2min chapter

The New Yorker: Poetry cover image

Peter Balakian Reads Theodore Roethke

The New Yorker: Poetry

CHAPTER

Poems for Living

In the may 20 eighth, 20 18 issue of the new yorker published your poem, egg plant. The poem is part of a cycle or poems i've been writing that are kind of, i don't know, object meditations on fruits and vegetables. I thinkh this poem is equipment for living in many ways, and in dark times here. And so theres this really interesting a comment on on our times.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode