Poking Around

Featured poem: Virgins by Natasha Oladokun. Featured topics: Mary and Jesus, Museums, Bisexuality, Art, The Gap, Project Hail MaryPoem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Waiting for Happiness by Nomi Stone. Featured topics: golden retrievers, watermelon seeds, Facebook, and the gynecologist. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Baby by Regina Avendaño. Featured topics: turning thirty, cavities, immigration, womanhood, babyhood, edibles, planes, birds diving into pavement. Excerpt read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics:[email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @pokingaroundpod + @hannahmonsour + @zoebranch

Featured poem: While in a Zoom Meeting Regarding the Work Stoppage Set to Begin Tomorrow at 5 a.m.  by Ayokunle Falomo. Featured topics: annoyance, singing, embarrassment, gluttony, and the Catholic church. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra RitchieSend us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Carol by Ishion HutchinsonPoem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra RitchieSend us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: A Jelly-Fish by Marianne Moore. Featured topics: immortality, trains, insurance, and the great wide world of reality television. Poem is in the public domain.Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Mudlarking by Rebecca Faulkner. Featured topics: ghosts, sisters, childhood, nostalgia, yearning, holiday markets, righteousness, and chocolate. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Success by Bessie Anderson Stanley. Featured topics: living, laughing, loving, succeeding, being grateful, and of course, an egg's benediction. Poem in the public domain.Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: At the bar, C calls me lonely, like actually" by Loisa FenichellFeatured topics: childhood friends, spinsters, vending machines, wishing wells, longing, and Apple Pay. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Braintree by Kristina Percy. Featured topics: motherhood, fig wasps, the wisdom of children, brains, fruits, and Hannah's 2020 confusion. Poem read with permission from the author, part of her new collection, Both True.Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Cockroach by Jenny Qi. Featured topics: ELECTION DAY!, Las Vegas, language bastardization, pigeon nests, voter fraud, and ice cream lines.Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Incunabula, Mother Tongue by Max McDonough. Featured topics: insomnia, idioms, language, mothers, witches, shame, and the way that love is at the center of everything. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: I Nominate the Linden to Continue Its Service As Tree of Longing & Aromatic Futility by Alina Stefanescu. Featured topics: trees, nationality, invasive species, affairs, shame, romantic tropes, and siblings.Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Sorry this episode is echoey! Join us in the tunnel chamber of poem creation :) Featured poem: A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe. Featured topics: sand, dreams, the ocean tormenting the shore, swim team, movie theater nostalgia, and being bottomless.Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: The World Has Not Been Cruel to Him Yet by Allison Mei-Li. Featured topics: sweetie pie little boys, gender, camp, and drug experiences with friends. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: The Beautiful World by Noah Rafael Seltzer. Featured topics: New Mexico, Bushwick, birds and following them, theme parks, Irish pubs, Frankenstein, and the extended Noah Rafael Seltzer cinematic universe. Poem read by and with permission of the author! Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Untitled 1975 — 86 by Jason B. Crawford. Featured topics: bobs, trains, safety, oysters, eczema, ads, and cannibalism. Poem read with permission from the author.  NOTE: In this episode we say that Jason is a trans man, but they actually cross between trans masc and trans femme! Sorry Jason we love you and your poem!! <3Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: How to be Hopeful by Barbara Kingsolver Featured topics: mascara, nuclear fallout, objectification but it’s okay, thigh high boots, and survival instincts for girls.Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: I’m Coming to Terms with my Body by Claire E. ScottFeatured topics: trains, planes, bodies, blame, women in STEM, and a longform cartoon brainstormPoem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Eight Stair by Joshua Turek. Featured topics: bumblebees, skateboarding, boys, and construction. Poem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Lie I’ve Told My 3-Year-Old Recently by Raul Gutierrez Featured topics: the heat, K Pop Demon Hunters, lies we tell to children, the sun and the moon as estranged mother and daughter, magic being real, eating sadness, and finding out something devastating about Santa Claus (don’t listen with small children lol) 

Featured poem: Anniversary by Max McDonoughFeatured topics: teen boys, birds, a perfect poem, the precision of language, and a funny DM from a stranger Poem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: My Mistakes Come from Not Paying Attention by Matthew Siegel Featured topics: creativity castles, bricks, things you can take on an airplane, smoking sections, paying attention, pistachios, mono summer, school assemblies, and high school improvPoem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: How the Jellyfish Prospered by Shira Erlichman. Featured topics: being 13, forgetting, jury duty, surrendering, rip tides, and trains. Poem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: ICE by Sophie Cabot Black. Featured topics: sign language, France, the Fourth of July, the bravery of immigration, and our very different opinions about karaoke and how to do itPoem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Murmuration by Nina Peláez. Featured topics: aliens, birds, instincts, safety, songs, and AI. Poem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: The Good News by Joseph Fasano. Featured topics: the NYC mayoral primary, mental health, resurrection, baptism cloths, sharpies, and vandalism. Poem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Oh My God I Miss You by Jeremy Radin. Featured topics: Materialists, age gap relationships, pigeon racing, yearning, Hannah’s Papa, Oura rings as wedding bands, cross country,  and things that are dorky. Poem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: When I Can't Sleep, I Google How the World Ends by Candace Kronen. Featured topics: the viral dress (2015), the end of so many worlds, black holes, Nova television programming circa 2003, Lorde, cheating, expulsion, and being a teenager.Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: What is a Country but a Borderless Sentence by Maya SalamehFeatured topics: the fiction of borders, the refusal of direct interpretation, the parallels between (of course) Louisiana and Lebanon, the world functioning as a poem rather than prose, the grammar police, adult identical twins, getting left out because you can’t have a crush on your brother, orphan narratives, and the enneagram test.Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Colorado lll by Peyton Fleming. Featured topics: edibles, camping, hometowns, claiming a space, and sexy yoga.Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: when faces called flowers float out of the ground by e.e. cummings Featured topics: springtime, caged birds vs birds (uncaged), the copywriters who get to name the nail polish colors, the sun baby from Teletubbies, blonde adults, cousins, marriage, and green cards. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: My Sentimental Afternoon by Leila Chatti. Featured topics: college, dirty talk, subway platform as dating app, balloons, birthdays, and the wonderful season of springtime. Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Typewritten Excerpt by Molly Hackett. Featured topics: moths, imperfection, the distance between should and is, The Suite Life of Zach and Cody Christmas Specials, our personal God concepts, and the extremely questionable and upsetting report from on high regarding apparent the age gap between Mary and Jospeh. Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: The Question by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Featured topics: the path of love, mold, B health ratings, lazy advertising, being hangry, and the age-old human vs creation dichotomy and divide. Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: I am now personally developed by Jordan Shea Page. Featured topics: Karl Marx, to-do lists, acts of becoming, and the haunting unknowability of the man who is your best friend's boyfriend. Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Love Poem by Nick Martino Featured topics: birthdays, drugs, Disney World, Easter, and a really problematic thing that the Duff Sisters did.Poem read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: For arson by Fatema Alzari. Featured topics: little sisters, birthday party outfits, blonde adults, and Mandy Moore. Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Episode re-air in remembrance of Zoe's Boppa, who passed away this year on the first day of spring. <3Featured poem: Two Limericks by Boppa (aka Zoe's 94-year-old grandfather, aka Tom Branch). Featured topics: tit for tat, end of life arrangements, typewriters, old lady-isms, and turning 21. New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: City Lake by Chelsea DesAutels. Featured topics: cruise vibes, colonization, lakes, fishing, frogs, geese, mercy, and the way it's better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all. Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Cloudy with a Chance of Chapstick by Lancee Whetman Featured topics: how mermaids are made, dating apps, pucker fish, subway screens, how to put a chocolate chip inside a raspberry, moomoo, and dolphins.Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: To Revolt is to Insist on Joy by Nur Turkmani. Featured topics:  International Women’s Day, voice notes, quitting, dads, M&M’s as a wartime candy, the M&M store, mini M&M’s, peanut butter M&M’s, and the green M&M’s sexy knee high white pleather boots.Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: For those who have been waiting Kelly Grace Thomas. Featured topics: the loud button of want, quitting, colors, sidekicks, time as a circular concept, and Timothee Chalamet (ft. a bunch of ideas and tips about being a creative person in active pursuit of a practice / dream) (Sorry for our bumping around in this one I don’t know what we girls were doing.)Poem read with permission from the author.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost.Featured topics: the family tree of poetry and comedy, the Gold Rush, how to invest your hard-earned money in different precious metals, time travel, the Dark Ages, and greenwashing. Poem is in the public domain. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: This is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams. Featured topics: bus dynamics, suspension stories, selfish men, plums, ice boxes, leftover etiquette, and the speed of smell. "This is Just to Say," by William Carlos Williams, from THE COLLECTED POEMS: VOLUME I, 1909-1939, copyright ©1938 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Acknowledgements by Franny Choi. Featured topics: minivans, sarcasm, big fish in small ponds, teeth, touch, and near death experiences. Poem read with permission from Alice James Books. Send us your poems inspired by our topics:[email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: This Too Shall Pass by Molly Hackett Featured topics: Graffiti, tunnel people, seasonal depression, curses, a bunch of religious and mythological stuff, and Tumblr (2011). Poem read with permission from the author Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠ For our cake shoutout, follow @blackzaffron on insta to order your own delicious pastries! 

Featured poem: Object Permanence by Nicole Sealey. Featured topics: travel, castles, cousins, love, tiers, and a crucial hard launch. Poem read with permission from the author Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem:  Every Time I Change My Mind About Dying, I Have to Convince My Body by Hieu Minh Nguyen. Featured topics: headaches, high school sweethearts, bucket lists, cliff jumping, medical commercials, and the unspeakable thing between two ends. Poem read with permission from the author Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Evolution by Emily Jungmin Yoon Featured topics: New years, the French, the failures of language, deep sea creatures, and the unknowable realm of construction terminology. Poem read with permission from the author Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠