Poetry Off the Shelf
Episodes
A Handful of Dust
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Iain McGilchrist on Rip Van Winkle, the poet's brain, and the real word for sunshine. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...
The Wrong Details
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
D.S. Waldman on the left hand, losing his brother, and introducing the most wounded part. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.co...
The Character in the Corner
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sony Ton-Aimé on radical joy, pig blood, and the ancestors we forgot. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...
Those Bodies We Borrowed
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Monica Ferrell on robot apples, Playboy bunnies, and botox vs. crow's feet. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informat...
What It Takes to Be a Man
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
James Ciano on sports, masculinity, and the desperation to belong. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...
How to Survive on an Island
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Niu on being lost at sea, crab bridges, and finding the heart of the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...
The Multiverse of Me
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Diamond Forde on poison, fan fiction, and writing the Great American Vampire Novel. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for ...
Poets We Lost in 2025
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remembering Ellen Bryant Voigt, plus a few words on mortality by Andrea Gibson. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for info...
An Old Face
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Quaid on cancer, being bad in New York, and erotic hands. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...
An Impossible Wish
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy K. Smith on her Hello Kitty notebook, automatic writing, and the afterlife. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for ...
Body of Water
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chet'la Sebree on fertility, the ocean, and sonnets about menstruation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...
What Heaven Looks Like
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
brittny ray crowell on grief, the scent of burning leaves, and finding her way back. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for...
We Dream of Each Other
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kay Gabriel on embarrassment, labor organizing, and the discipline of hope. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informat...
Glow in the Dark
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Silano in memoriam: on blushing knees, fairy houses, and preparing your kids for loss. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswiz...
Mentor for Life
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize winner Rigoberto González on immigration raids, rhythm, and his father’s last words. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...
Let the World Whisper
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmad Almallah on Gaza, the moon, and the companionship of Paul Celan. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...
A New Leaf
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
KB Brookins on change, gym bros, and the stories that haven't been told. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...
Sleep and Surrender
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Drew Ackerman on insomnia, late-night radio, and soothing his inner cynic. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informati...
Museum of Stories
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shin Yu Pai on professional breakup, desert art, and love in the archive. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...
The Last Touch
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alina Stefanescu on ruins, fear of flying, and life in the Romanian Republic of Alabama. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com...
Touch the Moon
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Hoare on William Blake, revolution, and swimming in the dark. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abo...
Growing Sideways
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Burt on queer time, glass dildos, and making it up as you go. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...
Forty Years in Nappies
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren K. Watel on blooming late, showing off, and the question of what's for dinner. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...
Stones in the Shed
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A.E. Stallings on shipwrecks, daylight robbery, and the air in 19th century Athens. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...
Martha Silano’s “Once”
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A reading in memory of Martha Silano. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of ...
After a Bad Dream
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Darius Atefat-Peckham on crocheting, masculinity, and the aftermath of loss. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for infor...
What Love Can Be
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keetje Kuipers on becoming a single mother by choice, gardening topless, and leaping without looking. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pc...
Long Song
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine-Esther Cowie on Saint Lucia, breathing life into history, and the violence in our heart. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.a...
What Love Can Be
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keetje Kuipers on becoming a single mother by choice, gardening topless, and leaping without looking. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pc...
Braver Than I Am
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tiana Clark on divorce, joy, and taking up space on the page. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our ...
To the Brink
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Four poets on old stories, cultural memory, and minority languages. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou...
Hope Rustles in My Leaves
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Lindenberg on diabetes, a final phone call, and letting yourself fall in love. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com f...
Our Life Force
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Barnett on improv, misfit details, and the humor in elegy. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...
The Age of Fire
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Sonksen on the Los Angeles fires and what it means to love a city in danger. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for in...
Poets We Lost in 2024
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Vendler and Marjorie Perloff in the words of people who loved them. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...
Merchant of Joy
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caleb Femi on parties, golden pavements, and the downside of self-awareness. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for infor...
You Are Beautiful
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cass Donish on grief rituals, putting on makeup, and letting in joy. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abo...
Our Marvelous Existence
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elisa Díaz Castelo on vertigo, breaking a chicken, and her grandmother's advice for a good life. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...
Spirit Times
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Violeta Orozco on the US presidential election, leaving Mexico, and her connection to deep time. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ads...
Misclassified
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tyler Mills on the truth, how to love a cockroach, and her grandfather's silence about the bomb. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ads...
Where I Live
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A.B. Spellman on Jim Crow, alligator suede shoes, and shaking up the art of the castle. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com ...
Painting From Life
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Garth Greenwell on shame, small acts of love, and the patch of snow inside us. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for infor...
Fool’s Errand
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Idra Novey on exile, stereotypes, and making art the center of your life. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...
Trial and Error
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Helena and Nicholson Baker on drawing your loved ones, the horrors of the world, and finding your way back to beauty. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...
Rise Together
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Perry Janes on Hollywood, ego, and trying not to break his NDA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about ou...
The Magical Element
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
E.J. Koh on distance, broken English, and writing poems that forgive. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information ab...
Ecology of Love
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Camille Dungy on her garden, writing from the provinces, and the poetry of Anne Spencer. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.c...
Good For the World
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dorothea Lasky on The Shining, writing what you fear, and the ferocity of color. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inf...
A Stone Worth Addressing
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Merlin Sheldrake on fungi, creativity, and the queerness of nature. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou...
Habitual Sins
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Elisa Gonzalez on bisexuality, humor, and working in finance. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our ...
Style All the Way Down
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joyelle McSweeney on sound, style icons, and the Ovidian landscape of her ear canal. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for...
The Fire in Which We Burn
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sara Henning on radical truth, obsessive forms, and letting go of grief. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informat...
My Heart and Its Borders
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Metres on middle age, writer's block, and praying for the people of Palestine. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...
My Awesome Stoma
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
April Gibson on chronic illness, religion, and being a teenage mother. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...
Working-Class Superheroes
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Declan Ryan on his father's construction job, tenderness between boxers, and the inevitable tragic end. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See ...
All the Shiny Knives
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monica Rico on cooking, grunt work, and the heat at General Motors. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou...
Let Light Form
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nam Le on commerce, irony vs. sincerity, and being in the Arctic. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abo...
Stay in Character
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gregory Pardlo on improv, therapy, and driving around with his father’s ashes. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inf...
Instructions for Divorce
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin Cowan on rejection, tradwives, and poems from our better self. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...
Make Art for Me
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Blake Butler on complex mourning, the suicide of his wife Molly Brodak, and finding his way back. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...
Poets We Lost in 2023
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Remembering the lesbian poet and activist Minnie Bruce Pratt, as well as the Palestinian poet and symbol of the resistance, Refaat Alareer. Hosted by ...
The Utopian Business
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Zeitlin and Bob Holman on the healing act of writing, small frogs, and politics at the fiddle festival. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company...
Cease and Desist
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Mullen on academia, death threats, and doing the next brave thing. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...
Falling Off the Stairs
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Brock Johnson on risk, a T-shirt mantra, and life after the death of his friend James Foley. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm....
Ghost Sister
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Merrill on the voice of his former self, the underworld, and laughing during yoga. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz...
Living in And Times
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sahar Muradi on cyclical time, leather butterflies, and saying goodbye to her father. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com ...
Pen Pals
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Cole on loneliness, fear of aging, and what poems can do. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our...
Notes From the Bathhouse
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Sneathen on queer utopia, bad writing, and San Francisco in the ’70s. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informa...
The Magic Section
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Irène Mathieu on pediatrics, suburbs without a TV, and our body's unknown terrain. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for ...
My Totally Normal Crisis
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Shapero on Wheel of Fortune, babysitting for her landlord, and pretending not to grieve. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ads...
The Eldest Daughter
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rosanna Young Oh on her parents’ grocery store, leaving poetry, and the duties of the firstborn. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm...
Invisible Hands
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Airea D. Matthews on self-interest, starry skies, and her parents’ fateful wedding day. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.co...
Chaos Reigns
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sophus Helle on empire, Calvin and Hobbes, and the world's first author. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informati...
The Fact of a Suitcase
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Sainz on Bill O’Reilly, glassblowing, and the lure of praise. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...
Good Old Sonnet
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Seuss on New York in the ’70s, virtue, and her father’s early death. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for infor...
Add Me to the Forest Floor
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Farris on cancer, desire, and her early-menopause care package. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information ...
Let the Record Hide
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paisley Rekdal on maps, Sisyphus, and the dangers of beauty. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our ...
As Best I Could
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Smith on shame, telling the truth, and his mother's last lipstick. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...
A Human Joy
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Gayle Howell and Ashley M. Jones on working-class poems, good food, and their fathers’ bodies. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...
Center Stage
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Jean on foster care, finding her voice, and loving her father as he was. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for in...
Mom, I Love You
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mahogany L. Browne on her first kiss, family secrets, and having your book banned. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for ...
My Alleged Accident
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Janine Joseph on memory loss, car sounds, and a mirror that loves you. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...
The Book of Possibilities
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Cole on his brother's death, finding his vocation, and the erotic pull of letters. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com...
New Parents
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Raymond Antrobus on late-night BBC poetry dubs, real people, and becoming a father. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...
Intimate Distance
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Gabrielle Bates on betrayal, home church, and living in her mother's slaughterhouse. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for...
Sonic Trust Fund
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marisa Tirado on Selena, cow skulls, and the memory of adobe brick. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information abou...
Poets We Lost in 2022
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remembering Richard Howard as a poet, mentor, and friend, plus a few words on money by Bernadette Mayer. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...
Attica, Again
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Celes Tisdale on similarities, teaching after the uprising, and his mother's favorite poet. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....
Hiding Between the Loaves
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Belarussian poets Valzhyna Mort and Julia Cimafiejeva on magic, transformation, and what's hidden underneath the forest floor. Hosted by Simplecast, a...
Please Poem
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
JoAnna Novak on islands, a plush placenta, and a gift from the suicide hotline. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for inf...
Give Me a Sign
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Alexandra Lytton Regalado on fate, snake mirrors, and the daily work of letting go. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for...
As I Am
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ama Codjoe on normal naked bodies, solving problems, and her childfree life. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informa...
The Land Is the Center
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Noʻu Revilla on ancestral history in newspapers, ocean consciousness, and how to be a guest. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswiz...
Remember Every Ginseng Seed
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chelsea Harlan on knowledge, creaturehood, and the quest for her mother’s secret sadness. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....
Before We Return to Dust
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
André Naffis-Sahely on desert sand, rootlessness, and the long shadow of fascism. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for i...
The Future Trembles
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elisa Gabbert on commitment, boredom, and the poem as theater. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about o...
Trickster God
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Saeed Jones on accuracy, being funny, and creating what we need. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about o...
The Healing Brush
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chantal Gibson on ancestors, laundry, and Frantz Fanon for beginners. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information ab...
Yelling Down the Phone
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nina Mingya Powles on muscle memory, Haka tutorials, and the shock of home. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informat...
Telling the Truth
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Niina Pollari on sunflowers, redemption, and the most depressing phone note in the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.co...