Present Poetry Podcast

17/12/2025

We're ending 2025 right with a surprise LIVE episode featuring poet and wordsmith Tiriq R. Callaway! Check it out, and have a wonderful holiday season!

Tiriq Rashad is a spoken word artist who states that his work is "where poetry lives in rhythm, and rhythm lives in truth."Recently, he unveiled the music vi...

10/12/2025

"This cast-out daughter burns so bright, / morning stars hurled past her grave."

Enjoy the emotion-filled poetry of Hua Ai!

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Hua Ai (also sometimes published as Nikolina Hua, Nikolina Ai) is a London-based writer with an MA in Media & Communications and a BA in English Literature. ...

08/12/2025

Happy Monday! This week, experience the mystical poems of Hua Ai!

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This will also be our last normal episode of the year, so stay tuned!

03/12/2025

"The benighted sea whispered secrets to those who dared to listen, filled with unknown mysteries."

Enjoy the Japanese-style poetry of Barbara Anna Gaiardoni!

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Barbara Anna Gaiardoni is among the winners of the 7th Basho - an international English Haiku Competition. She has been recognized in The Mainichi’s Haiku in...

02/12/2025

This week, enjoy the Japanese-style poems of
Barbara Anna Gaiardoni!

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24/11/2025

No episode this week! However, if you need an escape from all the family togetherness this weekend, check out our archive!

We wish all who celebrate a happy Thanksgiving!

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19/11/2025

"I am no longer on discount— / either pay full price / or go sit at a different table."

This week, enjoy the imaginative poetry of Linda M. Crate!

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Linda M. Crate (she/her) is a Pennsylvanian writer whose poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both onlin...

17/11/2025

Happy Monday!

This week, revisit the imaginative poetry of Linda M. Crate!

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12/11/2025

"The magic of the song / Filling my mind will / Play on the wind without / The pain it takes to / Create it."

Experience the creative poetry of Athena Pajer in this week's episode!

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Athena Pajer is the founder of Just My Typewriter Poetry (https://www.justmytypewriterpoetry.com/) , a Central Illinois initiative making poetry more visible...

10/11/2025

Happy Monday!

This week, experience the heartfelt poetry of Athena Pajer!

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05/11/2025

"because poetry, when rooted - makes the broken feel whole."

This week, enjoy the powerful poetry of Danita Johnson!

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When Danita Johnson speaks, the room leans in.Her poems don’t whisper — they grab you by the skin.Rooted in radiance, unapologetically Black,she’s rewriting ...

03/11/2025

Happy Monday!

This week, experience the powerful poetry of Danita Johnson!

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