Poetry For All
Finding Our Way Into Great Poems
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Episode 98: Arthur Sze, Papyrus Pantoum
October 1st, 2025 | 28 mins 38 secs
asian american, climate change, ecopoetry, nature, pantoum, poet laureate
In this episode, we continue our three-part series on the pantoum, this time focusing on Arthur Sze's "Papyrus Pantoum." We consider the poem's collage-like qualities, Sze's ability to juxtapose abundance and scarcity, and the way he attends to both beauty and danger in the natural world.
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Episode 97: Donald Justice, Pantoum of the Great Depression
September 17th, 2025 | Season 7 | 26 mins 46 secs
21st century, grief and loss, labor day, laborers, pantoum, repetition or refrain
This episode begins a three-part series on the pantoum and looks at how the repetitions work especially well for a poem that dwells incessantly in memories of the past, trying to recover, trying to move forward.