Poetry Foundation
Laura-Gray Street reads "Field Study / Search Field"
Laura-Gray Street reads her poem, "Field Study / Search Field
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Cappella - 'To Himself'
A poet and teacher, David Cappella is a professor emeritus in the English department at Central Connecticut State University. He is the co-author with Baron Wormser of The Moves and of A Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry Day to Day. In...
Poetry Foundation
When I’m Away From You, I Feel Like the Second-Place Winner in a Bee-Wearing Contest
Aimee Nezhukumatathil reads her poem "When I’m Away From You, I Feel Like the Second-Place Winner in a Bee-Wearing Contest
Poetry Foundation
Rachel Zucker reads “Don’t Say Anything Beautiful Kiss Me”
Rachel Zucker reads her poem “Don’t Say Anything Beautiful Kiss Me”.
Poetry Foundation
Paige Lewis reads "You Can Take Off Your Sweater, I’ve Made Today Warm"
Ours Poetica curator Paige Lewis shares their poem "You Can Take Off Your Sweater, I've Made Today Warm
Poetry Foundation
Maya C. Popa reads “The Bees Have Been Canceled”
Maya C. Popa reads her poem "The Bees Have Been Canceled
Poetry Foundation
Marianne Chan reads "Some Words of the Aforesaid Heathen Peoples”
Marianne Chan reads her poem "Some Words of the Aforesaid Heathen Peoples”.
Poetry Foundation
Jos Charles reads “Great, Glowing Vault”
Jos Charles reads Paul Celan's poem, “Great, Glowing Vault”.
Poetry Foundation
Emily Graslie reads “First Encounter Beach”
Emily Graslie reads Alison Hawthorne Deming's poem, "First Encounter Beach
Poetry Foundation
Eduardo C. Corral reads "Kinds of Blue #76 (Evening Snow)"
Eduardo C. Corral reads Don McKay's poem, "Kinds of Blue #76 (Evening Snow)
Poetry Foundation
Carly Joy Miller reads "Ceremonial Psalm"
Carly Joy Miller reads her poem "Ceremonial Psalm
Poetry Foundation
Rachel Wiley reads "Red Sugar" by Jan Beatty
Rachel Wiley (she/her/hers) reads Jan Beatty's poem, “Red Sugar
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Herman Beavers - 'Frederick Douglass' by Robert Hayden
Herman Beavers has taught at Penn since 1989. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana Studies and teaches courses in African American and American literature, including courses on Southern Modernism, 20th...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Victoria Huggins Peurifoy - “Daddy What Did They Do To You?"
Victoria Huggins Peurifoy is a retired federal employee. She is a poet, spoken-word artist, author, ghostwriter, photographer, facilitator, student, mother of four, and a grandmother of eight. A native of West Philadelphia, she currently...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Richard Deming - 'Why I Left Vienna'
Richard Deming is a poet, art critic, and theorist whose work explores the intersections of poetry, philosophy, and visual culture. His collection of poems, Let’s Not Call It Consequence (Shearsman, 2008), received the 2009 Norma Farber...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
James Finnegan - 'Nowhere Wind'
During his senior year in college as a business major, a course in creative writing changed James Finnegan’s life. Until that time, he had thought of poetry as a relatively antique art form. But an excellent teacher exposed him to the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Shane Strange "Ian Curtis Tours America"
Shane Strange’s writing has appeared in various print and online journals in Australia and internationally. He is the author of two chapbooks Notes to the Reader and Dark Corner. His first collection of poetry All Suspicions Have Been...
Poetry Foundation
J. Jennifer Espinoza reads "My Trans Body"
J. Jennifer Espinoza (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "My Trans Body
Poetry Foundation
Franny Choi reads "Door in the Mountain" by Jean Valentine
Franny Choi (she/her/hers) reads the poem, "Door in the Mountain" by Jean Valentine.
Poetry Foundation
Tim Seibles reads "Poem at 64"
Tim Seibles (he/him/his) reads his poem, "Poem at 64
Poetry Foundation
Natasha Huey reads "Ode to Nipples"
Natasha Huey (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "Ode to Nipples
Poetry Foundation
Naffisatou Koulibaly reads "Pretext" by Muggs Fogarty
Naffisatou Koulibaly (she/her/hers) reads Muggs Fogarty's poem, “Pretext
Poetry Foundation
Ilya Kaminsky reads “We Lived Happily During the War"
Ilya Kaminsky reads his poem “We Lived Happily During the War