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Read Me A Poem Podcast

by Hailey Petway

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Latest episodes

20: Aubade in Autumn

October 1, 2021

In this episode we welcome the beginning of fall with Peter Everwine’s beautiful and contemplative dawn song.
19: Failure

August 29, 2021 · 4 min

In this episode, we read the titular poem from Schultz's Pulitzer prize-winning Failure.
18: Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie

May 19, 2021 · 10 min

In this extra-long episode, we take on this epic poem by Bob Dylan.
17: Ode to my Period Underwear

April 26, 2021

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we explore one of Olivia Gatwood's odes.
16: One Hundred Love Sonnets XVII

February 14, 2021

Let’s explore one of Pablo Neruda’s most famous love poems. In this episode, I am joined by guest reader Otto Martinez to take a look at the poem in both English and Spanish. This is the 17th poem in One Hundred Love Sonnets, a collection…

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15. Medlars and Sorb Apples

January 29, 2021

In the first episode of the new year, we will take a look at the Orphic myth and the mysterious connection between D. H Lawrence and his strangest of strange companions — H.D. This poem echos the idea that in order to be truly good…
14: Birches

December 25, 2020

Let’s celebrate Christmas with one of Robert Frost’s most loved poems. After such a tough year, wouldn’t it be nice to get away from Earth for a while?
13: Annabel Lee

October 31, 2020

Let’s celebrate Halloween with one more poem from our prince of darkness, Edgar Allen Poe. In this episode, we explore the beautiful ballad Annabel Lee and Poe’s Poetic Principle.
12: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

October 19, 2020

In this extra-special, extra-long episode we explore T.S. Eliot’s famous love song. This poem continues with the horror theme and begins with an epigraph, or six-line quotation, in the original Italian from Canto 27 of Dante’s Inferno…
11: Ulalume

October 5, 2020

Enjoy Poe's October themed poem about the loss of love. Edgar Allen Poe is perhaps most famous for his expertise in building dramatic tension and the macabre subject matter of his short stories and poems. Equally remarkable are the poetic…
10: Hermes of the Ways

September 4, 2020

Take five minutes to enjoy one of the earliest Imagist poems by H.D and to learn about one of America's most avant-garde poets.
Episode 09: [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]

June 16, 2020

“There’s a hell of a good universe next door, lets go.”

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About the show

These poems have traveled a long way to find you. In each episode, listen to a soothing poem and learn a little about who the poet is and why they are interesting. Find out more at https://readmeapoem.com/