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Poetry Foundation Podcasts
The Poetry Foundation publishes eight podcasts, mostly featuring contemporary American poets. Three of them are frequently updated. Poetry Magazine Podcast is maintained by the editors of that magazine. Poetry Off the Shelf, a series of readings, interviews, and documentaries produced by Curtis Fox features such poets as Seamus Heaney, Langston Hughes, and Czeslaw Milosz. Poem a Day, which is pretty self-explanatory, features the work of many well-known contemporary poets read by both poets and actors.
Others from the Poetry Foundation
The other podcasts on offer are Poem Talk, which invites poets to a roundtable discussion of a single poem, Poetry Reader, Avant-Garde All the Time (a bit dated), Essential American Poets, which mostly lives up to its name, and Poetry Lectures, with the most recent at time of writing given by Marjorie Perloff.
Classic Poetry Aloud
For those whose tastes run more toward the "classics," Classic Poetry Aloud is a treasure trove of good poems. The searchable index page boasts more than 200 poems by 80 poets, but the podcast has been updated quite a bit since then. There are years’ worth of poems here for anyone who wants to listen to a poem a day.
The anonymous reader has garnered praise for the quality of the project, and the number of downloads and comments on the site is testament to his taste. The podcast features quite a few Romantic poets, many famous names, and a few that will be new discoveries to many listeners.
Other Poetry Podcasts
There are quite a few poetry podcasts that are only a quick web search away. Hosted by Garrison Keillor, the daily Writers' Almanac features a new poem each day in addition to short fiction exerpts and literary commentary. Literary magazines also occasionally produce podcasts, usually in concert with a blog: 2River and MiPOesias produce the Muddy Bank and MiPOradio podcasts, respectively.
Try searching podcast and audio file directories as well. The website for Blog Talk Radio lists a few good poetry shows (mostly interview shows but some readings) as well, including the Jane Crown show. A search for "poetry" in the podcast section of the ITunes store also brings up many current and completed podcasts, even one of cowboy poetry from the Western Folklife Center, and one exlcusively for Armenian poets broadcast from New York.
PodcastDirectory.com lists podcasts from the University of Chicago and GLT Poetry Radio, which frames each poem with music meant to interpret it. Thankfully, the tradition of reading poetry aloud is still going strong in the digital age, and there's something for everyone.
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