Poem Talk

Poetry Foundation

Kelly Writers House impresario Al Filreis leads a lively roundtable discussion of a single poem with a series of rotating guests including Tracie Morris, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, erica kaufman, Charles Bernstein, Sawako Nakayasu, Simone White, and others.

  • 47 minutes 27 seconds
    Passion Shields Its Servants: A discussion of “Souvenir of the Manassah Ball” by Lorenzo Thomas

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Tonya Foster, Erica Hunt, and Bob Perelman.

    23 September 2024, 7:47 pm
  • 52 minutes 23 seconds
    Don’t Refuse to Breathe: A discussion of Frank O’Hara: “Song (Is it dirty)” & “Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed)”

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Robert von Hallberg, Charles Altieri, and Marjorie Perloff.

    28 June 2023, 6:03 am
  • 51 minutes 53 seconds
    The Whole World Smiles: A discussion of John Giorno’s “Everyone Is a Complete Disappointment”

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Brooke O’Harra, Michelle Taransky, and Chris Funkhouser.

    22 May 2023, 6:03 am
  • 55 minutes 4 seconds
    Present Plans Succeed: A discussion of Dodie Bellamy’s “Vomit Journal”

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Chantine Akiyama Poh, Henry Steinberg, and Murat Nemet-Nejat.

    17 April 2023, 6:03 am
  • 51 minutes 34 seconds
    Woot of the Century: A discussion of “Welter” and “Static” by Douglas Kearney

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Divya Victor, Whitney Trettien, and Dagmawi Woubshet.

    17 March 2023, 6:03 am
  • 46 minutes 5 seconds
    Rhetorical Happenings: A discussion of Hoa Nguyen, “Long Light.”

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Bethany Swann, Jonathan Dick, and Kate Colby.

    24 February 2023, 7:02 am
  • 55 minutes 9 seconds
    Nothing Made of Ink: A discussion of seven poems by Lisa Fishman

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Lisa Fishman, Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, and Laynie Browne.

    11 January 2023, 7:02 am
  • 1 hour 56 seconds
    Untranslatable: A discussion of Armand Schwerner’s “Tablet 25” & “‘daddy, can you staple these two stars together to make an airplane?’”

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Jerome Rothenberg, Pierre Joris, and Charles Bernstein.

    22 December 2022, 7:41 pm
  • 53 minutes 40 seconds
    Downgraded to Scribble: A discussion of four poems from Dead Winter by Matvei Yankelevich

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Ahmad Almallah, Huda Fakhreddine, and Kevin Platt.

    25 November 2022, 7:03 am
  • 56 minutes 16 seconds
    Paw Mouthings: A discussion of Maggie O’Sullivan’s “Hill Figures” and “To Our Own Day”

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Julia Bloch, Charles Bernstein, and Eric Falci.

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    31 October 2022, 6:03 am
  • 58 minutes 15 seconds
    Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery

    Hosted by Al Filreis and featuring Carlos Decena, Dagmawi Woubshet, and Abdulhamit Arvas.

    28 September 2022, 6:03 am
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