Hello dear Poetry Lover on this day of love or candy or both,  Also, we know your time is gold, so we wanted to offer an idea: slip on your headphones and let Poems You Need keep you company while you walk the dog, fold the sheets, or do any favorite or unfavorite chore. Yes, we live on YouTube. But this is not a “you must sit and stare at us” situation. You absolutely do not have to watch us—think of it as poetry radio. Unless, of course, you enjoy seeing just how passionately we gesture about line breaks. (Spoiler: very.) 😉 And we’d love it if you subscribed to our YouTube station here, where you can get all of our episodes. Also, we’ve started trying to add a writing prompt (or two!) inspired by the poems we share. Because sometimes the best way to get back to writing is to listen to poems being read. If you’re a prompt-lover like we are, maybe someone else’s lines will plant a seed for your own. We kind of think of it as creative compost—what we read becomes what you grow.
And here are a few recent conversations about poets you may have missed. We hope you step to listen when you have a minute. You can watch or listen by clicking on a poet’s name: Heidi Seaborn, Luisa A. Igloria, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Nathalie Handal, Lois P. Jones, KB Brookins, Cornelius Eady, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, Stephanie Burt, Martha Silano, and many many more! We hope this little valentine of poetry to you gives you a little boost of joy in a world that sometimes does not. We’re glad you’re here with us. With gratitude for this community and for the poets who inspire us every day, Melissa & Kelli
Poems You Need is created and hosted by Melissa Studdard and Kelli Russell Agodon—two poets who believe poems can steady us and occasionally save the day. We read the poems we love, talk craft, share prompts, even laugh a little all while trying to build a little corner of the internet where poetry matters. If you’d like to spend more time with our own poems beyond the screen, we’d love that: Click on these links to find Melissa Studdard’s recent works: Siddhartha, She: A Ritual Music Drama in Seven Tableaux (libretto), Selection Committee, and Like a Bird with a Thousand Wings. You can preorder a signed/inscribed copy of Kelli Russell Agodon’s upcoming poetry collection, Accidental Devotions here and you can find Dialogues with Rising Tides here. Thank you for reading, listening, and keeping poetry in your life. Thanks for reading Poems You Need! Thank you for celebrating poetry with us today. May you always have the poems you need.
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Saturday, February 14, 2026
❤️ Need a Poem for Valentine's Day?
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