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Poetry Off the Shelf

Poetry Foundation

Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the w...

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To the Brink
Four poets on old stories, cultural memory, and minority languages.
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55:25
Hope Rustles in My Leaves
Rebecca Lindenberg on diabetes, a final phone call, and letting yourself fall in love.
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1:00:35
Our Life Force
Catherine Barnett on improv, misfit details, and the humor in elegy.
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1:06:22
The Age of Fire
Mike Sonksen on the Los Angeles fires and what it means to love a city in danger.
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33:13
Poets We Lost in 2024
Helen Vendler and Marjorie Perloff in the words of people who loved them.
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1:08:52

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About Poetry Off the Shelf

Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.

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