By Averill Curdy
Read Me a Poem - “Lake Echo, Dear” by C. D. Wright
Amanda Holmes reads C. D. Wright’s poem “Lake Echo, Dear.” 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 - Revelator (Excerpt 2)
By Ron Silliman
Audio Poem of the Day - The Children of the Poor
by Gwendolyn Brooks (read by Quraysh Ali Lansana)
Audio Poem of the Day - “A furnace in my father’s voice; I prayed for the coal stove’s”
By Ishion Hutchinson
Audio Poem of the Day - Mandela
By Thomas Sayers Ellis
Audio Poem of the Day - meditating upon the meaning of the line “clams on the halfshell and rollerskates” in the song “good times” by chic
By D.A. Powell
Audio Poem of the Day - Elegy In a Theatrical Warehouse
By Kenneth Fearing
Audio Poem of the Day - Canada Anemone
By Fleda Brown
Read Me a Poem - “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” by Adrienne Rich
Amanda Holmes reads Adrienne Rich’s poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers.” 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.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.