Gail McConnell — Worm
In a poem that addresses a worm directly as “you,” Gail McConnell considers how these tube-shaped beings live: ingesting the earth, aerating it, digesting it, making its nourishment accessible for all...
29 Okt 202114min
Romeo Oriogun — Pink Club
A club is a place for dancing, for abandon, for music, and for meeting strangers. Romeo Oriogun recalls a gay club that was for all those things, but also for escape. Living in a place where queer liv...
25 Okt 202116min
Kathleen Flenniken — Married Love
In a poem of extraordinary poise, Kathleen Flenniken recounts her parents’ lively parties, their rich social life, their summer trips, and their friendships: friendships that were not always straightf...
22 Okt 202116min
Imtiaz Dharker — Don’t Miss Out! Book Right Now for the Journey of a Lifetime!
A love poem with a playful title that sounds like an ad from a travel agent unfolds into a poem about choosing to stay at home. Imtiaz Dharker’s husband died in the years between this poem’s setting a...
18 Okt 202111min
No’u Revilla — Smoke Screen
The life of a sugar worker is the center of this poem: a worker whose body and person bear the imprint of that industry, with its demands and smoke and exhaustion. The worker in question is the poet’s...
15 Okt 202118min
BONUS: A Conversation with No’u Revilla
While preparing for this week’s episode of Poetry Unbound, host Pádraig Ó Tuama began an email correspondence with the poet, No‘u Revilla. The exchange was so rich that Pádraig asked No‘u to join him ...
15 Okt 202133min
Jake Skeets — Daybreak
In a slight change to the normal format, host Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks with the poet Jake Skeets who reads his poem “Daybreak,” a poem combining Diné language with English, a poem rich with observation:...
11 Okt 202117min
Tishani Doshi — Species
In a fantastical poem about the future, Tishani Doshi explores the present. She imagines a future where agriculture, forestry, and cultivation are things of the past, distant memories learned by human...
8 Okt 202115min
