The Poets Weave: Recent Episodes
Indiana Public Media
A weekly program of poetry reading hosted by Romayne Rubinas Dorsey and produced by WFIU Public Media from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
Austin Davis reads "Lotus and Insomnia," "Morning Swim," and poem VIII from Act 3 of his book Compulsive Swim.
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 land."
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 after a Panic Attack Around 11 AM."
Laurie Higi reads "Butterflies and Empty Books," "Open to Your Dew," "Canada in Common," "More Vulnerable than Me," and "Infinite Navy Blue Ocean."
Tony Brewer reads "Lethal Aid," "Fractured," and "Byproduct of Divorce #87: The Laundromat."
Lisa Kwong reads "Childhood Fade in Litany," "I Sing to Myself While Driving to Indianapolis Airport," and "S'mores and Smoke."
Rachel Ronquillo Gray reads "Girl as Teenage Rebellion," "Good Girl Gone Rogue," "Girl As Full Moon," and "Girl as America the Beautiful."
Patsy Rahn reads "Books," "Evolution," "Ode to Joy," "In this Moment of Good Night," and "The Package."
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 of Cockaigne was.
Bronislava Volkova reads "Dog" and "Farewell to My Sweet Kushi" from her 2023 book Where Everyone Leaves Never to Return.
Lisa Kwong reads "An AppalAsian Finds Home in Bloomington, Indiana" and "Searching for Wonton Soup."
Rachel Ronquillo-Gray reads "Kelly Kapowski Unplans a Pregnancy," "Kelly Kapowski Gets an Abortion," and "Kelly the Killer Kapowski."
Austin Davis reads from his book Compulsive Swim: "Layla and Her Kids" and "Act 3 poem VI," plus a new poem "healing is lonely."
Hiromi Yoshida reads "Icarus Superstar," "Icarus Ekphrasis," and "Icarus | Epicanthus."
Austin Davis reads from his latest book Compulsive Swim: "Act 1 poem I," "Act 1 poem VII," and "Act 2 poem III."
Erica Anderson-Senter reads "Midwestern Poet's Incomplete Guide to Symbolism,"** "Something I Might Say," and "The Definition of Prayer."
Joe Betz reads "Cannon in the Bean Field," "Having Been Called Dirt," "Farmer Suicide Wherein a Proclamation on Parenting Enters," and "Gratitude with Mixed Religious Metaphors."
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."
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 of Cockaigne was.
Austin Davis reads "Lotus & Depression," "Lotus & Another Day," "Lotus & Holidaze," and "Lotus..."
Patsy Rahn reads "Books," "Evolution," "Ode to Joy," "In this Moment of Good Night," and "The Package."
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 after a Panic Attack Around 11 AM."
Lisa Kwong reads "Childhood Fade in Litany," "I Sing to Myself While Driving to Indianapolis Airport," and "S'mores and Smoke."
Emily Bobo reads her re-telling of a fairytale about how some children watched their father slaughter a pig, then imitated him in play.
Steve Henn reads his poems "Columbia, Misery," "Poem for the Mother of My Children," and "Dissociation."
Bronislava Volkova reads "Dawn spreads its transparent fingers," "It is time," "Human love sails forth," "I love the quiet," "Once upon a Time," "I have arrived," and "To be caught up in a briar-patch can suddenly become."
Lisa Kwong reads "An AppalAsian Finds Home in Bloomington, Indiana" and "Searching for Wonton Soup."
Lisa Kwong reads "On the 42nd Anniversary of My Father’s Swim from China, 10/17/2015" and "The Baby Behind the Cash Register at the Restaurant."
Austin Davis reads "Lotus & Depression," "Lotus & Another Day," "Lotus & Holidaze," and "Lotus..."
Steve Henn reads his poems "Columbia, Misery," "Poem for the Mother of My Children," and "Dissociation."
Bronislava Volkova reads "Dawn spreads its transparent fingers," "It is time," "Human love sails forth," "I love the quiet," "Once upon a Time," "I have arrived," and "To be caught up in a briar-patch can suddenly become."
Bronislava Volkova reads "When I meander into the groves," "I hear," "Steep streams of water," "You are leaving, you will leave, you have left," "An invitation to be," and "I am the moon."
Steve reads his poems from his book American Male: "Loss or One for Josh Wildman," "How in God’s Holy Name is This Boy Ever Going to Survive?," "The Dad Rules," "The Spirit Moving Through Me."
Via Zoom from Prague, Bronislava Volková reads "There is no intermediary," "There is no time, only water," "Thre is a way of Chestnut trees," "We are the orphans of the meadows and drink," "Dear Fufi," and "The deaf and dumb hand."
Steve Henn reads his poems "The Dawning," "Father's Day, Fishing," "Perfectly Natural."
Steve Henn reads his poems "The Dawning," "Father's Day, Fishing," "Perfectly Natural."
Doug Paul Case reads "Pink Confetti," "Sorry the Plant You Gave Me Is Dead," and "Is A Cabin in the Middle of Nowhere Still in the Middle of Nowhere."
Doug Paul Case reads "Pink Confetti," "Sorry the Plant You Gave Me Is Dead," and "Is A Cabin in the Middle of Nowhere Still in the Middle of Nowhere."
Doug Paul Case reads "Buck," "Selfhood," "Inaccuracy Because Either Can Be Either," and "I Saw the Ghost."
Doug Paul Case reads "Buck," "Selfhood," "Inaccuracy Because Either Can Be Either," and "I Saw the Ghost."
Doug Paul Case reads "I Have No Idea How Tall I Am," "Hyacinthos," and "New Decade Poem."
Doug Paul Case reads "I Have No Idea How Tall I Am," "Hyacinthos," and "New Decade Poem."
Samandar Ghaus reads their poem "Elegy for Queer Muslims Partying It Up in the Afterlife."
Samandar Ghaus reads their poem "Elegy for Queer Muslims Partying It Up in the Afterlife."
Carrie Newcomer reads "What You Won't Hear on Cable News" and "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."
Rose Zinnia reads her poem "nonmonogamous poem / poem ending w a line by gwendolyn brooks."
Rose Zinnia reads her poem "nonmonogamous poem / poem ending w a line by gwendolyn brooks."
PDVNCH [Pee-dove-inch] is a Bloomington, Indiana-based poet, and on this edition of the Poets Weave he reads, "Beads by DVNCH."
PDVNCH [Pee-dove-inch] is a Bloomington, Indiana-based poet, and on this edition of the Poets Weave he reads, "Beads by DVNCH."
PDVNCH [Pee-dove-inch] is a “dramatic poetic storyteller" based in Bloomington, Indiana. On this edition of the Poets Weave, PDVNCH reads "Who is PDVNCH?"
PDVNCH [Pee-dove-inch] is a “dramatic poetic storyteller" based in Bloomington, Indiana. On this edition of the Poets Weave, PDVNCH reads "Who is PDVNCH?"
Austin Araujo reads "Back on Her Feet," "The Window," "Reading," "Watching Him Cross," and "Driftwood."
Austin Araujo reads "Back on Her Feet," "The Window," "Reading," "Watching Him Cross," and "Driftwood."
Denise Breeden-Ost reads "Mom's Front Porch," "Like Catching a Glimpse of Love," and "You Used to Crochet Just for This."
Denise Breeden-Ost reads "Mom's Front Porch," "Like Catching a Glimpse of Love," and "You Used to Crochet Just for This."
Nancy Chen Long reads “Reverberation” and "Anniversary," both from her new book Wider than the Sky.
Nancy Chen Long reads “Reverberation” and "Anniversary," both from her new book Wider than the Sky.
Denise Breeden-Ost reads "Head on Arms on Table," "The Lake Above," "Ritual," and "September Night."
Denise Breeden-Ost reads "Head on Arms on Table," "The Lake Above," "Ritual," and "September Night."
Alberto Sveum reads "Compendium for a Room of Childhood Musings," "Compendium for New and Returning Online Gamers," and "Discard."
Alberto Sveum reads "Compendium for a Room of Childhood Musings," "Compendium for New and Returning Online Gamers," and "Discard."
Nancy Chen Long reads “Your Brain Doesn’t Contain Memories—It is Memories,” "Narrative is the Native Tongue of the Brain," and "Echo."
Nancy Chen Long reads “Your Brain Doesn’t Contain Memories—It is Memories,” "Narrative is the Native Tongue of the Brain," and "Echo."
Austin Araujo reads "Irapuato, Guanajuato" and "At the Park on the Edge of the White River."
Austin Araujo reads "Irapuato, Guanajuato" and "At the Park on the Edge of the White River."
This week on the Poets Weave, L. Renée reads "Genealogical Trip to Pulaski, Virginia," "Ars Poetica: As Archaeologist," and "negroes auctus weather, block auction."
This week on the Poets Weave, L. Renée reads "Genealogical Trip to Pulaski, Virginia," "Ars Poetica: As Archaeologist," and "negroes auctus weather, block auction."
Denise Breeden-Ost reads "One Hand," "The Stacks," "Painting," "Three Haiku for Gabe," and "Supply List for the Writer Mother."
Denise Breeden-Ost reads "One Hand," "The Stacks," "Painting," "Three Haiku for Gabe," and "Supply List for the Writer Mother."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Alberto Sveum reads "Duplex," "Idle," and "Compendium for Leaving Work at 11pm, the Summer I Move Out."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Alberto Sveum reads "Duplex," "Idle," and "Compendium for Leaving Work at 11pm, the Summer I Move Out."
This week on the Poets Weave, Janan Alexandra reads "elementary arabic" and "dream, or, poem to the tongue."
This week on the Poets Weave, Janan Alexandra reads "elementary arabic" and "dream, or, poem to the tongue."
This week on the Poets Weave, Nancy Chen-Long reads "Altered State at the Grocery Store" and "Umbra."
This week on the Poets Weave, Nancy Chen-Long reads "Altered State at the Grocery Store" and "Umbra."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Adrianne Embry reads "I May Have Dreamt of You Last Night," "TT and Oil Sheen," "6 a.m.," and "Same Drugs."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Adrianne Embry reads "I May Have Dreamt of You Last Night," "TT and Oil Sheen," "6 a.m.," and "Same Drugs."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Adrianne Embry reads "The Danger of My Kin," "The Color Purple," "Freeze Frame," and "The Beekeeper."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Adrianne Embry reads "The Danger of My Kin," "The Color Purple," "Freeze Frame," and "The Beekeeper."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Adrianne Embry reads "After Ari Lennox," "Pretty Things," and "28 Short Lectures on Touch."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Adrianne Embry reads "After Ari Lennox," "Pretty Things," and "28 Short Lectures on Touch."
This week on the Poets Weave, Adrianne Embry reads "Cicadas," "Tooth Fairy," "Responses to 'You Good?'," and "Manifesto."
This week on the Poets Weave, Adrianne Embry reads "Cicadas," "Tooth Fairy," "Responses to 'You Good?'," and "Manifesto."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Amy Cornell reads "The Birth of Love," "Orgins of origin," and "Dandelion."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Amy Cornell reads "The Birth of Love," "Orgins of origin," and "Dandelion."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Amy Cornell reads "Happy's Tale," "Big Bad and the Littles," and "The Empresses New Clothes."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Amy Cornell reads "Happy's Tale," "Big Bad and the Littles," and "The Empresses New Clothes."
Amy Cornell reads "The Library of Lost Books," "Transferable Skills for Poets," and "Instructions for telling your left hand from your right."
Amy Cornell reads "The Library of Lost Books," "Transferable Skills for Poets," and "Instructions for telling your left hand from your right."
Torie DiMartile reads "Black Hole," "An I'm Sick of Race Poem," and "No Apologies" on this edition of The Poets Weave.
Torie DiMartile reads "Black Hole," "An I'm Sick of Race Poem," and "No Apologies" on this edition of The Poets Weave.
Margaret Fisher Squires reads "Twice Warmed, "Graduation," and "Interview with an Old Biddy" on this edition of the Poets Weave.
Margaret Fisher Squires reads "Twice Warmed, "Graduation," and "Interview with an Old Biddy" on this edition of the Poets Weave.
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Torie DiMartile reads "if i have a daughter, what I will tell her of men," "Walking Heart," and "Who Says."
On this edition of the Poets Weave, Torie DiMartile reads "if i have a daughter, what I will tell her of men," "Walking Heart," and "Who Says."
Beth Lodge-Rigal reads "Mysterious," "Ft. Steuben," and "Sandbreak" on the is edition of The Poets Weave. This set of poems is dedicated to her father.
Beth Lodge-Rigal reads "Mysterious," "Ft. Steuben," and "Sandbreak" on the is edition of The Poets Weave. This set of poems is dedicated to her father.
Margaret Fisher Squires reads "January, 2017," "Final Judgment," and "Fat Tuesday at Player's Pub (02-05-08)."
Margaret Fisher Squires reads "January, 2017," "Final Judgment," and "Fat Tuesday at Player's Pub (02-05-08)."
Antonia Matthew reads "Desert Under a Full Moon," "And Then Beyond" "Eclipse," "Mars Up Close," "3 AM," and "A Jet Trail."
Antonia Matthew reads "Desert Under a Full Moon," "And Then Beyond" "Eclipse," "Mars Up Close," "3 AM," and "A Jet Trail."
Beth Lodge-Rigal reads "Elegy for the Gregerson Barn" and "Fences" this week on The Poets Weave.
Beth Lodge-Rigal reads "Elegy for the Gregerson Barn" and "Fences" this week on The Poets Weave.
Margaret Squires reads "Jigsaw," "Remodeling," "Morning Routine," and "Indianapolis Canal; or, Species-Specific."
Margaret Squires reads "Jigsaw," "Remodeling," "Morning Routine," and "Indianapolis Canal; or, Species-Specific."
Antonia Matthew reads "For Eamon," "Nothing is Safe," "Morning with Eamon," "Circling for Peace," and "A Gift."
Antonia Matthew reads "For Eamon," "Nothing is Safe," "Morning with Eamon," "Circling for Peace," and "A Gift."
Alex Chambers reads "To Buffy, Vampire Slayer," "And Together," "Epithalamion," and "Late High Modernism."
Alex Chambers reads "To Buffy, Vampire Slayer," "And Together," "Epithalamion," and "Late High Modernism."
On this edition of The Poets Weave, Alex Chambers reads "The Sandhill Cranes," "After the Chicken, Before the Peach," and "Among Deciduous Hardwoods."
On this edition of The Poets Weave, Alex Chambers reads "The Sandhill Cranes," "After the Chicken, Before the Peach," and "Among Deciduous Hardwoods."
Joseph Kerschbaum reads "Invention of Light (astyanax mexicanus)," "One of Us Has Changed (atmospheric convection)," "Endless Echoes (watching me watch you)," and "Let the Boat Go, Take My Hand (dry drowning)."
Joseph Kerschbaum reads "Invention of Light (astyanax mexicanus)," "One of Us Has Changed (atmospheric convection)," "Endless Echoes (watching me watch you)," and "Let the Boat Go, Take My Hand (dry drowning)."
Joseph Kerschbaum reads "I Don't Look Like Myself Today," "We Forgive You," and "Still Waiting."
Joseph Kerschbaum reads "I Don't Look Like Myself Today," "We Forgive You," and "Still Waiting."
Joseph Kerschbaum reads “Clara, You Won’t See Spring,” “Living With and Without You,” “How the Years Pass Until It’s You,” and “Children Lost in Traffic.”
Joseph Kerschbaum reads “Clara, You Won’t See Spring,” “Living With and Without You,” “How the Years Pass Until It’s You,” and “Children Lost in Traffic.”
Anni Liu reads "Open Letter to the Boy in the Car," "Additionally, What Freedoms Have I Been Trained to Deny Myself?," and "Summer Aubade."
Anni Liu reads "Open Letter to the Boy in the Car," "Additionally, What Freedoms Have I Been Trained to Deny Myself?," and "Summer Aubade."
Anni Liu reads "Ars Poetica in a Dream Language," "Lian Qiao, Forsythia suspensa or weeping forsythia," and "Finding Fruit."
Anni Liu reads "Ars Poetica in a Dream Language," "Lian Qiao, Forsythia suspensa or weeping forsythia," and "Finding Fruit."
Jasper Wirtshafter reads "Snow Globe," "Where I learned to play with fire," "Beatrice," "The Clerk at the Birth Certificate Office," and "Free Coffee: Can I be ethically consumed by capitalism?"
Jasper Wirtshafter reads "Snow Globe," "Where I learned to play with fire," "Beatrice," "The Clerk at the Birth Certificate Office," and "Free Coffee: Can I be ethically consumed by capitalism?"
Emily Bobo reads "Ode to My Mother and Our Little Breasts," "lying in the MRI like lying on a guillotine," "Postcard to my aunt who died of breast cancer,” and “Our Lady of Wheat.”
Emily Bobo reads "Ode to My Mother and Our Little Breasts," "lying in the MRI like lying on a guillotine," "Postcard to my aunt who died of breast cancer,” and “Our Lady of Wheat.”
Jasper Wirtshafter reads "The quiet work," "Probably what love looks like," and "(Not) all men."
Jasper Wirtshafter reads "The quiet work," "Probably what love looks like," and "(Not) all men."
Adam reads "Conveyance," "Pseudo-Rondeau for a Prison Classroom," and "The Creature Notches Haiku on Tree Bark."
Adam reads "Conveyance," "Pseudo-Rondeau for a Prison Classroom," and "The Creature Notches Haiku on Tree Bark."
Emily Bobo reads "Normal," "What the Bones Said," and "Half-Hearted Ghazal at the Half-Way Point."
Emily Bobo reads "Normal," "What the Bones Said," and "Half-Hearted Ghazal at the Half-Way Point."
Christine Brandel reads "Biting the Rind," "The Worst Thing in the World That Could Have Happened," "The Beauty of Love," and "A Wife is a Hope Chest."
Christine Brandel reads "Biting the Rind," "The Worst Thing in the World That Could Have Happened," "The Beauty of Love," and "A Wife is a Hope Chest."
Christine Brandel reads "The Day I Became Golden," "Unwisdom," "Cinematic," and "Discussing a Poem."
Christine Brandel reads "The Day I Became Golden," "Unwisdom," "Cinematic," and "Discussing a Poem."
Emily Bobo reads "Things You Should Know About Me," "Furrowed," and "The Lies We Need."
Emily Bobo reads "Things You Should Know About Me," "Furrowed," and "The Lies We Need."
Christine Brandel reads "Panic Annie, Becoming a Witness," "To My Son Who Was Never Born," and "The Quiz."
Christine Brandel reads "Panic Annie, Becoming a Witness," "To My Son Who Was Never Born," and "The Quiz."
James Dorr reads “Moonlight Swimming,” “The Aeronaut,” “When She Won the One Million Credit Galactic Lottery,” and “The Esthete.”
James Dorr reads “Moonlight Swimming,” “The Aeronaut,” “When She Won the One Million Credit Galactic Lottery,” and “The Esthete.”
James Dorr reads "Why She Started Writing Poetry," "California Vamp," and "Chagrin du Vampire."
James Dorr reads "Why She Started Writing Poetry," "California Vamp," and "Chagrin du Vampire."
James Dorr reads "Le Meduse," "Vampire Thoughts," "Daylight Savings," and "Night Child."
James Dorr reads "Le Meduse," "Vampire Thoughts," "Daylight Savings," and "Night Child."
Willy Palomo reads "Mama's Hands," "Mama's Lungs," "Homecoming," and "Where We Find Mama's Tongue."
Willy Palomo reads "Mama's Hands," "Mama's Lungs," "Homecoming," and "Where We Find Mama's Tongue."
Patsy Rahn reads "In the Quiet of the Cave, In the Silence of the World" and "Nature Abhors a Horror."
Patsy Rahn reads "In the Quiet of the Cave, In the Silence of the World" and "Nature Abhors a Horror."