The Watering Hole Podcast
by The Watering Hole Poetry Organization
The Watering Hole Podcast is a poetry review show hosted by poet laureates Jay Ward and Angelo Geter. Every episode, Jay and Angelo sit with recorded readings from two Fellows of The Watering Hole Poetry Organization, which cultivates writers of color across the South, and then do what poets do behind the scenes. They take the poems apart to understand how each one is built, how it is delivered, and how it leaves us moved and changed. This is close reading, out loud. Whether they are debating a poem's metaphors, how a poet uses their body during performance, or the traditions a poem is arguing with, our hosts break poetic craft down for the poetry-curious and the poetry-enthusiast alike. And because every episode holds two readings, the conversation rarely stays inside one poem. Jay and Angelo reach for other poets' work and find the theme running underneath two p
Episodes
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"The Seed and Holy Ground" featuring Chantel Massey & Christopher J. Greggs
Our latest episode features poetry by TWH Fellows Chantel Massey and Christopher J. Greggs! Poet Laureate Jay Ward and Angelo Geter address the themes of religion, survival, and the miraculous present in both poems, connecting the poems to the words of Lucille Clifton and Les Murray. New episodes...
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"The Phoenix and the Sun" featuring Asma Olajuwon & Camille Hernandez
Our first episode features poetry by TWH Fellows Asma Olajuwon and Camille Hernandez! Poet Laureate Jay Ward and Angelo Geter address the themes of womanhood, motherhood, and family systems present in both poems, connecting the poems to the words of Audre Lorde and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. New...
About this show
The Watering Hole Podcast is a poetry review show hosted by poet laureates Jay Ward and Angelo Geter.
Every episode, Jay and Angelo sit with recorded readings from two Fellows of The Watering Hole Poetry Organization, which cultivates writers of color across the South, and then do what poets do behind the scenes. They take the poems apart to understand how each one is built, how it is delivered, and how it leaves us moved and changed.
This is close reading, out loud. Whether they are debating a poem's metaphors, how a poet uses their body during performance, or the traditions a poem is arguing with, our hosts break poetic craft down for the poetry-curious and the poetry-enthusiast alike.
And because every episode holds two readings, the conversation rarely stays inside one poem. Jay and Angelo reach for other poets' work and find the theme running underneath two p
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The Watering Hole Poetry Organization