Poetry Off the Shelf

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• We Hold These Truths 01.07.2026 45min

  America at 250.
• An Act of Mercy 16.06.2026 49min

  Serena Chopra on prairie grass, manic rage, and the memories in her ears.
• Don’t Make Any Noise 02.06.2026 46min

  J Brooke on testosterone, incinerators, and the mobster at home.
• The Act of Touching 19.05.2026 40min

  Chris Crowder on muscles, privacy, and being Captain Safety.
• Hereafter Parties 28.04.2026 55min

  Arielle Hebert on Florida, driving with the windows down, and tallying up the dead.
• A Handful of Dust 14.04.2026 49min

  Iain McGilchrist on Rip Van Winkle, the poet's brain, and the real word for sunshine.
• The Wrong Details 31.03.2026 57min

  D.S. Waldman on the left hand, losing his brother, and introducing the most wounded part.
• The Character in the Corner 17.03.2026 53min

  Sony Ton-Aimé on radical joy, pig blood, and the ancestors we forgot.
• Those Bodies We Borrowed 03.03.2026 58min

  Monica Ferrell on robot apples, Playboy bunnies, and botox vs. crow's feet.
• What It Takes to Be a Man 17.02.2026 56min

  James Ciano on sports, masculinity, and the desperation to belong.
• How to Survive on an Island 03.02.2026 48min

  Stephanie Niu on being lost at sea, crab bridges, and finding the heart of the world.
• The Multiverse of Me 20.01.2026 43min

  Diamond Forde on poison, fan fiction, and writing the Great American Vampire Novel.
• Poets We Lost in 2025 30.12.2025 36min

  Remembering Ellen Bryant Voigt, plus a few words on mortality by Andrea Gibson.
• An Old Face 16.12.2025 56min

  Amanda Quaid on cancer, being bad in New York, and erotic hands. 
• An Impossible Wish 02.12.2025 45min

  Tracy K. Smith on her Hello Kitty notebook, automatic writing, and the afterlife. 
• Body of Water 18.11.2025 56min

  Chet'la Sebree on fertility, the ocean, and sonnets about menstruation.
• What Heaven Looks Like 04.11.2025 46min

  brittny ray crowell on grief, the scent of burning leaves, and finding her way back.
• We Dream of Each Other 21.10.2025 48min

  Kay Gabriel on embarrassment, labor organizing, and the discipline of hope.
• Glow in the Dark 30.09.2025 50min

  Martha Silano in memoriam: on blushing knees, fairy houses, and preparing your kids for loss.
• Mentor for Life 16.09.2025 1godz 4min

  Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner Rigoberto González on immigration raids, rhythm, and his father’s last words.