Poking Around

Featured poem: Why the Long Face the Bartender Asks? By Matt Donovan Featured topics: horses, jokes, bars, beer flavors, peonies, love, crushes, new york city 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: Men’s Beds by Richie Hoffman  Featured topics: prostates, rosters, promiscuity, feelings, celebrities, summer, and putting sunscreen on your own back.  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 + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsou...

Featured poem: Figuration by Patrycja Humienik. Featured topics:being tired, immigration, generational gaps, the american dream, self driving cars, conspiracies, capitalism. 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: The Quiet World by Jeffrey McDaniel. Featured topics: porn star martinis, the economies and limitations of language, French people, what it means to love, uses for AI, and ridiculous advertising emails.  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...

Featured poem: The Silence by Nin Andrews. Featured topics: boredom, summer, prank calls, your mama jokes, baby jokes, youth. 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: I Paid an Etsy Witch $14.86 for Better Luck by Elise Powers. Featured topics: witchcraft, magic, science, our glorious 30s, Book Con, and sexy stuff. 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: Tomatoes by Joy Sullivan Featured topics: food, being a chef, gardening, love, grandmothers, dreams, clothing, weapons, gender. 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: The Problem with Early Warnings by Charles Rafferty. Featured topics: live action CGI adaptations, tornadoes, the ethics of joy, the colonization of the mind, quarterly Gap runs, shitting your pants, and a Zohran Mamdani check. 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 e...

Featured poem: Virgins by Natasha Oladokun. Featured topics: Mary and Jesus, Museums, Bisexuality, Art, The Gap, Project Hail Mary 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: 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...