Read Me a Poem
Each week, listen to Amanda Holmes introduce and read a poem, beautifully. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Latest episodes
Dec 1, 2020 • 3min
“Wait” by Galway Kinnell
Amanda Holmes reads Galway Kinnell’s poem, “Wait.” 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 information.
Nov 24, 2020 • 3min
“Pangur Bán” by Anonymous
Amanda Holmes reads the anonymous 9th-century poem “Pangur Bán,” translated from the Irish by Seamus Heaney. 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 information.
Nov 17, 2020 • 2min
“Messiah” by Gulzar
Amanda Holmes reads Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi’s poem, “Messiah,” translated from the Urdu by J.P. Das. 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 information.
Nov 10, 2020 • 2min
“The Swan” by Mary Oliver
Amanda Holmes reads Mary Oliver’s poem, “The Swan.” 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 information.
Nov 3, 2020 • 2min
“Neutral Tones” by Thomas Hardy
Amanda Holmes reads Thomas Hardy’s poem, “Neutral Tones.” 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 information.
Oct 27, 2020 • 4min
“Wind-Up Doll” by Forugh Farrokhzad
Amanda Holmes reads Forugh Farrokhzad’s poem, “Wind-Up Doll,” translated from the Persian by Sholeh Wolpé. 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 information.
Oct 20, 2020 • 2min
“Sonnet” by Elizabeth Bishop
Amanda Holmes reads Elizabeth Bishops’s last poem, “Sonnet.” 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 information.
Oct 13, 2020 • 2min
“Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by W. B. Yeats
Amanda Holmes reads W. B. Yeats’s poem, “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.” 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 information.
Sep 29, 2020 • 12min
“Burnt Norton” by T. S. Eliot
Amanda Holmes reads “Burnt Norton,” the first of T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. 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 information.
Sep 22, 2020 • 4min
“Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S.” by Nissim Ezekiel
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/privacy for more information.
