Poetry For All

Episode 114: Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

September 10th, 2026  |  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.

Episode 29: Elizabeth Bishop, One Art

October 6th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  25 mins 16 secs

20th century, grief and loss, lgbtqia month, love, rhymed verse, villanelle, women's history month