108 Episodes

  1. S5E4: "Polonius" by Walter de la Mare

    Published: 9/20/2021
  2. S5E3: "Breughel's Winter" by Walter de la Mare

    Published: 9/13/2021
  3. S5E2: "Ghost" by Walter de la Mare

    Published: 9/6/2021
  4. S5E1: "All That's Past" by Walter de la Mare

    Published: 8/30/2021
  5. S4E6: "The Blinded Bird" by Thomas Hardy

    Published: 8/9/2021
  6. S4E5: "A Runnable Stag" by John Davidson

    Published: 8/2/2021
  7. S4E4: “Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Highness” by Alexander Pope

    Published: 7/26/2021
  8. S4E3: "The Kraken" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

    Published: 7/19/2021
  9. S4E2: "Infant Innocence" by A. E. Houseman

    Published: 7/12/2021
  10. S4E1: "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake

    Published: 7/5/2021
  11. S3E6: "Anthem for St. Cecilia's Day" by W. H. Auden

    Published: 6/14/2021
  12. S3E5: "Epitaph on a Tyrant" by W. H. Auden

    Published: 6/7/2021
  13. S3E4: "Luther" by W. H. Auden

    Published: 5/31/2021
  14. S3E3: "Roman Wall Blues" by W. H. Auden

    Published: 5/24/2021
  15. S3E2: "The Shield of Achilles" by W. H. Auden

    Published: 5/17/2021
  16. S3E1: "August 1968" by W. H. Auden

    Published: 5/10/2021
  17. S2E6: “To Virgil” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

    Published: 4/19/2021
  18. S2E5: “Stanzas Written in Passing the Ambracian Gulf” by Lord Byron

    Published: 4/12/2021
  19. S2E4: “To Toussaint L’Ouverture” by William Wordsworth

    Published: 4/5/2021
  20. S2E3: "Harp Song of the Dane Women" by Rudyard Kipling

    Published: 3/29/2021

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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.