Poetry: Listen to Poetry

Poetry Podcasts

• Commonplace - "A series of intimate and captivating interviews by Rachel Zucker with poets and artists about quotidian objects, experiences or obsessions, Commonplace conversations explore the recipes, advice, lists, anecdotes, quotes, politics, phobias, spiritual practices, and other non-Literary forms of knowledge that are vital to an artist’s life and work."

   

• The New Yorker - "Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young."

   

• Poem Talk - "By the Poetry Foundation, Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests."

• Poetry Unbound - "Short and unhurried, Poetry Unbound is an immersive exploration of a single poem.  Pádraig Ó Tuama greets you at the doorways of brilliant poems and walks you through — each one has wisdom to offer and questions to ask you."

• Shakespeare and Company - "Hosted by Shakespeare & Co. Literary Director Adam Biles, the show features conversations with internationally acclaimed authors, recorded live from the bookshop."

Audio Recordings of Poetry

• Library of Congress: Audio Recordings of Poetry - "Historic and contemporary recordings featuring poets and writers reading and discussing their work at the Library of Congress (and beyond)—digitized and right at your fingertips."

• Poetry Archive - "With over 2000 free poems, 500 poets’ work and 5 million visitors a year, the Poetry Archive represents a rich diversity of both poets and poetry."

• Classic Poetry Aloud - "The catalogue currently includes over 300 poems by over 80 poets. Search by poet or theme.":