The Poetry Podcast

William Shakespeare,1564–1616William Shakespeare is a writer that needs no introduction. He is famous for his plays such as Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth (and many more). He is also famous for writing in the style of Iambic Pentameter. It was his poetry, his 154 sonnets, that gave me the idea for The Poetry Podcast. In this episode, I will read the first Shakespearean sonnet that I ever...

To join this community on Patreon, click here: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/welcome2thepoetrypodcast⁠⁠ Edgar Allan Poe, 1809–1849Both of Edgar Allan Poe’s parents died when he was just shy of 3 years old and much of his work seems to revolve around mourning and death, a keystone of Gothic literature and a fitting theme for autumn. Although he is most remembered for his short fiction, his first lov...

To join this community on Patreon, click here: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/cw/welcome2thepoetrypodcast⁠⁠ My Last Farewell ("Mi Ultimo Adiós”) by Jose RizalFarewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress'dPearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best,And were it brighter, fresher, or more blestStill would I give it thee, nor count the cos...