Wordplay

This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Seven poems get your ready for Easter weekend on this week’s episode, titles Easter Clothes. The Donkey, by G.S. Chesterton Teaching a Child the Art of Confession, by David Shumate Only This Morning, by Daniel Gerber Ooly Popa Cow, by David Bottoms The Poem of the […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Sit back and listen to sound of poetry in this week’s episode Factoring Polynomials, featuring eight stellar poems. The Geraniums, by Genevieve Taggart Rock Collection, by Lewis Jenkins Chestnut Street, by Greg Williamson Ketchup in Heaven, by Mark Halliday The Sound of a Train, by Faith […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Seven poems make an appearance in this week’s episode The Cruelest Month. My Dear Friends, by Marie Howe A Thunderstorm in Town, by Thomas Hardy Onomatamania, by Thomas Lux Things to Watch While Driving, by Joyce Sutphen Jim Morrison’s Cub Scout Uniform, by Alan Embrysco The […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! This week’s title was inspired by Charles Simic’s poem “Country Fair,” featured on this week’s poem list along with eight other poems. Suicide, by Faith Shearin Trees, by Phillip Larkin Despair, by Billy Collins Sonnet 4, by Edna St. Vincent Millay Blessings, by Ron Wallace Sonnet […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! In honor of Pi Day, this week’s episode is titled Pi and is loaded with these nine poems. The First 27 Digits of Pi, by John Donoghue ABC, by Robert Pinsky The Circus Animals’ Desertion, W.B. Yeats An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, W.B. Yeats Brief […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Those Voices you hear are speaking in poems…these poems more specifically: Who Shows Up At My Poetry Readings, by Kenneth Ronkowitz Honestly, by John Ashbery August, by John Updike Wayon’s Woman, by James Tate The Apple Orchard, by Dana Gioia A Little Tooth, by Thomas Lux […]

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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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