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fully annotated version of Pound's "In a Station of the Metro"

fully annotated version of Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro”

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text: criticism or other
further discussion of Pound's "In a Station of the Metro" (2013)

further discussion of Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” (2013)

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video: further poem discussion
0:02:13
community discussion of Pound's "In a Station of the Metro" (2021)

community discussion of Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” (2021)

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video: CCCR
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text of Carl Sandburg's "Chicago"

text of Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago”

First published in Poetry magazine (Chicago).

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text: poem or poems
A discussion of Vinograd's "Why I write poetry" at a ModPo meet-up in Tokyo

A discussion of Vinograd’s “Why I write poetry” at a ModPo meet-up in Tokyo

Alonna writes: “This is how Olga and I began discussing Julia Vinograd’s “Why I Write Poetry” at a ModPo meetup in Tokyo, June 2026. For us, close reading is a collaborative conversation centered on one poem. We are freed from the expectation that there is only one right answer.”

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video: further poem discussion
00:03:38
Poemtalk on Horace Gregory's "Chorus for Survival"

Poemtalk on Horace Gregory’s “Chorus for Survival”

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video: PoemTalk
1:08:16
"Boy Breaking Glass" vs. "Mending Wall"

“Boy Breaking Glass” vs. “Mending Wall”

A 5-minute clip from a 2025 live webcast.

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video: webcast
00:04:57
text of Brooks's "The Chicago Picasso"

text of Brooks’s “The Chicago Picasso”

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text: biography or profile
discussion of Brooks's "The Chicago Picasso"

discussion of Brooks’s “The Chicago Picasso”

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video: primary poem discussion
0:26:13
Gwendolyn Brooks discusses "The Chicago Picasso"

Gwendolyn Brooks discusses “The Chicago Picasso”

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text: criticism or other
text of Gwendolyn Brooks's "Riot"

text of Gwendolyn Brooks’s “Riot”

Title poem in Riot (1969).

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text: poem or poems
discussion of Brooks's "Riot" (PoemTalk)

discussion of Brooks’s “Riot” (PoemTalk)

Link to PoemTalk program note.

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audio: discussion
00:43:14
text of Baraka's "Incident"

text of Baraka’s “Incident”

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text: poem or poems
discussion of Baraka's "Incident"

discussion of Baraka’s “Incident”

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video: primary poem discussion
0:15:46
further discussion of Ginsberg's "A Supermarket in California"

further discussion of Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California”

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video: further poem discussion
0:04:10
further discussion of Baraka's "Incident"(Chicago, 2022)

further discussion of Baraka’s “Incident”(Chicago, 2022)

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video: further poem discussion
08:19
another discussion of Baraka's "Incident" (Scotland, 2023)

another discussion of Baraka’s “Incident” (Scotland, 2023)

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video: further poem discussion
00:08:42
text of Schuyler's "February"

text of Schuyler’s “February”

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text: poem or poems
James Schuyler performs "February"

James Schuyler performs “February”

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audio: performance
0:02:14
discussion of Schuyler's "February"

discussion of Schuyler’s “February”

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video: primary poem discussion
0:17:53