1547 Episodes

  1. 928: Prayer

    Published: 7/25/2023

  2. 927: Via Politica

    Published: 7/24/2023

  3. 926: from "The Garden of Limbs"

    Published: 7/21/2023

  4. 925: Country of Water

    Published: 7/20/2023

  5. 924: Theme for the nautical cowboy

    Published: 7/19/2023

  6. 923: A Funeral Ending with Beyoncé

    Published: 7/18/2023

  7. 922: Not It

    Published: 7/17/2023

  8. 921: Dear Red

    Published: 7/14/2023

  9. 920: Invented Landscape

    Published: 7/13/2023

  10. 919: Take This Poem

    Published: 7/12/2023

  11. 918: Vision from the Blue Plane-Window

    Published: 7/11/2023

  12. 917: Love and the Deli Counter

    Published: 7/10/2023

  13. 916: from "fabula: towards a black mirror”

    Published: 7/7/2023

  14. 915: Who Among You Knows the Essence of Garlic?

    Published: 7/6/2023

  15. 914: Voices of the Air

    Published: 7/5/2023

  16. 913: America, I Do Not Call Your Name without Hope

    Published: 7/4/2023

  17. 912: Poem

    Published: 7/3/2023

  18. 911: The Messenger

    Published: 6/30/2023

  19. 910: How Long Could I Have Been Weightless?

    Published: 6/29/2023

  20. 909: My Dearest Black-Billed Streamertail

    Published: 6/28/2023

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