Read Me A Poem Podcast

Hailey Petway
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Read Me A Poem Podcast

These poems have traveled a long way to find you. In each episode, listen to a soothing poem and learn a little about who the poet is and why they are interesting. Find out more at https://readmeapoem.com/

  1. 10/01/2021

    20: Aubade in Autumn

    In this episode we welcome the beginning of fall with Peter Everwine’s beautiful and contemplative dawn song.

  2. 08/29/2021

    19: Failure

    In this episode, we read the titular poem from Schultz's Pulitzer prize-winning Failure.

    4 min

  3. 05/19/2021

    18: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

    In this extra-long episode, we take on this epic poem by Bob Dylan.

    10 min

  4. 04/26/2021

    17: Ode to my Period Underwear

    In celebration of National Poetry Month, we explore one of Olivia Gatwood's odes.

  5. 02/14/2021

    16: One Hundred Love Sonnets XVII

    Let’s explore one of Pablo Neruda’s most famous love poems. In this episode, I am joined by guest reader Otto Martinez to take a look at the poem in both English and Spanish. This is the 17th poem in One Hundred Love Sonnets, a collection inspired by and dedicated to his wife Matilde.

  6. 01/29/2021

    15. Medlars and Sorb Apples

    In the first episode of the new year, we will take a look at the Orphic myth and the mysterious connection between D. H Lawrence and his strangest of strange companions — H.D. This poem echos the idea that in order to be truly good something has to be just a little bit rotten.

  7. 12/25/2020

    14: Birches

    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?

  8. 10/31/2020

    13: Annabel Lee

    Let’s celebrate Halloween with one more poem from our prince of darkness, Edgar Allen Poe. In this episode, we explore the beautiful ballad Annabel Lee and Poe’s Poetic Principle.

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These poems have traveled a long way to find you. In each episode, listen to a soothing poem and learn a little about who the poet is and why they are interesting. Find out more at https://readmeapoem.com/

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