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Sit Back, Relax, and Enjoy some Poems! Tune in every Wednesday to learn about a new poet, hear five of their poems read aloud (with permission), and explore the relevant links provided in the show notes. It's the perfect podcast for people who love poetry and want to discover someone new, so follow and subscribe today! IF YOU ARE A POET, You can request an episode through the submission form at Present-Poetry.com. We'd love to read your work!
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Signup to Generate a PitchSit Back, Relax, and Enjoy some Poems! Tune in every Wednesday to learn about a new poet, hear five of their poems read aloud (with permission), and explore the relevant links provided in the show notes. It's the perfect podcast for people who love poetry and want to discover someone new, so follow and subscribe today!
Present Poetry is hosted by Erynn Crittenden. The show has published 176 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Poetry Reading with Reagan Westerly" (28 October 2026, 27 minutes), "Anjie's Words by Anjetta Williams-Brown" (21 October 2026, 8 minutes), and "Poetry Reading with Tom Formaro" (14 October 2026, 31 minutes).
Present Poetry publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 15 minutes across 176 episodes.
Booking probability for Present Poetry is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Present Poetry requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Present Poetry's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Present Poetry are Artists, Writers & Performers. Present Poetry has an arts audience.
Erynn Crittenden hosts Present Poetry, an arts podcast with 176 episodes published.
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Reagan Westerly is a gothic fiction writer and poet whose work explores the strange ways memory, desire, and survival reshape us. Drawn to forgotten places, bodily transformations, and the uneasy space between beauty...
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Anjetta (Anjie) Williams-Brown, is a Tennessee State University retiree after 22 years of service. She self-published her first poetry book in 2022 and hosts three (3) open mic poetry programs, one (1) author/artist...
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Tom Formaro is a writer, drummer, and dad. His debut poetry collection, Advice and Other Absurdities for My Daughter, was released by Bridge House Publishing in September 2026. His work has appeared in several journals...
Artemis Craig is a multidisciplinary author, poet, and screenwriter operating at the intersection of leadership, visual design, and narrative storytelling. A graduate of the University of Southern California with a...
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Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris lives in Southport, NC, with her WolfDog, Tala and Pomsky, Koda. She is a published poet in Cameron Art Museum’s Writers Respond to Art Program. She is a published author in Whisper’s &...
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William "Bill" Waldorf's love affair with poetry began with strict forms like sonnets. Currently he is focused on poems from daily life. He loves to show history has not changed us. Waldorf’s latest book, 101 Stories of...
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Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Chip Sebastian received a Bachelors in English and Film from the University of Kentucky in 1995, as well as a Masters in Theatre in 2006. Chip teaches martial arts and dance, acts...
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Writer and artist Steven Seidenberg is the author of Coda (Omnidawn 2025), Anon (Omnidawn, 2022), plain sight (Roof Books, 2020), Situ (Black Sun Lit, 2018), Null Set (Spooky Actions Books, 2015), and Itch (RAW ArT...
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Roberta Batorsky is a poet, science journalist and college educator. She is in several online and in-person poetry and fiction writing critique groups and has put a poetry book together called Perihelion , published...
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The Present Poetry Podcast is going on hiatus! Submissions are still open through the form, and we'll be back September 7th!
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Adair Heitmann, BFA, is an award-winning poet, storyteller, educator, and artist. Her poems are published in We are Here; Lost Love by Orenaug Mountain Publishing; Connecticut Bards Poetry Review 2025 ; and the Fourth...
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Enas Rashid is a contemporary artist from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She is a multidisciplinary who grew up with a passion for all forms of art and enjoys illustration, painting, creative writing and sculpting. She believes...
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Zaha Al-Hmoud is a Jordanian-Canadian poet based in Canada. Born in Jordan, he moved to Canada at six years old. His first collection, The Ache Is What Moves Me, traces the arc of a psychiatric break and the rebuilding...
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Loralee Clark has a fourth chapbook forthcoming: Neolithic Imaginings: Mythical Explorations of the Unknown (Kelsay Press, 2026). Clark has been nominated for three 2026 Pushcart Prizes. She resides in Virginia; her...
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Clint Frakes is a poet, writer, teacher, and ceremonialist living in Sedona, AZ and the Verde Valley since 1992. His poetry, prose and narrative non-fiction has appeared in nearly 200 journals, magazines and anthologies...
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Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He’s had over 600 stories and poems published so far, and twelve books. He works the other side of writing at Bewildering...
Lindsay Soberano Wilson is a mother, teacher, and author. "The Japanese Red Maple" from Hoods of Motherhood: A Collection of Poems (Prolific Pulse Press, 2023), a bittersweet reflection on motherhood, was nominated for...
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Maria Tosti was born in 1965 in Perugia, Italy, and lives in a small Umbrian town crossed by the river Tiber. She writes poems since she was a teenager. She participated at several national and international poetry...
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Eddie D. Wilcoxen is a retired radio broadcaster who worked in Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia, and Ohio before settling in for a thirty year career in Altus, Oklahoma. Selected by Governor Brad Henry as Oklahoma...
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Hafiz Muhammad Qasim has a unique taste and talent for writing poetry. He has written more than 100 poems on multitudinous issues ranging from love, Adolescent, Mother Nature, etc.
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