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:
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…
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- This is also a recurring riff in many of the opening segments of Dear Hank & John
- A lovely play on the Latin phrase Ars Poetica (“The Art of Poetry”)
- Examples: 1 | 2
- 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. - And are still missed by Nerdfighters everywhere!
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Dear Hank & John
Or as he likes to call it: “Dear John & Hank”
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Tag: 2015
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 029
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A.k.a. “Faith is a fine invention” Dear Hank & John | Ep. 028
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 027
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 026
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 025
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 023 And, given its brevity, we include the following as well…
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 022
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 021
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 020
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From To a Blossoming Pear Tree (1977) Dear Hank & John | Ep. 019
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 018
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 018
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 017
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 016
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See also: “This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams – John Green Reads Poetry Dear Hank & John | Ep. 015
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 014 Note: This was also read by John Green’s wife, Sarah Urist Green, for Ours Poetica
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 014 John’s version: Hank’s version:
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Vlogbrothers | YouTube Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 013
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A.k.a. Poem 1263 Dear Hank & John | Ep. 012
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 011
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 010
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Guest John: Felicia Day Dear Hank & John | Ep. 009 A couple of the sounds that I really likeAre the sounds of a switchblade and a motorbikeI’m a juvenile product of the working classWhose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass
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Guest John: Grace Helbig Dear Hank & John | Ep. 008 Levon sells cartoon balloons in townHis family business thrivesJesus, blows up balloons all daySits on the porch swing watching them flyAnd Jesus, he wants to go to VenusLeave Levon far behindTake a balloon and go sailingWhile Levon, Levon slowly dies.
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Guest Jonh(s): Charlie McDonnell and Jimmy Hill Dear Hank & John | Ep. 007 Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kidsIn fact, it’s cold as hellAnd there’s no one there to raise them if you did And all this science, I don’t understandIt’s just my job, five days a weekA rocket man,…
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Guest John: Emma Blackery Dear Hank & John | Ep. 006 Daniel my brother you are older than meDo you still feel the pain of the scars that won’t heal?Your eyes have died but you see more than IDaniel you’re a star in the face of the sky
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Guest John: Maureen Johnson Dear Hank & John | Ep. 005 Blue-jean baby, LA ladySeamstress for the bandPretty-eyed, pirate smileYou’ll marry a music man Ballerina, you must’ve seen herDancing in the sandAnd now she’s in me, always with meTiny dancer in my hand
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 004
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From her book A Thousand Mornings Dear Hank & John | Ep. 003
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Dear Hank & John | Ep. 002
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“Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.”
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