Poking Around

Featured poem: Swallowing Rage by Lisa Conquet. Featured topics: assualt, womanhood, cornell 7, rage, the paranormal, aliens, mind reading, the moon. 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: Man or Bear? by Jillian Stacia. Featured topics: hiking, camping, almost dying, buses, men, bears, and whales. 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: Acrophobia by Elizabeth Torres. Featured topics: heights, motherhood, reaching, falling, skiing, baby Zoe, Hugh L Carey, Hugh Grant, legacy. 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: Newton's First Law of Motion by Kiara Rose. Featured topics: uncles, cousins, beasties, artists, scientists, and wearing your socks on your hands. 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: Weather Boy by Breonn Lyons. Featured topics: clubbing, romance, notes app poetry, girls night out, crossing the street, risking your life. 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 Women’s Locker Room 10 AM on Thursdays, Immediately Following Water Aerobics by Jillian Stacia. Featured topics: horrifying dreams, nudity, aging, clowns, locker rooms, and radical vulnerability. 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: I Dreamt of Molly and Told Her I Want to be a Poet Too by Mckenna Irwin. Featured topics: souls, dr*gs, heaven, love, p*ss, sh*t, blood, womanhood, the pandemic, facebook, miscommunications, bathrooms. 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: Cheesecake Factory by Max McDonough. Featured topics: lent, convenience, working at the mall, falling in love, queerness, weddings, and walking on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. 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! Follo...

Featured poem: WebMD & chill by Anthony Gioia. Featured topics: infatuation, limerence, crushes, pregnancy, pillows. 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

In this special and fabulous episode, we discuss busking secrets, how we met each other, philosophical questions, and other silly dynamics / fantastic lore.

Featured poem: Wound Is the Orgin of Wonder by Maya C. Popa. Featured topics: old literature, mortality, religion, wonder, menus, language, restaurants. 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: I Keep Trying to Leave but the Sex Just Gets Better and Better by Ali Shapiro. Featured topics: breakups, sexy stuff, outgrowing, and the horrifying experience of starting to read a new book. 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: On Seeing the First Line of "Wild Geese" on a Tote Bag in Whole Foods by Matt Donovan. Featured topics: Mary Oliver, religion, God, music, queerness, work ethics, circumcision. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Follow Benjamin! @benjaminhightower_ Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠pokingaroundpod@gmail.com⁠ New episode eve...

Featured poem: Oracle by Joshua Turek. Featured topics: Groundhog’s Day, trucks, parking lots, cities, stars, and the natural world.  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: Swallow by Aimee Wai. Featured topics: love, birds, bobble heads, grammar, yearning, eldest daughter, Van Gogh. 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: On My History of Kissing Everyone at Parties by Isabelle Correa. Featured topics: goofy shit, cast parties, making out, the moon, bisexuality, gay hands, and chapter books. Poem read with permission from the author. Pre-order Correa's poetry book. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow...

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...