Poetry For All
Finding Our Way Into Great Poems
We found 2 episodes of Poetry For All with the tag “father's day”.
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Episode 24: Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays
June 14th, 2021 | Season 2 | 20 mins 49 secs
20th century, aging, black history month, children, father's day, gratitude, love, sonnet, surprise, winter, wonder
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Episode 21: Christian Wiman, I Don't Want to Be a Spice Store
April 13th, 2021 | Season 2 | 18 mins 45 secs
21st century, children, father's day, free verse, guest on the show, surprise
In this episode we talk with Christian Wiman about the arc of a book of poetry, the structure of an individual poem, the desire for openness and accessibility, and the surprising shifts from levity to seriousness that take even the writer by surprise.