“Everywhere, a surround of mirror glass blue” by Kay Medway after Amy Laessle-Morgan | One Poem After

About this episode

This episode features a reading of a poem by Kay Medway, inspired by Amy Laessle-Morgan's work.

One Poem Only is a daily poetry podcast offering a quiet moment with a single poem—read aloud, without analysis or noise. This month, One Poem Only presents One Poem After , featuring selected poems written in response to the poems shared during National Poetry Month. Each piece began as a conversation with another poem and became something entirely its own. Today’s poem is by Kay Medway after Butterscotch by Amy Laessle-Morgan. Read the full poem on Substack . More from Kay Medway ↓ @medwaykay on Instagram More from Amy Laessle-Morgan ↓ @ultramarine_poetry on Instagram Her book, Live Wire , is available now. Support + Stay Connected to OPO If you’d like to support the show, Substack and Patreon members receive a copy of my book, For My Daughter , along with episodes from the audiobook. Poetry sustains. Thank you for supporting the podcast.

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Devers

Guest: Kay Medway

Topics covered

• poetry
• response poems
• National Poetry Month
• artistic conversation
• reading aloud

Keywords

• poetry podcast
• Kay Medway
• Amy Laessle-Morgan
• Butterscotch
• Live Wire
• reading poetry
• One Poem After

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Butterscotch, Live Wire

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