Wordplay

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Everyone comes from a different background, this week, you can reflect on where you came from with an episode titles Heritage, featuring these poems. New Yorkers, by Ed Field The New Criticism, by Paul Hostosky A Hot Property, by Faith Shearin Heritage, by Louis Jenkins When […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! A loaded lineup of poems is showcased in the first episode of the new year. The Darkling Thrush, by Thomas Hardy Spell Against Gods, by Patrick Phillips Travelers, by Philip Larkin Walking Through a Wall, by Louis Jenkins Against Endings, by Dorianne Laux Telephone Repairman, by […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! In honor of the Winter solstice, this week’s episode is titled, Solstice Tree. Your Luck is About to Run Out, by Susan Howe The Oxen, by Thomas Hardy As Seen at the Uffizi, by Dan Brown Follower, by Seamus Heaney The Cadillac in the Attic, by […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Go up, up and away in this week’s episode of Wordplay: Plane Flight. Anthropophagy, by Thomas Lux Baby, by Ron Carlson Say You’re Breathing, by Thomas Lux The Book Stalls, Linda Pastan In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing, by Don Colburn At the Pitch, […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! It’s the holiday season, so this week’s episode is inspired by one of the season’s more curious food items: Fruitcake. – Christmas Letter,by  John Morris – Turning, by Joseph Mills – The Past, by Louis Jenkins – The Storm, by Thomas Hardy – The Flowers, by […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Sit back and enjoy these six poems in the latest episode, titles Mr. Lampkin. – Relatives, by John Updike – The Idea of Living, by Joyce Sutphen – Etiquette, by James Tate – First Snow,by Louise Gluck – Data Rain, by Tony Hoagland – Marriage of […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! If you love Wordplay, you’ll want to stick you nose into this week’s episode “No Nose,” featuring the following poems. – The Partial Explanation, by Charles Simic – Indulgence, by Don Colburn – Refugees, Brian Bylston – No Nose, Ethan Cohn – Geography of the Forehead, […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Enjoy another rousing rendition of the sound of poetry with this week’s show: Hoagland. And as you could probably guess, this week’s playlist features several poems by Tony Hoagland. -Windchime, by Tony Hoagland -The New Criticism, by Paul Hostosky -At the Galleria, by Tony Hoagland -Heritage, […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! This week’s episode is so hot that it’s “Smoking.” Enjoy these seven fire poems… – The Present, by Dana Gioia – Field Guide, by Tony Hoagland – A Little Triggeration, by Nick Kuhar – The Presence, by Maxine Kumin – Old Flame, by Sarah Freeley – […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! This week, seven marvelous poems make an appearance on this week’s episode, Mechanical Bird. – Beginning line of The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot – The Summer Camp Bus Pulls Away from the Curb, by Sharon Olds – On Heaven, by Louis Jenkins – The Difference […]

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