The Well Read Poem

A podcast by Thomas Banks - Mondays

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89 Episodes

  1. S15E5: “Ask Not (Odes I.11)” by Horace (trans. by John Conington)

    Published: 3/11/2024
  2. S15E4: "I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell" by Martial, trans. by Tom Brown

    Published: 3/4/2024
  3. S15E3: “The Cat” by Charles Baudelaire (trans. by Roy Campbell)

    Published: 2/26/2024
  4. S15E2: “Marsyas” by Jose-Maria de Heredia (trans. by Thomas Banks)

    Published: 2/19/2024
  5. S15E1: "On His Brother's Death" by Catullus (trans. by Aubrey Beardsley)

    Published: 2/12/2024
  6. S14E6: "Christmas" by John Betjeman

    Published: 1/1/2024
  7. S14E5: "Noël" by Théophile Gautier

    Published: 12/25/2023
  8. S14E4: "Good King Wenceslas" by Vaclav Svoboda, trans. by John Mason Neale

    Published: 12/18/2023
  9. S14E3: "Christmas Carol" by Sara Teasdale

    Published: 12/11/2023
  10. S14E2: "Mistletoe" by Walter de la Mare

    Published: 12/4/2023
  11. S14E1: "The Magi" by William Butler Yeats

    Published: 11/27/2023
  12. S13E6: “The English War” by Dorothy L. Sayers

    Published: 9/18/2023
  13. S13E5: "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna" by Charles Wolfe

    Published: 9/11/2023
  14. S13E4: "Into Battle" by Julian Grenfell

    Published: 9/4/2023
  15. S13E3: “To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars” by Richard Lovelace

    Published: 8/28/2023
  16. S13E2: “To Pompeius” Ode 2.7 by Horace, trans. by John Davidson

    Published: 8/21/2023
  17. S13E1: "David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan", 2 Samuel 1, KJV

    Published: 8/14/2023
  18. S12E6: Idea 61, "Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part" by Michael Drayton

    Published: 5/15/2023
  19. S12E5: Delia 45, “Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night” by Samuel Daniel

    Published: 5/8/2023
  20. S12E4: Sonnet 138, "When my love swears that she is made of truth"

    Published: 5/1/2023

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Because reading is interpretation, The Well Read Poem aims to teach you how to read with understanding! Hosted by poet Thomas Banks of The House of Humane Letters, these short episodes will introduce you to both well-known and obscure poets and will focus on daily recitation, historical and intellectual background, elements of poetry, light explication, and more! Play this podcast daily and practice reciting! The next week, get a new poem. Grow in your understanding and love of poetry by learning how to read well! Brought to you by The Literary Life Podcast.