This is a collection of 66 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2021.
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Short Poetry Collection Podcasts
This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2017.
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Short Poetry Collection 001: a collection of 29 public-domain poems.
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Welcome to a unique collection of Christian messages, scriptures, prayers, poetry, and powerful affirmations. In a world of increasing moral darkness, anxiety, and fear, get ignited, stay illuminated, and be infused with a narrative of hope, courage, and boldness. This podcast also features Hanaya Oki, the journey of a teenage girl in Kamakura, Japan, from her early to late teens, as she learns to do life with Jesus. Hanaya Oki is a fictional character inspired by some real-life teens who lo ...
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Conrad's Corner is a periodic collection of short poems and poetic excerpts, often seasonal in nature, culled by Link Schreiber. This podcast features works by poets from various times and places, along with local poets from Southwestern Ohio.Regarding Submissions: An important part of Conrad's Corner is hearing the voices and words of local poets. The poets we air are widely published in local and national literary journals, chapbooks, and books. The Corner is not a first place to publish w ...
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Join author John King for eclectic interviews with writers from a variety of genres, including fiction writing, poetry, memoirs, and journalism. From literature to genre writing to the movies, all writing is up for discussion. In particular, The Drunken Odyssey features discussion of all aspects of the writing process—not just the published manuscript, pristinely presented to the entire literate world, but also the scrawled notes and tortured drafts that lead writers there. In long-form inte ...
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A weekly podcast that brings you exclusive interviews with artists, musicians, performers, etc. Throatcast is based in, but not limited to the Brooklyn area. These episodes also include special segments such as L-Train Missed Connections, poetry and short story readings, and much much more!
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Onyx Publications presents the Story Discovery Podcast, offering free, narrated short stories, poetry, and flash fiction that appear in Etched Onyx Magazine. More information about the podcast, the magazine, and Onyx Publications can be found at www.onyxpublications.com. Settle in, and enjoy the show.
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Collection of poetry readings short videos from my devotional Intimacy with Christ and Friends forevermore devotional with open discussion and prayer with the Holy spirit
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Welcome to the podcast series of the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts (RILA) at the University of Glasgow. We bring you sounds to make you think about integration, languages, culture, society and identity. A collection of academic musings, poetry, lesser heard voices and personal stories for you to enjoy and expand you horizons with. In short: a podcast for everyone with stories from the world, about the world, released fortnightly. We work in collaboration ...
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For the love of storytelling! This podcast is all about bringing literary works to life through audio. Works will be a collection of short stories, sleep aids, poetry, bedtime stories, and more from authors in the public domain, original works, and others made by amazing writers. So press play, sit back, and relax with me... - Ranae
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Let's Deconstruct a Story: A podcast for the story nerds! Aspiring writers need to understand the components of a good story before they can write one. Choices of POV, plot, setting, and tone are crucial. In each episode, I'll be interviewing a writer about one of their own stories, which will be available for listeners to read for free on my website before they listen. This podcast is produced in collaboration with the Grosse Pointe Public Library which has committed to buying ten books by ...
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Indigenous American poet, editor, and general vocal cheese fry Tommy Pico interviews a treasure trove of cultural luminaries about relics, keepsakes, and rando baubles in their apartments, sussing out the stories of their Junk. Each episode ends with a short reading from his latest poetry collection (also called Junk nbd lol smiley face). Brought to you by Tin House Books.
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If you don't have time to read anymore, let me read to you! Going Paperless is a collection of writings written and performed by Anna Ellis. Listen in for short stories, plays, and a little bit of poetry! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anna-ellis/support
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This collection recognizes Black History Month, February 2007. Two excellent resources for public domain African American writing are African American Writers (Bookshelf) and The Book of American Negro Poetry, edited by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson’s collection inspired the Harlem Renaissance generation to establish a firm African-American literary tradition in the United States.
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A podcast packed with short and sharp episodes exploring plant-lore and flower-lore, and the place botany has had in folklore over the years. This podcast is hosted by Charley Barnes, and it’s the perfect companion to her debut poetry collection, Lore: Flowers, Folklore, and Footnotes, available here: https://blackpear.net/2021/01/23/lore-is-coming/
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This collection of 14 stories collected by Lafcadio Hearn, contains Japanese ghost stories, but also several non-fiction pieces. Hearn tries to give a glimpse into the customs of the Japanese, by giving examples of Buddhist Proverbs and explaining the use of incense and the nation wide fascination with poetry. Furthermore, he has again translated several hair-rising ghost stories, like "A Passional Karma" about the truly undying love of a young couple.
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Margaret Atwood is one of the world’s leading writers and thinkers. The author of forty works, including fiction, poetry and critical essays, she has won many awards and her books have been published in over thirty-five countries. In this podcast Margaret discusses MaddAddam, the last instalment in her speculative fiction trilogy, and her new collection of short stories, Stone Mattress. Hosted by Erica Wagner at the Apple Store, Regent Street in London.
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A podcast featuring pda reading their writing from their website. Included are short stories, poetry, serials, and a little bit about each after the reading. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pdawriting/support
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We pair literature and libations. Whatever the prose or the poetry, there's a drink to go with it. Listen up (and cheers)!
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“Good fences make good neighbors...” If, as a reader, this is one line you do remember, then the poet Robert Frost would have fulfilled his purpose. The highest goal of a poet, he claimed, was to “lodge a few poems where they would be hard to get rid of...” Unforgettable lines and indelible memories are connected with our encounters with America's best-loved and most popular poet. His wonderful pictures of rural life and the deeply philosophical insights they offer remain with us long after ...
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Welcome to Kalliope's Sanctum, a story podcast hosted by writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt. This podcast is dedicated to Kalliope, primordial and first Muse of epic poetry and ecstatic song in ancient Greece. This podcast is a place of sanctuary for her oldest stories. It is a return to the wild garden, to the spring, to the ground of being & the source of inspiration in the Earth. Here, we honor Kalliope as Muse of Earth. Here, you will find some of the stories beneath the stories of Old Europe: s ...
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John “FEELSOUL” Futrell was born and raised in Northern New Jersey in a single parent household. He grew through personal struggles and family struggles to actively pursue an understanding and awareness of the arts. He began writing creatively at age 6 and has not stopped since. He had published his first two books at age 19 and 21. The books entitled “Open Book to My Soul”, a short collection of poetry, and “The Poetic Bible” a longer collection of poetry. During his pursuits of art he has ...
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685: A Discussion of Sylvia Plath's The Colossus and Other Poems (with Rachael Tillman)
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1:20:57Sylvia Plath is legendary for being a tragic poet mostly known for her novel, The Bell Jar. John and Rachael are fans of Plath's poetry and The Bell Jar, but hereby set out on a historical project to read Plath's work as the world would have known it first, and as she would have known it herself, without the legend imposing its darkest meanings ont…
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What do you do when she won't say how she really feels? Can love endure when her signals shift and blur? Can it withstand unanswered confessions? Can it survive the weight of pressure and expectation? In the haze of uncertainty, is there someone truly worth holding on to? Yeona playfully dresses up Hanaya and snaps photos that ripple through the sc…
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684: A Pop Poetry Conversation about Megan Fox's Pretty Boys are Poisonous
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1:32:43This conversation with Samantha Nickerson, Brian Salmans, and Rachael Tillman will give you some idea of the mischief you are missing out on, and the pain John is putting himself through.By John King
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This week, John speaks with the fiction writer, cartoonist, and musician Eugenio Negro about his new novel, Despair Priorities, the long term project, and figuring out what will be deeply satisfying as a writer and reader.By John King
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Christian Modesty: Dress Sweet or Turn Up the Heat?
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16:34As a Christian, it’s challenging to dress modestly in a culture that pressures you to be extra. The world says, “Look hot to get noticed.” But is being “hot” really the goal? Clothes are never just clothes—they reflect what we value. Christian modesty isn’t about rules—it’s honoring God above trends. Hanaya misses Hiroto. She senses he’s still upse…
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682: A Discussion of Charlotte Brontë's Tales of Angria, with Sophia Ferrara
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1:20:52Sophia Ferrara joins John down the rabbit hole of Charlotte Brontë's early private storytelling.By John King
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Jess Fox shares "A Quiet Morning" at Dayton Poetry SlamBy Link Schreiber
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Hiroto's a bit upset with Hanaya. But they’ve agreed to keep their distance and give each other some space. So things between them are... quiet. Enter Yeona. The new girl… who isn’t so new to Hiroto. A rising teen model with big dreams and a spotlight chasing her, Yeona once shared a classroom — and a friendship — with Hiroto back in Tokyo. She mov…
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681: The Kerouac Project of Orlando Book Club Discussion of William S. Burrough’s Junky (with Matt Peters)!
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44:14In this week's show, John teams up once again with his friend Matt Peters to discuss the second book of William S. Burroughs's original quartet of novels. They also discuss the recent film adapation of the same.By John King
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Let's Deconstruct a Story with Ananda Lima
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53:56I spoke with Ananda Lima about her story, Antropófaga! Make sure you read it before you listen. Enjoy the rest of your summer, and happy listening! Kelly Ananda Lima is the author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (Tor Books, 2024) and Mother/land (Black Lawrence Press, 2021), winner of the Hudson Prize. Her work has appeared in American Poet…
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E81 - Julie Ward on the No To Hassockfield campaign
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18:58In this episode, Julie Ward, former MEP with a background in activism, talks about the Durham-based 'No To Hassockfield' campaign. Hassockfield is the site of an Immigration Removal Centre and the campaign was fighting for its closure, uses creative arts as a powerful tool to raise awareness of the harms caused by asylum detention and the need to p…
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On today’s show, I speak with the essayist Katharine Coldiron about how the way we watch movies are sometimes our autobiographies, sometimes our philosophies, and sometimes our humanity.By John King
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Evan Weiler shares "Hunger" live at Dayton Poetry SlamBy Link Schreiber
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On 679, John speaks with the novelist Keith MacKenzie about how to plan an unplannable thriller, and how body horror and comedy and existentialism are awfully close neighbors.By John King
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This episode is a recording of the opening keynote address Prof David Gramling delivered at the UNESCO RIELA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating 2025, in Glasgow, Scotland. Here is the abstract:Good NewsBernice Johnson Reagon once sang for us a corrective teaching, along the lines that: “It’s ‘good news’ when you reject things as they are. […] A…
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Sophie shares "On the Lack of Winter Garage Sales" live at Dayton Poetry SlamBy Link Schreiber
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In this heartfelt and intimate dialogue between Hanaya and Jesus, we explore the tension of making decisions when God’s will isn’t immediately clear. When it comes to the specifics of life, it often seems that God invites us into a process of discernment. He doesn’t always give immediate answers; instead, He allows us to wrestle with decisions. The…
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Tony Brewer shares his poem, "Elon Musk Is Not Vegan, But Teslas Are" live at Dayton Poetry SlamBy Link Schreiber
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Tim Stevens shares "For the Moose That Died"By Link Schreiber
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On 678, John speaks with recent Kerouac Project of Orlando resident Zach Zimmerman about memoir, memories, childhood, comedy, tragedy, the problems of authenticity, and other vital literary matters.By John King
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677: A Discussion of The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt, with Rachael Tillman!
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1:16:27On this episode, John and Rachael discuss the poetic output of Hannah Arendt's poetry, newly translated into English in a new book from Norton, translated by Samantha Rose Hill and Genese Grill, plus Fred Lambert delivers another masterful installment of the Booze News Roundup.By John King
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Some believe love and calling don’t have to be at odds—that they can walk the same path. And sometimes, that’s true. But not always. Would you be willing to let go of someone you like if their path isn’t the one God is calling you to walk? Would you surrender to stay focused and faithful to your calling? When pressure mounts, when personal desire c…
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* Here is Eli in a half-trench coat Sheila Heti gave him :) Hi Everyone, Well, the world might be a s%$# show, but at least we still have our stories. Today, I’m featuring the work of the brilliant Eli Sparkman, one of the member-owners of Book Suey in Hamtramck, Michigan. We had so much fun discussing his stories. I hope you enjoy this deep dive a…
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On this episode, John speaks with Kerouac Project of Orlando resident Skye Jackson about how to create a poetry collection that can be read in one sitting, how to balance the concrete and imaginative abstraction, inviting the audience in, recording a poetry audiobook, ekphrastic poetry, and living in New Orleans.…
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Megan Purtell shares "You're Only as Sick as Your Secrets" live at Dayton Poetry Slam.By Link Schreiber
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Anne Marie West shares "Stress" live at Dayton Poetry Slam.By Link Schreiber
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Erika Krouse, Caitlin Horrocks and Kelly Fordon discuss two stories...
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1:07:45Hi Everyone! In this episode of the podcast, Caitlin Horrocks and I interview Erika Krouse about “Jude” from her new collection, Save Me, Stranger. AND THEN…Erika and I interview Caitlin about her story “Better Not Tell You Now.” We had so much fun! And I learned so much about the craft of writing. You will too. Links to both stories are below. Ple…
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On this episode, John speaks with Tom McAllister about writing burnout, writing prompts, revision, and discovery, as well as Tom's wonderful new collection of flash memoirs, It All Felt Impossible.By John King
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Bold as Light: Hanaya’s Stand for Jesus in School
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25:37This compelling clip explores faith under pressure, the clash between conformity and courage, and the fire it takes to stand alone and speak the truth when silence feels safer. If you’ve ever felt pressure to hide what you believe, if you've ever been told to sit down when everything in you says to speak up — this moment will reach into your soul a…
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In this week’s replay episode, John talks to author and editor Jaquira Díaz in a show dating back to 2014. Many thanks to Brian Salmons.By John King
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E79 - ESOL, linguistic landscapes and translanguaging pedagogy with Daniel and Mohammad
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37:12In this episode, Elder in Residence Mike Gonzalez interviews Mohammad Alkhatib and Daniel Calvert about teaching languages, inclusion, second language acquisition, ESOL, linguistic landscapes and translanguaging pedagogy. Please visit our website for the shownotes, including their biographies: https://bit.ly/thesoundsofintegration…
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"Let's Deconstruct a Story" featuring Christie Hodgen
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32:54Before listening to my interview with Christie Hodgen, please read her story, “Rich Strike,” because the interview is full of spoilers! The story is available for free here on the Story website, thanks to Michael Nye. Please consider subscribing to Story and supporting great literature here. Congratulations to Christie for winning a Pushcart Prize …
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On today’s art-infused program, Drew Barth speaks with comic book legend Peter Kuper about his wonderful new book, Insectopolis, a project created during Peter’s residency at the NY Public Library, plus I briefly speak with my friend, the artist Jeff Wilfong, about his upcoming residency at the Timucua Arts Foundation here in Orlando.…
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Jade shares "Trying to be Cool" live at the Dayton Poetry SlamBy Link Schreiber
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Johnathon Gallienne shares "Thomas Payne Takes Communion at the Mall of America" live at Dayton Poetry SlamBy Link Schreiber
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Steven M Wuebker shares his poem "Soldier" live at Dayton Poetry SlamBy Link Schreiber
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Hiroto’s been on a whole new level ever since that unforgettable beach day (you heard the last clip, right?). Something shifted. Watching Hanaya light up with joy after his beach baptism did something to him. Now he’s making moves that feel straight out of a K-drama—sweet and impossible to miss. Yuri, Akio, and Noriko can’t help but notice, followi…
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673: A Discussion of William S. Burroughs's Junky, with Matt Peters!
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1:10:10This episode is a recording of the inaugural meeting of the Kerouac Project of Orlando's Book Club. Matt Peters and I discuss William S. Burroughs's debut novel, Junky, and its place in the first quartet of his transformative works. The setting for this conversation is the place where Jack Kerouac lived when On the Road came out, where he lived whe…
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Dan Reiter reads from his new book, On a Rising Swell: Surf Stories from the Space Coast, with the jazz piano accompaniment of Daniel Tenbusch, touching the bohemian spirit of Jack Kerouac, who wrote the first draft of The Darma Bums at that very venue. John and Dan share notes about the writing life, the freedom of constraints, the careers of Joan…
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What do you do when God goes silent? When it feels like your prayers are just hitting the ceiling, and hope seems to fade out little by little? What do you do when all you see are the giants standing in your way? Five friends—Hanaya, Yuri, Hiroto, Akio, and Noriko—spend an afternoon at Shichirigahama Beach (Kamakura, Japan) after school. They refle…
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