Poking Around

Featured poem: Waiting for Happiness by Nomi Stone. Featured topics: golden retrievers, watermelon seeds, Facebook, and the gynecologist. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠...

Featured poem: Baby by Regina Avendaño. Featured topics: turning thirty, cavities, immigration, womanhood, babyhood, edibles, planes, birds diving into pavement. Excerpt read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @pokingaroundpod + @hannahmonsour + @zoebranch

Featured poem: While in a Zoom Meeting Regarding the Work Stoppage Set to Begin Tomorrow at 5 a.m.  by Ayokunle Falomo . Featured topics: annoyance, singing, embarrassment, gluttony, and the Catholic church. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠poki...

Featured poem: Carol by Ishion Hutchinson Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: A Jelly-Fish by Marianne Moore. Featured topics: immortality, trains, insurance, and the great wide world of reality television. Poem is in the public domain. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Mudlarking by Rebecca Faulkner. Featured topics: ghosts, sisters, childhood, nostalgia, yearning, holiday markets, righteousness, and chocolate. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Featured poem: Success by Bessie Anderson Stanley. Featured topics: living, laughing, loving, succeeding, being grateful, and of course, an egg's benediction. Poem in the public domain. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe...

Featured poem: At the bar, C calls me lonely, like actually" by Loisa Fenichell Featured topics: childhood friends, spinsters, vending machines, wishing wells, longing, and Apple Pay.  Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Featured poem: Braintree by Kristina Percy. Featured topics: motherhood, fig wasps, the wisdom of children, brains, fruits, and Hannah's 2020 confusion. Poem read with permission from the author, part of her new collection, Both True. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠...

Featured poem: Cockroach by Jenny Qi. Featured topics: ELECTION DAY!, Las Vegas, language bastardization, pigeon nests, voter fraud, and ice cream lines. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠...

Featured poem: Incunabula, Mother Tongue by Max McDonough. Featured topics: insomnia, idioms, language, mothers, witches, shame, and the way that love is at the center of everything. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠...

Featured poem: I Nominate the Linden to Continue Its Service As Tree of Longing & Aromatic Futility by Alina Stefanescu. Featured topics: trees, nationality, invasive species, affairs, shame, romantic tropes, and siblings. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠...

Sorry this episode is echoey! Join us in the tunnel chamber of poem creation :) Featured poem: A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe. Featured topics: sand, dreams, the ocean tormenting the shore, swim team, movie theater nostalgia, and being bottomless. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.c...

Featured poem: The World Has Not Been Cruel to Him Yet by Allison Mei-Li. Featured topics: sweetie pie little boys, gender, camp, and drug experiences with friends. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠...

Featured poem: The Beautiful World by Noah Rafael Seltzer. Featured topics: New Mexico, Bushwick, birds and following them, theme parks, Irish pubs, Frankenstein, and the extended Noah Rafael Seltzer cinematic universe. Poem read by and with permission of the author! Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follo...

Featured poem: Untitled 1975 — 86 by Jason B. Crawford. Featured topics: bobs, trains, safety, oysters, eczema, ads, and cannibalism. Poem read with permission from the author.  NOTE: In this episode we say that Jason is a trans man, but they actually cross between trans masc and trans femme! Sorry Jason we love you and your poem!! <3 Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired b...

Featured poem: How to be Hopeful by Barbara Kingsolver  Featured topics: mascara, nuclear fallout, objectification but it’s okay, thigh high boots, and survival instincts for girls. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠...

Featured poem: I’m Coming to Terms with my Body by Claire E. Scott Featured topics: trains, planes, bodies, blame, women in STEM, and a longform cartoon brainstorm Poem read with permission from the author.  Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Eight Stair by Joshua Turek. Featured topics: bumblebees, skateboarding, boys, and construction. Poem read with permission from the author.  Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Lie I’ve Told My 3-Year-Old Recently by Raul Gutierrez  Featured topics: the heat, K Pop Demon Hunters, lies we tell to children, the sun and the moon as estranged mother and daughter, magic being real, eating sadness, and finding out something devastating about Santa Claus (don’t listen with small children lol) 

Featured poem: Anniversary by Max McDonough Featured topics: teen boys, birds, a perfect poem, the precision of language, and a funny DM from a stranger  Poem read with permission from the author.  Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: My Mistakes Come from Not Paying Attention by Matthew Siegel  Featured topics: creativity castles, bricks, things you can take on an airplane, smoking sections, paying attention, pistachios, mono summer, school assemblies, and high school improv Poem read with permission from the author.  Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday!...

Featured poem: How the Jellyfish Prospered by Shira Erlichman. Featured topics: being 13, forgetting, jury duty, surrendering, rip tides, and trains. Poem read with permission from the author.  Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: ICE by Sophie Cabot Black. Featured topics: sign language, France, the Fourth of July, the bravery of immigration, and our very different opinions about karaoke and how to do it Poem read with permission from the author.  Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Featured poem: Murmuration by Nina Peláez. Featured topics: aliens, birds, instincts, safety, songs, and AI. Poem read with permission from the author.  Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠