Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube
377 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe mission of the Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube podcast (QLPORYT) is to provide a live platform for poets from all backgrounds and locations worldwide to showcase their poetry. This includes emerging, mid-level, and established poets. The podcast conducts conversational interviews with poets delving into the essence of poetry within the realms of the mind, heart, and soul. It also provides a platform for poets to showcase their craft, whether through traditional forms or spoken word poetry. If you would like to be a guest on QLPORYT, please contact the host, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram (see below), at [email protected]. You can also visit the website at www.qlporyt.com to learn more about the podcast.
Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram is a retired university professor, social change activist, and spoken word artist. He taught Counselor Education and Supervision in the College of Education at Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR. He is the host and producer of the Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio podcast (qlporyt.com). He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the DC Poetry Project, Inc., in Washington DC. He uses poetry to spread awareness about power, identity, and oppression issues. His international reputation as a spoken word artist and performance poet has earned him the nickname The Counseling Poet. This is based on his background in mental health. Dr. Ingram has traveled extensively, lecturing and conducting workshops on developing cultural competency and empathy skills through the use of poetry. He has also been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for his poetry. His second poetry collection, When Cherry Blossoms Fall on Black Skin is forthcoming. He resides in Washington, DC.
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Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Paul Richmond
January 05, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBPaul was named Beat Poet Laureate three times by National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. Massachusetts 2017 to 2019, U S National Beat Poet Laureate 2019 - 2020. New Generation Beat Poet Laureate 2020 - Lifetime Paul is best described as political, deadpan and wryly humorous, delivered in his own style. He has been called “Assassin of Apathy – power of words / humor - on the unthinkable, the unsolvable, to analyze to digest to give birth to creativity and hope.” He has performed nat...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Mary Gilliland
January 04, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBMary Gilliland is the author of two award-winning collections: The Ruined Walled Castle Garden (2020) and The Devil’s Fools (2022), with poems, anthologized most recently in Rumors Secrets & Lies: Poems on Pregnancy, Abortion & Choice; Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands; and Wild Gods: The Ecstatic in Contemporary Poetry and Prose. She is a past recipient of the Stanley Kunitz Fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center and a Cornell University Council on the Arts Faculty Grant. https:/...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Proudly Presents Rick Lupert
December 20, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 35.4 MBRick Lupert has been involved with poetry in Los Angeles since 1990. He is the recipient of the 2017 Ted Slade Award, and the 2014 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Distinguished Service Award, a 3 time Pushcart Prize Nominee, and a Best of the Net nominee. He served as a co-director of the Valley Contemporary Poets for 2 years, and created Poetry Super Highway. Rick hosted the weekly Cobalt Cafe reading for almost 21 years which has lived on as a weekly Zoom series since early 2020. His sp...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Dr. Arif Ahmad
December 16, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 30.1 MBABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Arif Ahmad is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and practices cardiology and electrophysiology in southern Wisconsin. He is a mid-Westerner with pride for where he came from – Pakistan, his faith – Muslim, and most of all, for the county he now calls home – America. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, he has lived in New York City, Milwaukee, and Iron Mountain, MI, and now resides in Madison, WI. He also has a farm 20 minutes...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Mary Louise Kiernan
December 15, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBMary Louise Kiernan is a member of both Calling All Poets and the Woodstock Poetry Society. She was awarded the 2015 Poetry Prize by Tempe Public Library in partnership with Arizona State University. Kiernan’s poetry appears in The New York Times and elsewhere. Most recently, her debut book's closing poem has been translated into Italian for The Salerno Project's anthology of poems penned by a multinational group of poets. Her debut poetry collection is titled "The Gift of Glossophobia." ht...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Millicent Borges Accardi
December 14, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBMillicent Borges Accardi, an NEA fellow, is a Portuguese-American writer. She has four poetry collections, including Only More So (Salmon Poetry, Ireland). Among her awards are poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, CantoMundo, Fulbright, Foundation for Contemporary Arts NYC (Covid grant), Creative Capacity, Fundação Luso-Americana, and Barbara Deming Foundation, “Money for Women.” She lives in the hippie-arts community of Topanga, CA, where she ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Proudly Presents Zomkhonto
December 11, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBMbonisi Zikhali is a poet/spoken word artist and storyteller born in Makokoba, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He has loved poetry since he was a child. He won his first poetry certificate when he was 8 years old. His spoken-word/storytelling name is Zomkhonto, which happens to be his bloodline’s totem. He is also a trained journalist, youth mentor, qualified community services worker, grassroots community organizer and mental wellness advocate. He considers himself an afro-empath, and is driven to en...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Vincent J. Calone
December 06, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBVincent J Calone is a New Formalist poet. He studied under Lewis Turco- author of the "New Book of Poetic Forms" on New England Press. Poet, playwright, actor, director- he wears different many hats but the message remains the same- Why do we do what we do? How can we change it? And how can we learn, grow and evolve? Recent publications include, Fresh Words An International Literary Magazine; selected anthologies- Cooch Behar, Nature and Everest out of India, Wingless Dreamer, The 24 Hour P...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Wayne David Hubbard
December 01, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 34.2 MBWayne David Hubbard is an author of poetry, essays, and short stories. His literary works explore – both directly and abstractly – aspects of science, philosophy, history, and culture across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Synopsis: In his debut poetry collection, Death Throes of the Broken Clockwork Universe, Wayne David Hubbard illustrates journeys through physical space and abstract worlds of emotion. Combining choreological precision with playfulness, readers enter the ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Simon Constam
November 30, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 36.3 MBSimon Constam is a Toronto poet and aphorist. His first book of poetry, BROUGHT DOWN, was published in January 2022, by Wipf and Stock Publishers. Its early reviews have been exceptional! Kevin John Hart, Anglo-Australian theologian, philosopher, and poet, “Some of the poems remind me, in the best way, of poems by Yehuda Amichai and Nelly Sachs. . . . From time to time, I also was reminded of some of the later poems of R. S. Thomas.” He has published poetry in a number of magazines, among...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents ash good
November 16, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBash good is a nonbinary queer poet & designer living, playing & working in Portland, Oregon. They are the author of five books & chapbooks—including most recently "us clumsy gods" from What Books press—as well as co-founding editor at First Matter Press (a 501c3 nonprofit), guide to Set Your Stories Free (a weekly generative workshop), curator of High Priestesses of Poetry & a reader for Frontier Poetry. Their poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net & appears in Faultline Journal of Art...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Michelle Carter-Douglass
November 15, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBAuthor, poet, and minister Michelle Carter-Douglass is a graduate of Struthers High School (1991), Mahoning County Joint Vocational School (1991), and Youngstown State University (2014). Among her accomplishments, she is the mother of, authors Patrick M. Douglass, Arlessa R. Douglass, Kailah Mychelle Douglass, and Brialan Douglass. She is a survivor of domestic abuse and homelessness. Minister Carter-Douglass is dedicated to serving God and helping those in our communities. https://www.amazo...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Alatishe Kolawole
November 12, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 33.5 MBAlatishe Kolawole' Poet and Friend of Civilization is an award-winning author, singer of hope, and the convener of the world Anthem. His work serves to change society. It unites talent, courage, and commitment for peace and equality. Reading Alatishe's collection 'Immerse your feet in this river of hope.' Alatishe Kolawole won the Gold medal at the prestigious international poetry award 'Frate Ilaro del Corvo' and has been recognized with several international honors, including a European co...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Martina Reisz Newberry
November 10, 2022 01:00 - 31 minutes - 27.5 MBMartina Reisz Newberry is the author of 7 books of poetry. Her most recent book is Glyphs, available now from Deerbrook Editions. She is also the author of Blues for French Roast with Chicory, available from Deerbrook Editions, the author of Never Completely Awake ( from Deerbrook Editions), Where It Goes (Deerbrook Editions), Learning by Rote (Deerbrook Editions), Running Like a Woman with Her Hair on Fire (Red Hen Press), and Take the Long Way Home (Unsolicited Press). Newberry has been...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Sara Moore Wagner
November 09, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBSara Moore Wagner is the winner of the 2021 Cider Press Review Editors Prize for her book Swan Wife (2022), and the 2020 Driftwood Press Manuscript Prize for Hillbilly Madonna (2022), and the author of two chapbooks, Tumbling After (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2022) and Hooked Through (2017). She is also a 2022 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award recipient, a 2021 National Poetry Series Finalist, and the recipient of a 2019 Sustainable Arts Foundation award. Her poetry has appeared in many ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Margaret R. Sáraco
November 08, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBMargaret R. Sáraco is a writer, activist, and retired educator. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in many anthologies and journals. Margaret was a semi-finalist in the inaugural Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Contest in 2022. She received Honorable Mention in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest in 2020 for her poem “The Unlocked Door.” The New Jersey Covid-19 Storytelling Project selected two of her poems as part of a historical record of artwork across the state. A Writing the Land poet...
QL: POR Presents Justin Johnson (Johnson Soldout)
November 04, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBJustin Johnson is a NYC-born, New Jersey-raised author, spoken word, and music artist currently living outside of Newark. Justin self-published his first book of poems, Scattered, in January 2021 as well as, had his poetry published in multiple magazines and presses in the US and UK (Genre Urban Arts, Cousins Magazine, Apricot Press). Outside of writing, Justin has also made his name in the spoken word open mic scene as Johnson Soldout! Johnson has headlined a myriad of open mics in the NJ/N...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Alison Palmer
November 03, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.3 MBAlison Palmer is the author of the poetry chapbook, Everything Is Normal Here (Broadstone Books, 2022), the full-length poetry collection, Bargaining with the Fall (Broadstone Books, January 2023), and the poetry chapbook, The Need for Hiding (Dancing Girl Press, 2018). To read an interview, visit www.thepoetsbillow.org. Alison’s work appears widely in journals such as FIELD, The Cincinnati Review, River Styx, Columbia Review, The Journal, Rogue Agent, Crazyhorse, and elsewhere. She is the re...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Benjamin Goldberg
November 01, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 38.6 MBBenjamin Goldberg’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in POETRY, TriQuarterly, West Branch, Blackbird, Best New Poets 2014 & 2020, Verse Daily, & elsewhere. He lives with his wife outside Washington, D.C. The mission of Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio is to provide a live format for emerging, mid-career, and established poets to showcase their work. Whether traditional poetry or spoken word, the show offers an online vehicle for artists to engage in conversational interv...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents T.A. Niles
October 28, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBT. A. Niles was a seed planted in the Caribbean soil of Trinidad & Tobago on the cusp of the transformational 60s. He was watered and fertilized in the gardens of Brooklyn, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut throughout most of the bell-bottomed era of the 70s. He was forged in trials by fire in the US Marine Corps in the late 70s thru the early 80s, budded and bloomed in academia in the 80s and 90s, before his withering began at the turn of the 21st century. T. A. is officially retired-a...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Sean Wordsmith
October 27, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 28.4 MBSean Hunter was born and raised in the busy borough of Queens, New York. Ironically, after being a mailman for over 12 years, he hopes to deliver inspiration to all readers that come across his writings. Sean values his family and faith most notably in his life. He is a dedicated husband and father of 3 beautiful, handsome, intelligent young children. His oldest, 10-year-old Cheyenne Hunter, inspired him to write his first book back in February 2022 titled Chelby's Hairoics once bidding for p...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Derrick Davis
October 26, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.4 MBDerrick Davis was born in Charlotte NC. Derrick writes about his experiences on his Christian journey. His newly released book, “Seedtime and Harvest: Volume 1” is an empowering collection of spoken word poetry that will captivate the spirit. Seedtime and Harvest: Volume 1 https://www.christianfaithpublishing.com/books/?book=seedtime-and-harvest https://www.facebook.com/dark777cloud
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Sara Cahill Marron
October 25, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 28.6 MBSara Cahill Marron, native Virginian, and Long Island resident, is the author of Reasons for the Long Tu’m (Broadstone Books, 2018), Nothing You Build Here, Belongs Here (Kelsay Books 2021), and Call Me Spes (MadHat Press 2022). She is the Associate Editor of Beltway Poetry Quarterly and publisher at Beltway Editions. She is periodically available for editing projects and specializes in creative fiction and poetry. Published work and contact information are available at www.saracahillmarron....
QLPOR Presents Chayyim Eliezer Ben Israel
October 20, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 39.7 MBWords from Chayyim Eliezer Ben Israel: Born in Austin Tx. Raised in Los Angeles California, I had the taste to entertain at a very young age. Obtained writing and theatrical passion following my mother Elsie Katie Spruill. Began writing poetry in my early teens. Found a perfect match with poetry and music. https://amazon.com/hebruise https://instagram.com/clearmental https://facebook.com/clearmentalmusic
QL: POR Proudly Presents Celebrating the Muse: Two Women and their Poetry
October 18, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 35.5 MBJackie Oldham (she/her) is a writer from Baltimore, Maryland. After retiring from a career as a scientific copy editor and trainer in 2013, Jackie returned to writing, which, along with music, fuels and fulfills her soul. Since December 2014, she has been writing a personal blog, baltimoreblackwoman.com (WordPress), featuring essays, memoirs, and poems about life and family in her hometown. Since 2018, her focus has shifted to poetry. In addition to venues in Baltimore, she has read her works...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Brenardo Taylor
October 16, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.1 MBBrenardo aka “The Sing Song Poet” is a native Washingtonian poet, spoken word artist, and songwriter. He has been writing for more than two-thirds of his life. His written words have been featured in countless newspapers, magazines, and poetry anthologies, including his 2019 chapbook, "Bridge Over Trouble.” He has traveled extensively lifting his poetic voice. Brenardo is a visionary speaker that inspires his peers and motivates, stimulates, and edifies all members of the many audiences he en...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Tamara J. Madison
October 14, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 34.6 MBTamara J. Madison is an author, poet, editor, and instructor. Her critical and creative works have been recorded, produced, and published in various journals, magazines, exhibits, podcasts, and anthologies. Her most recent poetry collection Threed, This Road Not Damascus, was published by Trio House Press (May 2019). She is also the creator and host of BREAKDOWN: The Poet & The Poems, a YouTube poetry conversation series promoting poets and their poetry as inspiration for everyday life. She ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Michael Mark
October 13, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBMichael Mark is the author of Visiting Her in Queens is More Enlightening than a Month in a Monastery in Tibet which won the Rattle Chapbook prize and will be published in 2022. His poetry has been published in Alaska Quarterly Review, The Arkansas International, Copper Nickel, Grist, Michigan Quarterly Review, Pleiades, Ploughshares, Poetry Daily, Poetry Northwest, Rattle, River Styx, The Southern Review, The New York Times, The Sun, Verse Daily, Waxwing, The Poetry Foundation’s American Lif...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Sarah Gallardo
October 07, 2022 00:00 - 30 minutes - 13.5 MBWith years of experience to her credit, Sarah Gallardo has excelled as the founder and executive director of Sarah Speaks Up since 2015. A nonprofit organization that promotes domestic violence awareness, advocates for domestic violence survivors, and provides resources to women, children, men, and families in need, Sarah Speaks Up encourages those who have lived through domestic abuse to share their own experiences and inspire others who may be facing similar circumstances to live free of v...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Marianne Tefft
October 06, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 30.7 MB-- I'm a journalism grad who had a "first life" in magazine journalism, and freelance marketing-communications work in Canada; however, with the arrival of my daughter Julia, now 26, I made a mid-life career change into Montessori teaching. Since 2002, I've been a classroom teacher at Sint Maarten Montessori School in the Dutch Caribbean. -- I absolutely LOVE encouraging kids and, really, EVERYone to find their Inner Poet! One of the great satisfactions of a life in words is the knowledge t...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Diana Rosen
October 04, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBDIANA ROSEN is an essayist, flash writer, and poet whose first full-length book of flash and poetry, "High Stakes & Expectations", was released in spring 2022 from The Tiny Publisher. She has published in online and print journals and anthologies throughout the U.S., Australia, Canada, India, and the U.K., including Rattle, As It Ought to be Magazine, Mad Swirl, and Potato Soup Journal, among others. She is also the author of 13 nonfiction books on food, beverage, and lifestyle topics and cur...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Jason M. Thornberry
September 29, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.8 MBJason M. Thornberry’s writing appears in literary journals and magazines, including TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Entropy, and Letters Journal. Jason is also the survivor of a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic epilepsy—a life-changing experience that abruptly terminated his quest to become a professional musician. One evening, in the summer of 1999, as Jason’s band was about to release their debut album and begin touring, a pair of strangers b...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Nicole Gillespie
September 27, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 30 MBNicole Gillespie is the author of two amazing poetry books, Transparent Moments and Mirror’s Reflections. Each has a five-star rating on amazon with raving reviews and landed her as a Best Author finalist for the 4th annual People Choice Awards of Kansas City! She was born and raised in Kansas City, Mo. Although she is a City girl, it’s just something country about her. For example, she loves wide open spaces, gardening, fishing, and long nature walks while looking for fruit trees with her sh...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Linda Eguiluz
September 22, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 30.3 MBAuthor: Linda Eguiluz (egg-ee-loose) lives and writes in Austin, Texas. Book: The Carcass Undressed https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6WTS1BP/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_P5DD6QFZBRN812DYWWVN Synopsis: In her debut collection, Linda Eguiluz explores the maladies of the body and its consequences. Drawing from the unconstrained depth of free verse and confessional poetry, this collection is divided into three sections: The Body, The Bones, and The Heart. Each section looks at the inner workings of the...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Kevin Lichty
September 15, 2022 00:00 - 59 minutes - 26.9 MBKevin Lichty was born and raised in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. He received an MFA in Fiction from Arizona State University, where he continues to teach composition. His work has appeared in Yemasee, Ponder Review, Palooka, Broad River Review, and elsewhere. The Circle that Fits The fiction novella is a surreal, sometimes shocking account of carnival life, narrated in the first person by Daniel, a child protagonist who becomes the caretaker of his father's nightmares after his...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Linda Ohlson Graham
September 13, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.2 MBLinda Ohlson Graham (so very proud to have been named CO Department of Peace Poet Laureate in Oct. 2009) is a fine photographer and ecstatic poet who has sailed thousands of miles … including the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. She also lived within (1984-93) and co-directed (1984-96) The (J.M.W). Turner Museum in Denver, CO. Her photography and spiritual writing portray the richness of her life's experience. Linda believes … with ALL of her Heart … that Peace CAN be...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Bhikshuni Weisbrot
September 06, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBBhikshuni Weisbrot lives in Queens, NY. She worked at the United Nations for 25 years and is the President of the United Nations SRC Society of Writers. She is the editor, along with Elizabeth Lara and Darrel Alejandro Holnes of “Happiness, the Delight-Tree,” An Anthology of Contemporary International Poetry honoring the International Day of Happiness. (March 20) which brings together poets from 67 countries, with poems in 35 world languages. A poet, most recently her work has appeared in "O...
QLPOR Presents Sisters in the Name of Poetry
September 01, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBNoted poets Alyson Shore Adler, Kathy Barham, Cathleen Cohen, and Christina E. Johnson will read poems that touch on topics such as the "now," social concerns, the power of nature, influences, and mortality. They will also share poetry focusing on life's "lighter" side since resilience is also important. To read the poets' bios, please visit https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/66487686/sisters-in-the-name-of-poetry The mission of Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio is to provi...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Candice M. Kelsey
August 30, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBCandice Kelsey (she/her) is a poet, educator, and activist. Originally from Cincinnati, she received her Bachelor's degree in English from Miami University, Ohio, with an emphasis on epic poetry. She studied law for two years in Chicago but withdrew to pursue writing. She earned her Master's degree in English, with an emphasis on feminist theory, at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, a city she considers home and where she made a life for twenty-eight years. Candice currently lives in...
QLPOR Presents A Saturday Night Poetry & Short Stories Special!
August 28, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 37.9 MB"The difference between poetry and short stories is not always clear, especially with the popularity of prose, narrative poetry, and micro-fiction. But to establish some differences, short stories usually still follow the five plot points; poetry is not dependent on that and can be presented in various forms, whether traditional verse or something contemporary. Poetry must make complex messages as condensed yet effective as possible, while short stories focus more on building characters and ...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Takudzwa Chikepe
August 23, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBTakudzwa Chikepe, famously known as VaChikepe: The Poet, is one of the best writing poets from Zimbabwe. A two-time featured poet at the Bridgewater International Poetry Festival; last year, he won The International Reggae And World Music Award (IRAWMA): Best Poet in the Mutabaruka Category (the first African to win this Award) amongst other awards. VaChikepe is also the founder of VaChikepe And The Hundred Sailors, the publisher of “The Sailors Review” newsletter/journal. He is currently stu...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Lesley Traynor
August 20, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 34.7 MBLesley Traynor is a Scottish writer published nationally and internationally. In 2021, her most recent chapbook of poetry, Thrawn, was published by Hybriddreich. Her poem, ‘Towards Stromness,’ was accepted into the George McKay Brown Fellowship Centenary archive, and her poetry and poetry films representing her experience of Lockdown were accepted into the Elphinstone Institute archive. Winner of 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival memoir writing prize and short-listed for the 2019 Be...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Diana Raab, PhD
August 18, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 24.9 MBDiana Raab, MFA, PhD, is a poet, memoirist, blogger, speaker, and award-winning author of thirteen books. Her work has been published and anthologized in thousands of publications. She frequently speaks on writing for healing and transformation. Raab blogs for Psychology Today, The Wisdom Daily, The Good Men Project, Thrive Global, and is a guest blogger for many others. She’s the author of two memoirs: Regina’s Closet: Finding My Grandmother’s Secret Journal and Healing with Words: A Write...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Faleeha Hassan
August 16, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBShe is a poet, teacher, editor, writer, and playwright born in Najaf, Iraq, in 1967, who now lives in the United States. Faleeha is the first woman to write poetry for children in Iraq. She received her master's degree in Arabic literature and has now published 25 books. Her poems have been translated into English, Turkmen, Bosnian, Indian, French, Italian, German, Kurdish, Spain, Korean, Greek, Serbia, Albanian, Pakistani, Romanian, Malayalam, ODIA, and Nepali language. Ms. Hassan has recei...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Alexander Poster
August 14, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 32.9 MBAlexander Poster is a good, grey bureaucrat who works as a historian for a labyrinthine federal agency. He lives less than one mile from the U.S. Capitol and survived a nasty case of COVID-19, none of which inspired his writing one bit. He is a fan of Cormac McCarthy, depressing music from the 80s and 90s, and, surprisingly, marine mammals. He loves his wife, even though she has expressed concern for him being a “cynical bastard.” He began writing poems later in his life and is his first chap...
QLPOR Presents Matthew Descovia Returns!
August 11, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 30.2 MBBio: Proud Father. Anti Human Trafficking Advocate. Women's Right Advocate. Lyricist. Empathetic Writer. "one voice could change the word." The mission of Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio is to provide a live format for emerging, mid-career, and established poets to showcase their work. Whether traditional poetry or spoken word, the show offers an online vehicle for artists to engage in conversational interviews about poetry. If you would like to be a guest on QL: POR, please co...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents LaVan Robinson
August 09, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 28.4 MBI’m a poet and writer from Philadelphia, but I reside in Lancaster, PA. I’m a 13-year veteran of the military. I’ve self-published 8 books of poetry on Amazon and Kindle books. Available Now. The mission of Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio is to provide a live format for emerging, mid-career, and established poets to showcase their work. Whether traditional poetry or spoken word, the show offers an online vehicle for artists to engage in conversational interviews about poetry. I...
AaronRPoems.com and QLPOR Present Poetically Correct Summer Contest 2
August 05, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.5 MBAaron R. The Poet sponsors multiple poetry contests throughout the year. The 2022 finalists in the Summer Edition 2 contest are @free.k_, @julietmarietaylor, @konscience101, @lyricalfaith, @onlykeyswill, @she_so_cold, and @tinys_creation. The winner will be announced! The mission of Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio is to provide a live format for emerging, mid-career, and established poets to showcase their work. Whether traditional poetry or spoken word, the show offers an onli...
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Kashiana Singh
August 04, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBKashiana Singh (http://www.kashianasingh.com) calls herself a work practitioner and embodies the essence of her TEDx talk - Work as Worship into her every day. Her chapbook Crushed Anthills from Yavanika Press in 2020 is a journey that unravels memory through 10 cities. She proudly serves as a Managing Editor for Poets Reading the News, and her voice is read and heard on various international platforms. Kashiana’s first poetry collection is called, Shelling Peanuts and Stringing Words. Her ne...
QLPOR Proudly Presents Pamela Hasan (Poetic Hummingbird)
August 02, 2022 00:00 - 59 minutes - 26.9 MBPamela Hasan is the author of Poetic Lessons, a collection of poetry about love, loss, grief, and empowerment. She writes poetry using the pen name Poetic Hummingbird. Through poetry, Poetic Hummingbird uses melodic melodies and rhythmic rhymes to invoke conversations that are often difficult to approach. She is known for writing/reciting poetry for collegiate programs centered around diversity, equity, and inclusion. She poetically weaves words together to encourage her readers to pause and ...