Let’s celebrate Christmas with one of Robert Frost’s most loved poems. After such a tough year, wouldn’t it be nice to get away from Earth for a while?
Read Me a Poem - “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
Amanda Holmes reads Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise.” 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 - . . . (In Exion)
by Jennifer Scappettone
Audio Poem of the Day - The Double Image
By Anne Sexton
Read Me a Poem - “A Bird, came down the Walk” by Emily Dickinson
Amanda Holmes reads Emily Dickinson’s poem, “A Bird, came down the Walk.” 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 - A Short History of the Shadow
by Charles Wright
Audio Poem of the Day - The Tyger
By William Blake (read by Michael Stuhlbarg)
Audio Poem of the Day - What Jimmy Taught Me
By Harmony Holiday
Audio Poem of the Day - Evidence
Audio Poem of the Day - The Tree Frogs
By William Logan