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The Poets Weave
A weekly program of poetry reading hosted by Romayne Rubinas Dorsey and produced by WFIU Public Media from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
Episodes
The Poets WeaveMapping
Shana Ritter reads "In these New Times," "Mapping," and "the tides of my heart."
The Poets WeaveIt Started to Rain
Eric Rensberger reads "Words," "It Started to Rain," "A Cursing," and "Attention."
The Poets WeaveWhat Would Thoreau Do?
Tony Brewer reads "Tea Party of Grief," "Maximum Dog," "Strong Female Character," "Seeing Things," "What Would Thoreau Do?," and "Manual for Fixing."
The Poets WeaveRabbit Mysteries
Antonia Matthew reads "Rabbit Mysteries," "Come outside into the sunshine," and "March 23rd, 2020."
The Poets WeaveIcarus Superstar
Hiromi Yoshida reads "Icarus Superstar," "Icarus Ekphrasis," and "Icarus | Epicanthus."
The Poets WeaveHealing is Lonely
Austin Davis reads from his book Compulsive Swim: "Layla and Her Kids" and "Act 3 poem VI," plus a new poem "healing is lonely."
The Poets WeaveA Sad Dusk
Shana Ritter reads "Poems from the other side," "A sad dusk," and "Wildflowers."
The Poets WeaveDying Mantis
Josh Brewer reads “When I place talismans,” “Dying Mantis,” “This Week in Northern Ireland,” and “The Bakeries of Warsaw.”
The Poets WeaveThe God of Disappearances
Eric Rensberger reads "Reading," "A Deity," and "Historical Imagination."
The Poets WeaveQualifications for a Lover
Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Qualifications for a Lover," "This is How a Poet Gets Over Heartbreak," and "To the Red-Bellied Woodpecker in my Neighborhood."
The Poets WeaveDay Light Savings Time
Shana Ritter reads "Day Light Savings Time," "avenoir," "Branches," and "Redemption."
The Poets WeaveFamily Pictures
Lori Hoevener reads "Risk," "A Bracelet of Memories," and "Family Pictures."
The Poets WeaveYou, Moon!
Laurie Higi reads "You, moon!," "A Little Less Gravity," "This Constellation Life," and "Chasing Venus."
The Poets WeaveCompulsive Swim
Austin Davis reads from his latest book Compulsive Swim: "Act 1 poem I," "Act 1 poem VII," and "Act 2 poem III."
The Poets WeaveOur Solemn Debris
Tony Brewer reads "Our Solemn Debris," "Elon Musk is not vegan but Teslas are," "O Bury Me Not," and "Our Origin."
The Poets WeaveThe Moving Walkway is Coming to an End
Josh A. Brewer reads “Grounds,” “Reincarnation is Broken,” “Interpolation,” “When is a will, whether,” and “The Moving Walkway is Coming to an End.”
The Poets WeaveThe Package
Patsy Rahn reads "Books," "Evolution," "Ode to Joy," "In this Moment of Good Night," and "The Package."
The Poets WeaveMaking Soup While Sheltering in Place
Shana Ritter reads "Let us consider how we live," "Making soup while sheltering in place," "Summer 2020," and "There was a time in which we touched."
The Poets WeaveThe Sweet Porridge
Emily Bobo reads her poem "The Sweet Porridge," a modern retelling of a 19th-century Brothers Grimm fairy tale.
The Poets WeaveLazarus Laughs
Eric Rensberger reads "Prayer for the Long Nights," "Writing for No One," "Lazarus Laughs," "Flowers on the Graves of the Overdosed," and "Time-Sensitive…
The Poets WeaveThe Stockyards
Lori Hoevener reads her poems "Extremes," "The Stockyards," "Crimes," and "Disappearances."
The Poets WeaveA Small Horse Eats the Heart of a Man Who Left
Erica Anderson-Senter reads "In the Naked Night," "The One Where a Small Horse Eats the Heart of a Man Who Left," and "Notes on Being a Ghost."
The Poets WeaveOn Crying in Public
Rachel Ronquillo Gray reads "On Crying in Public," "My Americana," and "Half Face Song."
The Poets WeaveThe Voice
Laurie Higi reads "The Voice," "This is Yours," and "Mixing With the Quiet."
The Poets WeaveA Dizzying Vista Opens Before Me
Bronislava Volkova reads "Poetry Festival in Shchelkino (Crimea)" and "Variation on the Theme of Weariness."
The Poets WeaveThe Desert Ain’t Here to Inspire
Michael Luis Dauro reads more selections from his poem "Woman With No Name."
The Poets WeaveSay Her Asian Name
Hiromi Yoshida reads her poems "Say Her Asian Name" and "Icarus Obverse."
The Poets WeaveCurators of a Sort
Tony Brewer reads "Curators of a Sort," "Snow Days," and "They Always Come Back."
The Poets WeaveThe Soft Pliancy of Water
Bronislava Volkova reads "Old women are invisible in our spheres," "Another end has come to visit my home," and "The soft pliancy of water."
The Poets WeaveMy Backyard is Empty and Silent
Antonia Matthew reads "My backyard is empty and silent" and "Sonnet in the time of plague."
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Into Life
Patsy Rahn reads "A History Lesson," "Into Life," "After All," and "Living As If."
The Poets WeaveMorning Swim
Austin Davis reads "Lotus and Insomnia," "Morning Swim," and poem VIII from Act 3 of his book Compulsive Swim.
The Poets WeaveLove, I No Longer Recognize You
Bronislava Volkova reads "Love, I no longer recognize you," "Don’t leave me," "When I think of it how my relatives," and "I fly like a bird with no place to…
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A Glossary of River Words
Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Portrait of a Summer Night: A Mother Highlighted," "A Glossary of River Words - A story of loss," and "How to Leave a Chicago Bar…
The Poets WeaveButterflies and Empty Books
Laurie Higi reads "Butterflies and Empty Books," "Open to Your Dew," "Canada in Common," "More Vulnerable than Me," and "Infinite Navy Blue Ocean."
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Lethal Aid
Tony Brewer reads "Lethal Aid," "Fractured," and "Byproduct of Divorce #87: The Laundromat."
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I Sing to Myself While Driving to Indianapolis Airport
Lisa Kwong reads "Childhood Fade in Litany," "I Sing to Myself While Driving to Indianapolis Airport," and "S'mores and Smoke."
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Not the Moon But a Cattle Skull
Michael Luis Dauro reads selections from his poem "Woman With No Name."
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Girl as Full Moon
Rachel Ronquillo Gray reads "Girl as Teenage Rebellion," "Good Girl Gone Rogue," "Girl As Full Moon," and "Girl as America the Beautiful."
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You Could Never See Me
Austin Davis reads "Lotus and Hallucinations" from his book Lotus and the Apocalypse.
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The Package
Patsy Rahn reads "Books," "Evolution," "Ode to Joy," "In this Moment of Good Night," and "The Package."
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The Land of Cockaigne
Emily Bobo reads "The Tale about the Land of Cockaigne." The original version of this tale is a brag where each line is a bigger lie about how great the Land…
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Those On the Other Side
Bronislava Volkova reads "Dog" and "Farewell to My Sweet Kushi" from her 2023 book Where Everyone Leaves Never to Return.
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An AppalAsian Finds Home
Lisa Kwong reads "An AppalAsian Finds Home in Bloomington, Indiana" and "Searching for Wonton Soup."
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I'm Learning To Sit With Not Knowing
Carrie Newcomer reads "What You Won't Hear on Cable News" and "I'm Learning to Sit with Not Knowing."
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How Some Children Played at Slaughtering
Emily Bobo reads her re-telling of a fairytale about how some children watched their father slaughter a pig, then imitated him in play.
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Kelly Kapowski Unplans a Pregnancy
Rachel Ronquillo-Gray reads "Kelly Kapowski Unplans a Pregnancy," "Kelly Kapowski Gets an Abortion," and "Kelly the Killer Kapowski."
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Healing is Lonely
Austin Davis reads from his book Compulsive Swim: "Layla and Her Kids" and "Act 3 poem VI," plus a new poem "healing is lonely."
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Icarus Superstar
Hiromi Yoshida reads "Icarus Superstar," "Icarus Ekphrasis," and "Icarus | Epicanthus."
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Narrative is the Native Tongue of the Brain
Nancy Chen Long reads “Your Brain Doesn’t Contain Memories—It is Memories,” "Narrative is the Native Tongue of the Brain," and "Echo."
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My Mother Who Dared Beyond Tai Shan
Lisa Kwong reads "Poem for My Mother Who Dared Beyond Tai Shan."
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Compulsive Swim
Austin Davis reads from his latest book Compulsive Swim: "Act 1 poem I," "Act 1 poem VII," and "Act 2 poem III."
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Something I Might Say
Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Midwestern Poet's Incomplete Guide to Symbolism,"** "Something I Might Say," and "The Definition of Prayer."
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The Roots of Kindness
Patsy Rahn reads "The Roots of Kindness," "A Contemplation of Death," and "Reverie."