In Three Poems

David J Bauman
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Poetry read aloud by those who write it and love it. Each episode features a new guest poet and a lively discussion about how poems connect us and how they talk among themselves. We read two poems by our guest and one by a poet whose work they admire. David J. Bauman, your host, reads the first poem.   Sign up for the bonus Fourth Poem: https://ko-fi.com/inthreepoems Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthreepoems/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inthreepoems BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/inthreepoems.bsky.social

  1. 3d ago

    Continental Drift, Poetry and Migration with Mai-Linh Hong

    In Three Poems is the poetry podcast where we read two poems by our guest and one by another poet of their choice. We talk about the poems and let the poems talk among themselves. If you want to help us, please visit our Ko-Fi page at  https://ko-fi.com/inthreepoems or just click “support the show!" Guest Bio: Mai-Linh K. Hong is a Vietnamese American poet and literary scholar. Her work explores how refugees know, tell about, and creatively reimagine their worlds during and after migration.  She has been a Voices of Our Nation Fellow and Tin House Scholar. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, American Association of University Women, and the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.​​ ​ Poem 1: “Blue Ridge Elegy” from Continental Drift, written by Mai-Linh Hong, read by David Poem 2: “Plum Jam” also from Continental Drift, read by Mai-Linh Hong Poem 3: “ABC for Refugees” by Monica Sok, from A Nail the Evening Hangs On (Copper Canyon Press, 2020). Read by Mai-Linh. Thank you to Monica Sok and Copper Canyon Press for permission to read the poem on the show.  Links: Mai-Linh Hong's Website  Instagram for Continental Drift: @continentaldrift_poems "ABC for Refugees" by Monica Sok (on the Poetry Foundation Website) Text the show! Support the show

  2. Jul 17

    Spark Birds and Poetry with Katie Manning

    We talk with poet and editor Katie Manning about poetry and Red Tailed Hawks, as well as being disappointed by our heroes.  Poem 1:  "On the Origin" by Katie Manning, read by David Poem 2:  "At the Bird Rehab Facility in Vermont" Written and read by Katie  Poem 3  "Family Portrait with Time Travel and Dirty Wings" by Sally Rosen Kindred, first published in Whale Road Review (see link), read by Katie.  We thank Sally Rosen Kindred for permission to read her poem.  Music by Brian P. Kelly: https://www.youtube.com/user/wbarreguy Other Links: Katie's Website, where you can find her books as well as news and information about her work.  Sally Rosen Kindred's Website, where you can read selected poems by Sally and learn more about her book Where the Wolf, Book of Asters, and others.  Katie's Bio: Katie Manning is the author of Hereverent (Agape Editions), Tasty Other (Main Street Rag), and six chapbook collections: How to Play (Louisiana Literature Press), 28,065 Nights (River Glass Books), A Door with a Voice (Agape Editions), I Awake in My Womb (Yellow Flag Press), Tea with Ezra (Boneset Books), and The Gospel of the Bleeding Woman (Wipf & Stock). Her poems have been published in many anthologies and literary journals, including American Journal of Nursing, HAD, The Lascaux Review, New Letters, Poet Lore, Relief, So to Speak, Stirring, SWWIM, and Verse Daily. She has received the Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award, The Nassau Review Author Award for Poetry, and The Thimble Prize, among other honors and nominations. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Whale Road Review.  Text the show! Support the show

  3. Jul 9

    Common Sense, America 250 and Erasure Poetry with Crystal Simone Smith

    In Three Poems, the podcast where poets and poems talk among themselves. This is Season 2, episode 3. David chats with Crystal Simone Smith, author of seven books of poetry and nonfiction, most recently, Common Sense: Addressed to Today’s Citizens of America, published by Beacon Press (September 2025),  and upcoming Ghostwoman, Arising. Poem 1: "Induction" from Crystal's book Common Sense, read by David Poem 2: “Loose Ends” from Crystal's upcoming book Ghostwoman, Arising, due out in November.  Poem 3: “Cry Me a River,” was from Roberta Beary’s 2025 collection of haibun called Crazy Bitches, published by Macq books. We thank Roberta for her kind permission to share her poem on the Podcast. You can learn about all Crystal Simone Smith's books on her website at CrystalSimoneSmith.com. Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: JQEBU6547CH0DYBF Text the show! Support the show

  4. Jul 2

    Claudia Saleeby Savage on Ancestry, Motherhood, and Erotic Coping Mechanisms

    Welcome to season two of the In Three Poems Podcast with host David J. Bauman. We're talking with Claudia Saleeby Savage, author of 4 books of poetry, including most recently: First You Must Destroy the World  (First Matter Press, fall 2025). Her other books are Metal Used for Beauty Alone (from The Poetry Box for print + voice), Bruising Continents (Spuyten Duyvil), and The Last One Eaten: A Maligned Vegetable's History. Claudia also has recent work in Poetry Northwest, Nimrod, About Place, and River Teeth. More Links:  To Claudia’s Books And her website Poem 1: “My Daughter Discovers Synchronicity,” by Claudia, read by David. Poem 2: “They Named their child Thawra,” from First You Must  Destroy the World, written and read by Claudia.  Poem 3: “They Said it Was Morning,” by Nathalie Khankan, as published in her book Quiet Orient Riot (Omnidawn Publishing, 2020). Our Deep thanks to Nathalie Khankan and Omnidawn for allowing us to read the poem on the podcast.  Text the show! Support the show

  5. Apr 2

    Larks and Goats and Poetry with Han VanderHart

    Welcome to In Three Poems, where we read three poems with a different guest poet each week, and the third poem is always a work by another poet, chosen by our featured poet.  Text the show! Support the show This episode David talks with poet, editor and podcaster Dr. Han VanderHart about the influences of rural life on childhood as well as poetry, and how a poet can bridge the gulf of experience from one reader to another.  POEM 1  “Invocation” by Han VanderHart, read by David. POEM 2 “Ode to Knowing,” written and read by Han. POEM 3 “Boston Seaport, July 2024” Catherine Rockwood," published in Moist Poetry Journal.  More Links: HanVanderHart.com Han's Books Dogwitch by Catherine Rockwood Han VanderHart is a queer writer living in Durham, NC. They are the author of Larks (Ohio University Press, 2025), winner of the 2024 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize, the chapbook Hawk & Moon (Bottlecap Press, 2025), and What Pecan Light (Bull City Press, 2021), and have poetry and essays published in Poetry Daily, Kenyon Review, The American Poetry Review, Poetry Magazine, Poetry Northwest, Prairie Schooner, Poet Lore, AGNI, and elsewhere. Han hosts Of Poetry Podcast and co-edits River River Books.  Text the show! Support the show

  6. Mar 26

    Epics and Couplets with Saddiq Dzukogi

    Welcome to In Three Poems, where we read three poems with a different guest poet each episode, and the third poem is always a work by another poet, chosen by our guest.  David talks poetry, faith, and folklore, method and mythology, with Nigerian poet and professor of English, Saddiq Dzukogi.  Text the show! Support the show POEM 1. “Ring” First published in Poetry Magazine (September, 2021), read by David POEM 2. Excerpt from Bakandamiya: An Elegy (University of Nebraska Press, 2025), read by Saddiq. POEM 3. "Vows” by Gbenga Adesina from Death Does Not End at the Sea (University of Nebraska Press, 2025), read by Saddiq. Links: Ring by Saddiq Dzukogi, Poetry Magazine Saddiq Dzukogi Saddiq’s Books Gbenga Adesina’ Death Does Not End at the Sea Saddiq's Bio: Saddiq Dzukogi is the author of Your Crib, My Qibla (Nebraska, 2021), winner of the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry and the Julie Suk Award-- and shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature, and most recently, Bakandamiya: An Elegy (Nebraska, 2025).His poems have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, Narrative Magazine, Ploughshares, Guernica Magazine, Poetry London, Best American Experimental Writing Anthology, and Cincinnati Review. He has received fellowships from the Nebraska Arts Council, Mississippi Arts Commission, and Cave Canem. Text the show! Support the show

  7. Mar 19

    Poetry, Odes, and Uplift with Marjorie Maddox

    David and poet Marjorie Maddox talk poetry, inspiration, loss, and transformation as they read poems together and discuss her latest collections, Hover Here, Small Earthly Space, and Seeing Things.   Welcome to In Three Poems, where we read three poems with a different guest poet each episode, and the third poem is always a work by another poet, chosen by our guest.  Support the show POEM 1  “How We Are Found” by Marjorie Maddox, from one of her recent collections, Hover Here. Read by David. POEM 2 “Ode to Everything” from Seeing Things by Marjorie Maddox. Read by Marjorie POEM 3 “Litany of Flights” by Laura Reece Hogan, read by Marjorie Maddox. Thank you to Laura Reece Hogan for permission to read her poem on the podcast.  Links: Marjorie Maddox  Hover Here  Small Earthly Space  Seeing Things Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania  Marjorie Maddox: Professor Emerita of English and Creative Writing at the Lock Haven campus of Commonwealth University, 2023 Monson Arts Fellow, a poetry editor of Presence, and radio host of WPSU-FM'’s Poetry Moment, Marjorie Maddox has published seventeen collections of poetry, including  Begin with a Question from Paraclete Press (Illumination Book Award and International Book Award); How Can I Look It Up When I Don’t Know How It’s Spelled? Spelling Mnemonics and Grammar Tricks (Kelsay Books 2024); Seeing Things (Wildhouse Publishing February 2024), Hover Here (Broadstone Books, January 2026);  Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania (Penn State University Press, 2025). Text the show! Support the show

  8. Mar 12

    Choreopoems and Womanhood, with Monica Prince

    David and Monica Prince have a fun but also heavy discussion about women and trauma, and about the writing of poetry and the production of choreopoems. The discussion ranges from word choice in poem to forms like lipograms and the distinctions between womanhood and motherhood.  Support the show POEM 1  “Political Poem as Prayer”, written by Monica Prince, published in Movable Type ( 2023), read by David. POEM 2 From “Hysteria,” a Choreopoem in Progress, written and read by Monica. POEM 3 “I am unfit to raise daughters,” written by Jessica Nirvana Ram, from Earthly Gods (2024, Variant Lit), read by Monica Prince.  Links: monicaprince.com What Is a Choreopoem? Monica Prince, Associate Professor of Activist & Performance Writing, serves as Director of Africana Studies at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. She is the author of Roadmap: A Choreopoem, How to Exterminate the Black Woman: A Choreopoem, Instructions for Temporary Survival, and Letters from the Other Woman, with another choreopoem, FORCE, forthcoming in Janaury 2026. Her work appears in Twisted Tongue, In Short, Wildness, The Missouri Review, The Texas Review, The Rumpus, MadCap Review, American Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. As one of the foremost choreopoem scholars, Prince writes, teaches, and performs choreopoems across the nation.  Text the show! Support the show

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Poetry read aloud by those who write it and love it. Each episode features a new guest poet and a lively discussion about how poems connect us and how they talk among themselves. We read two poems by our guest and one by a poet whose work they admire. David J. Bauman, your host, reads the first poem.   Sign up for the bonus Fourth Poem: https://ko-fi.com/inthreepoems Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inthreepoems/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inthreepoems BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/inthreepoems.bsky.social

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  • Creator
    David J Bauman
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 In Three Poems
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    In Three Poems

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