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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From Book 2, Chapter 10. Tender Is The Night was the author’s fourth and final finished novel, published 12 April 1934 by Charles Scribner’s Sons (New York, NY) Dear Hank & John | Ep. 044
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This appears as a verse at the beginning of Chapter 14 of her book, and is part of the fictional Earthseed scripture created by the protagonist, Lauren Olamina, and aligns with the central Earthseed tenet: “God is Change.” This was also quoted by John on the vlogbrothers episode “Kindness” Dear Hank & John | Ep. 037
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Harper Lee (28 April 1926 – 19 February 2016) originally published her classic novel on 11 July 1960 (J. B. Lippincott & Co.) Dear Hank & John | Ep. 036 And just for good measure…
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The poem (first quote) is also quoted by John on Dear Hank & John episode 37 Vlogbrothers | “Kindness”
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