# Salvation in the vernacular: a reading with Ken Haas

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Podcast: [Poetry Medicine for the Soul](https://stenobird.com/podcast/poetry-medicine-for-the-soul-7076874)
Published: 2026-04-01T13:53:13+00:00
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## Resource

**Content warning: The last poem of this episode discusses gun violence in schools. 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 episode features Ken Haas. Ken reads seven of his poems: "Stone Fruit," "Speak English," "Reading at the Country Fair," "The Grill," "When Pickleball Saved the World," "The Wreck in Numbers" and "Comfort for the Ages."

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