Read Me a Poem
Hosted by Amanda Holmes · The American Scholar
4.8from 646 ratings
- 416
- Episodes
- 34
- Transcribed
- 646
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About Read Me a Poem
Each week, listen to Amanda Holmes introduce and read a poem, beautifully. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- The American Scholar
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Sept 2018
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
34 of 416 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
“Monet’s Waterlilies” by Robert Hayden
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
“To Lallie (Outside the British Museum)” by Amy Levy
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
“Mummy of a Lady Named Jemutesonekh” by Thomas James
Inside a recent episode
“Monet’s Waterlilies” by Robert Hayden
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Today, as the news from Selma and Saigon poisons the air like fallout, I come again to see the serene great picture that I love. Here space and time exist in light, the eye like the eye of faith believes. The seen, the known, dissolve in iridescence, become elusive flesh of light that was not, was, forever is. O light beheld as through refracting tears, here is the aura of that world each of us has lost, here is the shadow of its joy. Thank you for listening. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 69 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 577 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100
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- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
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