Category: Poems

By Ange Mlinko

By Elizabeth Arnold

by Edith Sodergran

By Samuel Menashe

By Anonymous, Translated by Lydia Davis

By Jennifer Foerster

by Paul Killebrew

Amanda Holmes reads Ingrid Jonker’s poem “The child (who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga),” translated by Jack Cope and William Plomer. 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 Eduardo C. Corral