By Danez Smith
Audio Poem of the Day - Somewhere Thuban is Fading
By Rosebud Ben-Oni
Audio Poem of the Day - Chickamauga
By Charles Wright
Audio Poem of the Day - Vestibule
By Chase Twichell
Audio Poem of the Day - Song & Error
By Averill Curdy
Audio Poem of the Day - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (excerpt)
By Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Read Me a Poem - “Talking in Bed” by Philip Larkin
Amanda Holmes reads Philip Larkin’s poem “Talking in Bed.” 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 - Afternoon Walk: The Sea Ranch
by Sandra Gilbert
Audio Poem of the Day - Our Side of the Creek
By Yusef Komunyakaa