Nature can help soothe many wounds. Sharon Foley’s poems have received honors and awards from Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Wisconsin Writers Association and The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and have appeared in numerous jou

Lyric, Sometimes Quiet

Mar 13th, 2020 4m 37s

Music and song can be found everywhere. Ralph Stevens lives and writes on Little Cranberry Island on the coast of Maine, in the small community of Islesford, a beautiful and congenial place for the reading and writing of poetry. He is retired a

Amaryllis

Mar 12th, 2020 5m 12s

Brilliant Amaryllis-red can help brighten the gray landscape of winter. Connie Wanek is the author of four books of poetry and one book of short prose. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Quarte

Bottled Water

Mar 11th, 2020 6m 9s

The simplest of things can become quite complicated! Kim Dower, City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood (October 2016 – October 2018), has published four collections of poetry, all with Red Hen Press: Air Kissing on Mars, described by the Los Ange

I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom,

Mar 10th, 2020 6m 14s

Our mothers will always be with us. Kim Dower, City Poet Laureate of West Hollywood (October 2016 – October 2018), has published four collections of poetry, all with Red Hen Press: Air Kissing on Mars, described by the Los Angeles Times as, “se

Abstract

Mar 9th, 2020 7m 13s

Stories can survive years beyond the people who record them. Connie Wanek is the author of four books of poetry and one book of short prose. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Quarterly West, P

We've Had This Conversation Before

Mar 6th, 2020 5m 50s

Life is a series of conversations covering the important and mundane. A faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Joseph Mills holds holds the Susan Burress Wall Distinguished Professorship in the Humanities and was

Hello Quiet Protected Night

Mar 5th, 2020 6m 52s

Don't be afraid of the wide world! Matthew Zapruder (1967) is an American poet, editor, translator, and professor. He is the author of four collections of poetry, his first book, American Linden (Tupelo Press, 2002) won the Tupelo Press Editor’

A World of Singers

Mar 4th, 2020 5m 51s

Music can be heard everywhere if we would simply listen. Ralph Stevens lives and writes on Little Cranberry Island on the coast of Maine, in the small community of Islesford, a beautiful and congenial place for the reading and writing of poetry

What I Can't Tell My Son

Mar 3rd, 2020 6m 52s

As children grow up and move away, the change can be painful. Maria Mazziotti Gillan is winner of the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from AWP, the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award from Poe

How You Know

Mar 2nd, 2020 6m 23s

Knowing if what you feel is love or not is complicated. A faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Joseph Mills holds the Susan Burress Wall Distinguished Professorship in the Humanities and was honored with a 2017

Waking up My Daughter

Feb 28th, 2020 3m 32s

The faces of our past are reflected in the next generation. Greg Kosmicki is a poet and retired social worker and is the author of four books and eight chapbooks of poetry and his poems have appeared in numerous prestigious magazines and journa

Milltown Resurection

Feb 27th, 2020 5m 15s

Memories with lifelong friends repopulates the old town. Larry Smith graduated from Muskingum College in Ohio and earned an MA and PhD at Kent State University He taught at Firelands College-Bowling Green State University and in 1980 he was a F

Going to the World's Fair, 1964

Feb 26th, 2020 7m 32s

Enjoy time on the Midway since life is unpredictable. Maria Mazziotti Gillan is winner of the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature from AWP, the 2011 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Wri

Connections

Feb 25th, 2020 5m 5s

Connections are not always easy to find. Matt Mason is the Nebraska State Poet and Executive Director of the Nebraska Writers Collective. He runs poetry programming for the State Department, working in Nepal, Romania, Botswana and Belarus. Maso

New Breath

Feb 24th, 2020 8m 10s

We must trust and accept vulnerability to fully breathe. Larry Smith graduated from Muskingum College and earned an MA and PhD at Kent State University He taught at Firelands College-Bowling Green State University and In 1980 was a Fulbright le

In the Kitchen

Feb 21st, 2020 4m 6s

Flowers in his wife's long hair is mesmerizing. Steve Kronen's collections are Homage to Mistress Oppenheimer (Eyewear), Splendor (BOA), and Empirical Evidence (University of Georgia Press). His work has appeared widely in the US and the UK. Hi

Warbler

Feb 20th, 2020 5m 24s

Each life is precious no matter how small. Twyla M. Hansen served a five-year term as Nebraska State Poet from 2013 to 2018, is a co-director of the website Poetry from the Plains: A Nebraska Perspective, and has conducted readings and creative

Kablooey is the Sound You'll Hear

Feb 19th, 2020 8m 58s

A mother never wants to hear an explosion inside the house. Debra Marquart is a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University and Iowa’s Poet Laureate. Marquart is the author of six books including an environment

Even on a Sunday Drive

Feb 18th, 2020 7m 8s

A speeding car can bring a greater death any day. Debra Marquart is a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University and Iowa’s Poet Laureate. A memoirist, poet, and performing musician, Marquart is the author of

Celebrate This Kansas

Feb 17th, 2020 6m 26s

Give praise to our land and our ancestors. Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Ph.D., the 2009-13 Kansas Poet Laureate is the author of 23 books, including Miriam's Well, a novel; Everyday Magic: A Field Guide to the Mundane and Miraculous, and Following

The First Sea

Feb 14th, 2020 6m 34s

What do children lose when they acquire language? Diane Thiel is the author of ten books of poetry and nonfiction, including Echolocations, Resistance Fantasies, and Winding Roads, among others. Thiel's work has appeared in many journals, inclu

The Prayers Of The Mathematician

Feb 13th, 2020 6m 27s

John Nash was a genius who pushed mathematics to its outer limits as described in this poem awarded first prize in the BBC International Poetry Contest. Pamela Spiro Wagner (now known as Phoebe Sparrow Wagner) is an author and poet who suffers

Mary Laycock (1915-2011)

Feb 12th, 2020 4m 42s

The wonders of math can be found in daily life. Robin Chapman is the author of ten books of poetry, most recently The Only Home we Know (Tebot Bach, 2019) Her many awards include; a Wisconsin Arts Board Literary Arts Fellowship, 2007, Posner Po

At Last (for my brother)

Feb 11th, 2020 6m 47s

Sibling relationships are funny, amazing, and complicated Floyd Skloot's poetry and prose have won three Pushcart Prizes, the PEN USA Literary Award, and been included in Best American Essays, Best American Science Writing, Best Spiritual Writ