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Nando the Cat reads “People Are a Living Structure Like a Coral Reef”
Nando the Cat reads Heather Christle's “People Are a Living Structure Like a Coral Reef” (with a little bit of assistance from Paige Lewis).
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Mary-Kim Arnold reads "Fin De Siècle"
Mary-Kim Arnold (she/her/hers) reads her poem, “Fin De Siècle
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Lena Khalaf Tuffaha reads "Geranium"
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha reads "Geranium" by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by A. Poulin, Jr. Turn captions on for the English translation.
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Kenji C. Liu reads Rocío Carlos
Kenji C. Liu reads and untitled poem written by Rocío Carlos.
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Kenji C. Liu reads “Drowsiness through my kiss”
Kenji C. Liu reads his poem “Drowsiness through my kiss”.
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I’m Still Not Sure if I Wanted to Be Those Girls or if I Wanted to Be in Love with Them
Virginia Kane (she/her/hers) reads her poem, “I’m Still Not Sure if I Wanted to Be Those Girls or if I Wanted to Be in Love with Them
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Dana Levin reads "How to Hold the Heavy Weight of Now"
Dana Levin (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "How to Hold the Heavy Weight of Now
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Cynthia Cruz reads “Silencer”
Brought to you by Complexly, The Poetry Foundation, and poet Paige Lewis.
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Chase Berggrun reads "Chapter XXI"
Chase Berggrun reads Chapter XXI from her book R E D.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Frederick-Douglass Knowles ll - 'Emerie Enters Her Grandmother's Garden'
Frederick-Douglass Knowles II is a poet, educator and activist involved in community education. He is the inaugural Poet Laureate for the City of Hartford. His collection of poetry, BlackRoseCity was featured at the 2018 Association of...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
A Plague of Wasps | Part 4 | STORY | NASTY
A Plague of Wasps | Part 4 | STORY | NASTY Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube.
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Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance (feat. Princess Weekes)
Novels like Passing by Nella Larsen, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and the poetry of Langston Hughes were all written during this period and have become important pieces of the American literary canon. Still, when...
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Theresa Lola reads "Sing with Me and Do Not Die of Thirst"
Theresa Lola (she/her/hers) reads her poem, "Sing with Me and Do Not Die of Thirst
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Sam Rush reads "After the moonshine I awake beside a fern"
Sam Rush (they/them) reads their poem, "After the moonshine I awake beside a fern
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Mike Rugnetta reads from Rilke's Book of Hours
Mike Rugnetta reads from Rilke's Book of Hours.
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Jose Hernandez Diaz reads "The Fall"
Jose Hernandez Diaz reads "The Fall" by Russell Edson.
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Jayme Ringleb reads "My Husband, Lost in the Wild"
Jayme Ringleb reads his poem "My Husband, Lost in the Wild
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Heems reads "Portrait of the alcoholic three weeks sober"
Heems reads Kaveh Akbar's poem "Portrait of the alcoholic three weeks sober
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Hari Kondabolu reads "Ticker"
Hari Kondabolu reads a poem written by his brother, Ashok Kondabolu aka Dapwell, titled "Ticker
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Eloisa Amezcua reads "The Unbosoming"
Eloisa Amezcua reads Olena Kalytiak Davis's poem, "The Unbosoming
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Edgar Kunz reads “Scheherazade”
Edgar Kunz reads Richard Siken's poem, “Scheherazade”.
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Blas Falconer reads "Like Jesus to the Crows"
Blas Falconer reads "Like Jesus to the Crows" a poem by Vievee Francis.