Poetry

PoetryNow is a weekly four-minute radio series featuring some of today’s most accomplished and innovative poets who offer an acoustically rich and reflective look into a single poem. Jennifer Foerster imagines encountering her younger self on a walk through the streets of Vienna. Produced by Katie Klocksin.

“You feel right to me,” she said. “Like naked on cashmere.” Atticus presents a daily poetry reading of all his poems you know and love, and some you have yet to discover. This is a moment to pause. A space for self-reflection. A chance for you to rediscover the poetry in life. We hope it’s […]

Home of the PODCAST – Presentations of Poems, Stories, and Arcana – Poetry is the most important thing in life; weird fiction is the most fun thing in life; esoterica is the most exciting thing in life. Divine the darkness. Halloween: Horror to be felt. -The Voice before the Void “The End of the World: […]

Each week, listen to Amanda Holmes introduce and read a poem, beautifully. Amanda Holmes reads Rupert Brooke’s poem, “The Life Beyond.” Have a suggestion for a poem? 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 […]

When Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort founded MPT in 1965 they had two principal ambitions: to get poetry out from behind the Iron Curtain into a wider circulation in English and to benefit writers and the reading public in Britain and America by confronting them with good work from abroad. They published poetry that dealt […]

Putting the ‘lit’ back in literature. We’re headed back to England to explore the ICONIC Jane Austen – she’s witty, she’s talented, she was almost Jane Bigg-Wither? Find out more this week on Get Lit! 

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval […]

Audio recordings of classic and contemporary poems read by poets and actors, delivered every day. By Samuel Menashe

Radio essays, reportage, appreciations, memory pieces, poetry, travel writing and personal accounts. This is the first of two programmes from the Donegal Bay and Blue Stacks Festival recorded last weekend. The scripts were Auntie Gretta by Olive Travers; Planning Permission for a Bee Hotel by Monica Corish; Bog and The Bees Leave Swanns, two poems […]

This is simply me reading stuff. “Stuff” being poems and literature and essays and letters. And I’m also talking and praising and laughing and almost crying and hating and living and dying and loving and some other stuff. I try to keep this under 10 minutes because I have a deep fear of boring people. […]

Snow Quixote reads poetry in the public domain (and some of her own!). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/justpoetry/support Psa — Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/justpoetry/support

Get inspired by humans and peek into a writer’s creative process. R.R. Noall, a Denver-based poet, brings you Poems for People.  Along with her typewriter, Noall brings along amazing people with even more inspiring stories. After their discussions, she’ll write a poem about their conversation in real-time, which the guest will read aloud. Website: www.poemsforpeoplepodcast.com […]

“A pleasingly simple concept… one of the best things I’ve come upon in the last six months” (The Telegraph – ‘Best Podcasts’) 5 speakers, 15 minutes each. Script free and against a less-than-precise clock, some of the world’s leading figures in the arts and sciences deliver talks about their enduring achievements, wildest moments or deepest […]

Spoken Word poetry on a range of topics about today’s society and culture, from a feminine perspective. Hey guys! It’s been a bit since I’ve posted some fresh content! Here is a piece I had written and recorded a while back that I am only now getting around to sharing with you, hope you enjoy! […]

A podcast where I ask you to give me creative prompts to write to. I write a piece and perform it on the show. It’s that simple. Feed me please. Peter Bakowski was one the first poets I ever met. So it was an absolute joy to talk to him about all things poetry in […]

A show exploring unique and interesting discoveries and stories from the world of medicine. In this episode we reveal the incredible powers of horseshoe crabs, how they have protected us for decades, and how scientists are beginning to return the favor. You will hear from two experts that I interviewed for this episode: Laura Chamberlin-Assistant […]

In this podcast I read other people’s (published) poetry. Some of the classic poets, some contempory ones, and everyone in between. I also do a little commentary on each poem, and sometimes the poet too. In this episode, I read We Make Marks Together by Anna Jacobson from her collection of poems Amnesia Findings. And […]

No interviews! No instruction! No heartwarming stories about personal growth! This podcast mixes monologues, poems, and stories into deliciously dark surrealist audio entertainment—with a beat. Scott Taylor is your unreliable narrator. A chance meeting at the airport, a serious case of misplaced empathy, and an obsession that destroys everything.This show is actually Episode 0. It […]

Readings and conversation with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young. Eliza Griswold joins Kevin Young to discuss her poetry sequence “First Person,” featured on newyorker.com. Griswold is a poet and journalist who has contributed to The New Yorker since 2003. She is the author of, most recently, “Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America,” which […]

For centuries, poetry was a unifying force in society: farmers and aristocrats alike shared a common knowledge and participated, to a large extent, in a common poetic story. Nowadays, things have changed. Poetry has been pigeon-holed to the classroom or the academy, and therefore become less approachable. Our project is to reclaim poetry one poem […]

Just to brief you quickly as I upload my pilot episode: Love is love, and it’s worth it. 👑🖤✊🏾🖤👑 🌈💖💜💙 We’ll explore music, poetry, literature, and all sorts of other things mystical and mundane. I’m so grateful for your time and attention, and as ever, I’m just Happy to be Here 😁 Support this podcast: […]

You like books? I like books. You like being able to kick back and relax while a stranger with a pleasant voice does the work? Lucky you. It’s Lit-erature, friends! Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem read in its entirety. My favorite rendition is still the one from Treehouse of Horror. — This episode is sponsored […]

Let’s make poetry part of our everyday. In Your Mind By Carol Ann Duffy

The written word comes to life as the spoken word through the voices of the writers who wrote them. Written, Spoken is a podcast from writer and author Dave Ursillo (DaveUrsillo.com), the creator of Unavoidable Writing. 10 years ago, I quit my job. Today, I understand that I left my first career behind for beginnings, […]

Exploring the beauty of indigenous peoples of the world Only a change in worlds! — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/glenn-welker/message

Erica and Nadia take a closer look at themes, characters and shirtless scenes while recapping the CW’s “Jane the Virgin” from a Latina POV. What will happen when two friends find themselves on opposite sides of the #TeamMichael vs. #TeamRafael debate? Straight out of a telenovela! Well, after five seasons and countless plot twists, we’ve […]

Beat poetry set to music. I have spent two years compiling my poetry and these wonderfully talented musicians have helped me bring it to life. There are five core human drives that influence human behavior. To AQUIRE To BOND To LEARN To DEFEND To FEEL …. This podcast is a depiction of what DRIVES ME […]

Podcast by Headless way community Six poems, written and read by Colin Oliver. Introduced by Richard Lang

Verses In Vox™ is a short-form audio program featuring dramatic readings of classic poetry. It’s a vehicle to experience these well-loved works in a new way while at the same time introducing them to a new audience. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem “Excelsior” in the early morning hours of September 28, 1841, and it […]

Things I have written, that others don’t want to publish I’m standing in the courtyard outside Resonance FM when I first see Jude Cowan Montague. In the antisocial state I get into after I’ve had to perform, I’m drenched in sweat from a mixture of mind shredding heat and anxiety after a piss poor live […]

Poetry collection by Matt Nel | 2018 Taken From “Muse Abuse” (2018)

Project Mnemosyne is an experiment named in honor of the personification of memory in Greek mythology. Mnemosyne was the mother of the nine muses, and we’ll see where the muses lead. To start out we’ll be doing a series of short episodes consisting of just a poem. I’m trying to learn these by heart, and […]

I love this poem so much, I’d like to read it for you. Hope you enjoy it! When somewhere life/ breaks like a pane of glass… Let me read you this poem by the late Mary Oliver.

Maya Angelou’s life and poetry was and is inspiring so here is her story. Hope you like it… This is an episode of the amazing Maya Angelou and her poetry and life. Hope you enjoy…. 

An ambient podcast of purring. Lady Jean Grey Kranz flight director says “Purring is always an option”. Tough and competent purring.

DnD campaign. DM is Christina. Taylor plays Elfy, Sophie plays Mardred, and Jackson plays Tristan. Cover art photo by http://www.nathandumlaophotos.com The party unravels the mysteries of Dogcliff — and it is not what they expected.

Listen to the winning poems in this year’s childrens wildlife poetry competition on Fun Kids, the UK’s only radio station dedicated to children. Author and judge Sophie Anderson joins Bex to announce the winners of the WildVerse Competition 2018, 8-12 Category.

That’s right, we are a podcast that reads books! As we’ve gotten older and technology has gotten better, books have started to fade from the public’s eye. This podcast is here to help reinvigorate the thirst for reading. Come join us as we read and discuss all types of literature. We won’t back down from […]

Veteran actor Bill Kerr recites some of his favourite poems he remembers his mother telling him, as a boy. The recordings are to celebrate Bill’s 90 years in Show Business. He recorded these the year he turned 93. If that’s not amazing enough. All the poems where recited from memory! I know I was there. […]

Poetry via voicemail. Missed calls you need to hear. Open submissions accepted. Guidelines at http://voicemailpoems.org as silent and holy as an empty church. a polished row of pews. you, moon in the sky, how do you do it? your one-handed gravity holding still the earth. astral magic trick, you newly christened old god. every family’s […]

Timeless tales re-told. Each week you’ll hear two or three classic stories based around a common, and timeless, theme. Because history may not always repeat itself, but it sure rhymes Stories of cheating on your spouse are as old as time. These three short stories help us understand how–and why–people are unfaithful.

Live open mic Cipher show. The best spoken word artists, poets and lyricists from around the globe grab the mic to #SayDat Join us as we welcome Tanya Harris. She’s been a unique force in writing and poetry for some time. We will also have open mic. Bring your questions and poetry and let’s celebrate […]

Subscribe and listen to the cosmically ecstatic love poems of the world’s most adored poet, Rumi (Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi), spoken by Adam Siddiq. Rumi – The Death of SaladinVoice by Adam SiddiqTranslation by Coleman BarksMore Rumi inspiration can be found on Facebook & Instagram @RumiQuotesOfficial or at www.rumiquote.com.

Our lives are too busy, distracted and dissatisfying. Art can jolt us back to the moment, to the simple joy of living. Poetry especially awakens my “mind’s attention from the lethargy of custom, and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us.” Here I share with the universe those poems […]

PennSound Podcasts are hosted by PennSound’s co-director, Al Filreis. PennSound was created in 2003 in order to produce new audio recordings and to preserving existing audio archives of poets reading their own work and discussing poetry and poetics. PennSound makes these available to everyone through free downloadable sound files. PennSound is a project of the […]

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I keep a running list of things I hear people say that sound like poems. I’m turning them into poems Things That Sound Like Poems – Ep 3 • Change up • Today’s poem • What might home be • What were the lines?! • Thanks so much!

The New Spin Podcast Network is a series of podcasts with very exciting content for our listeners and viewers. Tuesdays, we have a show dedicated to spoken word and performance poetry called Spoken Word Tuesdays. We have guests on every episode that we interview and they also perform some of their pieces. Thursday, we have […]

Live from St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery in Manhattan’s East Village, The Poetry Project has promoted, fostered and inspired the reading and writing of contemporary poetry since 1966. Monday Reading Series Tommy “Teebs” Pico is a poet from the Viejas Indian reservation of the Kumeyaay nation. He authored the books IRL, Nature Poem, and Junk, & myriad […]

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – W.B. Yeats The Waters and the Wild – 00 Teaser Episode Credits: Voice- Sara E. Swieca Written- Kody Clegg Mixed- Kody Clegg Music- www.purple-planet.com

The Vulture Festival Podcast, features the interviews and panel discussions from the 2016 Vulture Festival, held May 21st & 22nd in New York City. Welcome to the Vulture Festival Podcast, featuring the interviews and panel discussions from the 2016 Vulture Festival. This is Pop Culture Trivia Game Show, recorded live at Vulture Festival on Sunday, […]

Poetry Podcast WELCOME TO POETRY LP LIVE! On May 21st San Diego’s badass independent publisher, Puna Press, hosted an insanely awesome beautiful rowdy poetic musical cool fun loud quiet eclectic event entitled Poetry LP. It was held out one of Puna’s personal favorite spots: The Whistle Stop Bar in South Park, San Diego. The event […]

Talks given by notable scholars and critics on poets, poetry, and their intersections with other art forms. Features recordings from historic archives and live events. Malena Mörling and Jonas Ellerström discuss Swedish poetry and the challenges of translation, and they read some poems in both Swedish and English from their anthology, The Star By My Head.

Poetry Reading Series: This project is created to make classical poems more accessible to people of all ages. Everyone in this project has donated their time and talent, to breathe new life into the great classics. We believe the art form of poetry is vital to nurturing our imaginations, apathy, and ability to communicate. We […]

Lela Fagan is an Author/Blogger, Experienced Onsite and Certified Virtual Administrative Professional (Marketing, PR and Not-For-Profit) Jesus Loving Football Coach’s Wife. She hosts the “Memoirs of a Black Girl Podcast Series”. Her fresh and honest spirit can be felt as she narrates each episode for you her listeners. “Come take a journey with me as […]

Classic Poetry Aloud gives voice to poetry through podcast recordings of the great poems of the past. Our library of poems is intended as a resource for anyone interested in reading and listening to poetry. For us, it’s all about the listening, and how hearing a poem can make it more accessible, as well as […]

Each Wednesday morning on The Sound of Books award-winning producer and interviewer Fred Kasten talks to the author — or occasionally editor — of a new or recently-published book that Fred judges to be both well written and of likely interest to WWNO listeners. Writers covered on The Sound of Books range from such internationally […]

Poetry readings by Canadian poet Ken Munro. Ken writes mainly free verse poetry on topics of spirituality, ecology, technology, peace, politics, and love. Here’s another remix using one of my poems by CCMixter community member ROSSI. It’s a lively house track that features my poem “When the Earth Is Gone.” I love the Creative Commons, […]

I’ll read you one poem and then talk about it and the poet and anything else that comes to mind Download This time I talk about Jane Hirshfield’s poem Burlap sack, includes authentic page turning noises! Read up a little on Jane here.

Carrie Heyes shares her children’s poetry! In whimsical poems that lend themselves to catchy phrases and silly but thoughtful ideas, Heyes explores life through the eyes of a child. With wonderful rhymes and funny twists, everyone’s imaginations will be delighted! This is the final installment of Carrie’s Clusters (here on the Carrie Heyes DooPod) – […]