Millennial Poets Society
By MPS Podcast
Millennial Poets SocietyJul 12, 2019
James Weldon Johnson
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 30, published October 20, 2019.
William Waring Cuney
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 31, published October 25, 2019.
Kiki Petrosino
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 30, published October 20, 2019.
Anne Spencer
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 29, published October 11, 2019.
Georgia Douglas Johnson
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 28, published October 4, 2019.
Jericho Brown
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 22, published August 9, 2019.
Justice Ameer
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 16, published June 28, 2019.
Audre Lorde
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 16, published June 28, 2019.
Jhené Aiko
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 14, published June 7, 2019.
Safia Elhillo
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 12, published May 24, 2019.
Sonia Sanchez
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 13, published May 31, 2019.
Rudy Francisco
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 10, published May 10, 2019.
Claude McKay
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 10, published May 10, 2019.
Lucille Clifton
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 7, published on April 19, 2019.
Ai Ogawa
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 7, published on April 19, 2019.
Yrsa Daley-Ward
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 5, published on April 5, 2019.
Ross Gay
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 5, published on April 5, 2019.
Patricia Smith
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 4, published on March 29, 2019.
Warsan Shire
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 2, published on March 15, 2019.
r. h. Sin
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from Episode 3, published on March 22, 2019.
Tracy K. Smith
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from their very first episode, published on International Women's Day in 2019.
Maya Angelou
In an effort to do a better job of amplifying voices that for so long have been muted or left out of conversations, Marguerite and Emily would like to use the platform they created with Millennial Poets Society to share the work of Black artists starting with segments from some of their previously recorded episodes.
This segment is from their very first episode, published on International Women's Day in 2019.
MPS Ep 41: It’s All Greek to Me
What a gust of a week it’s been! Marguerite and Emily are here to tell you all about how #relatable Sappho was and remind you not to get the flu. This will also be the last episode of Season 1 for MPS so enjoy and catch up on any episodes you may have missed! Thank you for all of your support. XO
Send Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Featured poets: Sappho, Jennifer Chang
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 40: Ice Cream Social
Happy Friday and Happy birthday to Emily! Your favorite ladies are back with an episode packed with New Formalism, radical self love, and Delilah’s collar jingling in the background.
Send Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Featured poets: R. S. Gwynn, Daniels, Caroline Bird
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 39: Who’s your dentist?
On this week’s episode, the ladies have a mild existential crisis while discussing poems with weak links to science and discover a poet who might just be their actual neighbor. (In case you were wondering, yes they do *always* take their makeup off be fore going to bed.)
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetsociety@gmail.com
Featured poets: Shira Erlichman, Janet McNally, John Hodgen
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 38: Godspeed
New decade, new episode, new poets (maybe...?). The ladies spent their New Years Eve recording the podcast you know and love and things got *dwhimsical*. Listen along as they to figure out if they got their senior prom dress from the same store and Marguerite jogs your—and Emily’s—memory.
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Featured poets: Matthew Zapruder, Terrance Hayes, Kenneth Patchen
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the Intro and Outro music.
MPS Ep 37: Thank you for being here.
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Featured Poets: Mark Halliday, Marjorie Saiser, Gabrielle Bates
Special thanks to Zach Akins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 36: Chicken Salad
In this episode Marguerite and Emily ask the age old question: how do cats drink water (and more importantly, does Delilah know what she’s doing)? Join them as they discuss chimken nuggets, babyhood, and midwestern names. Don’t grow cold in a corner, warm up for the weekend with your favorite roommates!
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Featured Poets: Connie Wanek, William Carlos Williams
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 35: Put it in a Blender
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Featured Poets: Reginald Dwayne Betts, Diane Glancy
Special thanks to Zack Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 34: Strictly Roommates
This week the ladies bring a little Soul! to the episode and dish on doing each others hair (or more like Marguerite doing Emily’s hair). They give some wine recommendations and discuss three badass women while being constantly in awe of Delilah’s cuteness.
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Featured Poets: Gladys Cardiff, Elisabeth Hewer, Nikki Giovanni
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 33: Ninja Turtles
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Featured Poets: William Blake, Sherman Alexie
Special thanks to Zack Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 32: Costume Contest
Featured poets: Janet McAdams, Victoria Chang, Torrin A. Greathouse
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Special thanks to Zack Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 31: Creamy Tortellini
Marguerite backtracks and Emily makes soup. Join your favorite roommates as they recommend cookie recipes, hit the gym...oh and talk about poetry! Sometimes the best ones are the brief ones.
Send Who's to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Featured Poets: Tory Dent, William Waring Cuney
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 30: Casually Killing It
This week MPS turns the big three oh! Emily fills everyone in on some other things that are turning 30 and makes everyone feel old, while Marguerite tries to figure out who Warren Harding is. Tune in for musings on Robert Redford (Burt Reynolds?), provincial life, and dry eyes…#alwaysrelatable
Email Who's to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety.com
Featured Poets: James Weldon Johnson, Kiki Petrosino
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 29: Three Years
Inquiring minds would like to know: how do you cut your sandwiches? In this episode, the ladies introduce you to their new manager (please consider contributing to her treat bank...) and ponder life in the Midwest. Oh, and for those waiting with baited breath, Marguerite updates you on her wedding outfit journey.
MPS Ep 28: Riding the Wave
MPS Ep 27: What's the Craic?
This week Emily’s got all the fun things going on while Marguerite is just renting cars and doing dishes- how adult of her. Tune in for some more feminism (or climate change...?) fun facts and remember to check out your local book store because you might just find your next favorite poet.
Featured Poets: Diane Wakoski, Nick Flynn
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com.
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 26: Bagels are for Sundays
Sit back, put your feet up, and get ready for the ladies to…talk about bagels for far too long and share their #relatable obsession with mozz sticks. This week Emily enlightens us on Second Wave feminism and Marguerite seems to be mildly psychic.
Featured Poets: Phil Kaye, Denise Levertov
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Special thanks to Zack Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 25: What's A Clock
Happy Friday! Your two favorite roommates are coming back at you with some hot takes on first wave feminism and old people. Listen in as they try out a new Spice Girls remix and get a bit of a vocabulary lesson from Siri.
Featured Poets: Amy Lowell, Louise Bogan, Matthea Harvey
Email Who’s to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 24: You Shall Not Pass
This week, Emily introduces a new segment and tells us about that summer she lived in a school (…or not?). Join the ladies as they discuss the fictional year of 1612- like, it couldn’t have been real, right?- and contemplate what a truck full of drums would sound like…the answer is apparently a Phil Collins song.
Featured Poets: Yehuda Amichai, Anne Bradstreet, Charlotte Smith
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
Who's to Say: Us Again
This week's episode features a short but impactful poem by MPS co-host Emily Kline and a special announcement about the Who's to Say episodes!
Email Who's to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 23: Intellectual Things
This week’s episode asks the important questions such as: how do you pronounce Worcester? Didn’t everyone go through a “butcher’s assistant” phase? And did Emily mean do use the word “humility”? Join the ladies as they ponder these hard hitting questions and do a deep dive in to the instagram poetry debate all while Marguerite’s eye twitches.
Featured Poets: Stanley Kuntz, Rupi Kaur
Email Who's to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
Who's to Say: Sara Rehman
Guess who's back! Marguerite and Emily can't think of a better way to come back from their brief hiatus than with a Who's to Say episode, sharing the work of an up-and-coming artist and listener of MPS. This week poet Sara Rehman shares a couple of her pieces that use unique imagery and beautifully marry words to create succinct but thoughtful stanzas. Find more of her work at @srpoetry_ on Instagram.
Email Who's to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 22: Camp It Up
You came here for $900 nylon and opinions about wine, right? Dive in to this week’s episode as the ladies talk about fairytales, computers class, and a poet that’s decorated like a Christmas tree.
Featured Poets: Louise Glück, Jericho Brown
Email Who's to Say submissions to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
Who's to Say: Us Again
It's been a while since either of the ladies have shared their work! This week co-host Emily Kline reads and shares some background on one of her new, untitled pieces, about love and an ideal ending. Send title suggestions!
Send submissions for Who's to Say episodes to millennialpoetssociety@gmail.com
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
MPS Ep 21: Officially Official
Crack open your favorite adult beverage, this podcast is officially old enough (in weeks at least) to drink in the USofA! This week the ladies share their favorite Taco Bell order- when in doubt order "supreme" everything- and discover the OG instagram poet. Listen along as Emily rectifies a mistake and Marguerite takes us way back to the times of court gossip.
Featured Poets: Maggie Smith, Izumi Shikibu
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.
Who’s to Say: Devin
MPS Ep 20: Cootie Catcher
This week Emily reminds us what our four senses are!…or are there five? Forget the summer heat as you listen to the ladies name drop some past MPS alums and learn how fast Marguerite’s brain really works. Warning: cherries, and blunts, and lizards ahead
Who's to Say: Raf
You know Tuesday is quickly becoming one of your favorite days of the week...and who can blame you when it involves Marguerite and Emily sharing new works from amazing artists! Up this week is Raf, @rafmar28 on Instagram, and his poem that flips the way most of the world views "rock bottom."
MPS Ep 19: You're My Firson
A Cruelty Special to Our Species isn’t referring to the heat wave hitting NYC, even though some New Yorkers might disagree. Strap yourselves in (shout out to the anniversary of the moon lading this weekend!) as Marguerite makes up some new words, Emily guesses poets’ favorite colors, and Dame Maggie Smith gives an award— or at least someone named Maggie Smith does.
Featured Poets: Lorna Dee Cervantes, Emily Pauline Johnson/Emily Jungmin Yoon, Mary Lambert
Special thanks to Zach Adkins for the intro and outro music.