In Three Poems
Each episode features a different guest poet and a lively conversation that explores how poems connect us and how they talk among themselves. We'll read two poems by our guest and one by a poet whose work they admire. Poet David J. Bauman is your host.
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Episodes
13 episodes
Epics and Couplets with Saddiq Dzukogi
Welcome to In Three Poems, where we read three poems with a different guest poet each episode, and the third poem is always a work by another poet, chosen by our guest. David talks poetry, faith, and folklore, method and mythology, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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44:41
Poetry, Odes, and Uplift with Marjorie Maddox
David and poet Marjorie Maddox talk poetry, inspiration, loss, and transformation as they read poems together and discuss her latest collections, Hover Here, Small Earthly Space, and Seeing Things. Welcome to In Three Poems, where ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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28:32
Choreopoems and Womanhood, with Monica Prince
David and Monica Prince have a fun but also heavy discussion about women and trauma, and about the writing of poetry and the production of choreopoems. The discussion ranges from word choice in poem to forms like lipograms and the distinctions ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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34:56
The Carnival of Affection and Poet Philip F Clark
David reads poetry with his good friend and fellow poet Philip F. Clark. The first two poems are by Philip and from his book The Carnival of Affection (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017). The third poem was chosen by Philip and written by Cavafy.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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28:41
Unrivered In Three Poems with Donna Vorreyer
David chats with Donna Vorreyer about her collection Unrivered. As is our custom, we read two poems by our guest poet, one by David and the other by our guest. The third poem is also read by our guest poet, and it can be a poem by anyo...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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36:24
Steam Poetry, Joel Showalter Reads Lisel Meuller
I am so lucky to get the chance to do this. Some of the poets I've been talking with are artists I'm honored to be meeting for the first time. But today, I get to read poems with a BFF who I've known for almost thirty years. Please enjoy this p...
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Episode 8
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35:15
Civilians and the Wounded Line, Poetry with Jehanne Dubrow
David has a delightful conversation with Jehanne Dubrow about her latest books, a poetry collection entitled Civilians and a craft resource called The Wounded Line: A Guide to Writing Poems of Trauma.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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36:44
Rivers, Ridges, and Poems with Jerry Wemple
Poet, educator and editor Jerry Wemple is David's featured guest on this episode of In Three Poems. Support the showPoem 1: "A Flower Rests," read by David.Poem 2:...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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35:17
Word Play in Poetry: Micah James Bauman Reads Fire and Ice
David's youngest son, Micah James Bauman joins us to talk about his own poems as well as collaborations with his father. Some of Micah's favorite tools are metaphor and wordplay. Support the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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22:05
Hannah Levy Reads "The Day a Poet Is Murdered by ICE"
In this special episode of anti-fascist poetry, David talks with Hannah Levy about her poem and the current democracy crisis in the United States. They discuss the value of art as a mode to process, as well as art as a vehicle for protest and e...
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Episode 4
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30:19
Talking with Birds, David Reads Poems with Grant Clauser
David talks with poet Grant Clauser about his recent book, Temporary Shelters (Cornerstone Press, 2025). We talk about poetry grounded in place, and particularly in nature, but also the taking of shelter, however temporary those things...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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30:49
A Jackass Offers an Apology: David Reads a Poem by Mitchell Nobis
David talks with Mitchell Nobis about his first book of poetry, The Size of the...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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42:00
Throwing Like a Girl, Judith Sornberger Reads Marjorie Maddox
Meet poet and Memoirist Judith Sornberger as we read three poems and chat about her writing inspirations and projects, as well as examine how these poems work on the page and how they communicate with each other and with other art, particularly...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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28:51