Featured poem: Watching My Friend Pretend Her Heart Is Not Breaking by Rosemary Wahtola Trommer. Featured topics: outer space, grief, collecting all the critters in our homes for banishment, olfactory time travel, ant hill black holes, and a childhood home. Poem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

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