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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Mark Gibbons Reads "Poetry Class" by Sheryl Noethe
August 11, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 148 BytesMark Gibbons is the author of ten collections of poetry, his last four: Forgotten Dreams (2012) Shadowboxing (2014) The Imitation Blues (2017) and mostly cloudy (2020) from FootHills Publishing . In 2018 and 2019 he edited two books of poetry for Drumlummon Institute : Moving On: The Last Poems of Ed Lahey , and Summer Lightning , a collection of poems by Marylor Wilson. Recipient on a 2013 Artist Innovation Award from the MAC , Mark lives in Missoula with his wife, Pam, and their cat, Felix....
Mark Gibbons Reads "Christmas Comes to Moccasin Flat" by James Welch
August 10, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 132 BytesMark Gibbons is the author of ten collections of poetry, his last four: Forgotten Dreams (2012) Shadowboxing (2014) The Imitation Blues (2017) and mostly cloudy (2020) from FootHills Publishing . In 2018 and 2019 he edited two books of poetry for Drumlummon Institute : Moving On: The Last Poems of Ed Lahey , and Summer Lightning , a collection of poems by Marylor Wilson. Recipient on a 2013 Artist Innovation Award from the MAC , Mark lives in Missoula with his wife, Pam, and their cat, Felix....
"Lithopedion: Stone Child" by Karen Mobley
August 07, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 134 BytesKaren Mobley is a visual artist, poet and arts consultant. Her poetry book, Trial by Ordeal, was published by Wipf and Stock this year. She has participated in 5 artist-in-residency programs including the prestigious Jentel Foundation. Her art work will be exhibited at the Moses Lake Art Center later in 2020. She serves as an adjunct faculty member at Whitworth University and an instructor for Spokane Art School. She serves as a Program Contractor for Spokane Arts. She served as Arts Director...
Karen Mobley Reads "The Skeleton Key" by Brooke Matson
August 06, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 172 BytesKaren Mobley is a visual artist, poet and arts consultant. Her poetry book, Trial by Ordeal, was published by Wipf and Stock this year. She has participated in 5 artist-in-residency programs including the prestigious Jentel Foundation. Her art work will be exhibited at the Moses Lake Art Center later in 2020. She serves as an adjunct faculty member at Whitworth University and an instructor for Spokane Art School. She serves as a Program Contractor for Spokane Arts. She served as Arts Director...
Karen Mobley Reads "Red Winged Blackbird" by Mark Cuilla
August 05, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 75 BytesKaren Mobley is a visual artist, poet and arts consultant. Her poetry book, Trial by Ordeal, was published by Wipf and Stock this year. She has participated in 5 artist-in-residency programs including the prestigious Jentel Foundation. Her art work will be exhibited at the Moses Lake Art Center later in 2020. She serves as an adjunct faculty member at Whitworth University and an instructor for Spokane Art School. She serves as a Program Contractor for Spokane Arts. She served as Arts Director...
Karen Mobley reads "The Heron" by Jonathan Potter
August 04, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 72 BytesKaren Mobley is a visual artist, poet and arts consultant. Her poetry book, Trial by Ordeal, was published by Wipf and Stock this year. She has participated in 5 artist-in-residency programs including the prestigious Jentel Foundation. Her art work will be exhibited at the Moses Lake Art Center later in 2020. She serves as an adjunct faculty member at Whitworth University and an instructor for Spokane Art School. She serves as a Program Contractor for Spokane Arts. She served as Arts Director...
"Occupied" by Karen Mobley
August 03, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 101 BytesKaren Mobley is a visual artist, poet and arts consultant. Her poetry book, Trial by Ordeal, was published by Wipf and Stock this year. She has participated in 5 artist-in-residency programs including the prestigious Jentel Foundation. Her art work will be exhibited at the Moses Lake Art Center later in 2020. She serves as an adjunct faculty member at Whitworth University and an instructor for Spokane Art School. She serves as a Program Contractor for Spokane Arts. She served as Arts Director...
"Triangulation" by Sierra Golden
July 31, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 154 BytesSierra Golden is a graduate of Gonzaga University and recieved an MFA in poetry from North Carolina State University. Her book The Slow Art (Bear Star Press 2018) won the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the 2019 Washington State Book Award. Golden's poems appear in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner, Permafrost, and Ploughshares. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies by Hedgebrook, Hugo House , and The Elizabeth George Foundation . Although she calls Wa...
Sierra Golden reads "At the Padre Hotel in Bakersfield, California" by Ellen Bass
July 30, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 135 BytesSierra Golden is a graduate of Gonzaga University and recieved an MFA in poetry from North Carolina State University. Her book The Slow Art (Bear Star Press 2018) won the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the 2019 Washington State Book Award. Golden's poems appear in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner, Permafrost, and Ploughshares. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies by Hedgebrook, Hugo House , and The Elizabeth George Foundation . Although she calls Wa...
Sierra Golden reads "Postcard from Florida" by Lucia Perillo
July 29, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 103 BytesSierra Golden is a graduate of Gonzaga University and recieved an MFA in poetry from North Carolina State University. Her book The Slow Art (Bear Star Press 2018) won the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the 2019 Washington State Book Award. Golden's poems appear in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner, Permafrost, and Ploughshares. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies by Hedgebrook, Hugo House , and The Elizabeth George Foundation . Although she calls Wa...
Sierra Golden reads "Daguerrotype" by Michelle Peñaloza
July 28, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 95 BytesSierra Golden is a graduate of Gonzaga University and recieved an MFA in poetry from North Carolina State University. Her book The Slow Art (Bear Star Press 2018) won the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the 2019 Washington State Book Award. Golden's poems appear in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner, Permafrost, and Ploughshares. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies by Hedgebrook, Hugo House , and The Elizabeth George Foundation . Although she calls Wa...
Sierra Golden reads "Pink" by Kari Smith
July 27, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 142 BytesSierra Golden is a graduate of Gonzaga University and recieved an MFA in poetry from North Carolina State University. Her book The Slow Art (Bear Star Press 2018) won the Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the 2019 Washington State Book Award. Golden's poems appear in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner, Permafrost, and Ploughshares. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies by Hedgebrook, Hugo House , and The Elizabeth George Foundation . Although she calls Wa...
Allie Lerma reads “To the First of Getting Longer Days” by Chris Dombrowski
July 24, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 142 BytesAllie Lerma is a student at Wenatchee Valley College and has a love for English literature and poetry. She hopes to further her knowledge of both subjects and can't wait to see where they lead her.
River Richards reads “In the Wake” by Anne Haven McDonnell
July 23, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 138 BytesRiver Richards is a WVC running start student in her senior year of high school. She wants continue writing and hopes one day she can become a college English professor and influence her students as she has been influenced throughout her creative writing and poetry classes.
Andy Flores reads “Dear America” by Betsy Aoki
July 22, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 97 BytesAndy Flores is a student at Wenatchee Valley College.
Karlee Norton reads “What You’d Want to Remember” by Miriam Marty Clark
July 21, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 80 BytesKarlee Norton is a student at Wenatchee Valley College who is interested in the English writing world and wants to expand her knowledge to help her write more in the future.
Megan Whitener reads “Why I Am Not President: A Campaign Speech” by Dennis Held
July 20, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 103 BytesMeg Whitener is an artist, aspiring writer and student at Wenatchee Valley College. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with her awe inducing son, three parakeets, and a small jungle of house plants.
"The Antisocial Network Blues" by Dennis Held
July 17, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 101 BytesDennis Held lives in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood of Spokane, 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 recently published by Hand to Mouth Press. He lives along Hangman Creek and watches for kingfishers.
Dennis Held Reads "A Matter Of Fact Love Song" by Stoddard King
July 16, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 128 BytesDennis Held lives in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood of Spokane, 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 recently published by Hand to Mouth Press. He lives along Hangman Creek and watches for kingfishers.
Dennis Held Reads "Elegy Written In A Tourist Camping Ground" by Stoddard King
July 15, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 143 BytesDennis Held lives in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood of Spokane, 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 recently published by Hand to Mouth Press. He lives along Hangman Creek and watches for kingfishers.
Dennis Held Reads "Blanket Reply To Numerous Circulars" by Stoddard King
July 14, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 114 BytesDennis Held lives in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood of Spokane, 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 recently published by Hand to Mouth Press. He lives along Hangman Creek and watches for kingfishers.
Dennis Held Reads "Pretty Soft" by Stoddard King
July 13, 2020 16:05 - 2 minutes - 141 BytesDennis Held lives in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood of Spokane, 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 recently published by Hand to Mouth Press. He lives along Hangman Creek and watches for kingfishers.
"Grandfather Cuts Loose The Ponies" by John Whalen
July 10, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 157 BytesJohn Whalen was born in Michigan and grew up in Tennessee. He's lived in Spokane since 1992. His first book of poetry, Caliban , was published by Lost Horse Press. He has also put out three chapbooks, including Above the Pear Trees , which won the 2014 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Whalen's poems have appeared in EPOCH, VQR, The Gettysburg Review, and CutBank and is upcoming in Terrain, Rock and Sling, and the Catamaran Literary Reader.
John Whalen Reads "Gone and Back" by Lynn Rigney Schott
July 09, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 127 BytesJohn Whalen was born in Michigan and grew up in Tennessee. He's lived in Spokane since 1992. His first book of poetry, Caliban , was published by Lost Horse Press. He has also put out three chapbooks, including Above the Pear Trees , which won the 2014 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Whalen's poems have appeared in EPOCH, VQR, The Gettysburg Review, and CutBank and is upcoming in Terrain, Rock and Sling, and the Catamaran Literary Reader.
John Whalen Reads "Sometimes I Risk" by Derek Sheffield
July 08, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 117 BytesJohn Whalen was born in Michigan and grew up in Tennessee. He's lived in Spokane since 1992. His first book of poetry, Caliban , was published by Lost Horse Press. He has also put out three chapbooks, including Above the Pear Trees , which won the 2014 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Whalen's poems have appeared in EPOCH, VQR, The Gettysburg Review, and CutBank and is upcoming in Terrain, Rock and Sling, and the Catamaran Literary Reader.
John Whalen Reads "What My Hands Say" by Iris Gribble-Neal
July 07, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 81 BytesJohn Whalen was born in Michigan and grew up in Tennessee. He's lived in Spokane since 1992. His first book of poetry, Caliban , was published by Lost Horse Press. He has also put out three chapbooks, including Above the Pear Trees , which won the 2014 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Whalen's poems have appeared in EPOCH, VQR, The Gettysburg Review, and CutBank and is upcoming in Terrain, Rock and Sling, and the Catamaran Literary Reader.
John Whalen Reads "I, Too" by Langston Hughes
July 06, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 77 BytesJohn Whalen was born in Michigan and grew up in Tennessee. He's lived in Spokane since 1992. His first book of poetry, Caliban , was published by Lost Horse Press. He has also put out three chapbooks, including Above the Pear Trees , which won the 2014 Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award. Whalen's poems have appeared in EPOCH, VQR, The Gettysburg Review, and CutBank and is upcoming in Terrain, Rock and Sling, and the Catamaran Literary Reader.
Stephany Vogel Reads "Because I Could Not Stop For Death" by Emily Dickinson
July 01, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 88 BytesStephany Vogel is a West Coast painter, poet & teaching artist currently building a big garden and making a home in Ione, WA
Stephany Vogel Reads "Loam" by Tod Marshall
June 30, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 78 BytesStephany Vogel is a West Coast painter, poet & teaching artist currently building a big garden and making a home in Ione, WA
Stephany Vogel Reads "Free Spinning" by Andrea Weiser
June 29, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 148 BytesStephany Vogel is a West Coast painter, poet & teaching artist currently building a big garden and making a home in Ione, WA
Luis Murillo reads “Duplex” by Jericho Brown
June 26, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 65 BytesLuis Murillo is a student at Wenatchee Valley College.
Victoria Driscoll reads “Come November” by Debra Marquart
June 25, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 99 BytesVictoria Driscoll is a student at Wenatchee Valley College.
Jamie Medel reads “It’s Time to Teach My Daughter How” by Suzanne Frischkorn
June 24, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 93 BytesJamie Medel is a student at Wenatchee Valley College who enjoys music and literature.
Gemini Gutierrez reads “History Kids” by David Hernandez
June 23, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 146 BytesGemini Ruth Gutierrez-Zamora graduated from Wenatchee Valley College in the winter of 2020 and enjoys painting with acrylics, and writing fiction in her free time.
Olivia Schroeder reads “She’s Going to Be Beautiful” by Todd Boss
June 22, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 79 BytesOlivia Schroeder is a student at Wenatchee Valley College. A world traveller and lover of all animals. Olivia is passionate about recovery and helping others find sobriety. Poetry has helped Olivia deepen her level of recovery and express and share her true self with others.
Lisa Conger Reads “Brown Eyes” by Dr. Bille Greene
June 19, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 114 BytesFor 20 years, Lisa Conger has taught poetry and creative writing to senior citizens through the ACT 2 program of SFCC. She has an MA in psychology from Antioch University-Seattle, with a Certificate in Creative Arts Therapy. She has been an exhibiting papier mache artist and published poet.
Lisa Conger Reads “Hospital Rounds First Day” by Dr. Bill Greene
June 18, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 93 BytesFor 20 years, Lisa Conger has taught poetry and creative writing to senior citizens through the ACT 2 program of SFCC. She has an MA in psychology from Antioch University-Seattle, with a Certificate in Creative Arts Therapy. She has been an exhibiting papier mache artist and published poet.
Lisa Conger Reads “Review of Questions” by Hannah Winter
June 17, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 106 BytesFor 20 years, Lisa Conger has taught poetry and creative writing to senior citizens through the ACT 2 program of SFCC. She has an MA in psychology from Antioch University-Seattle, with a Certificate in Creative Arts Therapy. She has been an exhibiting papier mache artist and published poet.
Lisa Conger Reads “Thank You First Patient” by Kirsten Myers
June 16, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 134 BytesFor 20 years, Lisa Conger has taught poetry and creative writing to senior citizens through the ACT 2 program of SFCC. She has an MA in psychology from Antioch University-Seattle, with a Certificate in Creative Arts Therapy. She has been an exhibiting papier mache artist and published poet.
Lisa Conger Reads "You Would Like to Write a Poem About Medicine” by Kenneth Darcy
June 15, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 158 BytesFor 20 years, Lisa Conger has taught poetry and creative writing to senior citizens through the ACT 2 program of SFCC. She has an MA in psychology from Antioch University-Seattle, with a Certificate in Creative Arts Therapy. She has been an exhibiting papier mache artist and published poet.
Samantha Moser reads "Spells to be Said Against Hatred" by Jane Hirshfield
June 12, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 115 BytesSamantha Moser is a student at Wenatchee Valley College who is interested in poetry and hopes to gain more experience to improve her writing in the future.
Nadia Bernal reads "A World Apart" by Sherwin Bitsui
June 11, 2020 15:00 - 58 seconds - 58 BytesNadia Bernal is a student at Wenatchee Valley College. She is new to poetry and has learned to love and appreciate it. She is looking to take more courses later on to better herself as a poet.
Rosa Rajadel reads "Bridge" by Arthur Sze
June 10, 2020 15:00 - 53 seconds - 53 BytesRosa Rajadel is a student at Wenatchee Valley College who is interested in Art, World Languages and Hispanic Literature and wants to continue expanding her knowledge in the English writing world. She enjoys writing identity poems as a homage to her native island, Cuba.
Haley Bush reads "Fatherland" by Blas Falconer
June 09, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 115 BytesHaley Bush is an alumna of Wenatchee Valley College and Central Washington University where her area of study was English Language and Literature. She hopes to never lose her thirst for understanding what it means to be human. This fall she will begin her pursuit of her master’s in English at Eastern Washington University.
Derek Sheffield reads "Letter to a Burning World" by Kevin Goodan
June 08, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 153 BytesDerek Sheffield’s collection, Not for Luck , was chosen by Mark Doty for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize and is forthcoming in 2021 from MSU Press. His first collection , Through the Second Skin (Orchises, 2013) , was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. His poems have also appeared in The Southern Review, Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, AGNI, and The Georgia Review. He is the poetry editor of Terrain.org and co-editor of Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Demo...
John Hagney Reads "Self Portrait With Thorn Necklace And Hummingbird (II)” by Pascale Petit
June 05, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 131 BytesAll of this week's readings are examples of ekphrastic verse, in which the poem is inspired by another work of art. Today's poem responds to the painting "Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" by Frida Kahlo. (Click for more info on this week's reader)
“On Sargent's Daughters” by John Hagney
June 04, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 122 BytesAll of this week's readings are examples of ekphrastic verse, in which the poem is inspired by another work of art. Today's poem responds to the painting "Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" by John Singer Sargent. (Click for more info on this week's reader)
“Poem on a Nuremberg Triptych” by John Hagney
June 03, 2020 15:00 - 3 minutes - 212 BytesAll of this week's readings are examples of ekphrastic verse, in which the poem is inspired by another work of art. Today's poem responds to three paintings "Self Portrait" and "Night, Death & The Devil" by Albrecht Durer, and "The Standard Bearer" by Hubert Lanzinger. (Click for more info on this week's reader)
“On Pieter Brueghel's Icarus” by John Hagney
June 02, 2020 15:00 - 1 minute - 103 BytesAll of this week's readings are examples of ekphrastic verse, in which the poem is inspired by another work of art. Today's poem responds to the painting "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by Pieter Brueghel (Click for more info on this week's reader)
John Hagney Reads “Musee Des Beaux Arts” by W.H. Auden
June 01, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 124 BytesAll of this week's readings are examples of ekphrastic verse, in which the poem is inspired by another work of art. Today's poem responds to the painting "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by Pieter Brueghel (Click for more info on this week's reader)