# Bella Phinney: National Poetry Month 2026

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Podcast: [Poetry Medicine for the Soul](https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetry-medicine-for-the-soul-7076874)
Published: 2026-04-17T04:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 185

## Resource

**SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING: This episode references suicide. If you or someone you know needs support, call or text 988 in the U.S. Take care while listening.** Poetry Medicine for the Soul is a podcast inviting poets to share, explore, and celebrate poetry, hosted by John Gillespie. This National Poetry Month 2026 bonus episode features highschooler Bella Phinney reading her poem called "My Friend."

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