In Three Poems

Each episode features a new guest poet and a lively discussion about how poems connect us and how they talk among themselves. We read two poems by our guest and one by a poet whose work they admire.

David J. Bauman, your host, reads the first poem.

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Podcasting since 2025 • 24 episodes

In Three Poems

Latest Episodes

The Sin of Being Okay, Poems with Dawn Leas

The Sin of Being Okay, that’s the title of the most recent book of poetry by Dawn Leas, published by Kinsman Quarterly, and we’ll talk with Dawn about two of the poems from that collection and one she has chosen to share by Ada Limón. ...

September 10, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 10 • 41:07

Whole, Holy, Hot: Poems with Chrissy Martin

Welcome to In Three Poems, the show were we get to know today's poets three poems at a time. Today's guest is Dr. Chrissy Martin.Chrissy is the author of Whole, Holy, Hot (Write Bloody, 2026). She is an Assistant Professor...

September 03, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 9 • 42:00

Between the Lines, Poetry with Daniel Lurie

We talk about rural life, family tension, horror and grief, along with the things we don't or cannot say, today with poet Daniel Lurie.Guest Bio: Daniel is a writer, editor, and edu...

August 27, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 8 • 48:57

Nature, Parenting, and Poetry with Jessica Whipple

Support the showWelcome to In Three Poems, where each episode, we talk with a guest poet, read two poems by them and one by a poet of their choice. And we explore what connections the works ma...

August 20, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 7 • 39:36

Recklessness, Precision, and Poetry with Carl Phillips

In Three Poems, where we get to know today’s poets through reading a couple of their own poems, as well as the works of others who have had an influence on them in some way. Without further delay, today’s poet is Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Phil...

August 06, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 6 • 54:29

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Fan Mail

Really good stuff! Excellent discussion with Carl Phillips & just what's top of mind for this listener: endings, with or without the bow; & the ways intentionality, recklessness, & control manifest in a poem. I especially appreciated your continual refining of questions & comments to reveal more about the poems. ~Sara

Orlando, Florida