Poetry Foundation
Jack Underwood reads "The Sky" by Natalie Shapero
Jack Underwood (he/him/his) reads Natalie Shapero's poem, “The Sky
Poetry Foundation
Blythe Baird reads "The Purchase" by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Blythe Baird (she/her/hers) reads Aimee Nezhukumatathil's poem, “The Purchase
Poetry Foundation
Ashley M. Jones reads "This Is Why People Burning Down Fast Food Joints and Whatnot"
Ashley M. Jones (she/her/hers) reads Jacqueline Allen Trimble's poem, “"This Is Why People Burning Down Fast Food Joints and Whatnot
Poetry Foundation
K-Ming Chang reads "I Watch Her Eat the Apple"
K-Ming Chang reads "I Watch Her Eat the Apple", a poem by Natalie Diaz.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Edwina Trentham - 'In Flight'
Edwina Trentham is a Professor of English at Asnuntuck Community College, where she is also the Editor of Freshwater, a national poetry journal, which celebrated its Tenth Anniversary in May 2009. She has published poetry in a variety of...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
David Cappella - Teachers Make a Difference - The Physical Therapist
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...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Charles Bernstein - 'Devils Dictionary'
Charles Bernstein taught poetry and poetics, with an emphasis on modernist and contemporary art, aesthetics, and performance. He retired from Penn on June 30, 2019. Bernstein has published five collections of essays — Pitch of Poetry...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bob Greenberg - 'Hope is the thing with feathers' by Emily Dickinson
Bob Greenberg is the creator of the Brainwaves Video Anthology. He is a retired elementary school teacher. Hope is the thing with feathers Emily Dickinson - 1830-1886 “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Wedding | POEM
Michael Rosen performs The Wedding from ‘You Wait Till I’m Older Than You’ (Puffin Books).
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Spelling - Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Spelling - This poem comes from 'When Did You Last Wash Your Feet?'
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Laurel S. Peterson "Silent but for the Birds"
Laurel S. Peterson is a Professor of English at Norwalk Community College. Her poetry has been published in many small literary journals. She has two poetry chapbooks: That’s the Way the Music Sounds, from Finishing Line Press (2009) and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pegi Deitz Shea - Teachers Make a Difference - Alicia Suskin Ostriker
Pegi Deitz Shea is an award-winning author and poet for all ages. She is a writing instructor at The Mark Twain House & Museum, School Literary Presenter at Children's Books and the First Poet Laureate at Town of Vernon, CT. She studied...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? In 60 Seconds: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl"
Learn more about Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl."
Chinese Buddy
Spring Slumber (春眠) - 1200 Year-Old Chinese Poem into Song
Spring Slumber (春眠) is a poem by the very famous poet 白居易 (bái jū yì) who lived from 772-846 AD during the Tang Dynasty.
Poetry Foundation
Taylor Goldsmith reads “Morning of Drunkenness”
Taylor Goldsmith reads Arthur Rimbaud's poem, “Morning of Drunkenness”.
Poetry Foundation
Savannah Brown reads “the universe may stop expanding in five billion years”
Savannah Brown reads her poem, “the universe may stop expanding in five billion years”.
Poetry Foundation
Sarah Kay reads "Titanic"
Sarah Kay reads Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie's poem, "On This the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic, We Reconsider the Buoyancy of the Human Heart"
Poetry Foundation
Sabrina Orah Mark reads "The Experiments Lasted Through the Winter"
Sabrina Orah Mark reads her poem The Experiments Lasted Through the Winter.
Poetry Foundation
Ruth Awad reads “Let me be a lamb in a world that wants my lion"
Ruth Awad reads her poem “Let me be a lamb in a world that wants my lion
Poetry Foundation
Rachel Eliza Griffiths reads "Seeing the Body"
Rachel Eliza Griffiths (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "Seeing the Body
Poetry Foundation
Laura-Gray Street reads "Field Study / Search Field"
Laura-Gray Street reads her poem, "Field Study / Search Field
Poetry Foundation
Justice Ameer reads "body without the 'd'"
Justice Ameer (xe/xem/xir) reads xir poem, "body without the 'd.'"
Poetry Foundation
John-Francis Quiñonez reads "Re: Watching You Without Me"
John-Francis Quiñonez (they/them/theirs) reads their poem, “Re: Watching You Without Me