PoetryNow show

PoetryNow

Summary: PoetryNow is a weekly four-minute radio series featuring some of today’s most accomplished and innovative poets who offer an acoustically rich and reflective look into a single poem.

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  • Artist: Poetry Foundation
  • Copyright: ℗ & © 2020 Poetry Foundation

Podcasts:

 The Present | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Ryo Yamaguchi considers how future generations may characterize our present moment in time. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

 Red Sea | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Daniel Poppick thinks about fear and recalls a woman from Queens who was disfigured in an acid attack in 2015. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

 Open Openly | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Alan Felsenthal lists and blesses aspects of his life, large and small, for which he is grateful. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

 In the Next Next World | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Gillian Conoley discusses the devastation wrought by the October 2017 Northern California wildfires, the most destructive in the state’s history. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

 The Pain Reliever | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

After an artist residency at Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science, Carrie Olivia Adams celebrates the lives of pioneering women in medicine during the nineteenth century. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

 Carpet Bomb | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Kenyatta Rogers distracts himself with writing during an uncomfortable flight from Los Angeles to Chicago. Produced by Sarah Geis.

 I Told You I Was Sick | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Elaine Kahn meditates on care, loss, and the uncertainty of the future. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

 No Things | File Type: application/octet-stream | Duration: Unknown

Noel Black imagines singing karaoke on a yacht to the music of Michael McDonald. Produced by Sarah Geis.

 Pomegranate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Mary Cisper mediates on loss and grief after the death of her former husband. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

 Sweet or Sour | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

John Lennox summons the presence of a friend who died suddenly and at a young age. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

 @Allah | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Anjuli Raza Kolb describes how her grandfather rewrote verses of the Qur’an using only the @ sign on his typewriter. Produced by Sarah Geis.

 Wide Awake in a Field of Deadbolts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Nick Twemlow navigates the often bizarre and alienating world of the modern office. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

 Hello Kitty Virgin Mary | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Feliz Lucia Molina remembers her life as a child while growing up in the San Fernando Valley. Produced by Sarah Geis.

 artificial death | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Roberto Harrison imagines a time when death itself will be artificial. Produced by Sarah Geis.

 Grief Sequence 7 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Prageeta Sharma reflects on the last night of intimacy with her terminally ill partner. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

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