Poetry Soup – Ep. 18: “A Music Sentence” by Mahmoud Darwish

by Emma Hoff

Published May 9, 2024

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’m excited to talk about “A Music Sentence,” a poem with an intriguing form by a poet I discovered recently –...

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Poetry Soup – Ep. 17: “Desire for Spring” by Kenneth Koch

by Emma Hoff

Published May 1, 2024

  Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’ll be talking about “Desire for Spring,” by Kenneth Koch. Kenneth Koch was born on February 27, 1925, in Cincinnati, Ohio....

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Poetry Soup – Ep. 16: “Kids Who Die” by Langston Hughes

by Emma Hoff

Published February 25, 2024

Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’ll be talking about the poem, “Kids Who Die,” by Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1901, in Joplin,...

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Stone Soup’s Contest Series

by Stone Soup Editors

Published February 8, 2024

Stone Soup is excited to announce our new contest series! We are now accepting submissions for our short story, poetry, and artwork prizes. We will select a single winner—one story, one poem, and one piece...

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Poetry Soup – Ep. 15: “Witchgrass” by Louise Gluck

by Emma Hoff

Published February 4, 2024

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup. I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. There’s been a short break, but Poetry Soup is back, with “Witchgrass,” by the late Louise Gluck. Louise Gluck was born on...

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Poetry Soup – Ep. 13: “There Was Earth Inside Them” by Paul Celan

by Emma Hoff

Published August 22, 2023

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’ll be reading the poem, “There was Earth Inside Them,” by Paul Celan. Paul Celan was born on November 23, 1920,...

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Poetry Soup Ep. 12 – “An Ox Looks at Man” by Carlos Drummond de Andrade

by Emma Hoff

Published July 10, 2023

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today I’ll be talking about the poem, “An Ox Looks at Man,” by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, which inspired my own poem....

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Poetry Soup Ep. 11 – “A Painter’s Thoughts (1)” by John Yau

by Emma Hoff

Published June 16, 2023

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today I’ll be talking about the poem, “A Painter’s Thoughts (1),” one of many poems of the same title by the American...

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Weekly Creativity #257: Write a Poem Using Only Onomatopoeia

by Sage Millen

Published June 12, 2023

Write a poem using only onomatopoeia.

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Poetry Soup Ep. 10 — “Pheasant” by Sylvia Plath

by Emma Hoff

Published April 21, 2023

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today I’ll be reading the poem, “Pheasant,” by Sylvia Plath, which is about the subtle beauty of nature. Sylvia Plath was born...

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