Read Me a Poem

“Consolation” by Wisława Szymborska

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | October 24, 2023
Charles Darwin, photographed c. 1874 by Leonard Darwin (Wikimedia Commons)
Charles Darwin, photographed c. 1874 by Leonard Darwin (Wikimedia Commons)

Amanda Holmes reads Wisława Szymborska’s “Consolation,” translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.

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