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)
Major Jackson — Blunts
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Andrés Cerpa — Seasonal without Spring: Autumn
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Kaveh Akbar — How Prayer Works
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Gail McConnell — Worm
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Romeo Oriogun — Pink Club
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Kathleen Flenniken — Married Love
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Imtiaz Dharker — Don’t Miss Out! Book Right Now for the Journey of a Lifetime!
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No’u Revilla — Smoke Screen
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BONUS: A Conversation with No’u Revilla
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Jake Skeets — Daybreak
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Tishani Doshi — Species
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Jason Allen-Paisant — Right now I’m Standing
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Jacob Shores-Argüello — Make Believe
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Margaret Atwood — All Bread
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Poetry Unbound — Season 4 Trailer
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Katie Manning — What to Expect
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Ilya Kaminsky — We Lived Happily during the War
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Margaret Noodin — Gimaazinibii’amoon (A Message to You)
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BONUS: A Conversation with Margaret Noodin
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Martín Espada — After the Goose that Rose Like the God of Geese
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Roshni Goyate — Coconut Oil
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b: william bearhart — When I Was in Las Vegas and Saw a Warhol Painting of Geron...
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Esteban Rodríguez — 22 La Bota
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Reginald Dwayne Betts — Essay on Reentry
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Li-Young Lee — From Blossoms
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Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo — Battlegrounds
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Matthew Olzmann — Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem
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Vievee Francis — How Delicious to Say It
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Eavan Boland — Eviction
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Jónína Kirton — Reconciliation
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Lorna Goodison — Reporting Back to Queen Isabella
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Hanif Abdurraqib — When We Were 13, Jeff’s Father Left The Needle Down On A Jour...
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Poetry Unbound — Season 3 Trailer
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Christian Wiman — All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs
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Carlos Andrés Gómez — Father
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Ellen Bass — Bone of My Bone and Flesh of My Flesh
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R.A. Villanueva — Life Drawing
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Zaffar Kunial — The Word
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Dilruba Ahmed — Phase One
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Layli Long Soldier — WHEREAS my eyes land on the shoreline
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Chen Chen — I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party
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Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill — Ceist na Teangan (The Language Issue)
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Aracelis Girmay — Consider the Hands that Write this Letter
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Tayi Tibble — Our Nan Lets Us Smoke Inside
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Paul Tran — The Cave
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Philip Metres — One Tree
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Roger Robinson — A Portable Paradise
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Seán Hewitt — Suibhne is wounded, and confesses
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Meleika Gesa-Fatafehi — Say My Name
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Lucille Clifton — song at midnight
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