Poetry Off the Shelf
Poetry Foundation
4.7from 591 ratings
- 169
- Episodes
- 68
- Transcribed
- 591
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 2M
- YouTube views
About Poetry Off the Shelf
Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.
- Publisher
- Poetry Foundation
- Category
- arts · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Mar 2020
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
68 of 169 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Human-Sized
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Any Currency
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
My Faith in Faith
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Human-Sized
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] What does that feel like? What does it look like? It's too much for us. I think of a quote by the late beloved poet Edward Field, he lived to be 102, and he said, guard me from poet's head, that dread disease where the words ring like gongs and meaning goes out the window. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Poetry Off the Shelf
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- Jae Nichelle
- Sanam Sheriff
- Ada Limón
- Marcus Wicker
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 1,987,709
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 446 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 145 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100
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- Quality
- 74
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 99
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