Poking Around

Fulton Street Panic

Featured poem: The Problem with Early Warnings by Charles Rafferty. Featured topics: live action CGI adaptations, tornadoes, the ethics of joy, the colonization of the mind, quarterly Gap runs, shitting your pants, and a Zohran Mamdani check. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com [pokingaroundpod@gmail.com] New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/pokingaroundpod/] + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/hannahmonsour/] + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/zoe.branch/]

Same Shirt From The Gap

Featured poem: Virgins by Natasha Oladokun. Featured topics: Mary and Jesus, Museums, Bisexuality, Art, The Gap, Project Hail Mary Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: ⁠pokingaroundpod@gmail.com⁠ [pokingaroundpod@gmail.com] New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/pokingaroundpod/] + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/hannahmonsour/] + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/zoe.branch/]

Not Even Geriatric

Featured poem: Waiting for Happiness by Nomi Stone. Featured topics: golden retrievers, watermelon seeds, Facebook, and the gynecologist. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com [pokingaroundpod@gmail.com] New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/pokingaroundpod/] + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/hannahmonsour/] + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/zoe.branch/]

Babies Can't Drink Water

Featured poem: Baby by Regina Avendaño. Featured topics: turning thirty, cavities, immigration, womanhood, babyhood, edibles, planes, birds diving into pavement. Excerpt read with permission from the author. Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @pokingaroundpod [https://www.instagram.com/pokingaroundpod/] + @hannahmonsour [https://www.instagram.com/hannahmonsour/] + @zoebranch [https://www.instagram.com/zoe.branch/]

Hello We Have Returned

Featured poem: While in a Zoom Meeting Regarding the Work Stoppage Set to Begin Tomorrow at 5 a.m.  by Ayokunle Falomo [https://www.google.com/search?q=Ayokunle+Falomo&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS1139US1139&oq=While+in+a+Zoom+Meeting+Regarding+the+Work+Stoppage+Set+to+Begin+Tomorrow+at+5+a.m.&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQIxgnMgYIAhBFGDvSAQc5MjdqMGo5qAIGsAIB8QU-fvY3E4oceg&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&mstk=AUtExfBos1PrV9Z6NI6VkWozAYAgSwNjJ_XsaltJ6RIbhZqSimBzX_ukBXkG91qUWF1u-w3qLtN68pdg4yzFnwm2m2p9-nHzB2JsG3av-jls_mW8HELnNMAXdmMOXwftXOnLvX5Df6aUPA7UpunZLMeQfNGgzHeZuFKXhZyWS3Wmpvl1i7Ed7cGxoN3CFiJGht73X5reNssverfFQbaZi0Rk3myVdXLDqP6NmBZJGWUqPj25bgANQ0BV9uE_gVjAb8w3rGdLVxkIOPnG06Bd5iX_BWwX&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwjflqDs1vyTAxWmD1kFHQMsOxwQgK4QegQIARAC]. Featured topics: annoyance, singing, embarrassment, gluttony, and the Catholic church. Poem read with permission from the author.  Theme song by Allegra Ritchie Send us your poems inspired by our topics: pokingaroundpod@gmail.com [pokingaroundpod@gmail.com] New episode every Tuesday! Follow us @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pokingaroundpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/pokingaroundpod/] + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hannahmonsour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/hannahmonsour/] + @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠zoe.branch⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/zoe.branch/]