Poking Around

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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew 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: pokingaroundpod@gmail.comNew episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠