PoetryNow
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 3 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2023
The Editor's Ex
Caitlin Doyle thinks about romance novels at the end of a relationship. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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I Thought a Tree Dying
Sandra Doller meditates on aging and motherhood. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
I Saw This Day Coming
Stacy Szymaszek writes a poem in gratitude to her students. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Hypersensitive Emanation
Will Alexander finds ways of writing poems to revitalize language as a whole. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
There Is No Meaning Here
Christine Kanownik examines the place of religion and spirituality in secular life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
anti-immigration
Evie Shockley expresses frustration over ongoing immigration policies and thinks about ways Americans might better live together. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
A poem from From A Winter Notebook
Matei Yankelevich meditates on the nature of poetic language and lingers over events from his past. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Quiescence
Alyse Knorr writes about motherhood and loss. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Ekphrasis with Toothing Chainsaw in Unnamed Halhul Vineyard
George Abraham invents a new sonnet form to investigate an act of vandalism that occurred in a Palestinian vineyard. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
I’m an Avid Skier
Jill Magi explores the intersections between sports culture and corporate job-speak. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Beds
Divya Victor considers the effects of transnational migration on family life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
The Other Side
Jennifer Foerster imagines encountering her younger self on a walk through the streets of Vienna. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Pearl
Wendy Lotterman wonders what home invasion and poetry have in common. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Skype Healer
Emmalea Russo recalls a Skype healing session and remembers the death of her aunt Vera. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
As If to Misread Song
Lotte L.S. considers the legacy of British poet and political activist Anna Mendelssohn. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Goodbye 14
Emily Sieu Liebowitz begins a poem by wondering if the Trojan Horse was merely a metaphor for written language. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Standards-Based Assessment
Dora Malech reflects on the way gun violence and school shootings have affected her own life. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
Girl Soup
Sawako Nakayasu imagines eating a bowl of girl soup and the conundrum posed by her own intervention. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
No People in It
Emily Skillings writes a tribute to poet John Ashbery who died in September of 2017. Produced by Sarah Geis.
poem for bruce
Rodney Koeneke considers the mystery and language of riddles. Produced by Katie Klocksin.