By Jennifer Tonge
Audio Poem of the Day - My Mother Contemplating Her Gun
by Nick Flynn
Audio Poem of the Day - Three Dreams of Korea: Notes on Adoption
By Lee Herrick
Audio Poem of the Day - Seventeen Funerals
By Richard Blanco
Audio Poem of the Day - The Evening Star
By Louise Glück
Audio Poem of the Day - Perhaps the World Ends Here
By Joy Harjo
Audio Poem of the Day - Little God Origami
by Stefi Weisburd
Read Me a Poem - “Vultures” by Chinua Achebe
Amanda Holmes reads Chinua Achebe’s poem “Vultures.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
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Audio Poem of the Day - from “Akiba”
by Muriel Rukeyser
Audio Poem of the Day - Grass on the Cliff
by Robinson Jeffers