Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye
Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience. Find the text of the poems featured and the podcast script on MarilynOnaRoll.wordpress.com.
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Episodes

Jul 15, 2025

Jul 8, 2025
Jul 8, 2025
4 min
The vast possibility of forgiveness in Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays."

Jul 1, 2025
Jul 1, 2025
4 min
Memory's strange arrangements in Christopher Citro's poem "Water Falling Down."

Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
4 min
A moment's pause over a moment's hesitation in this Asian figure in translation by Robert Hass.

Jun 10, 2025

Jun 3, 2025
Jun 3, 2025
4 min
Gentle confusions and great unknowns in this meditation and Jeff Friedman's prose poem.

May 13, 2025

May 6, 2025
May 6, 2025
4 min
Burning it all down with Keetje Kuipers in the poem "Getting over the future."

Apr 29, 2025
Apr 29, 2025
4 min
Counting our lucky stars and throwing high some wishes with Ada Limon in this poem.

Apr 22, 2025
Apr 22, 2025
3 min
Can time save us, an hour here or there? Listen to Grace Q. Song's "Daylight Savings."

Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
Poetry can be a lens through which our perspective on the world, on life, is sharpened. Poetry can startle, reveal, question, confirm. Each podcast will use one poem through which to view the world anew.


