Wordplay

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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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Goerge and John are looking for some ideal listeners for the latest episode of Wordplay, Ideal Reader. The show includes these seven poems… – Outline for Memoir, Thomas Lux – My Ideal Reader, Ted Kooser – Two Visits in One Day, Hal Sirowitz – High School […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! This week’s episode Lawn Mower features these six poems… – Intrigue in the Trees, by John Martin – Red Never Lasts, by Anna Kugelvey – To My Favorite 17 Year Old High School Girl, by Billy Collins – Know Something, by Ron Padgett – Ordinance Upon […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Camembert is more than a type of cheese in this week’s wordplay. Here’s the playlist… – Happiness, by Paul Hostovsky – Refrigerator Poem, by Paul Hostovsky – Pickles, by Connie Wanek – Oh, Camembert, by Alison Woods – Molecules, by Ron Padgett – Chocolate Milk, by […]

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This is Wordplay with George Bilgere and John Donoghue! Check out the first episode for the fall of 2018, Priest Turns Therapist, featuring these seven poems… -Football, by Louis Jenkins -Playboy, by Tony Hoagland -The People of the Other Village, by Thomas Lux -Dinner Guest, by Tony Hoagland -Good Bones, by Kay Ryan -The Poem […]