Poetry Moment
384 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsPresented by Spokane Public Radio, Poetry Moment is a program that showcases myriad poems as read by poets and poetry lovers from across the Inland Northwest — and occasionally beyond.Poetry Moment airs one poem on KPBX each weekday at 9am; a single reader curates the entire week’s worth of poetry. Sometimes the poems are the reader's own, and sometimes they're written by poets whose work they admire and want to share with listeners.Since its start in 2018, Poetry Moment has featured readers ranging from the Washington State Poet Laureate and popular local slam poets to listeners who simply want to give voice to a few of their favorite pieces.Are you interested in reading for Poetry Moment too? If so, e-mail us at [email protected].
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Episodes
Christine Holbert reads “Before the Storm" by Natalka Bilotserkivets
March 11, 2024 16:02 - 2 minutes - 2.09 MBA work by a Ukrainian poet, translated by Ali Kinsella and Dzvinia Orlowsky
Paul Lindholdt reads his original poem "The Birds Gave Way"
March 08, 2024 17:02 - 53 seconds - 848 KBA sonic boom symbolically disturbs the natural balance
Paul Lindholdt reads "I had been hungry, all the Years" by Emily Dickinson
March 07, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.3 MBHow does something longed for change in its attainment?
Paul Lindholdt reads his original poem "Spider in the Nursery"
March 06, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.66 MBA partly autobiographical domestic lament
Paul Lindholdt reads from "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction" by Wallace Stevens
March 05, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.7 MBReflecting on "this invention, this invented world" and its harmonious dualities
Paul Lindholdt reads his original poem "Them Praying"
March 04, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.85 MBA poem written during the Afghanistan conflict retains its distressful relevance
Cindy Veach reads "In the Company of Women" by January Gill O'Neal
March 01, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.17 MBWhere blues and bitterness disappear and laughter and delight abound
Cindy Veach reads her original poem "Rose of Jericho"
February 29, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.59 MBThe poet confronts "a tangle of dried roots" known as the resurrection plant
Cindy Veach reads "Clothes Pins" by Jennifer Martelli
February 28, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.13 MBIn the poet's imagination, springed wooden pincers become tooth and nail
Cindy Veach reads "What I Learned from 'Bewitched'" by Susan Rich
February 27, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.18 MBSome thoughts on a sitcom that brought the magical into the mundane
Cindy Veach reads her original poem "You Would Be Forgiven in Thinking You Can See the Whole of the Moon"
February 26, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.51 MBThe unseen portion of our "lunar buddy" is fertile ground for the imagination
Mery Smith reads her original poem "Letters to Your Late Brother, Never Sent"
February 23, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.22 MBThe large and small things we want to say to those who remain forever close
Mery Smith reads "Too Much Woman" by Kailie Jean
February 22, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.29 MBOn being unabashedly sassy and an unapologetic open book
Mery Smith reads her original poem "Inventory 3"
February 21, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.39 MBReviewing the items that furnish a life and what they might reveal
Mery Smith reads "Saying 'Yes' to Life Is Hard" by Kailie Jean
February 20, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.59 MBAn appreciation for the small things, even if they come at a price
Mery Smith reads her original poem "Lip Glacé"
February 20, 2024 16:42 - 1 minute - 1020 KBA simple object takes on past, present and future significance
AJ the Wordsmith reads "Equip Your Mind" by Thomas Gentry
February 16, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.71 MBAffirmation and motivation for taking on life's challenges
AJ the Wordsmith reads his original poem, "Journey into a Cosmic Conversation"
February 15, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.1 MBWhen the finish line is also the starting point
AJ the Wordsmith reads "Sweet, Bitter Kiss" by Thomas Gentry
February 14, 2024 17:02 - 2 minutes - 2.16 MBA Valentine's Day verse about love and loves lost
AJ the Wordsmith reads his original poem, "Should've Listened to My Momma"
February 13, 2024 17:02 - 3 minutes - 2.97 MBIt's never too late to appreciate your mother's wisdom and support
AJ the Wordsmith reads his original poem, "A Villain"
February 12, 2024 17:19 - 2 minutes - 2.42 MBWhen wrong and right aren't absolutes but depend on your perspective
David Asia reads his original poem, "Inhaling Kibwezi"
February 09, 2024 17:02 - 3 minutes - 3.3 MBThe regret of missed opportunities in a Kenyan town
David Asia reads his original poem, "Until the Wind Overwhelms Me at Last"
February 08, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.13 MBA poem about choosing to hold on or being compelled to let go
David Asia reads "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
February 07, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.06 MBA moment of quiet contemplation is broken by the ties and responsibilities of daily life
David Asia reads his original poem, "It May as Well Be Mandarin"
February 06, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.32 MBThe swift but silent passing of time is a language unto itself
David Asia reads "Courage" by Anne Sexton
February 05, 2024 17:02 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MBA small coal and a sword in perpetual need of sharpening, not to be confused with love
Latrice Williams reads her original poem, "The Story"
February 02, 2024 17:02 - 2 minutes - 2.46 MBFinding the self-affirmation and positive lessons in life's more trying moments
Latrice Williams reads "Am I Too Loud?" by Jetaime Thomas
February 01, 2024 17:02 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MBDespite fear and uncertainty, a poet resolves to forge ahead and find hope
Latrice Williams reads her original poem, "Element of Surprise"
January 31, 2024 17:02 - 2 minutes - 1.89 MBRecalling an unexpected fairy-tale moment
Latrice Williams reads her original poem, "My Soul"
January 30, 2024 17:02 - 3 minutes - 2.83 MBA poem/song that grew from a desire for self-determination and inner contentment
Latrice Williams reads her original poem, "Gas"
January 29, 2024 17:02 - 2 minutes - 2.47 MBOn freedom from the standpoint of those entering society after incarceration
Linea Jantz reads her original poem "Sisterhood of the Steak Knife"
January 26, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.42 MBCelebrating the kind of solidarity and commiseration that doesn't need a corkscrew
Linea Jantz reads "Americano" by Kelli Russell Agodon
January 25, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.64 MBA rejoinder to T.S. Eliot
Linea Jantz reads her original poem, "Ruminant"
January 24, 2024 17:02 - 55 seconds - 880 KB"Time stops for no man / but it can pause"
Linea Jantz reads "(My)thology" by Laura Villareal
January 23, 2024 17:02 - 2 minutes - 2.05 MBOn tuning-fork bones and a heart with a sign that reads, "Free or best offer"
Linea Jantz reads her original poem, "This Is Not Forever"
January 22, 2024 17:02 - 2 minutes - 1.92 MBPermanence is not a precondition for the good
Gary Edwards reads his original poem, "The Gypsy Tango"
January 19, 2024 17:02 - 3 minutes - 3.18 MBA bilingual poem about a fiery dance and the ardent emotions it inspires
Gary Edwards reads "The Happy Dotage of Adolf Hitler" by Roger Steinmetz
January 18, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.64 MBWhat if senility had been able to have its way with a genocidal despot?
Gary Edwards reads his original poem, "Lucky in Las Vegas"
January 17, 2024 17:02 - 1 minute - 1.68 MBWhen you hit the jackpot but it's not on the casino floor
Danielle Weeks reads "Introduction to Quantum Theory" by Franny Choi
September 14, 2023 16:02 - 2 minutes - 2.45 MBA poem that intentionally asks more questions than it answers
Danielle Weeks reads "Nocturne with Supermoon & MS Relapse" by Emily Rose Cole
September 13, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.82 MBBoth phenomena "begin almost the same: heavy dark, a sense / of cresting."
Danielle Weeks reads "Chang'E" by Jennifer S. Cheng
September 12, 2023 16:02 - 2 minutes - 1.89 MBA poem titled after the goddess of the moon in Chinese mythology
Danielle Weeks reads "Final Frontier Fragrant with Gardenia and Other Invasive Species" by Jessica Rae Bergamino
September 11, 2023 16:30 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MBA meditation on exploration and solitude occasioned by the Voyager probes
Aislyn Ross reads "Healing the Pasture" by Linnea Nelson
September 08, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.84 MBA poem on revival, contentment and nature's restorative processes
Stephanie De La Paz reads "Galaxies" by Leah Saint Marie
September 07, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.09 MBThe map of a cosmos that we don't always see when we look heavenward
Giovanni Ruiz reads "Lost" by Joseph Stroud
September 06, 2023 16:02 - 44 seconds - 701 KBA brief vignette about forging ahead as your footprints are erased
Scarlette Cron reads "Before Anyone Was Even Finished" by Robert Carney
September 05, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.5 MBA disconcerting picture of a world caught in an endless cycle of repetition
Mariela Hernandez reads "For the Skunk Who Lives in the Woodpile I Pass on My Morning Walk" by Sunni Brown Wilkinson
September 04, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.3 MBA tribute to the perfumed, mysterious "Greta Garbo / of the neighborhood"
Kathryn Smith reads her original poem, "Dear Copepod"
September 01, 2023 16:02 - 2 minutes - 2.25 MBThoughts on how something small and unseen can play a huge environmental role
Kathryn Smith reads "Sage Grouse – A Prayer" by Corrie Williamson
August 31, 2023 16:02 - 2 minutes - 2.34 MBA reverential take on song, dance and homecomings