1539 Episodes

  1. 880: The Figure of a Man Being Swallowed by a Fish

    Published: 5/18/2023

  2. 879: For the Poet Who Is Your High School English Teacher

    Published: 5/17/2023

  3. 878: This Is My Vow

    Published: 5/16/2023

  4. 877: The Lifeline

    Published: 5/15/2023

  5. 876: Nowhere Else to Go

    Published: 5/12/2023

  6. 875: Olympians vs. Modernity

    Published: 5/11/2023

  7. 874: Ozymandias

    Published: 5/10/2023

  8. 873: Occasional Poem

    Published: 5/9/2023

  9. 872: Jabberwocky

    Published: 5/8/2023

  10. 871: Flesh (“You in your ecstasy of coffee”)

    Published: 5/5/2023

  11. 870: Hymn to Church Basements

    Published: 5/4/2023

  12. 869: Ethnic Arithmetic

    Published: 5/3/2023

  13. 868: The Half-Finished Heaven

    Published: 5/2/2023

  14. 867: Four-in-Hand

    Published: 5/1/2023

  15. 866: Tea with Ann

    Published: 4/28/2023

  16. 865: Worry (the Dybbuk)

    Published: 4/27/2023

  17. 864: To the Buyer of Our Old Home

    Published: 4/26/2023

  18. 863: La Peste

    Published: 4/25/2023

  19. 862: Last Night I Had Such Good Dreams

    Published: 4/24/2023

  20. 861: Apologia

    Published: 4/21/2023

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