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There are more than 250 audio clips on Poets.org, and our list is always growing. Please search by poem title or the author's name, or you can browse our most popular clips below.

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Hear it! Hear it! We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks
"We real cool. We..."
Gwendolyn Brooks Read by the author
May 03, 1983
Guggenhiem Museum
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Weathering Out
by Rita Dove
Rita Dove Read by the author
April 26, 1988
Donnell Library Center
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Hear it! Hear it! What He Thought
by Heather McHugh
"We were supposed to do a job in Italy..."
Heather McHugh Read by the author
April 21, 1992
French Institue Alliance Fran‡aise
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Hear it! Hear it! What the Seer Said
by Jane Cooper
"She said I would see the future..."
Jane Cooper Read by the author
December 15, 1997
92nd St. Y, Unterberg Poetry Center
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Hear it! Hear it! When Black People Are
by A. B. Spellman
Read by the author
April 23, 2008
New York Public Library, Mulberry Branch
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Hear it! Hear it! Wild Yeasts
by Annie Finch
"Rumbling a way up my dough's heavy throat to its head,..."
Annie Finch Read by the author
October 19, 2006
Academy of American Poets Offices
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Winter Field
by Joanna Klink
Read by the author
April 21, 2008
Housing Works Bookstore, New York City
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Hear it! Hear it! With Kit, Age 7, at the Beach
by William Stafford
"We would climb the highest dune,..."
William Stafford Read by the author
April 18, 1974
Hunter College
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Woodchucks
by Maxine Kumin
"Gassing the woodchucks didn't turn out right...."
Maxine Kumin Read by the author
February 06, 1979
Guggenhiem Museum
From the Academy Audio Archive

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Hear it! Hear it! Words from the Front
by Ron Padgett
"We don't look as young..."
Ron Padgett Read by the author
January 8, 2008
The Academy Offices
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