1529 Episodes

  1. 568: When You're Young You Always Take Too Much

    Published: 12/16/2021

  2. 567: Besaydoo

    Published: 12/15/2021

  3. 566: [little tree]

    Published: 12/14/2021

  4. 565: Go Inward

    Published: 12/13/2021

  5. 564: Spell

    Published: 12/10/2021

  6. 563: Dust of Snow

    Published: 12/9/2021

  7. 562: The Lonely Humans

    Published: 12/8/2021

  8. 561: from "frank: sonnets"

    Published: 12/7/2021

  9. 560: I, Lover

    Published: 12/6/2021

  10. 559: Parable of Childhood

    Published: 12/3/2021

  11. 558: City That Does Not Sleep

    Published: 12/2/2021

  12. 557: from A Year

    Published: 12/1/2021

  13. 556: Our Land

    Published: 11/30/2021

  14. 555: Private Property

    Published: 11/29/2021

  15. 554: Sonoran Desert Poem

    Published: 11/26/2021

  16. 553: Daylight Saving, Age 5

    Published: 11/25/2021

  17. 552: Hammond B3 Organ Cistern

    Published: 11/24/2021

  18. 551: Tangerine Peel

    Published: 11/23/2021

  19. 550: My Standard Response

    Published: 11/22/2021

  20. 549: Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem

    Published: 11/19/2021

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