line of "Wild Geese" on a Tote Bag in Whole Foods by Matt Donovan. Featured topics: Mary Oliver, religion, God, music, queerness, work ethics, circumcision.

Poem read with permission from the author. 

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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Featured poem: Oracle by Joshua Turek. Featured topics: Groundhog’s Day, trucks, parking lots, cities, stars, and the natural world. 

Poem read with permission from the author. 

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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Featured poem: Swallow by Aimee Wai. Featured topics: love, birds, bobble heads, grammar, yearning, eldest daughter, Van Gogh.

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Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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Featured poem: On My History of Kissing Everyone at Parties by Isabelle Correa. Featured topics: goofy shit, cast parties, making out, the moon, bisexuality, gay hands, and chapter books.

Poem read with permission from the author. Pre-order Correa's poetry book.

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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Featured poem: Why the Long Face the Bartender Asks? By Matt Donovan

Featured topics: horses, jokes, bars, beer flavors, peonies, love, crushes, new york city

Poem read with permission from the author. 

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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Featured poem: Men’s Beds by Richie Hoffman 

Featured topics: prostates, rosters, promiscuity, feelings, celebrities, summer, and putting sunscreen on your own back. 

Poem read with permission from the author. 

Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.

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Featured poem: Figuration by Patrycja Humienik. Featured topics:being tired, immigration, generational gaps, the american dream, self driving cars, conspiracies, capitalism.

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