Poetry Unbound
This new podcast guides the listener through an immersive experience with one poem each episode.
On Monday and Friday of each season, Pádraig Ó Tuama delivers a short, unhurried poetry reading followed by a contemplative evaluation of each writer’s work.
One of my favorite episodes is from the poem Of Course She Looked Back by Natalie Diaz. In the words of Poetry Unbound:
“This poem is told from the point of view of “Lot’s wife,” a biblical character who was turned into salt because she looked back to see the burning of Sodom, her home city. The poet shows us what Lot’s wife sees: towers swaying, guitars popping, dogs weeping and roosters howling. By mixing the modern with the everlasting, Lot’s wife is humanized and justified.”
To listen to more poems, interviews with poets, and search their always-growing archive, visit their new home for poetry here.
I also publish my poetry through Wild Words, which delivers one new poem, once a week – nothing more, nothing less. You can subscribe to each of these newsletters below. Thanks! Jason
