Poetry Unbound
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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.
Categories: Arts
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In this concluding episode of "Poems as Teachers," our special miniseries on conflict and the human condition, host Pádraig Ó Tuama says the poems discussed in this offering are a different kind of teacher: “not as teachers that give us rules to follow — more so teachers that share something of their own intuition.” And for a final reflection, he offers Kai Cheng Thom’s “trauma is not sacred,” which speaks directly, fiercely, and lovingly to the pain, scars, and violence that we humans carry and inflict upon one another.
Previous episodes
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185 - Closing: Poems as Teachers (ft. Kai Cheng Thom) | Ep 7 Fri, 17 May 2024
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184 - Yehuda Amichai — Poems as Teachers | Ep 6 Fri, 17 May 2024
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183 - Jericho Brown — Poems as Teachers | Ep 5 Thu, 16 May 2024
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182 - Mosab Abu Toha — Poems as Teachers | Ep 4 Wed, 15 May 2024
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181 - Constantine P. Cavafy — Poems as Teachers | Ep 3 Tue, 14 May 2024
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180 - Joy Harjo — Poems as Teachers | Ep 2 Mon, 13 May 2024
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179 - Introducing: Poems as Teachers (ft. Wisława Szymborska) | Ep 1 Sun, 12 May 2024
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178 - Thomas Lux — Refrigerator, 1957 Fri, 23 Feb 2024
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177 - Rita Wong — flush Mon, 19 Feb 2024
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176 - Maria Dahvana Headley — Beowulf Fri, 16 Feb 2024
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175 - Michael Klein — Swale Mon, 12 Feb 2024
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174 - Ray Young Bear — Our Bird Aegis Fri, 9 Feb 2024
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173 - Suji Kwock Kim — Search Engine: Notes from the North Korean-Chinese-Russian Border Mon, 5 Feb 2024
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172 - Amber McBride — ROLL CALL: NEW TAROT NAMES FOR BLACK GIRLS Fri, 2 Feb 2024
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171 - Carl Dennis — Breath Mon, 29 Jan 2024
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170 - Elisa Gonzalez — To My Twenty-Four-Year-Old Self Fri, 26 Jan 2024
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169 - Ofelia Zepeda — Deer Dance Exhibition Mon, 22 Jan 2024
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168 - Sandra Cisneros — When in Doubt Fri, 19 Jan 2024
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167 - Kandace Siobhan Walker — Three Mangoes, £1 Mon, 15 Jan 2024
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166 - Francisco Aragón — Asleep You Become a Continent Fri, 12 Jan 2024
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165 - Conor Kerr — Winter Songs Mon, 8 Jan 2024
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164 - Valencia Robin — The Coup Fri, 5 Jan 2024
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163 - Eugenia Leigh — How the Dung Beetle Finds Its Way Home Mon, 1 Jan 2024
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162 - Poetry Unbound — Season 8 Trailer Mon, 18 Dec 2023
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161 - Clint Smith with Krista Tippett — What We Know in the "Marrow of Our Bones" Mon, 13 Nov 2023
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160 - Amanda Gunn — Ordinary Sugar Mon, 10 Jul 2023
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159 - BONUS: Truth-seeking and the Symphony of Language with Henri Cole Fri, 1 Sep 2023
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158 - BONUS: Making Space for the Erotic with Aimee Nezhukumatathil Wed, 30 Aug 2023
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157 - BONUS: Poetry That Pays Attention with Patricia Smith Mon, 28 Aug 2023
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156 - Maya C. Popa — They Are Building a Hospital Fri, 28 Jul 2023
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155 - Jenny Mitchell — A Man in Love with Plants Mon, 24 Jul 2023
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154 - Vidyan Ravinthiran — Artist Fri, 21 Jul 2023
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153 - Mark Turcotte — Dear New Blood Mon, 17 Jul 2023
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152 - Wo Chan — the smiley barista remembers my name Fri, 14 Jul 2023
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150 - J. Estanislao Lopez — Alternate Ending: The Escape of Jephthah’s Daughter Fri, 7 Jul 2023
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149 - BONUS: A Conversation with Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe Mon, 3 Jul 2023
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148 - Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe — Blue Mon, 3 Jul 2023
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147 - Charif Shanahan — Present Moment Fri, 30 Jun 2023
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146 - Brenda Cárdenas — This Is Why Mon, 26 Jun 2023
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145 - Nithy Kasa — Blouse Fri, 23 Jun 2023
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144 - Selina Nwulu — Replay Mon, 19 Jun 2023
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143 - John Lee Clark — Self Portrait Fri, 16 Jun 2023
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142 - Kay Ulanday Barrett — Pantoum for recital when my mom said, don’t let them see you cry Mon, 12 Jun 2023
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141 - dg nanouk okpik — In a Lock of Hair Fri, 9 Jun 2023
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140 - On Poetry and Patronage: An Invitation to Love Us Wed, 7 Jun 2023
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139 - Benjamin Gucciardi — The Rungs Mon, 5 Jun 2023
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138 - Rowan Ricardo Phillips — Never Again Would Birds’ Song Be the Same Fri, 2 Jun 2023
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137 - Alexander Posey — The Dew and the Bird Mon, 29 May 2023
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136 - José Olivarez — No Time to Wait Fri, 26 May 2023
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135 - Safia Elhillo — Ode to My Homegirls Mon, 22 May 2023