1535 Episodes

  1. 956: Hair

    Published: 9/1/2023

  2. 955: Love Sits by My Father

    Published: 8/31/2023

  3. 954: In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa

    Published: 8/30/2023

  4. 953: Two Photographs

    Published: 8/29/2023

  5. 952: Failed Essay on Privilege

    Published: 8/28/2023

  6. 951: I wanted music

    Published: 8/25/2023

  7. 950: from FIXER

    Published: 8/24/2023

  8. 949: Thirty-Fifth Year

    Published: 8/23/2023

  9. 948: Willing in the Orisha

    Published: 8/22/2023

  10. 947: Famous

    Published: 8/21/2023

  11. 946: Crackerbell

    Published: 8/18/2023

  12. 945: The Jungle

    Published: 8/17/2023

  13. 944: Sonnet written walking under the mess some magnolia made

    Published: 8/16/2023

  14. 943: The Dictator in Prison

    Published: 8/15/2023

  15. 942: Very Large Moth

    Published: 8/14/2023

  16. 941: After We Buried The Dog In The Dark

    Published: 8/11/2023

  17. 940: Survivor

    Published: 8/10/2023

  18. 939: A Guy in a Black SUV

    Published: 8/9/2023

  19. 938: Sorcery

    Published: 8/8/2023

  20. 937: While Shaving

    Published: 8/7/2023

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