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.

Episodes

Jul 15, 2025

5 min

A plea for communication in this poem by Nickole Brown.

Jul 15, 2025

5 min

Jul 8, 2025

4 min

The vast possibility of forgiveness in Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays."

Jul 8, 2025

4 min

Jul 1, 2025

4 min

Memory's strange arrangements in Christopher Citro's poem "Water Falling Down."

Jul 1, 2025

4 min

Jun 17, 2025

4 min

A moment's pause over a moment's hesitation in this Asian figure in translation by Robert Hass.

Jun 17, 2025

4 min

Jun 10, 2025

5 min

Memory and longing in this old poem by John Masefield.

Jun 10, 2025

5 min

Jun 3, 2025

4 min

Gentle confusions and great unknowns in this meditation and Jeff Friedman's prose poem.

Jun 3, 2025

4 min

May 13, 2025

4 min

What a world, what a world, Adrienne Rich muses in her poem.

May 13, 2025

4 min

May 6, 2025

4 min

Burning it all down with Keetje Kuipers in the poem "Getting over the future."

May 6, 2025

4 min

Apr 29, 2025

4 min

Counting our lucky stars and throwing high some wishes with Ada Limon in this poem.

Apr 29, 2025

4 min

Apr 22, 2025

3 min

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

Apr 22, 2025

3 min

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.

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