Poking Around

Featured poem: To write a good poem, sometimes I have to starve by Maria Giesbrecht. Featured topics: the importance of shame, tortured artists, voyeurism, subway etiquette, password protection, and our best tips on keeping your screen time down. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahm...

Featured poem: Not Horses by Natalie Shapero. Featured topics: German cockroaches, Colorado dispensaries, doing things afraid, the purpose of art making, and the alienating top hits of literotica.com. 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 + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmons...

Featured poem: Excerpt from The Teacher by Joseph Fasano. Featured topics: raising children, abandonment, the complicated nature of everything and everyone, financial tips, and flirting with the bank. 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 + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahm...

Featured poem: Crepuscule by E.E. Cummings. Featured topics: playing in the sea, string bikinis, body neutrality, boys, brothers, wet bangs, and blue faces. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Love Poem for an Apocalypse by Dave Lucas. Featured guest: Joel Haver — your favorite prolific YouTuber and pasta-making friend. Featured topics: child skulls, Nicole Kidman for president, proof that anyone can make a film (& podcast? & poem?), the sacred nature of the women's bathroom line, graffiti, and the iPhone 10 mini. Poem read with permission from the author. Sen...

Featured poem: How to Live by Todd Dillard. Featured topics: Zoe's diaries, the art of hoarding via collage, caged birds, boys clubs, and the wisdom of allergies. 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: Two Limericks by Boppa (aka Zoe's 93-year-old grandfather, aka Tom Branch). Featured topics: tit for tat, end of life arrangements, typewriters, old lady-isms, and turning 21. New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Suggested Donation by Heather Christle. Featured topics: middle school diaries, human belongings, the impossibility of flight, high school reunions, and the hit TV series Lost (2004). Send us your poems inspired by our topics: Pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: This Poem Wants to Be a Lesbian Country Song So Bad by Erica Gillingham Featured topics: The Biggest Cutie Pie in New York, the American flag, country stuff, doomsday, and Carefree Zoe. 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 + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmons...

Featured poem: Serendipity by Jeannine Hall Gailey. Featured topics: the Kinsey Scale, the female gaze, five dollar bills, the general concept of a glass ceiling, and dragons. 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: Meditations in an Emergency by Cameron Awkward-Rich. Featured topics: blushing, the Titanic, the state of the world, our breaking hearts, bows and arrows, and mean girls. Poem read with permission of the author's agent. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: Pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠...

Featured Poem: Dear Future Me (#12) by Lena Moses-Schmitt. Featured Topics: How to be a poet, 3D printing, the mind vs the body, and no-touch sinks. Poem published in Tupelo Quarterly + read with permission of the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: Pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zo...

Featured poem: Short Distance Friendship Lyndsay Rush  Featured topics: Dance Dance Revolution, a speakeasy dollar store, stuffed animal tea parties, and our friend Emma.  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: The Day Mary Oliver Died by James A. Pearson. Featured topics: the vibe of wishes, how to be immortal, dude friendship, em dashes. Send us your poems inspired by our topics! Pokingaroundpod@gmail.com Poem read with permission from the author. New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠

Featured poem: Giving Notice by Joy Sullivan. Featured topics: Mice, reformed finance bros, howling at the moon, and public transit. Poem read with permission from the author. New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠

Featured poem: Birth-day by Lucille Clifton. Featured topics: how to turn 21, getting dizzy, homework souls, and the tragic disappearance of woman pilot Amelia Earhart. Poem read with permission from the publisher.   The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 . Copyright © 2016 published by BOA Editions. New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠ + @ ⁠⁠z...

Featured poem: The Raincoat by Ada Limon. Featured topics: Forbes 30 Under 30, fairy smut, a rare and unnamed ailment, and manic pixie dream girls. And our mothers, whom we love hugely and endlessly! Poem read from The Carrying, published by Milkweed Editions and used with permission from the publisher. New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠pokingaroundpod⁠ + @ ⁠hannahmonsour⁠ + @ ⁠zoe.branch⁠

Featured poem: This Year I Mean to be an Elephant by Wendy Xu. Featured topics: Blockbuster, shrooms, death by phone, & sexy babies. Poem read with permission from the author. New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ ⁠pokingaroundpod⁠ + @ ⁠hannahmonsour⁠ + @ ⁠zoe.branch⁠

It's our first episode! Featured poem: Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye. Featured topics: Travel mishaps, past life murder, reverse nannying, and dating your dad. Poem read with permission from the author. New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @ pokingaroundpod + @ hannahmonsour + @ zoe.branch