1551 Episodes

  1. 35: Poem in Which I Be a Doe & You, by Effect, Are a Wolf

    Published: 1/11/2019

  2. 34: Speaking Tree

    Published: 1/10/2019

  3. 33: Photograph: Circa 1960

    Published: 1/9/2019

  4. 32: Gentrifier

    Published: 1/8/2019

  5. 31: Turtle, Swan

    Published: 1/7/2019

  6. 30: Vows

    Published: 1/4/2019

  7. 29: Our Dead Friend

    Published: 1/3/2019

  8. 28: On Kindness

    Published: 1/2/2019

  9. 27: The Raincoat

    Published: 1/1/2019

  10. 26: Against the Promise of a View

    Published: 12/31/2018

  11. 25: The Star Market

    Published: 12/28/2018

  12. 24: A Talk with My Grandson, Age Six

    Published: 12/27/2018

  13. 23: My Father at 49, Working the Night Shift at B&R Diesel

    Published: 12/26/2018

  14. 22: Love (III)

    Published: 12/25/2018

  15. 21: 'N'em

    Published: 12/24/2018

  16. 20: Therapist 4

    Published: 12/21/2018

  17. 19: Hip-Hop Ghazal

    Published: 12/20/2018

  18. 18: Prayer on Aladdin's Lamp

    Published: 12/19/2018

  19. 17: Woman on Cell Phone Dragging an Empty Cart Through Washington Square Park

    Published: 12/18/2018

  20. 16: Spring

    Published: 12/17/2018

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