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)
Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley — small talk or in my hand galaxies
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Dan Vera — Norse Saga
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Solmaz Sharif — Self-Care
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Dunya Mikhail — Eva Whose Shadow Is a Swan
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Aaron Caycedo-Kimura — What’s Kept Alive
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Kevin Goodan — We give…
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David Whyte — Leaving the Island
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Andrés N. Ordorica — Mis raíces
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Laura Villareal — My Worries Have Worries
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Stephanie Burt — Prayer for Werewolves
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Fiona Benson — Mama Cockroach, I Love You
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Saddiq Dzukogi — Learning about Constellations
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Adam Zagajewski — Transformation
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Carolina Ebeid — Reading Celan in a Subway Station
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Molly Twomey — The Drop Off
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Hinemoana Baker — if i had to sing
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Jennifer Huang — Departure
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Gabeba Baderoon – The pen
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Michael Kleber-Diggs — Gloria Mundi
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David Wagoner — Lost
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Poetry Unbound — Season 6 Trailer
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Yu Xiuhua — Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You
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Andy Jackson — The change room
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Tiana Clark — My Therapist Wants to Know about My Relationship to Work
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Joshua Bennett — Owed to Your Father’s Gold Chain
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Abigail Chabitnoy — If You’re Going to Look Like a Wolf They Have to Love You Mo...
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M. Soledad Caballero — Someday I Will Visit Hawk Mountain
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Rafiq Kathwari — Mother Writes to President Eisenhower
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Caroline Bird — Little Children
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Marilyn Nelson — The Truceless Wars
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Richard Blanco — Looking for The Gulf Motel
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Yusef Komunyakaa — Praising Dark Places
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Hannah Emerson — Keep Yourself at the Beginning of the Beginning
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Kyle Carrero Lopez — Ode to the Crop Top
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Divya Victor — First Petition
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Denise Low — Walking with My Delaware Grandfather
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Rita Dove — Eurydice, Turning
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Poetry Unbound — Season 5 Trailer
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BONUS: An Invitation from Pádraig and Krista
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Danez Smith — i’m going back to Minnesota where sadness makes sense
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Craig Santos Perez — Rings of Fire
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Alberto Ríos — December Morning in the Desert
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Yehoshua November — 2AM, and the Rabbinical Students Stand in their Bathrobes
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Aria Aber — The Only Cab Service of Farmington, Maine
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Donika Kelly — In the Chapel of St. Mary’s
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Linda Hogan — Song for the Turtles of the Gulf
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Lory Bedikian — On the Way to Oshagan
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Nico Amador — Flower Wars
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Darrel Alejandro Holnes — Amending Wall
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Elizabeth Bishop — Sestina
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