“Funeral Blues” by W.H. Auden

1947 portrait of W. H. Auden (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Irving Penn)

Amanda Holmes reads W. H. Auden’s poem, “Funeral Blues.” 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.

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.