June 3, 2022
Yu Xiuhua
Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You
How far would you go for great love? And what distances would you cross?
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June 3, 2022
How far would you go for great love? And what distances would you cross?
We’re pleased to offer Yu Xiuhua’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
May 30, 2022
When all eyes seem to lock on you, how do you cope with self-consciousness? How do you look back?
We’re pleased to offer Andy Jackson’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
Life can feel exhausting sometimes: how do you find rest?
We’re pleased to offer Tiana Clark’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
May 23, 2022
Sometimes when your world changes, it seems like everything turns towards you, fresh, new, and curious.
We’re pleased to offer Joshua Bennett’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
May 20, 2022
How would you tell your own creation myth? Who — or what — would be in it?
We’re pleased to offer Abigail Chabitnoy’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
In the face of wonder, we can sometimes lose ourselves.
We’re pleased to offer M. Soledad Caballero’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
May 13, 2022
Would you write a letter to a world leader? Do you think they’d listen? What would you say?
We’re pleased to offer Rafiq Kathwari’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
May 9, 2022
Children’s demands can be high, and their standards can be exacting. It’s a good thing they’re loveable.
We’re pleased to offer Caroline Bird’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
May 6, 2022
What do we achieve in our fighting? How can we turn to hope and our deepest nature?
We’re pleased to offer Marilyn Nelson’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
May 2, 2022
Is something lost once it’s gone? How do we blend sadness with sweet memory?
We’re pleased to offer Richard Blanco’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
April 29, 2022
Is the light a comfort and the night disturbing? Yusef Komunyakaa explores the life and brilliance of what’s in shadow and darkness.
We’re pleased to offer Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
A poem inviting us to discover our brilliance and our nothingness. Both true. Both vital.
We’re pleased to offer Hannah Emerson’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
April 22, 2022
A song of praise to the crop-top from a crop-top-wearing man who encounters comments in public and sings and swings.
We’re pleased to offer Kyle Carrero Lopez’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
April 18, 2022
A seven-year poem: from the start of the process to bring a mother to live in the US to the time she walks through the gate.
We’re pleased to offer Divya Victor’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
April 15, 2022
We carry memory in our body: memories of our own selves, but memories of our forebears, too — talking with them as we walk, learning from them as they inquire.
We’re pleased to offer Denise Low’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
April 11, 2022
How do you speak with your mother when she’s forgotten who you are? By turning to myth, it seems, and by holding gentleness with bewilderment, love with patience. Rita Dove lets us overhear a phone call, and in this listening, we hear lifetimes unfold.
We’re pleased to offer Rita Dove’s poem, and invite you to sign up here for the latest from Poetry Unbound.
April 4, 2022
Poetry Unbound with host Pádraig Ó Tuama is back on Monday, April 11. Featured poets in this season include Rita Dove, Joshua Bennett, Tiana Clark, Yu Xiuhua, and many more. New episodes released every Monday and Friday through June 3.
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March 28, 2022
While preparing for the next season of Poetry Unbound, host Pádraig Ó Tuama sat down with Krista Tippett for a conversation about the power of poetry to find us at the exact moment we need it. Pádraig and Krista also invite listeners to share their experience of Poetry Unbound through our survey.
You can also sign up for the latest updates from Poetry Unbound.
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