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Writing the Day

Writing the Day is a poetry practice that started in 2014. These short poems are in the ronka form of 5 lines, each containing 7 words. Podcasts of the poems began in 2021, so 2024 is Season 4. Some poems are accompanied by additional commentary by the poet, Kenneth Ronkowitz. There are many more poems archived on the website at writingtheday.wordpress.com Thanks for listening - and reading.

  1. 245

    Haibun Without a Haiku

    Thanks for listening to this poem from season 4. There are more poems here and many yet available as podcasts online at Writing the Day website and the podcast versions are available on these platforms.

  2. 244

    An Infinite Number of Monkeys

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  3. 243

    The Web

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  4. 242

    And the Wind on the Beach

    There are 4 seasons of podcasted poems, and more not yet available as podcasts online at Writing the Day website and the podcast versions are available on these platforms.

  5. 241

    On July 4, I Dream That It Is

    This poem is a series of ronka stanzas. You can listen to 4 seasons of poems, and read many more not yet available as podcasts online at Writing the Day website and the podcast versions are available on these platforms.

  6. 240

    Flesh and Stone

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  7. 239

    Box Score

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  8. 238

    Hiroshima: The Shadows

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  9. 237

    Transformation

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  10. 236

    Driving Home on Allen Ginsberg's Birthday

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  11. 235

    Deux Ex Machina

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  12. 234

    Salamander Rain

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  13. 233

    Cemetery With Snow

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  14. 232

    In My Fever

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  15. 231

    A Library Romance

    Thanks for listening to "A Library Romance." I hope you'll check out the earlier seasons of these podcasted poems, and also many poems not yet available as podcasts online at writingtheday.wordpress.com You can hear this program of short "ronka" poems on these platforms and apps.

  16. 230

    Chocolate Day

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  17. 229

    Morning Snow

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  18. 228

    Book of Days

    There are now 3 previous seasons of these podcasted poems - and many poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at writingtheday.wordpress.com You can hear this program of short poems on these platforms and apps. Thanks for listening.

  19. 227

    Doppelgänger

    Listen to several seasons of these podcasted poems. Plus, many poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at writingtheday.wordpress.com You can hear this program of short poems on these platforms and apps. Thanks for listening.

  20. 226

    Stories in the Snow

    3 previous seasons of these podcasted poems and many poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at writingtheday.wordpress.com You can hear this program of short poems on these platforms and apps. Thanks for listening.

  21. 225

    Two Different Worlds

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  22. 224

    Another One (or two) Bite the Dust

    Several seasons of these podcasted poems and many poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at writingtheday.wordpress.com You can hear this program of short poems on these platforms and apps/a>. Thanks for listening.

  23. 223

    Kafka on the Beach

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  24. 222

    Moodboard

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  25. 221

    Last Year's Words

    This is Season 3 of these poem podcasts. All the poems and many poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at writingtheday.wordpress.com You can hear this program on these platforms and apps. Thanks for listening.

  26. 220

    Ending the Year

    Our last podcast of 2023 - but all my podcasted poems, and many more poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at writingtheday.wordpress.com and if you want to see other places where you can listen to this podcast, there is a list at writingtheday.wordpress.com/podcastThanks for listening today!

  27. 219

    Goldfish Memory

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  28. 218

    Paradise Regained

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  29. 217

    Moving the River

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  30. 216

    In a Cold Wood

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  31. 215

    Adventus

    The podcasted poems, and many more poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at writingtheday.wordpress.com and if you want to see other places where you can listen to this podcast, there is a list at writingtheday.wordpress.com/podcast

  32. 214

    Hamlet's Father

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  33. 213

    Just Slightly West of Eden

    This episode is also available as text online.

  34. 212

    Formal Poetry

    All my podcasted poems, and many more poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at writingtheday.wordpress.com and if you want to see other places where you can listen to this podcast, there is a list at writingtheday.wordpress.com/podcast

  35. 211

    Yellow Chrysanthemums

    All my podcasted poems, and many more poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at writingtheday.wordpress.com and if you want to see other places where you can listen to this podcast, there is a list at writingtheday.wordpress.com/podcast

  36. 210

    Looking Up at the International Space Station

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  37. 209

    True Name

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  38. 208

    Walking to the Office with Wallace Stevens

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  39. 207

    Paradise Lost

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  40. 206

    #200

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  41. 205

    Allhallowtide

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  42. 204

    All Hallows Eve

    A poem from 2020 on a Halloween when many people were wearing masks.

  43. 203

    Soul Cakes

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  44. 202

    By Heart

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  45. 201

    Palimpsest

    This poem and all the podcasted poems, plus many more poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/ Here's a list of all the places you can listen to this podcast https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/podcast/

  46. 200

    Fear and Love Times Five

    This poem and all the podcasted poems, plus many more poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/ Here's a list of all the places you can listen to this podcast https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/podcast/

  47. 199

    Bone Clocks

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  48. 198

    Soft Conspiracy

    This poem and all the podcasted poems, plus many more poems not yet available as podcasts, are online at https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/ Here's a list of all the places you can listen to this podcast https://writingtheday.wordpress.com/podcast/

  49. 197

    Hope in the Harvesting

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  50. 196

    The Circle and the Seed

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Writing the Day is a poetry practice that started in 2014. These short poems are in the ronka form of 5 lines, each containing 7 words. Podcasts of the poems began in 2021, so 2024 is Season 4. Some poems are accompanied by additional commentary by the poet, Kenneth Ronkowitz. There are many more poems archived on the website at writingtheday.wordpress.com Thanks for listening - and reading.

HOSTED BY

Kenneth Ronkowitz

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Writing the Day currently has 50 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Writing the Day about?

Writing the Day is a poetry practice that started in 2014. These short poems are in the ronka form of 5 lines, each containing 7 words. Podcasts of the poems began in 2021, so 2024 is Season 4. Some poems are accompanied by additional commentary by the poet, Kenneth Ronkowitz. There are many more...

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Writing the Day is created and hosted by Kenneth Ronkowitz.
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