114 Episodes

  1. S3E2: "The Shield of Achilles" by W. H. Auden

    Published: 5/17/2021

  2. S3E1: "August 1968" by W. H. Auden

    Published: 5/10/2021

  3. S2E6: “To Virgil” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

    Published: 4/19/2021

  4. S2E5: “Stanzas Written in Passing the Ambracian Gulf” by Lord Byron

    Published: 4/12/2021

  5. S2E4: “To Toussaint L’Ouverture” by William Wordsworth

    Published: 4/5/2021

  6. S2E3: "Harp Song of the Dane Women" by Rudyard Kipling

    Published: 3/29/2021

  7. S2E2: "The Wife of Flanders" by G. K. Chesterton

    Published: 3/22/2021

  8. S2E1: "Constantinople" by J. C. Squire

    Published: 3/15/2021

  9. S1E6: "The World is Too Much with Us" by William Wordsworth

    Published: 2/22/2021

  10. S1E5: "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    Published: 2/15/2021

  11. S1E4: "Babylon" by Robert Graves

    Published: 2/8/2021

  12. S1E3: "If We Shadows Have Offended" by William Shakespeare

    Published: 2/1/2021

  13. S1E2: "To the Old Gods" by Edwin Muir

    Published: 1/25/2021

  14. S1E1: "The Listeners" by Walter de la Mare

    Published: 1/15/2021

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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.