Michelle Ashley

Michelle Reads Poems

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A Poetry & Literary PodcastMichelle Reads Poems is a weekly poetry podcast featuring original poems, contemporary voices, and classic works, all read aloud in an intimate, voice-centered style. Occasionally, the show expands into flash fiction and short literary nonfiction, creating a quiet space for listening to beautiful writing. New episodes every Wednesday.

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Michelle Ashley

Episodes

Episode 2: Writing on Reading — Original Poetry + A Classic 31.03.2026 5:28

In this episode of Michelle Reads Poems , I read three original poems on the theme of reading and writing— Dear Poetry Book Inside Flap Writer , On Reading Frank Bidart After a Long Absence , and Poets Reading Poetry to Poets —followed by “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley. These poems take a lighter, more humorous look at the strange, self-referential world of poetry—reading it, writing it,...

Episode 1: Family — Original Poetry + A Classic 31.03.2026 8:07

In this first episode of Michelle Reads Poems , I read three original poems on the theme of family— Ophelia’s Opal , My Mother’s Attempted Slow Death by Refusing to Eat , and Easter Portrait —followed by “The Children’s Hour” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A quiet, minimal poetry podcast—just voice, poems, and the complicated beauty of family. If you have poems you’d like me to read on a future...