Poetry Unbound
On Being Studios
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.
Episodes (454)
Thomas Lux — Refrigerator, 1957
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Rita Wong — flush
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Maria Dahvana Headley — Beowulf
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Michael Klein — Swale
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Ray Young Bear — Our Bird Aegis
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Suji Kwock Kim — Search Engine: Notes from the North Korean-Chinese-Russian Bord...
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Amber McBride — ROLL CALL: NEW TAROT NAMES FOR BLACK GIRLS
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Carl Dennis — Breath
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Elisa Gonzalez — To My Twenty-Four-Year-Old Self
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Ofelia Zepeda — Deer Dance Exhibition
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Sandra Cisneros — When in Doubt
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Kandace Siobhan Walker — Three Mangoes, £1
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Francisco Aragón — Asleep You Become a Continent
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Conor Kerr — Winter Songs
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Valencia Robin — The Coup
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Eugenia Leigh — How the Dung Beetle Finds Its Way Home
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Poetry Unbound — Season 8 Trailer
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Clint Smith with Krista Tippett — What We Know in the "Marrow of Our Bones"
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BONUS: Truth-seeking and the Symphony of Language with Henri Cole
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BONUS: Making Space for the Erotic with Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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BONUS: Poetry That Pays Attention with Patricia Smith
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Maya C. Popa — They Are Building a Hospital
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Jenny Mitchell — A Man in Love with Plants
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Vidyan Ravinthiran — Artist
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Mark Turcotte — Dear New Blood
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Wo Chan — the smiley barista remembers my name
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Amanda Gunn — Ordinary Sugar
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J. Estanislao Lopez — Alternate Ending: The Escape of Jephthah’s Daughter
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BONUS: A Conversation with Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe
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Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe — Blue
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Charif Shanahan — Present Moment
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Brenda Cárdenas — This Is Why
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Nithy Kasa — Blouse
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Selina Nwulu — Replay
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John Lee Clark — Self Portrait
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Kay Ulanday Barrett — Pantoum for recital when my mom said, don’t let them see y...
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dg nanouk okpik — In a Lock of Hair
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On Poetry and Patronage: An Invitation to Love Us
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Benjamin Gucciardi — The Rungs
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Rowan Ricardo Phillips — Never Again Would Birds’ Song Be the Same
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Alexander Posey — The Dew and the Bird
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José Olivarez — No Time to Wait
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Safia Elhillo — Ode to My Homegirls
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Poetry Unbound — Season 7 Trailer
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Ada Limón with Krista Tippett — “To Be Made Whole”
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BONUS: A conversation with Lorna Goodison – and the humans behind Poetry Unbound
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Danusha Laméris — Bonfire Opera
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Rumi — You wake the dead to life
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Naomi Shihab Nye — I Feel Sorry for Jesus
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Victoria Adukwei Bulley — not quiet as in quiet but
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