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The Slate Poetry Podcast

Your favorite poets read their work to you.

Now you can listen to Slate poetry wherever you go. Below, browse Slate's weekly lineup of new and renewed work by leading poets, selected by Robert Pinsky and read to you by the author. Or subscribe to Slate's Poetry Podcast feed on iTunes and carry the poems with you.
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Oct. 12, 2010: "On Finding Bloodstains in My Notebook After a Bad Party," by Alan Dugan. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Robert Pinsky read the poem, or download the recording here.

Oct. 5, 2010: "Seven Octets," by Paul Breslin. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Paul Breslin read the poem, or download the recording here.

Sept. 28, 2010: "Doggy Heaven," by Colin Pope. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Colin Pope read the poem, or download the recording here.

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Sept. 21, 2010: "Clothesline," by Paula Bohince. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Paula Bohince read the poem, or download the recording here.

Sept. 14, 2010: "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Experience, by William Blake. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Robert Pinsky read the poem, or download the recording here.

Sept. 14, 2010: "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Innocence, by William Blake. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Robert Pinsky read the poem, or download the recording here.

Sept. 7, 2010: "Bats Perish, and No One Knows Why," by Reeves Keyworth. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Reeves Keyworth read the poem, or download the recording here.

Aug. 31, 2010: "Through a Glass Darkly," by Traci Brimhall. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Traci Brimhall read the poem, or download the recording here.

Aug. 24, 2010: "Pocket," by Matthew Zapruder. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Matthew Zapruder read the poem, or download the recording here.

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