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 Pain Reliever
After an artist residency at Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science, Carrie Olivia Adams celebrates the lives of pioneering women in medicine during the nineteenth century. Produced by Ka…
Carpet Bomb
Kenyatta Rogers distracts himself with writing during an uncomfortable flight from Los Angeles to Chicago. Produced by Sarah Geis.
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I Told You I Was Sick
Elaine Kahn meditates on care, loss, and the uncertainty of the future. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
No Things
Noel Black imagines singing karaoke on a yacht to the music of Michael McDonald. Produced by Sarah Geis.
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Pomegranate
Mary Cisper mediates on loss and grief after the death of her former husband. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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Sweet or Sour
John Lennox summons the presence of a friend who died suddenly and at a young age. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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@Allah
Anjuli Raza Kolb describes how her grandfather rewrote verses of the Qur’an using only the @ sign on his typewriter. Produced by Sarah Geis.
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Wide Awake in a Field of Deadbolts
Nick Twemlow navigates the often bizarre and alienating world of the modern office. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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Hello Kitty Virgin Mary
Feliz Lucia Molina remembers her life as a child while growing up in the San Fernando Valley. Produced by Sarah Geis.
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artificial death
Roberto Harrison imagines a time when death itself will be artificial. Produced by Sarah Geis.
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Grief Sequence 7
Prageeta Sharma reflects on the last night of intimacy with her terminally ill partner. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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On Reflection
Randall Horton thinks about the ways we trap ourselves and others in boxes. Produced by Sarah Geis.
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Agrippina the Younger, Age Thirteen
Diana Arterian describes the wedding ceremony of Agrippina the Younger, Empress of Rome and mother to the infamous Emperor Nero. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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[I have become wealthy in a foreign land]
Johannes Göransson catalogs his summer travels through Berlin and Stockholm. Produced by Sarah Geis.
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Man In Boat, 1998
Vi Khi Nao’s poem inhabits the scene of a painting composed in 1998 by Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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The Thin Man Goes Home
Kit Robinson describes a walk home on a summer night as a cinematic experience. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
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What Jimmy Taught Me
Harmony Holiday meditates on her biracial heritage and the legacy of her parents. Produced by Katie Klocksin.
The Demon
Jennifer Firestone recounts the state of dementia in a loved one. Produced by Sarah Geis.
Let Me Explain
David Shook responds to a poem by Pablo Neruda with his own poem set in present-day Middle East. Produced by Sarah Geis.