Read Me a Poem

Amanda Holmes reads E. E. Cummings’s poem “ 227 (my darling since) .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Amanda Holmes reads Charles Bukowski’s poem “ 60 yard pass .” If you are the listener who suggested this poem, please email us! We would love to send you a prize. Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song...

Amanda Holmes reads an excerpt from section III of Alexander Pope’s “ An Essay on Man: Epistle 1 .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Amanda Holmes reads Howard Nemerov’s poem, “ The Makers .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Toru Dutt’s poem “ Our Casuarina Tree .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Anne Sexton’s poem “ Little Girl, My Stringbean, My Lovely Woman .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Amanda Holmes reads Dolores Kendrick ’s poem “Bessie Coleman Falling from the Sky.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Amanda Holmes reads an excerpt from William Wordsworth’s  The Prelude , a poem that her actor father used to recite in his student days. Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by&...

Amanda Holmes reads Laura Riding’s poem, “ The Troubles of a Book .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Amanda Holmes reads Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem “ My Shadow .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads William Carlos Williams’s poem, “ To a Poor Old Woman .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Amanda Holmes reads Caroline D. Emerson’s poem “The Ups and Downs of the Elevator Car.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Amanda Holmes reads Philip Larkin’s poem, “ Aubade .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem, “Well, I have lost you.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Amanda Holmes reads Juan Ramón Jiménez’s poem, “ I Am Not I .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Ted Hughes’s poem, “Daffodils.” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads T. S. Eliot’s poem, “ Gus: the Theatre Cat .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Marnie Walsh’s poem, “ Bessie Dreaming Bear .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads W. S. Merwin’s poem, “ To the Insects .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Pablo Neruda’s poem, “ Sonnet XVII ,” in Stephen Mitchell’s translation and the original Spanish. Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast...

Amanda Holmes reads Maya Angelou’s poem, “ Phenomenal Woman .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem, “ Crossing the Bar .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Wilfred Owen’s poem, “ Dulce et Decorum Est .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem, “ I shall forget you presently, my dear ,” Sonnet IV in  Four Sonnets (1922) . Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch...

Amanda Holmes reads John Donne’s poem, “ The Flea .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.