Poetry For All
Finding Our Way Into Great Poems
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Episode 116: Patricia Smith, "XXXL"
October 11th, 2026 | 26 mins 51 secs
Family, african american, love, refrain, repetition, twenty-first century, villanelle
In this episode, we continue our series on the villanelle with Patricia Smith's "XXXL." In this poem, Smith uses the constraints of the villanelle form to create a powerful portrait of familial love.
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Episode 114: Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
September 10th, 2026 | Season 9 | 26 mins 40 secs
elegy, grief and loss, refrain, repetition, twentieth century, villanelle
In this episode, we introduce the first villanelle in our three-part series on that poetic form. We begin with Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," a poem that attempts to stave off the inevitability of mortality.