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46 Best Poetry Analysis Podcasts (2026)

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The poetry analysis space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 46 of the best, including Poetry Unbound, Close Readings, and The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily.

  1. Poetry Unbound
    Poetry Unbound
    Short and unhurried, Poetry Unbound is an immersive exploration of a single poem, hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Pádraig Ó Tuama greets you at the door...
    Content:
    ArtsBook ClubCultureFeminist PoetryPersonal ReflectionPoetry Analysis
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    Audience:
    Book LoversWriters
    Goal:
    Relaxing
    Style:
    Educational
    When:
    Background NoiseQuick Listen
  2. Close Readings
    Close Readings
    Close Readings is a multi-series podcast from the London Review of Books. Two contributors explore areas of literature through a selectio...
    Content:
    Book ClubPoetic StorytellingPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
    Audience:
    Book Lovers
    When:
    Focused Learning
  3. The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
    The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
    Host Maggie Smith is your daily poetry companion. Poetry is one of the greatest tools we have to wield our own attention — to consider our own live...
    Content:
    Poetry PodcastsSpoken Word PoetryPoetry Analysis
    Audience:
    College StudentsStudents
    When:
    Quick Listen
  4. The New Yorker: Poetry
    The New Yorker: Poetry
    Readings and conversation with The New Yorker's poetry editor, Kevin Young.
    Content:
    Poetic StorytellingPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsSpoken Word PoetryPoetry Analysis
    Audience:
    Book Lovers
  5. Have You Heard George's Podcast?
    Have You Heard George's Podcast?
    The award-winning and critically-acclaimed podcast from George the Poet delivers a fresh take on inner city life through a mix of storytelling, mus...
    Content:
    African DiasporaPoetic StorytellingSpoken Word PoetryPoetry Analysis
    Style:
    Narrative StorytellingSolo Commentary
    When:
    Long Drive
  6. Poetry Off the Shelf
    Poetry Off the Shelf
    Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the s...
    Content:
    Feminist PoetryPoetic StorytellingPoetry for Emotional ExpressionPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
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  7. Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast
    Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast
    Frank Skinner loves poetry. And he thinks you might like it too. Join Frank each week as he takes you through some of his choice picks of poems. Th...
    Content:
    Book ClubPoetic StorytellingPoetry for Emotional ExpressionPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
    Audience:
    Book Lovers
  8. Poetry Lectures
    Poetry Lectures
    Talks given by notable scholars and critics on poets, poetry, and their intersections with other art forms. Features recordings from historic archi...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  9. The Daily Poem
    The Daily Poem
    The Daily Poem offers one essential poem each weekday morning. From Shakespeare and John Donne to Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, The Daily Poem ...
    Content:
    ArtsPoetic StorytellingPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
    Audience:
    Book Lovers
    When:
    Quick Listen
  10. The WildStory: A Podcast of Poetry and Plants by The Native Plant Society of New Jersey
    The WildStory: A Podcast of Poetry and Plants by The Native Plant Society of New Jersey
    The Wildstory: A Podcast of Poetry and Plants by The Native Plant Society of New Jersey, is hosted by Ann E. Wallace, Poet Laureate of Jersey City....
    Content:
    Poetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
  11. Poem-a-Day
    Poem-a-Day
    Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital ...
    Content:
    Poetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
  12. Fondue Friends, a podcast with Armin van Buuren, LP Giobbi, and NERVO
    Fondue Friends, a podcast with Armin van Buuren, LP Giobbi, and NERVO
    Tomorrowland and One World Radio recorded a podcast during Tomorrowland Winter 2025 in the French Alps. Armin van Buuren, LP Giobbi, and NERVO come...
    Content:
    Poetic StorytellingPoetry InterviewsPoetry Analysis
  13. VS
    VS
    VS is a light-hearted podcast about the little debates that are always a big deal to someone. Arsenal VS Spurs. McDonald’s VS KFC. Twitter VS TikTo...
    Content:
    Feminist PoetryPoetic StorytellingPoetry for Emotional ExpressionPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
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  14. The Poetry Magazine Podcast
    The Poetry Magazine Podcast
    The Poetry Magazine Podcast takes listeners on an audio journey into and beyond the pages of Poetry. Hear poets share the surprises, confusions, an...
    Content:
    Book ClubPoetic StorytellingPoetry for Emotional ExpressionPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
  15. Poetry For All
    Poetry For All
    This podcast is for those who already love poetry and for those who know very little about it. In this podcast, we read a poem, discuss it, see wha...
    Content:
    Poetic StorytellingPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
    Goal:
    Learning New Skills
    When:
    Focused Learning
  16. Critical Readings
    Critical Readings
    Critical Readings examines key literary texts using close reading and critical analysis, and explains these approaches in discussion. Listeners wil...
    Content:
    Literary TheoryPoetry Analysis
  17. PoetryNow
    PoetryNow
    PoetryNow is a weekly four-minute radio series featuring some of today’s most accomplished and innovative poets who offer an acoustically rich and ...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  18. The Poetry Exchange
    The Poetry Exchange
    The Poetry Exchange talks to people about the poem that has been a friend to them. In each episode you will hear our guest talking about their chos...
    Content:
    Loneliness StudiesPoetry for Emotional ExpressionPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsSpoken Word PoetryPoetry Analysis
  19. Books & Writers: Novelists, Screenwriters, Poets, Journalists, Playwrights, Non-fiction Writers & Showrunners Talk Writing, Creativity & The Creative Process
    Books & Writers: Novelists, Screenwriters, Poets, Journalists, Playwrights, Non-fiction Writers & Showrunners Talk Writing, Creativity & The Creative Process
    Books & Writing episodes of the popular The Creative Process podcast. To listen to ALL arts & creativity episodes of “The Creative P...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  20. Poem Talk
    Poem Talk
    A collection of heartfelt poems by various poignant poets.
    Content:
    Poetic StorytellingPoetry for Emotional ExpressionPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsSpoken Word PoetryPoetry Analysis
  21. A Mouthful of Air: Poetry with Mark McGuinness
    A Mouthful of Air: Poetry with Mark McGuinness
    Poems to take your breath away. Listen to contemporary poets reading their poems and talking about what went into them. You will also hear Mark McG...
    Content:
    Poetic StorytellingPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsSpoken Word PoetryPoetry Analysis
  22. The SlowDown
    The SlowDown
    Two British presenters living 4,000 miles apart provide lively chatter related to wellbeing and slowing down. Conversation is entwined with tips, t...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
    When:
    Quick Listen
  23. Faber Poetry Podcast
    Faber Poetry Podcast
    The Faber Poetry Podcast is a twice-monthly podcast bringing together some of the most exciting voices from the world of poetry, curated, produced ...
    Content:
    Poetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
    Audience:
    Writers
    Goal:
    Writing a Book
  24. Words That Burn - Poetry Podcast
    Words That Burn - Poetry Podcast
    Words That Burn is a poetry podcast about how poems actually work.Each episode takes a single poem and reads it closely, usually in about 20 minute...
    Content:
    ArtsPoetry Analysis
    Audience:
    Book Lovers
    Style:
    Educational
  25. Interesting People Reading Poetry
    Interesting People Reading Poetry
    Interesting People Reading Poetry is a short, sound-rich podcast where artists and luminaries read a favorite poem and share what it means to them....
    Content:
    Poetic StorytellingPoetry for Emotional ExpressionPoetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsSpoken Word PoetryPoetry Analysis
    When:
    Doing Chores
  26. Resounding Verse
    Resounding Verse
    Join music theorist Stephen Rodgers as he explores how composers transform words into songs. Each episode discusses one poem and one musical settin...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  27. Versecraft
    Versecraft
    Exploring the art of poetry through the craft of some of the world's best but most underrated poems.
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  28. New Books in Poetry
    New Books in Poetry
    This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episo...
    Content:
    Poetry InterviewsPoetry Analysis
  29. The Poetry Space_
    The Poetry Space_
    Join hosts Katie Dozier and Timothy Green for The Poetry Space_, a weekly poetry podcast featuring lively, free-wheeling discussions on poems, poet...
    Content:
    Poetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
  30. The Slowdown
    The Slowdown
    The Slowdown is a podcast for anyone craving a place to land in a busy, changing world. Hosted by Katherine Gluck, yoga teacher and embodiment coac...
    Content:
    Feminist PoetryHealing and WaitingHolistic WellnessMeditation PracticePoetic StorytellingPoetry Analysis
    +7
    Audience:
    Yoga Practitioners
    Goal:
    Emotional WellnessRelaxing
    When:
    Background NoiseQuick Listen
  31. Close Talking: A Poetry Podcast
    Close Talking: A Poetry Podcast
    Close Talking is a poetry podcast hosted by good friends Connor Stratton and Jack Rossiter-Munley. In each episode the two read a poem and discuss ...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  32. Beyond the Verse
    Beyond the Verse
    Welcome to “Beyond the Verse,” the official podcast of PoemAnalysis.com. Embark on a literary journey where we explore specific poems, delve into p...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  33. The Poetry Society
    The Poetry Society
    The Poetry Society was founded in 1909 to promote "a more general recognition and appreciation of poetry". Since then, it has grown into one of Bri...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  34. The Poetic Turn
    The Poetic Turn
    The Poetic Turn is a podcast hosted by Darren Stephens and Evan Carlson that explores poems and poetry through conversation—thoughtful, curious, an...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  35. Versify - Poetry and English Literature
    Versify - Poetry and English Literature
    Three genial enthusiasts read and discuss poetry.
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  36. Midnight musings by Samarth Madhav Mishra |A poetry podcast|Listen Now|
    Midnight musings by Samarth Madhav Mishra |A poetry podcast|Listen Now|
    "poetry podcast," "deep thoughts," "spoken word," "introspection," "inspiration" are naturally woven in.|: Unwind and reflect with Midnight Musings...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  37. East Ridge Review's Poetry Podcast
    East Ridge Review's Poetry Podcast
    East Ridge Review’s Poetry Podcast will feature conversations with contemporary poets. Hosted by A.R. Williams, editor of East Ridge Review, the po...
    Content:
    Poetry InterviewsPoetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis
  38. Perfectly Poetic
    Perfectly Poetic
    Perfectly Poetic is a podcast that digs into poetry from every angle—classic, modern, obscure, and everything in between. Hosted by Allen Mowery, i...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  39. Poem of the Day
    Poem of the Day
    I read a poem every day https://linktr.ee/poemoftheday
    Content:
    Spoken Word PoetryPoetry Analysis
  40. Poetry Podcast
    Poetry Podcast
    A podcast introducing you to a world of marathi poetry.
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  41. Poetry Analysis
    Poetry Analysis
    A short reading and analysis of poetry of witness.
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  42. The Poetry Project
    The Poetry Project
    Poetry and art
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  43. The Poetry Fix
    The Poetry Fix
    Description ...
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  44. Poem Podcast
    Poem Podcast
    a podcast where I talk about poems.
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  45. The Poetry Break
    The Poetry Break
    Content:
    Poetry Analysis
  46. The Writer's Almanac with Garrison KeillorThe Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor
    The Writer's Almanac with Garrison KeillorThe Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor
    Content:
    Poetry PodcastsPoetry Analysis