Poetry Unbound

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Arts #25, Books #8

Short and unhurried, Poetry Unbound is an immersive exploration of a single poem, hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama.Pádraig Ó Tuama greets you at the doorways of brilliant poems and walks you through — each one has wisdom to offer and questions to ask you.Already a listener? There’s also a book (Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World), a Substack newsletter with a vibrant conversation in the comments, and occasional gatherings.

Denise Duhamel — How It Will End
Mar 3, 2025 – 00:17:02
Fady Joudah — [...]
Feb 24, 2025 – 00:12:55
Benjamin Zephaniah — To Michael Menson
Feb 17, 2025 – 00:12:52
Carmen Giménez — Ars Poetica
Feb 10, 2025 – 00:15:16
Rick Barot — The Singing
Feb 3, 2025 – 00:17:43
Diannely Antigua — Another Poem about God, but Really It’s about Me
Jan 27, 2025 – 00:16:21
Don McKay — Neanderthal Dig
Jan 20, 2025 – 00:14:52
Ernesto Cardenal — Give Ear to My Words (Psalm 5)
Jan 13, 2025 – 00:17:26
Diego Báez — Inheritance
Dec 20, 2024 – 00:20:04
Danielle Chapman — Trespassing with Tweens
Dec 16, 2024 – 00:16:07
Richard Langston — Hill walk
Dec 13, 2024 – 00:12:18
Robert Hayden — Those Winter Sundays
Dec 9, 2024 – 00:12:18
Taylor Johnson — Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Dec 6, 2024 – 00:13:21
Kinsale Drake — Put on that KTNN
Dec 2, 2024 – 00:14:56
Poetry Unbound — Season 9 Trailer
Nov 25, 2024 – 00:01:17
Closing: Poems as Teachers (ft. Kai Cheng Thom) | Ep 7
May 17, 2024 – 00:12:42
Yehuda Amichai — Poems as Teachers | Ep 6
May 17, 2024 – 00:14:04
Jericho Brown — Poems as Teachers | Ep 5
May 16, 2024 – 00:13:10
Mosab Abu Toha — Poems as Teachers | Ep 4
May 15, 2024 – 00:16:29
Constantine P. Cavafy — Poems as Teachers | Ep 3
May 14, 2024 – 00:17:23
Joy Harjo — Poems as Teachers | Ep 2
May 13, 2024 – 00:17:43
Introducing: Poems as Teachers (ft. Wisława Szymborska) | Ep 1
May 12, 2024 – 00:10:25
Thomas Lux — Refrigerator, 1957
Feb 23, 2024 – 00:14:09
Rita Wong — flush
Feb 19, 2024 – 00:15:59
Maria Dahvana Headley — Beowulf
Feb 16, 2024 – 00:15:55
Michael Klein — Swale
Feb 12, 2024 – 00:14:02
Ray Young Bear — Our Bird Aegis
Feb 9, 2024 – 00:13:45
Suji Kwock Kim — Search Engine: Notes from the North Korean-Chinese-Russian Border
Feb 5, 2024 – 00:15:36
Amber McBride — ROLL CALL: NEW TAROT NAMES FOR BLACK GIRLS
Feb 2, 2024 – 00:16:35
Carl Dennis — Breath
Jan 29, 2024 – 00:15:23
Elisa Gonzalez — To My Twenty-Four-Year-Old Self
Jan 26, 2024 – 00:14:49
Ofelia Zepeda — Deer Dance Exhibition
Jan 22, 2024 – 00:15:27
Sandra Cisneros — When in Doubt
Jan 19, 2024 – 00:14:52
Kandace Siobhan Walker — Three Mangoes, £1
Jan 15, 2024 – 00:15:50
Francisco Aragón — Asleep You Become a Continent
Jan 12, 2024 – 00:13:04
Conor Kerr — Winter Songs
Jan 8, 2024 – 00:14:59
Valencia Robin — The Coup
Jan 5, 2024 – 00:14:16
Eugenia Leigh — How the Dung Beetle Finds Its Way Home
Jan 1, 2024 – 00:15:51
Poetry Unbound — Season 8 Trailer
Dec 18, 2023 – 00:01:07
Clint Smith with Krista Tippett — What We Know in the "Marrow of Our Bones"
Nov 13, 2023 – 01:05:43
BONUS: Truth-seeking and the Symphony of Language with Henri Cole
Sep 1, 2023 – 01:04:44
BONUS: Making Space for the Erotic with Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aug 30, 2023 – 01:00:50
BONUS: Poetry That Pays Attention with Patricia Smith
Aug 28, 2023 – 01:08:16
Maya C. Popa — They Are Building a Hospital
Jul 28, 2023 – 00:15:52
Jenny Mitchell — A Man in Love with Plants
Jul 24, 2023 – 00:13:06
Vidyan Ravinthiran — Artist
Jul 21, 2023 – 00:13:22
Mark Turcotte — Dear New Blood
Jul 17, 2023 – 00:15:37
Wo Chan — the smiley barista remembers my name
Jul 14, 2023 – 00:12:27
Amanda Gunn — Ordinary Sugar
Jul 10, 2023 – 00:17:06
J. Estanislao Lopez — Alternate Ending: The Escape of Jephthah’s Daughter
Jul 7, 2023 – 00:13:26