by David Swerdlow (read by Ken Marks)
Audio Poem of the Day - Alone with the Goddess
By Linda Gregg
Audio Poem of the Day - This Room
by John Ashbery
Audio Poem of the Day - The Boom and After the Boom
By Alice Lyons
Audio Poem of the Day - Monsters
by Dorothea Lasky
Read Me a Poem - “The Singing Cat” by Stevie Smith
Amanda Holmes reads Stevie Smith’s poem “The Singing Cat.” 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 - April Snow
By Matthew Zapruder
Audio Poem of the Day - The Real Prayers Are Not the Words, But the Attention that Comes First
By Mary Oliver (read by Eliza Foss)
Audio Poem of the Day - The Blue Stairs
By Barbara Guest
Audio Poem of the Day - The Abracadabra Boys
By Carl Sandburg