Amanda Holmes

Amanda Holmes, the author of the novel I Know Where I Am When I’m Falling, is a columnist and poetry editor for the Washington Independent Review of Books.

“Those Who Pass Between Fleeting Words” by Mahmoud Darwish

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday June 8, 2021

“Sunflower Sutra” by Allen Ginsberg

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday June 1, 2021

“A Ritual to Read to Each Other” by William Stafford

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday May 25, 2021

“The Haunted Beach” by Mary Robinson

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday May 11, 2021

“The Wind Will Blow Us Away” by Forugh Farrokhzad

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday May 4, 2021

“[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]” by E. E. Cummings

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday April 27, 2021

“Song of the Rain” by Kahlil Gibran

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday April 20, 2021

“Everyone Sang” by Siegfried Sassoon

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday April 13, 2021

“A Letter” by Amrita Pritam

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday April 6, 2021

“The Horses” by Ted Hughes

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday January 7, 2025

“The Horses” by Edwin Muir

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday December 31, 2024

“Snow” by Louis MacNeice

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday December 24, 2024

“Guests” by Celia Thaxter 

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday December 17, 2024

“Full Moon Rhyme” by Judith Wright

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday December 10, 2024

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