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.

“Field and Forest” by Randall Jarrell

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday March 24, 2026

“A Birthday Present” by Sylvia Plath

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday March 17, 2026

“In Love You Rise” by Ibrahim Nasrallah

Poems read aloud, beautifully 

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday March 10, 2026

“After Making Love We Hear Footsteps” by Galway Kinnell

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday March 3, 2026

“But Maybe God Needs Our Longing” by Nelly Sachs

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday February 24, 2026

“Curtains” by Ruth Stone

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday February 17, 2026

“The Temple Road” by Lynette Roberts

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday February 10, 2026

“The Brook Has Worked out the Prominences of a Bend” by A. R. Ammons

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday February 3, 2026

“The Armadillo” by Elizabeth Bishop

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday January 27, 2026

“Maritime Poem” by Nizar Qabbani

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday January 20, 2026

“Homecoming” by Henry Sloss

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday August 11, 2026

“Hope” by Lisel Mueller

By Amanda Holmes | Tuesday June 23, 2026

● NEWSLETTER

Please enter a valid email address
That address is already in use
The security code entered was incorrect
Thanks for signing up