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
Kathryn Smith reads "First" by Jane Wong
August 30, 2023 16:02 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MBA poem about the bushy-tailed wood rat, also known as the pack rat
Kathryn Smith reads "Blue Orchard Mason Bee" by Sierra Nelson
August 29, 2023 16:02 - 2 minutes - 2.19 MBThe habits of a solitary bee serve as metaphor for a poet's life, love and work
Kathryn Smith reads "Thimbleberry" by Kathleen Flanagan
August 28, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.58 MBA short poem marking the start of a week of readings from the Cascadia Field Guide
Tim Greenup reads his original poem, "Ode to Cat"
August 25, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.37 MBA tribute to the "orange log of fur / sleeping atop the heater vent"
Tim Greenup reads "Ode to Sleeping in My Clothes" by Ross Gay
August 24, 2023 16:02 - 2 minutes - 2 MBFinding delight in a "denim / and cotton sarcophagus / slightly rank from the day"
Tim Greenup reads "A Potato" by Robert Bly
August 23, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.55 MBA poet of war, interiority and manhood ruminates on a root vegetable
Tim Greenup reads "Tilapia" by Mary Ruefle
August 22, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.71 MB"You have to engage your dinner in its own mortality!"
Tim Greenup reads "Ode to Hangover" by Dean Young
August 21, 2023 16:02 - 2 minutes - 2.46 MBAn ironic celebration of a self-induced affliction
Tessa Bryant reads "Kitchen Song" by Laura Kasischke
August 17, 2023 16:02 - 1 minute - 1.02 MBThe disorder of the universe is at odds with the order of a kitchen
Chris Maccini reads "We Lived Happily During the War" by Ilya Kaminsky
August 16, 2023 21:40 - 1 minute - 1.64 MBA poet imagines an occupied country in which all the citizens pretend to be deaf
"Moonflower Serenade," written and read by Dennis Held
January 28, 2022 17:00Dennis Held reads his poem "Moonflower Serenade"
Dennis Held reads "Because" by Grace Schulman
January 27, 2022 18:15Dennis Held reads "Because" by Grace Schulman
Dennis Held reads "Midnight is a Beautiful Curse" by Dorianne Laux
January 26, 2022 17:00Dennis Held reads "Midnight is a Beautiful Curse" by Dorianne Laux
Dennis Held reads "Monarch" by Carol Muske-Dukes
January 25, 2022 17:00 - 2 minutes - 4.84 MBDennis Held lives in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, where he is a book editor and community organizer. His first book of poetry, Betting on the Night, was published by Lost Horse Press; his second, Ourself, by Gribble Press. His most recent collection, Not Me, Exactly, was published in 2020 by Hand to Mouth Press. His essay: What I’ll Miss, is published in Pushcart Prize 2022, the best of the small press. He lives along Hangman Creek and watches for kingfishers.
Dennis Held reads "Finland" by Ron Riekki
January 24, 2022 17:00Dennis Held lives in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, where he is a book editor and community organizer. His first book of poetry, Betting on the Night, was published by Lost Horse Press; his second, Ourself, by Gribble Press. His most recent collection, Not Me, Exactly, was published in 2020 by Hand to Mouth Press. His essay: What I’ll Miss, is published in Pushcart Prize 2022, the best of the small press. He lives along Hangman Creek and watches for kingfishers.
"Crime of the Ancient Rhymer" by Dennis Held
January 21, 2022 17:00 - 2 minutes - 4.83 MBThis material was taken from a 2010 Bookshelf program in which Dick Warwick was interviewed by Dennis Held on the subject of Cowboy Poetry.
"The Tattoo Parlor" by Dick Warwick
January 20, 2022 17:00 - 2 minutes - 3.79 MBThis material was taken from a 2010 Bookshelf program in which Dick Warwick was interviewed by Dennis Held on the subject of Cowboy Poetry.
"Old Billy and Matilda" by Dick Warwick
January 19, 2022 17:00 - 2 minutes - 3.79 MBThis material was taken from a 2010 Bookshelf program in which Dick Warwick was interviewed by Dennis Held on the subject of Cowboy Poetry.
"The Old Meeting" by Dick Warwick
January 18, 2022 23:02 - 2 minutes - 5.41 MBThis material was taken from a 2010 Bookshelf program in which Dick Warwick was interviewed by Dennis Held on the subject of Cowboy Poetry.
"The Time to Decide" by Bruce Kiskaddon
January 18, 2022 22:53 - 2 minutes - 3.99 MBThis material was taken from a 2010 Bookshelf program in which Dick Warwick was interviewed by Dennis Held on the subject of Cowboy Poetry.
"Good Night, Fred" by Chris Cook
January 07, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutesChris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.
"That's What Hailey Did" by Chris Cook
January 06, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutesChris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.
Chris Cook reads "Mother Talks Back to the Monster" by Carrie Shipers
January 05, 2022 16:00 - 1 minuteChris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.
Chris Cook reads "On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness" by Arthur Guiterman
January 04, 2022 16:00 - 52 secondsChris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.
Chris Cook reads "Long Feud" by Louis Untermeyer
January 03, 2022 19:11 - 1 minuteChris Cook is Spokane’s Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.
Nance Van Winckel reads "Coming and Going" by James McAuley
December 31, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutesThis week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University’s Creative Writing Program.
Nance Van Winckel reads "To His Host Who Has Asked Him to Stay Longer" by James McAuley
December 30, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutesThis week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University’s Creative Writing Program.
Nance Van Winckel reads "Winter Drive" by James McAuley
December 29, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutesThis week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University’s Creative Writing Program.
Nance Van Winckel reads "Love and Death in the Flower Shop" by James McAuley
December 28, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutesThis week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University’s Creative Writing Program.
Nance Van Winckel reads "A Shift in the Wind" by James McAuley
December 27, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutesThis week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University’s Creative Writing Program.
"Snowbound, a Winter Idyl," Part 5
December 24, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutesSelections from "Snowbound, a Winter Idyl" by John Greenleaf Whittier, read by Spokane Public Radio staff and friends from Christmas week 2019. This is Part 5, read by music director Verne Windham.
"Snowbound, a Winter Idyl," Part 4
December 23, 2021 16:00 - 1 minuteSelections from "Snowbound, a Winter Idyl" by John Greenleaf Whittier, read by Spokane Public Radio staff and friends from Christmas week 2019. This is Part 4, read by chief engineer Jerry Olson.
"Snowbound, a Winter Idyl," Part 3
December 22, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutesSelections from "Snowbound, a Winter Idyl" by John Greenleaf Whittier, read by Spokane Public Radio staff and friends from Christmas week 2019. This is Part 3, read by financial assistant Cassia Fox.
"Snowbound, a Winter Idyl," Part 2
December 21, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutesSelections from "Snowbound, a Winter Idyl" by John Greenleaf Whittier, read by Spokane Public Radio staff and friends from Christmas week 2019. This is Part 2, read by operations manager Brian Lindsey.
"Snowbound, a Winter Idyl," Part 1
December 20, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutesSelections from "Snowbound, a Winter Idyl" by John Greenleaf Whittier, read by Spokane Public Radio staff and friends from Christmas week 2019. This is Part 1, read by Bookshelf producer Mike Aleman.
"Blues," written and read by Susanne Griepp
December 17, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutes“I’m still exploring what it means to be a woman of the west. Born in Tucson, Arizona, raised in southern California, I’ve lived in eastern Washington since 1977 with my husband, Winston. I am a mother, grandmother and great- grandmother! I’ve been a singer, waitress, shopkeeper, nurseryman, florist, landlady, para-educator, and for 23 years, a community Arts and Humanities advocate. I’ve been writing poems since I was 12. My latest poetry book is an autobiographical collection called The Mar...
Susanne Griepp reads "Personal Effects" by Raymond Byrnes
December 16, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutes“I’m still exploring what it means to be a woman of the west. Born in Tucson, Arizona, raised in southern California, I’ve lived in eastern Washington since 1977 with my husband, Winston. I am a mother, grandmother and great- grandmother! I’ve been a singer, waitress, shopkeeper, nurseryman, florist, landlady, para-educator, and for 23 years, a community Arts and Humanities advocate. I’ve been writing poems since I was 12. My latest poetry book is an autobiographical collection called The Mar...
Susanne Griepp reads "A Woman Carries the World on her Head" by Alison Luterman
December 15, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutes“I’m still exploring what it means to be a woman of the west. Born in Tucson, Arizona, raised in southern California, I’ve lived in eastern Washington since 1977 with my husband, Winston. I am a mother, grandmother and great- grandmother! I’ve been a singer, waitress, shopkeeper, nurseryman, florist, landlady, para-educator, and for 23 years, a community Arts and Humanities advocate. I’ve been writing poems since I was 12. My latest poetry book is an autobiographical collection called The Mar...
Susanne Griepp reads "A Drink of Water" by Jeffrey Harrison
December 14, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutes“I’m still exploring what it means to be a woman of the west. Born in Tucson, Arizona, raised in southern California, I’ve lived in eastern Washington since 1977 with my husband, Winston. I am a mother, grandmother and great- grandmother! I’ve been a singer, waitress, shopkeeper, nurseryman, florist, landlady, para-educator, and for 23 years, a community Arts and Humanities advocate. I’ve been writing poems since I was 12. My latest poetry book is an autobiographical collection called The Mar...
Susanne Griepp reads "The Patience of Ordinary Things" by Pat Schneider
December 13, 2021 16:00 - 1 minute“I’m still exploring what it means to be a woman of the west. Born in Tucson, Arizona, raised in southern California, I’ve lived in eastern Washington since 1977 with my husband, Winston. I am a mother, grandmother and great- grandmother! I’ve been a singer, waitress, shopkeeper, nurseryman, florist, landlady, para-educator, and for 23 years, a community Arts and Humanities advocate. I’ve been writing poems since I was 12. My latest poetry book is an autobiographical collection called The Mar...
M. L. Smoker Reads "Sharp" by Heather Cahoon
November 02, 2020 16:00 - 1 minute - 68 BytesM.L. Smoker is a member of the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. She currently serves as co-poet laureate for the state of Montana, alongside her longtime friend, Melissa Kwasny.
Kate Peterson reads her poem "Capricorn"
October 30, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 78 BytesKate Peterson’s chapbook Grist won the Floating Bridge Prize and was published by Floating Bridge Press in 2016. Her poetry, prose, and interviews have been published in Sugar House Review , Glassworks, The Sierra Nevada Review, Rattle, Willow Springs, Hawai`i Pacific Review, and others. Kate is the director of Get Lit! Pro grams , home of Spokane’s annual week-long literary festival.
Kate Peterson reads "I've Never Told You This" by Christopher Howell
October 29, 2020 15:00 - 57 seconds - 57 BytesKate Peterson’s chapbook Grist won the Floating Bridge Prize and was published by Floating Bridge Press in 2016. Her poetry, prose, and interviews have been published in Sugar House Review , Glassworks, The Sierra Nevada Review, Rattle, Willow Springs, Hawai`i Pacific Review, and others. Kate is the director of Get Lit! Pro grams , home of Spokane’s annual week-long literary festival.
Kate Peterson reads "Portrait of the Alcoholic Three Weeks Sober" by Kaveh Akbar
October 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 113 BytesKate Peterson’s chapbook Grist won the Floating Bridge Prize and was published by Floating Bridge Press in 2016. Her poetry, prose, and interviews have been published in Sugar House Review , Glassworks, The Sierra Nevada Review, Rattle, Willow Springs, Hawai`i Pacific Review, and others. Kate is the director of Get Lit! Pro grams , home of Spokane’s annual week-long literary festival.
Kate Peterson reads "Choices" by Tess Gallagher
October 27, 2020 15:00 - 36 seconds - 36 BytesKate Peterson’s chapbook Grist won the Floating Bridge Prize and was published by Floating Bridge Press in 2016. Her poetry, prose, and interviews have been published in Sugar House Review , Glassworks, The Sierra Nevada Review, Rattle, Willow Springs, Hawai`i Pacific Review, and others. Kate is the director of Get Lit! Pr ograms , home of Spokane’s annual week-long literary festival.
Kate Peterson reads "The Sacred" by Stephen Dunn
October 26, 2020 15:00 - 53 seconds - 53 BytesKate Peterson’s chapbook Grist won the Floating Bridge Prize and was published by Floating Bridge Press in 2016. Her poetry, prose, and interviews have been published in Sugar House Review , Glassworks, The Sierra Nevada Review, Rattle, Willow Springs, Hawai`i Pacific Review, and others. Kate is the director of Get Lit! Pro grams , home of Spokane’s annual week-long literary festival.
"Planting Tulip Bulbs" by Brooke Matson
October 23, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 83 BytesBrooke Matson is a poet and book artist in Spokane, Washington, where she is the executive director of Spark Central , a non-profit dedicated to igniting creativity, innovation, and imagination. Eight years of teaching and mentoring at-risk youth deepened her study of physical science and the psychological effects of violence and loss. Matson's second collection of poetry, In Accelerated Silence , was selected by Mark Doty as winner of the Jake Adam York Prize and published by Milkweed Editions.
Brooke Matson reads "Anti-Psychotic" by Franz Wright
October 22, 2020 15:00 - 50 seconds - 50 BytesBrooke Matson is a poet and book artist in Spokane, Washington, where she is the executive director of Spark Central , a non-profit dedicated to igniting creativity, innovation, and imagination. Eight years of teaching and mentoring at-risk youth deepened her study of physical science and the psychological effects of violence and loss. Matson's second collection of poetry, In Accelerated Silence , was selected by Mark Doty as winner of the Jake Adam York Prize and published by Milkweed Editions.
Brooke Matson reads "Witchgrass" by Louise Glück
October 21, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 98 BytesBrooke Matson is a poet and book artist in Spokane, Washington, where she is the executive director of Spark Central , a non-profit dedicated to igniting creativity, innovation, and imagination. Eight years of teaching and mentoring at-risk youth deepened her study of physical science and the psychological effects of violence and loss. Matson's second collection of poetry, In Accelerated Silence , was selected by Mark Doty as winner of the Jake Adam York Prize and published by Milkweed Editions.
Brooke Matson reads "Looks Like a Boy" by Jamaal May
October 20, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 148 BytesBrooke Matson is a poet and book artist in Spokane, Washington, where she is the executive director of Spark Central , a non-profit dedicated to igniting creativity, innovation, and imagination. Eight years of teaching and mentoring at-risk youth deepened her study of physical science and the psychological effects of violence and loss. Matson's second collection of poetry, In Accelerated Silence , was selected by Mark Doty as winner of the Jake Adam York Prize and published by Milkweed Editions.