1544 Episodes

  1. 1015: Death Letter #2

    Published: 12/7/2023

  2. 1014: Date

    Published: 12/6/2023

  3. 1013: Reading Poetry in Illness

    Published: 12/5/2023

  4. 1012: Morning Glory

    Published: 12/4/2023

  5. 1011: Bloodroot

    Published: 12/1/2023

  6. 1010: Self-care Bucket List

    Published: 11/30/2023

  7. 1009: Teleology

    Published: 11/29/2023

  8. 1008: Kinds of Silence

    Published: 11/28/2023

  9. 1007: To Do: Write Cephalopod Poem

    Published: 11/27/2023

  10. 1006: Something Sweet

    Published: 11/24/2023

  11. 1005: eco-hood

    Published: 11/23/2023

  12. 1004: What to Do With the Hedges

    Published: 11/22/2023

  13. 1003: Without Name

    Published: 11/21/2023

  14. 1002: Secular and Inconsolable

    Published: 11/20/2023

  15. 1001: To the bartender who tends to more than just the bar

    Published: 11/17/2023

  16. 1000: I Hear America Singing

    Published: 11/16/2023

  17. 999: clap-on

    Published: 11/15/2023

  18. 998: A Computerized Jet Fountain in the Detroit Metro Airport

    Published: 11/14/2023

  19. 997: Letter to the Editor

    Published: 11/13/2023

  20. 996: A Portable Paradise

    Published: 11/10/2023

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