• 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
• 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
• 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
• 
  • 
  • 
  • 
• 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

The Poetry Foundation produces six different podcasts, featuring an inside look at Poetry magazine; a weekly show, Poetry Off the Shelf (now being distributed by NPR); your poem of the day; a roundtable discussion on a single work; lively reviews of recent books; and a mind-bending tour of an avant-garde poetry archive. Click on the icons below to listen, and if you like what you hear, subscribe to the podcasts. (It's free.)

Individual poems are also available in audio form—just click on the titles below, and soon you'll be mouthing the words like a pro!

	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	SHOW
05.07.08	Hour	By Reginald Gibbons	Poem of the Day	Listen
05.07.08	Hold Your Breath and Gag: A ...	Hosted by Al Filreis and fea...	Poem Talk	Listen
05.06.08	Xylem	By Talvikki Ansel	Poem of the Day	Listen
05.05.08	Outcome	By Anne Rouse	Poem of the Day	Listen
05.04.08	Self-exam (my body is a cage)	By Nick Flynn	Poem of the Day	Listen
05.03.08	Mosquito Music	By Philip Gross	Poem of the Day	Listen
05.02.08	The Subject	By Rae Armantrout	Poem of the Day	Listen
05.01.08	Wild Bard—or Professional?	What kinds of skills are poe...	Poetry Magazine Podcast	Listen
05.01.08	That Magnificent Part the Ch...	By Lisa Olstein	Poem of the Day	Listen
05.01.08	Abusing Animals in the Name ...	Kay Ryan asks, "Who would be...	Poetry Off the Shelf	On alt.NPR
04.30.08	Provinces	By C. Wright	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.29.08	Radio Crackling, Radio Gone	By Lisa Olstein	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.28.08	Vestibule	By Chase Twichell	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.27.08	The Hand Photographed	By Cole Swensen	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.26.08	January in Paris	By Billy Collins	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.25.08	Is That a Chicken in the Bac...	From the Fishouse captures p...	Poetry Off the Shelf	On alt.NPR
04.25.08	Aperture	By Jennifer Tonge	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.24.08	To Be Alive	By Gregory Orr	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.23.08	Dead	By Sarah Harwell	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.22.08	Fire	By Nick Flynn	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.21.08	Pamet Harbor	By Gerald Stern	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.20.08	Responsibility in Metaphor	By Tony Hoagland	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.19.08	A Rainy Country	By Linda Pastan	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.18.08	James Schuyler	By David Trinidad	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.18.08	What's a Man Doing in a Femi...	Listening to the work of Ali...	Poetry Off the Shelf	On alt.NPR
04.17.08	Seeing it Through	By Alice Friman	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.16.08	Subway Seethe	By J. Rosser	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.15.08	Mouth	By Robert Wrigley	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.14.08	Scary Movies	By Kim Addonizio	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.13.08	After the Pillow Book	By Peter Pereira	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.12.08	Falling From Us, Vanishings	By Alan Williamson	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.11.08	White Apples	By Donald Hall	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.10.08	More Blues and the Abstract ...	By C. Wright	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.10.08	Concrete Poetry	Hear Yusef Komunyakaa read a...	Poetry Off the Shelf	On alt.NPR
04.09.08	Human Beauty	By Albert Goldbarth	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.08.08	corydon & alexis, redux	By D.A. Powell	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.07.08	A Prior Despair	By Scott Cairns	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.06.08	Lonely Eagles	By Marilyn Nelson	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.05.08	Scissors	By Samuel Menashe	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.04.08	Scrabble with Matthews	By David Wojahn	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.04.08	Doing Not Enough Every Day: ...	Hosted by Al Filreis and fea...	Poem Talk	Listen
04.03.08	Manufacturing	By Rae Armantrout	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.03.08	Found in Translation	Poems from the Russian, Wels...	Poetry Magazine Podcast	Listen
04.02.08	Dog Biscuits	By Chase Twichell	Poem of the Day	Listen
04.01.08	Philip Whalen, Totally	Listening to the Zen poetry ...	Poetry Off the Shelf	On alt.NPR
04.01.08	Corpus Medicum	By C. Young	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.31.08	Self Portrait	By Edward Hirsch	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.30.08	The Passing	By Don Paterson	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.29.08	Our Ground Time Here Will Be...	By Maxine Kumin	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.28.08	Last Century	By Wyatt Prunty	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.27.08	Dog Biscuits	By Chase Twichell	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.26.08	At Night the States	By Alice Notley	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.25.08	Eleven Addresses to the Lord	By Mark Jarman	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.24.08	Scissors	By Samuel Menashe	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.24.08	This Cold Day	Listen to Mary Jo Bang read ...	Poetry Off the Shelf	On alt.NPR
03.23.08	Handle	By J. Rosser	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.22.08	Benzene	By Donald Revell	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.21.08	And Day Brought Back My Night	By Geoffrey Brock	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.20.08	Generation	By Rae Armantrout	Poem of the Day	Listen
03.19.08	If We Were Honest	By Albert Goldbarth	Poem of the Day	Listen

By Poet Last Name First Name Birth Date Death Date School or Period Geographically Most popular
By Category Cycle of Life Relationships Activities Nature Religion Arts & Sciences Social Commentaries Mythology & Folklore
By Occasion Anniversary Birth Birthdays Christmas Cinco de Mayo Easter Engagements Farewells & Good Luck Father's Day Funerals Get Well & Recovery Graduation Gratitude & Apologies Halloween Hanukah Independence Day Kwanzaa Labor Day Memorial Day Mother's Day New Year's Passover Ramadan Rosh Hashanah September 11th St. Patrick's Day Thanksgiving Toasts & Celebrations Valentine's Day Weddings Yom Kippur
By Title A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
By First Line A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
By Glossary Term Aubade Ballad Blank Verse Common Measure Concrete Poetry Couplet Double Dactyl Dramatic Monologue Elegy Epigram Epistle Epithalamion Free Verse Haiku Limerick Mixed Ode Ottava Rima Pantoum Pastoral Prose Rhymed Stanzas Sestina Sonnet Syllabic Verse Terza Rima Villanelle

OR SEARCH

Sign up for updates from the Poetry Foundation. Click here to learn more, or enter your email address to sign up!

American Perspectives:
Edward Hirsch
Thursday, May 15
6:00 PM