Cartwheels on the Sky

host Blake More celebrates Holiday Poetry and Other Festive Meanderings on Cartwheels on the Sky You will hear the voices of Mendocino County locals, as well as youth, theatrical readings of famous works and other surprises — shifting us into the spirit of the season with a wonderful mix of poets who answered the call for “seasonal poetry” on Facebook and beyond.  One Candle, released by Nymphya o...

Host Blake More features the poetry of Mendocino county youth, including Frej Barty, current Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate, Steven Mitchell and Videl Dieck from Pacific Community Charter High School, 5th grade students from Arena Elementary School, Manchester School and 2-3 and middle school poets from the Pacific Community Charter School.  Every year I feature the upcoming voices of our co...

This week’s Cartwheels on the Sky features a mix of poetry, words and music. A blend of past and present, the next 30 minutes is my way of ushering in the long-anticipated 2021. We made it, and I hope you find this selection inspiring and fills you with the kind of hope we need to gather our courage, strength, and heart so we can ride off into the new new now.

Mark Sanford Gross considers himself “1/3 NY, 1/3 Washington, DC and 1/3 San Francisco.” and for the past 8 years Mark, along with his husband Billy and their two Hungarian shepards, has called Anchor Bay home. He moved to Washington DC to work in radio where he sold advertising for ABC radio’s first FM Rock station, WRQX. During that time he earned his MBA in Management from Marymount University....

Host Blake More speaks with musician, poet, artist Harrison Goldberg to discuss Goldberg’s long, interesting, creative career as a jazz saxophonist, poet, artist, and playwright. With his trademark tools of musical expression, his three saxophones: tenor, alto and soprano, Harrison can be seen and heard in several local venues as well as on a variety of CD recordings. He changes these three instru...

This episode of Cartwheels on the Sky features a conversatin with Grant Scroff, drummer for the Polyrhythmics, a Seattle based powerhouse musical group that will be performing at the Arena Theater in downtown Point Arena on Saturday, March 15. (Host Disclaimer: I'm a superfan of this band. I first discovered their sound at the Hangtown Music Festival and have been listening closely ever since....

Host Blake More interviews the second Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate and Mendocino High School Junior Frej Barty. You will hear Frej’s reflections on poetry, writing, the state of youth expression as well as some of his original poetry.

Host Blake More interviews outgoing Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate and Point Arena High School Senior Sidney Michele Regelbrugge. You will hear Sidney’s reflections on poetry, writing, the state of expression as well as some of her original poetry.

Host Blake More presents a celebration of Mendocino coast poet, longtime host of the Hill House Poetry Reading, and former KZYX classical music programmer Gordon Black. This living tribute show features the poetry of Gordon Black read by Dan Roberts, Joe Smith, Mike Edwards, Janferie Stone, Tom Roberdeau and Gordon himself.

Listen to Cartwheels on the Sky when host Blake More speaks with members of the Mendocino County Poet Laureate Selection committee Michael Riedell, Kirk Lumpkin and Larry Felson. They’ll be talking about the important role poetry plays in Mendocino County, the budding Poet Laureate program, as well as offering insights about their own work and a few poems. Originally aired on KGUA Gualala, FM.

Host Blake More interviews Object Heavy front man, singer Richard Love. They discuss his music, the band Object Heavy and their upcoming tour. The show will also feature Object Heavy’s upcoming LP “Love & Gravity”. Object Heavy is Northern California’s hardest hitting Soul sensation. While based in Arcata, this cast of musical characters has made waves up and down the North Coast of California...

Host Blake More celebrates the successful end of the 2022-23 school year with a show featuring the literary voices of K-12 students in Mendocino County. Voices you will hear include 3-8 students Manchester Elementary School, 3-8 students from Pacific Community Charter School, as well as some poems from the Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate, Point Arena High School senior to be, Sidney Regelbrug...

Host Blake More interviews Sonoma County poet Steve Trenam. They discuss Trenam’s life as professor, his literary leadership and his latest book, as this fine poet weaves his quirky, intelligent poetry into the conversation. Trenam is able to transform empty and blank spaces into places of awe that entice the reader to leave “the dark corners of our rooms” to experience not only the world he creat...

Cartwheels on the Sky Featuring Part 4 of Conference of the Poets & Nymphya on KGUA FM Gualala On Saturday, May 6, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky with Blake More airs part four of trip down poetry lane, featuring Silent Motif, Conference of the Poets, a compilation poetry CD put together by poet Kirk Lumpkin with Berkeley Musicians Robert Keller and Paul Mills. Poets you will hear tonight...

Cartwheels on the Sky with Blake More airs part three of trip down poetry lane, featuring Silent Motif, Conference of the Poets, a compilation poetry CD put together by poet Kirk Lumpkin with Berkeley Musicians Robert Keller and Paul Mills. Poets you will hear tonight include myself, Kirk Lumpkin, Chris Olander, Sara Mithra, Steve Arnston and David Shaddock. I will also feature a few wonderful ori...

Cartwheels on the Sky with Blake More airs part two of trip down poetry lane, featuring Silent Motif, Conference of the Poets, a compilation poetry CD put together by poet Kirk Lumpkin with Berkeley Musicians Robert Keller and Paul Mills. Poets you will hear tonight include myself, Kirk Lumpkin, Chris Olander, Sara Mithra, Steve Arnston and David Shaddock. I will also feature a few wonderful origi...

Cartwheels on the Sky with Blake More features yet another trip down poetry lane, this time featuring Silent Motif, Conference of the Poets, a compilation poetry CD put together by poet Kirk Lumpkin with Berkeley Musicians Robert Keller and Paul Mills. Poets you will hear tonight include myself, Kirk Lumpkin, Chris Olander, Sara Mithra, Steve Arnston and David Shaddock. I will also feature a few w...

Cartwheels on the Sky with Blake More features Anchor Bay Poet John Allen Cann. They will be discussing Cann’s poetry and how it expresses itself in his life and community. Topics include being in the moment, finding one’s voice, inspiration and lots of lots of poetry. Born in Santa Monica, John Allen Cann eagerly acknowledges his first grand enthusiasm began with the arrival of the Brooklyn Dodge...

Recorded in October 2022, this Cartwheels on the Sky with Blake More features Anchor Bay Poet John Allen Cann discussing Cann’s poetry and how it expresses itself in his life and community. Topics include being in the moment, finding one’s voice, inspiration and lots of lots of poetry. Born in Santa Monica, John Allen Cann eagerly acknowledges his first grand enthusiasm began with the arrival of t...

Cartwheels on the Sky features  the bi-coastal NYC/SF Jazz performance poet and longtime Town Crier Raymond Nat Turner discussing the placement of poetry in community, finding one’s voice and fearless expression with host Blake More.  “The Town Crier,” Raymond Nat Turner, is a NYC poet privileged to have read at the Harriet Tubman Centennial Symposium. He is Artistic Director of the stal...

Cartwheels on the Sky features Gualala Poet Dana Teen Lomax. Dana is fourth-generation  Californian, who has lived on the southern Mendocino Coast for nearly  three years. She currently serves as the 2021-2022 Poet-in-Residence at  the Gualala Arts Center. The  daughter of a painter and a builder, Lomax began writing poetry as a  child and remembers melting crayons in her...

This month's Cartwheels on the Sky  celebrates  the successful end of the 2021-22 school year with a show featuring the  literary voices of K-8 students at Manchester Elementary School in  Manchester, CA. The last school year has not been without its ups and downs, so 5th grader Max and his fellow students came to me with the idea to close the school year on an especially high...

Cartwheels on the Sky features Elk poet, filmmaker, fiction writer and teacher Thomas Roberdeau. Thomas Roberdeau is a filmmaker and writer living in Elk, and has been living on the the Mendocino coast on and off since the late 1970’s. He was educated at the University of Texas at Austin. His work in film has been primarily seen on the History Channel and on PBS.  His films and screenplays ha...

Originally airing on Saturday, March 5, 2022 from 7-7:30 on KGUA FM Gualala, this episode Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of SF Poet Diane Frank. Diane is author of eight books of poems, three novels, and a photo memoir of her 400 mile trek in the Nepal Himalayas. While Listening to the Enigma Variations: New and Selected Poems was published in 2021 by Glass Lyre Press. She is...

Originally airing on February 5, 2022 from 7-7:30 on KGUA FM Gualala, this episode Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of Marin County Poet Kathy Evans. Kathy is the author of four collections of poetry:  Imagination Comes to Breakfast, Hunger and Sorrow (which won the Small Press Poetry Prize), As The Heart is Held, and now her latest book, nominated for a Pen awar...