Category: Poems

In this episode we welcome the beginning of fall with Peter Everwine’s beautiful and contemplative dawn song.

By Karen An-hwei Lee

By Mark Tardi

by Lisa Jarnot

Amanda Holmes reads Carolyn Forché’s poem “The Lightkeeper.” 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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By Ange Mlinko

By Elizabeth Arnold

by Edith Sodergran

By Samuel Menashe

By Anonymous, Translated by Lydia Davis