By Thomas Sayers Ellis
Audio Poem of the Day - From “Junk” [“Wherever we go, needs feed and I find it harder and harder”]
By Tommy Pico
Audio Poem of the Day - The Dream of a Fire Engine
By Kimiko Hahn
Read Me a Poem - “An Introduction” by Kamala Das
Amanda Holmes reads Kamala Das’s poem “An Introduction.” 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 - The Journey
By Yvor Winters
Read Me a Poem - A Very Specific Excerpt from “Maud” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Amanda Holmes reads the eighth stanza of the sixteenth part of “Maud,” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 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 - América
By Sarah María Medina
Audio Poem of the Day - Bluebird
By Joyce Peseroff
Audio Poem of the Day - The Canonization
By Jay Hopler
Audio Poem of the Day - On the Subject of Doctors
by James Tate