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Poems for Company

Poems for Company

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 On this theme-based show, host Brian Dillon reads and comments on poems from the ancient world to the present. Topics include Unlived Lives, Inanimate Objects, Swimming, Advice, and Unrequited love, among many others.© 2024 KMUN Art Divertissement et arts du spectacle Sciences sociales
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  • Poems for Company - March 16th, 2026

    Poems for Company - March 16th, 2026
    Mar 16 2026
    “Neighbors”: When you recall the places where you lived, do you inevitably reflect on who else was in close proximity? This episode presents three distinct ways of thinking about one’s neighbors. Robert Frost, “Mending Wall.” John Heywood, “A Quiet Neighbour.” Robert Wrigley, “Praise Bob,” from The True Account of Myself as a Bird (Penguin Books, 2022), used with the kind permission of the author. The show’s theme music is Philip Aaberg’s “Going-to-the-Sun” from Live from Montana (available at sweetgrassmusic.com) and used with the kind permission of Mr. Aaberg.
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    29 min
  • Poems for Company - February 23rd, 2026

    Poems for Company - February 23rd, 2026
    Feb 23 2026
    “Revised Bible Stories”: Poets give voice to characters who are silent in the Bible, and they speculate on what the Bible left out. They allow us to imagine less conventional roles for certain characters, as these three poems suggest. Molly Twomey, “Noah’s Wife,” from Raised Among Vultures, and used by kind permission of the author and The Gallery Press, 2022 (www.gallerypress.com). J. Estanislao Lopez, “Alternate Ending: The Escape of Jephthah’s Daughter,” from We Borrowed Gentleness (Alice James Books, 2022). Brian Doyle, “The Second Letter of Lazarus to His Sisters,” from A Shimmer of Something, copyright by Brian Doyle (Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota, 2014), and...
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    29 min
  • Poems for Company - January 26th, 2026

    Poems for Company - January 26th, 2026
    Jan 26 2026
    “Parents Viewed Unconventionally”: Three contemporary female poets comment on one or more parents in somewhat unexpected ways. Molly Twomey, “The Drop Off,” from Raised Among Vultures, and used by kind permission of the author and The Gallery Press, 2022 (www.gallerypress.com). Kathleen Flenniken, “Married Love,” from Post Romantic, used by kind permission of the author (U. of Washington Press, 2020). Ada Limon, “Joint Custody,” from The Hurting Kind (Milkweed, 2022). Our theme music is Philip Aaberg’s “Going-to-the-Sun” from Live from Montana (available at sweetgrassmusic.com) and used with the kind permission of Mr. Aaberg.
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    29 min
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