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The Slate Poetry PodcastYour favorite poets read their work to you.

Updated Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009, at 7:00 AM ET

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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Dec. 1, 2009: "An Ode to Himself," by Ben Jonson. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Robert Pinsky read the poem, or download the recording here.

Dec. 1, 2009: "Upon M. Ben Jonson, Epig.," by Robert Herrick. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Robert Pinsky read the poem, or download the recording here.

Nov. 24, 2009: "Funeral," by Rosanna Warren. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Rosanna Warren read the poem, or download the recording here.

Nov. 17, 2009: "Consciousness," by Ellen Wehle. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Ellen Wehle read the poem, or download the recording here.

Nov. 10, 2009: "Daily Threads," by Wyn Cooper. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Wyn Cooper read the poem, or download the recording here.

Nov. 3, 2009: "Adam's Curse," by William Butler Yeats. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Robert Pinsky read the poem, or download the recording here.

Oct. 27, 2009: "Thoreau's Beans," by David Roderick. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear David Roderick read the poem, or download the recording here.

Oct. 20, 2009: "The Horses," by Rachel Richardson. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Rachel Richardson read the poem, or download the recording here.

Oct. 13, 2009: "Goose Flesh," by Tim Liardet. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Tim Liardet read the poem, or download the recording here.

Oct. 6, 2009: Excerpt from "Jubilate Agno," by Christopher Smart. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Robert Pinsky read the poem, or download the recording here.

Sept. 29, 2009: "Elegy for Miss Calico," by Frank Gallimore. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Frank Gallimore read the poem, or download the recording here.

Sept. 22, 2009: "Dissolving," by Barry Goldensohn. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Barry Goldensohn read the poem, or download the recording here.

Sept. 15, 2009: "Their Old Knives," by W.S. Di Piero. Click the arrow on the audio player to hear W.S. Piero read the poem, or download the recording here.

Browse Slate's previous Poetry Podcasts from fall 2008, spring 2009, and summer 2009.