Read Me a Poem

“Pangur Bán” by Anonymous

Poems read aloud, beautifully

By Amanda Holmes | November 24, 2020
Book of Kells, Folio 19v: Argumentum to John; Breves causae of Luke I-XIII (The Library of Trinity College Dublin)
Book of Kells, Folio 19v: Argumentum to John; Breves causae of Luke I-XIII (The Library of Trinity College Dublin)

Amanda Holmes reads the anonymous ninth-century poem “Pangur Bán,” translated from the Irish by Seamus Heaney. 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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