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    Explore " free verse" with insightful episodes like "Episode 68: W.S. Merwin, To the New Year", "To Be A Parent", "Episode 67: Alex Dimitrov, Winter Solstice", "Far Too Soon" and "All On Purpose" from podcasts like ""Poetry For All", "Moore_Seductions & Révolutions", "Poetry For All", "Moore_Seductions & Révolutions" and "Moore_Seductions & Révolutions"" and more!

    Episodes (42)

    Episode 68: W.S. Merwin, To the New Year

    Episode 68: W.S. Merwin, To the New Year
    In the first episode of 2024, we read one of the great poets of the past century, W.S. Merwin, and his address to the new year, considering his attentiveness, his style, and his wondrous mood and mode of contemplation and surprise. Picking up on the "radical hope" we discussed in Dimitrov's "Winter Solstice," we turn to Merwin's sense of what is untouched but still possible as he greets the new year. In this episode, we quote a few pieces from The New Yorker. Here they are, plus a few other resources. "The Aesthetic Insight of W.S. Merwin (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/09/18/the-ascetic-insight-of-w-s-merwin)" by Dan Chiasson "The Final Prophecy of W.S. Merwin (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-final-prophecy-of-w-s-merwin)" by Dan Chiasson "The Palm Trees and Poetry of W.S. Merwin (https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-palm-trees-and-poetry-of-w-s-merwin)" by Casey Cep "When You Go Away: Remembering W.S. Merwin (https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/when-you-go-away-remembering-w-s-merwin)" by Kevin Young See also The Poetry Foundation (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/w-s-merwin). The poem originally appeared in Present Company (https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/present-company-by-w-s-merwin/) (Copper Canyon Press, 2005). Thanks to the Wylie Agency for granting us permission to read this poem on the episode.
    Poetry For All
    en-usJanuary 18, 2024
    winter
    spirituality
    hope
    surprise
    wonder

    Episode 67: Alex Dimitrov, Winter Solstice

    Episode 67: Alex Dimitrov, Winter Solstice
    In this episode, we read and discuss a poem that provides a powerful meditation on the longest night of the year. To learn more about Alex Dimitrov, please visit his website (https://www.alexdimitrov.com/poems). Thanks to Copper Canyon Press (https://www.coppercanyonpress.org/authors/alex-dimitrov/) for granting us permission to read this poem from Love and Other Poems. During our conversation, we briefly allude to "Love," Dimitrov's wonderful poem that he continues to write each day. To read the original poem, you can check the American Poetry Review (https://aprweb.org/poems/love0); and to read Dimitrov's additional lines on Twitter, you can follow him at @apoemcalledlove on Twitter (https://x.com/apoemcalledlove?s=20).
    Poetry For All
    en-usDecember 19, 2023
    winter
    intimacy
    hope
    loneliness
    city

    Episode 61: Ada Limón, "The Raincoat"

    Episode 61: Ada Limón, "The Raincoat"
    With her quality of attention and focus on vivid, specific images, Ada Limón brings us to a moment of surprising insight in "The Raincoat." "The Raincoat" appears in Ada Limón's book The Carrying (https://milkweed.org/book/the-carrying) by Milkweed Editions. Thank you to Milkweed Editions for permission to read the poem on this podcast. You can find the "The Raincoat" on the Poetry Foundation website (https://poets.org/poem/raincoat). To learn more about Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, visit the Library of Congress website (https://guides.loc.gov/poet-laureate-ada-limon/activities-at-the-library). Ada Limón's author website (https://www.adalimon.net/) includes information about her six books of poetry as well as interviews, press releases, and her calendar of events. Photo credit: Shawn Miller, Library of Congress
    Poetry For All
    en-usMay 11, 2023
    children
    love
    gratitude
    mother's day
    surprise

    Coleman Barks, The Man Who Brought Rumi to the Masses

    Coleman Barks, The Man Who Brought Rumi to the Masses

    How exactly did Jalaluddin Rumi, a 13th-Century Persian mystic, become one of the most popular poets in the modern English-speaking world? Coleman Barks played a major role. Barks' free verse interpretations of Rumi have at times been the top-selling poetry books in America. Now 86 years old, Barks joins AR to talk about how he was given a mission to bring Rumi's words to the masses, which turned into a lifelong pursuit. He also talks about how his interest lately has shifted from Rumi to Rumi's teacher, Shams Tabrizi.

    FURTHER RESOURCES:

    In this episode, Coleman reads from Soul Fury: Rumi and Shams Tabriz on Friendship

    If you’re looking for somewhere to start with Coleman’s work, we recommend The Essential Rumi and Delicious Laughter.

    If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, go to agakhanmuseum.org/thisbeinghuman

    The Museum wishes to thank The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation for their generous support of This Being Human.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    This Being Human
    en-CAMay 09, 2023
    poetry
    translation
    rumi
    free verse
    shams tabrizi

    Episode 60: Li-Young Lee, From Blossoms

    Episode 60: Li-Young Lee, From Blossoms
    In this episode, we explore the poetry of joy in a world of shade and death, looking to sounds and repetitions while examining how "From Blossoms" speaks back to the poem that immediately precedes it in Lee's great book Rose. For more on Li-Young Lee, see The Poetry Foundation here (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/li-young-lee). Thanks to BOA Editions for granting us permission to read Li-Young Lee's work on our podcast. "From Blossoms (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43012/from-blossoms)" and "The Weight of Sweetness (https://poets.org/poem/weight-sweetness)" originally appeared in Rose (https://www.boaeditions.org/products/rose) (BOA Editions, 1986).
    Poetry For All
    en-usMay 02, 2023
    gratitude
    joy
    summer
    20th century
    wonder

    Scintillating Stories: Erica September Carrington and Other Poems

    Scintillating Stories: Erica September Carrington and Other Poems

    In this episode we are sharing a collection of poems by Martina Reisz Newberry.
     
     Martina Reisz Newberry is the author of 6 books of poetry and her work has been published in several magazines and collections. Her most recent book is Glyphs. 
     
     Her books are available here:
     https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Martina+Reisz+Newberry&i=stripbooks&crid=25FCZZQ3BJQ5P
     &sprefix=martina+reisz+newberry%2Cstripbooks%2C245&ref=nb_sb_noss

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    Yorick Radio Productions
    en-gbApril 21, 2023
    poetry
    audiobook
    literature
    narrator
    free verse

    Episode 58: Richie Hofmann, Things That Are Rare

    Episode 58: Richie Hofmann, Things That Are Rare
    In this episode, we are delighted to have Richie Hofmann as our guest. Richie Hofmann is the author of two collections: Second Empire (https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/second-empire) and A Hundred Lovers (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/689918/a-hundred-lovers-by-richie-hofmann/). His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Yale Review, and many other literary magazines, and he is the recipient of Ruth Lilly and Wallace Stegner fellowships. To learn more about Richie, visit his website (https://www.richiehofmann.com/). To learn more about Richie Hofmann's poetry and process, read Jesse Nathan's interview with Richie Hoffman in McSweeney's (https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/richie-hofmann). Richie Hofmann photo credit: Marcus Jackson
    Poetry For All
    en-usFebruary 27, 2023
    intimacy
    night
    sonnet
    21st century
    free verse

    Episode 55: Kay Ryan, Crib

    Episode 55: Kay Ryan, Crib
    In this episode, we discuss Kay Ryan's "Crib," a brief poem that begins with an interest in the deep archaeology of language and shifts to a powerful meditation on theft, innocence, and guilt. "Crib" appears in The Best of It © 2010 by Kay Ryan. Used by permissions of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. For more on Kay Ryan and her work, you can visit the Poetry Foundation (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kay-ryan) website. Our favorite interview with Kay Ryan appears in the Paris Review (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5889/the-art-of-poetry-no-94-kay-ryan).
    Poetry For All
    en-usDecember 19, 2022
    20th century
    wonder
    poet laureate
    free verse
    lgbtqia month

    Episode 54: Carl Phillips, To Autumn

    Episode 54: Carl Phillips, To Autumn
    In this episode, we talk with David Baker about "To Autumn" by Carl Phillips, exploring the way Phillips masterfully achieves a sense of intimacy and restlessness in a lyric ode that tosses between two parts while incorporating the sonnet tradition. For more on Carl Phillips, please visit the Poetry Foundation (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips). For more on David Baker, please visit the Poetry Foundation (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/david-baker). "To Autumn" has been read from Carl Phillips' latest book of poetry, Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 (https://www.amazon.com/Then-War-Selected-Poems-2007-2020/dp/0374603766). The latest book by Carl Phillips is a collection of essays called My Trade Is Mystery. Purchase at Yale University Press (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300257878/my-trade-is-mystery/) or Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/My-Trade-Mystery-Meditations-Writing/dp/0300257872) or wherever you get your books.
    Poetry For All
    en-usNovember 21, 2022
    intimacy
    spirituality
    black history month
    autumn
    city

    Episode 49: Lisel Mueller, When I am Asked

    Episode 49: Lisel Mueller, When I am Asked
    In this episode, we closely read Lisel Mueller's "When I am Asked" in order to better understand grief as a deep source of artistic expression. We look at language as a source of connection and hope, even in the midst of sorrow and solitude. With this poem about the making of poetry (an_ ars poetica_), we come to see how one artist turned to the intricacies of language in the face of a nature that seemed indifferent to her loss. "When I Am Asked" appears in Alive Together: New and Selected Poems, published by Louisiana State University Press (1996). Thanks to LSU Press for granting us permission to read this poem on the podcast. For the text of the poem, click here: "When I Am Asked (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/36931/when-i-am-asked)" Note: When out of copyright, we reproduce the text of the poem ourselves. When still in copyright, we link to the text of the poem elsewhere. For more on Lisel Mueller (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lisel-mueller), see the Poetry Foundation.
    Poetry For All
    en-usSeptember 12, 2022
    grief and loss
    20th century
    free verse
    repetition or refrain
    ars poetica
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