web01.fireside.fm Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:20:57 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Poetry For All - Episodes Tagged with “Contrapuntal” https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/tags/contrapuntal Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:45:00 -0400 This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time. Introducing our brand new Poetry For All website: https://poetryforallpod.com! Please visit the new website to learn more about our guests, search for thematic episodes (ranging from Black History Month to the season of autumn), and subscribe to our newsletter. en-us episodic Finding Our Way Into Great Poems Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see what makes it tick, learn how it works, grow from it, and then read it one more time. Introducing our brand new Poetry For All website: https://poetryforallpod.com! Please visit the new website to learn more about our guests, search for thematic episodes (ranging from Black History Month to the season of autumn), and subscribe to our newsletter. no poetry, poems, literature, teaching, education Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen vanengen@wustl.edu Episode 110: Tarfia Faizullah, Aubade Ending with the Death of a Mosquito https://poetryforall.fireside.fm/110 d789faf4-933e-446d-b7ff-7a094ec8e3ea Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:45:00 -0400 Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen full Joanne Diaz and Abram Van Engen In this third installment of our series on the aubade, we feature a contrapuntal poem that explores various states of grief and loss. 24:53 no <p>In this third installment of our series on the aubade, we feature a contrapuntal poem that explores various states of grief and loss. </p> <p>Tarfia Faizullah is the author of two poetry collections: <em><a href="https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/registers-illuminated-villages" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Registers of Illuminated Villages</a></em> (Graywolf, 2018) and <em><a href="https://www.siupress.com/9780809333264/seam/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Seam</a></em> (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014). She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. To learn more about her work, visit her <a href="https://www.tfaizullah.com/tarfia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">website</a>. Thanks to SIU Press for granting us permission to read this poem on the podcast.<br> _<br> To read this poem, click on <a href="https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/in-their-own-words/tarfia-faizullah-on-aubade-ending-with-the-death-of-a-mosquito" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">this link</a>. </p> contrapuntal, aubade, grief In this third installment of our series on the aubade, we feature a contrapuntal poem that explores various states of grief and loss.

Tarfia Faizullah is the author of two poetry collections: Registers of Illuminated Villages (Graywolf, 2018) and Seam (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014). She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. To learn more about her work, visit her website. Thanks to SIU Press for granting us permission to read this poem on the podcast.
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Tarfia Faizullah is the author of two poetry collections: Registers of Illuminated Villages (Graywolf, 2018) and Seam (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014). She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. To learn more about her work, visit her website. Thanks to SIU Press for granting us permission to read this poem on the podcast.
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