Poems for Company

“Remembering the First World War”: Our first poem details the life of a veteran who managed to survive the carnage and reflects on–or tries...

“Unrequited Love (Part Two)”: A previous episode in March ’23 dealt with this same theme and featured poems by both men and women.  This...

“Wandering and Roving”: When you wander in the woods, how do you decide which way to go when you arrive at a fork in...

“Exile and Return”: What is it like to try to enter and exit Middle Eastern countries, especially Palestine?  Today’s poems offer glimpses, even before...

“One Word”: The poems on today’s show implicitly urge us to consider how strange language is when we examine it up close.  Each of...

“Three Controversial Musicians”: Today’s three poems spotlight three individuals known for their musical talents, as well as the controversy they provoked.  Naomi Shihab Nye,...