Soothing Stanzas
Gentle Verses for Quiet Nights · A poetry podcast
Season 1
A Season of Love
From a reed pen in ancient Egypt to a Nobel laureate in exile, from the devotion of a medieval weaver to the exasperated tenderness of a Yorkshire husband — love in all its forms.
Egypt, 1200 BC
Pablo Neruda
U.A. Fanthorpe
Tagore
Brodsky
Kabir
Guan Daosheng
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Season 2
Now airing
Love, Unrequited
The love that remains unfulfilled — it never gets to speak. The letter unsent, the name worn smooth by thinking. The heartache of the one-sided lover, the pining that has no end.
Vikram Seth
Camonghne Felix
Brionne Janae
Bukowski
Lang Leav
Tishani Doshi
Brolaski
Ghalib
Atwood
McDaniel
Gregg
Zagajewski
Dunn
Faiz
Agodon
V. Francis
Kooser
Duffy
& more
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