Poetry Soup Ep. 7 – “Folk Song” by Tomaž Šalamun

by Emma Hoff

Published February 9, 2023

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’ll be reading “Folk Song,” a short poem by the great Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun.  Tomaž Šalamun was born on July...

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Poetry Soup Ep. 6 – “The Motive for Metaphor” by Wallace Stevens

by Emma Hoff

Published January 11, 2023

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’ll be reading “The Motive for Metaphor,” by Wallace Stevens, which is a poem about poetry itself. Wallace Stevens was born...

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Poetry Soup Ep. 5 – “Banjo Dog Variations” by Donald Justice

by Emma Hoff

Published December 15, 2022

Transcript Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Each episode, I’ll discuss a different poem and poet. Today I’ll be talking about one of my favorite poets, Donald Justice, and...

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Poetry Soup Ep. 3 – “No End of Fun” by Wisława Szymborska

by Emma Hoff

Published November 10, 2022

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Each episode, I’ll discuss a different poem and poet. In this episode, I’ll be talking about the human race — which is,...

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Poetry Soup Ep. 2 – “The Keeper of Sheep” by Fernando Pessoa

by Emma Hoff

Published October 27, 2022

Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Each episode, I’ll discuss a different poem and poet. Today, I’ll be talking about two different poets – one real and one...

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Poetry Soup Ep. 1: “The Painter” by John Ashbery

by Emma Hoff

Published October 13, 2022

Mission Statement A lot of people don't realize how great poetry can be, and there are very few places where young people can be introduced to great poets. I created Poetry Soup to share my...

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Weekly Creativity #220: Write an Erasure Poem

by Molly Torinus

Published September 12, 2022

Write an erasure poem—find a poem or a page from a novel or article, and cross out words to create a new poem.

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Covid, a poem by Melanie, 9

by Stone Soup Editors

Published August 17, 2022

Covid Melanie Delfina, 9 It was hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel,   when it felt like the sky was beginning to rumble.  The sky faded dark.  I saw no hope,  ...

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Out of the Pandemic, poetry in seasons by Paridhi, 13 | Part VI: Spring 2021

by Stone Soup Editors

Published August 15, 2022

Author's Statement I started writing this piece as an optional assignment in my seventh grade English class. It was an end of the year assignment. In this piece, I have tried to describe some vivid...

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Out of the Pandemic, poetry in seasons by Paridhi, 13 | Part V: Winter 2021

by Stone Soup Editors

Published August 8, 2022

Author's Statement I started writing this piece as an optional assignment in my seventh grade English class. It was an end of the year assignment. In this piece, I have tried to describe some vivid...

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