By Pura López-Colomé
Audio Poem of the Day - Permanent Press
By Alice Friman
Audio Poem of the Day - The History of Mothers of Sons
By Lisa Furmanski
Audio Poem of the Day - Apology, with Interruptions
By Rita Dove
Audio Poem of the Day - The Fifteen-Year-Old Considers His Closet
By Tarik Dobbs
Audio Poem of the Day - From “Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return”
By CAConrad
Read Me a Poem - “A Hand Not Ready for Birds” by Muhammed Ali Chamseddine
Amanda Holmes reads Muhammed Ali Chamseddine’s poem “A Hand Not Ready for Birds,” translated from the Arabic by Mansour Ajami. 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 - Her Dreams
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Audio Poem of the Day - from Light: Blue Poles
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Audio Poem of the Day - Midsummer
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