Poetry For All

Finding Our Way Into Great Poems

Displaying 2 items of Poetry For All with the tag "father's day".

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
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.