Read Me a Poem

Amanda Holmes reads Nissim Ezekiel’s poem, “ Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S. ” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Amanda Holmes reads Alice Dunbar-Nelson’s poem, “ I Sit and Sew .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Amanda Holmes reads Dorothea Grossman’s poem, “ The Two Times I Loved You the Most In a Car .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted o...

Amanda Holmes reads John Donne’s poem, “ The Canonization .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.   This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Amanda Holmes reads Philip Levine’s poem, “ Let Me Begin Again .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Amanda Holmes reads Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem, “ Spring and Fall .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.   This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Amanda Holmes reads William Wordsworth’s poem, “ Tintern Abbey ,” formally entitled “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798.” Plus, read her essay on the poem for the Washington Independent Review of Books . Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select you...

Amanda Holmes reads Vasko Popa’s poem, “ The Quartz Pebble ,” translated by Anne Pennington. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on...

Amanda Holmes reads Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “ A Psalm of Life .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Amanda Holmes reads Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem, “ To the Young Who Want to Die .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See aca...

Amanda Holmes reads Walt Whitman’s poem, “ O Captain! My Captain! ” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

This week, we have a special bonus interview with host Amanda Holmes, in conversation with Stephanie Bastek, the show’s producer and the host of  The American Scholar ’s   Smarty Pants podcast . For the past year and a half, Holmes has recited poems ranging from English classics by  W. B. Yeats  and  Maya Angelou  to works in translation by  Kamala Das...

Amanda Holmes reads José Rizal’s poem, “ Land That I Love: Farewell ,” translated by Nick Joaquín. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Host...

Amanda Holmes reads A. A. Milne’s poem, “ Halfway Down .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

Amanda Holmes reads Helen Dunmore’s poem, “ Convolvulus .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads W. B. Yeats’s poem, “ Sailing to Byzantium .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Maya Angelou’s poem, “ Caged Bird .” Have a suggestion for a poem? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amanda Holmes reads Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poem, “ Eros Turannos. ” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Amanda Holmes reads Kamala Das’s poem, “ Summer in Calcutta .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Amanda Holmes reads Philip Larkin’s poem, “ The Trees .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Amanda Holmes reads Pablo Neruda’s poem, “ If You Forget Me ,” translated by Donald S. Walsh. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Host...

Amanda Holmes reads Agha Shahid Ali’s poem, “ Postcard from Kashmir .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acast....

Amanda Holmes reads Sylvia Plath’s poem, “ The Courage Of Shutting-Up .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by  Chad Crouch . Hosted on Acast. See acas...

Amanda Holmes reads Walter de la Mare’s poem, “ Nod .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. Explore more poetry at our website, https://theamericanscholar.org/ This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “...

Amanda Holmes reads Kenneth Patchen’s poem, “ Because It’s Good to Keep Things Straight .” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us:  podcast@theamericanscholar.org . If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. Explore more poetry at our website, https://theamericanscholar.org/ This episode was produced by Step...