Who is in your chosen family?
This poem considers the lines of loyalty in families and how particular memories, like a grandmother keeping “wishbones from chicken carcasses / in an empty margarine container on top of the fridge,” can be a portal to love. The nan in this poem is a character of generosity and permission, and we imagine her through stories of trips, funerals, and visits.
Tayi Tibble – (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui/Ngāti Porou) is a writer and poet who lives in Wellington, New Zealand. In 2017 she completed a Masters in Creative Writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University of Wellington, where she was the recipient of the Adam Foundation Prize. Poūkahangatus is her first book.
Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.
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Joshua Bennett — Owed to Your Father’s Gold Chain
Abigail Chabitnoy — If You’re Going to Look Like a Wolf They Have to Love You More Than They Fear You.
M. Soledad Caballero — Someday I Will Visit Hawk Mountain
Rafiq Kathwari — Mother Writes to President Eisenhower
Caroline Bird — Little Children
Marilyn Nelson — The Truceless Wars
Richard Blanco — Looking for The Gulf Motel
Yusef Komunyakaa — Praising Dark Places
Hannah Emerson — Keep Yourself at the Beginning of the Beginning
Kyle Carrero Lopez — Ode to the Crop Top
Divya Victor — First Petition
Denise Low — Walking with My Delaware Grandfather
Rita Dove — Eurydice, Turning
Poetry Unbound — Season 5 Trailer
BONUS: An Invitation from Pádraig and Krista
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Craig Santos Perez — Rings of Fire
Alberto Ríos — December Morning in the Desert
Yehoshua November — 2AM, and the Rabbinical Students Stand in their Bathrobes
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