John Green Reads Poetry

So many poems to listen to!

Hey, there’s a missing poem!

Hi! This website is an ongoing labor of love inspired by John’s self-proclaimed love of poetry ¹ and the mission of Ours Poetica.²

We’re working very hard combing through the vast amounts of online content John and Hank have created ³ — and continue to create! — to find every instance of John reading poetry.⁴ Most of these were short poems that used to appear as an opening segment in the Dear Hank & John pod.⁵

Check out our growing list of missing or lost poetry-related John Green media:

Lost Media (help us out)!

We have a long way to go, and are using the posts’ dates as a way to organize everything chronologically with relevant tags to make everything extra useable!

So if you have a suggestion of something we missed or would like to share a piece of poetry-related media you’ve found…

Let us know!

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  1. This is also a recurring riff in many of the opening segments of Dear Hank & John
  2. A lovely play on the Latin phrase Ars Poetica (“The Art of Poetry”)
  3. Examples: 1 | 2
  4. And, occasionally, someone else, such as his wife, his brother, or a poem inspired by one of Hank’s rants. Admittedly, some things are qualified as ‘poems’ rather loosely — John has read lyrics, and other nontraditional items as poetry, and that’s a wonderful thing!
    Because poetry is, always, what we make it.
  5. And are still missed by Nerdfighters everywhere!
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“Unfortunate Consequence” by Dorothy Parker

The brothers’ related banter…

J: So Hank, let me ask you real quickly how are you doing?

H: I’m good. I’m a little bit stressed ’cause it’s Pizzamas.

J: Yes.

H: And I need to make a podcast today.

J: Yes.

H: And also a video.

J: Yes.

H: And also go to a gala (gay-la), gala (ga-la), gala (gar-la).

J: Should we move directly into the short poem of the day in that case?

H: Yeah, Sure!

J: Hank, I would like to tell you something that is deeply true: I do not have a short poem for today.

H: Hahaha, ok, well that was a really beautiful poem, John.

J: Thank You, let’s move on to the next portion. I’m going to find a poem, Hank, while we are talking. Um, I really–I’ve already read that Margaret Atwood poem that I use in times of crisis–Ah ok, we will use this Dorothy Parker poem, “Unfortunate Coincidence”.

H: You’ve had too many times of crisis.

J: I have a list of short poems on my phone; in case of emergency and we are in one. So we are going to use this Dorothy Parker poem, “Unfortunate Coincidence”.

(Reads poem)

H: Oh Dang.

J: Dorothy Parker, “Unfortunate Coincidence”.

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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 025

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By the time you swear you’re his,

Shivering and sighing,

And he vows his passion is

Infinite, undying —

Lady, make a note of this:

One of you is lying. 

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