1534 Episodes

  1. [encore] 955: Love Sits by My Father

    Published: 2/15/2024

  2. [encore] 807: Short Essay on Love

    Published: 2/14/2024

  3. [encore] 1003: Without Name

    Published: 2/13/2024

  4. [encore] 917: Love and the Deli Counter

    Published: 2/12/2024

  5. 1060: Perhaps

    Published: 2/9/2024

  6. 1059: Love and the Moon

    Published: 2/8/2024

  7. 1058: The Dangers of Contemplation

    Published: 2/7/2024

  8. 1057: Facebook Status

    Published: 2/6/2024

  9. 1056: Ghazal for Mothers & Tongues

    Published: 2/5/2024

  10. 1055: Dancing at The Get Down by Cat Wei

    Published: 2/2/2024

  11. 1054: Hunger

    Published: 2/1/2024

  12. 1053: Why Write Love Poetry in a Burning World

    Published: 1/31/2024

  13. 1052: Body's Ken

    Published: 1/30/2024

  14. 1051: Venus's Flytraps

    Published: 1/29/2024

  15. 1050: To The Woman Crying Uncontrollably in the Next Stall

    Published: 1/26/2024

  16. 1049: [I wandered lonely as a Cloud] or Daffodils

    Published: 1/25/2024

  17. 1048: You & the Donkey Cart

    Published: 1/24/2024

  18. 1047: To The Stone-Cutters

    Published: 1/23/2024

  19. 1046: After, We Try to Switch Our Hearts Back On

    Published: 1/22/2024

  20. 1045: Sonnet for Ochún

    Published: 1/19/2024

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