Opposite Day

Featured poem: The Stag by Nick Martino. Featured topics: animals, sickness, gratitude, theater kids, nature.Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Meditation of _____ by Nome Emeka Patrick. Featured topics: Babylon, language, gods, confusion, flight, grandfathers, and pilots. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Swallowing Rage by Lisa Conquet. Featured topics: assualt, womanhood, cornell 7, rage, the paranormal, aliens, mind reading, the moon. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Man or Bear? by Jillian Stacia. Featured topics: hiking, camping, almost dying, buses, men, bears, and whales.Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Acrophobia by Elizabeth Torres. Featured topics: heights, motherhood, reaching, falling, skiing, baby Zoe, Hugh L Carey, Hugh Grant, legacy.Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Newton's First Law of Motion by Kiara Rose. Featured topics: uncles, cousins, beasties, artists, scientists, and wearing your socks on your hands. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Weather Boy by Breonn Lyons. Featured topics: clubbing, romance, notes app poetry, girls night out, crossing the street, risking your life. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: The Women’s Locker Room 10 AM on Thursdays, Immediately Following Water Aerobics by Jillian Stacia. Featured topics: horrifying dreams, nudity, aging, clowns, locker rooms, and radical vulnerability.Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: I Dreamt of Molly and Told Her I Want to be a Poet Too by Mckenna Irwin. Featured topics: souls, dr*gs, heaven, love, p*ss, sh*t, blood, womanhood, the pandemic, facebook, miscommunications, bathrooms. Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠[email protected]⁠New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠

Featured poem: Cheesecake Factory by Max McDonough. Featured topics: lent, convenience, working at the mall, falling in love, queerness, weddings, and walking on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.Poem read with permission from the author. Theme song by Allegra Ritchie.Send us your poems inspired by our topics: [email protected] episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠