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!

ALL POEMS

Dear Hank & John

Or as he likes to call it: “Dear John & Hank”

Other Resources

Tag: Arabic

“Light Is More Important Than The Lantern” by Nizar Qabbani

March 8, 2016

Syria’s National Poet نزار توفيق قباني (French: Nizar Kabbani) lived 21 March 1923 – 30 April 1998. In Arabic the poem is titled “الضوء أهم من المصباح”. Dear Hank & John | Ep. 038