Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

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100 episodes

19 hours ago

Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience.

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Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience.

Arts

Religion & Spirituality

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Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Another sneak peek into Always With the Questions!: One Poet's Writing Manual

Guide and companion on the lonely road: Always With the Questions!: One Poet's Writing Manual.

19 hours ago

3 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Carol Graser's "In Congress Park on a Lunch Break from a Job in Retail": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

The calming advice of random wildflowers in this poem by Carol Graser.

1 week ago

4 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Peter Gizzi's "Inness": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Beauty in the eye and a painting by George Inness in this poem by Peter Gizzi.

2 weeks ago

3 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Barbara Tomash's "to begin and end in the garden, slapping mosquitos, reading her book": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Glory and the mundane in this Barbara Tomash poem.

3 weeks ago

9 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Mark Doty's "Little George": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Vain attempts to control the uncontrollable, barking into the void with this Mark Doty poem.

4 weeks ago

5 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Brief excerpt from my new book Always With the Questions: One Poet's Writing Manual

Questions of "I" in poetry in this brief excerpt from my book Always With the Questions: One Poet's Writing Manual, wordworksbooks.org.

1 month ago

3 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Kathryn Petrucelli's "At the Grave": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Advice from the dead in this poem by Kathryn Petrucelli.

1 month ago

7 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Larry Levis's "Signs": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Signs and significations in this Larry Levis poem.

1 month ago

4 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Elizabeth Zuba's "On Forces and Motion": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

The physics of essential confusions in this poem by Elizabeth Zuba.

1 month ago

5 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Elizabeth Hazen's "Approximations": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Testing truths with this poem by Elizabeth Hazen.

2 months ago

4 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Bertha Rogers's "Turkey Vulture": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Life and death in this poem by Bertha Rogers.

2 months ago

3 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Gustaf Sobin's "According to Seneca": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Trying to trace meaning in this Gustaf Sobin poem.

2 months ago

2 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Allison Zhang's "Porcelain Theory": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

The power of breaking things in this poem by Allison Zhang.

2 months ago

3 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Migwi Mwangi's "Karatina Market": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Ghosts in Migwi Mwangi's market.

3 months ago

4 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Jay Wright's "Crispus Attucks": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

The first person to die in the American Revolution, or so we're told: Crispus Attucks and the tinderbox that was Boston, in this poem by Jay Wright.

3 months ago

4 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Sally Van Doren's "1 Kings": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Building the self, in this poem by Sally Van Doren.

3 months ago

4 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Oksana Maksymchuk's "The Stages of Ukrainian Futurism": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Considering the costs of war in this poem by Oksana Maksymchuk.

3 months ago

5 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Antonio Machado's "Proverbios y cantares XXIX": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Finding a way, with this poem by Machado, and several different translations.

3 months ago

5 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

William Stafford's "You Reading This, Be Ready": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Taking a breath, with this poem by William Stafford.

4 months ago

3 minutes

Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Richard Siken's "Devonian Forest": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye

Strange tales in this prose poem by Richard Siken.

4 months ago

5 minutes 36 seconds