Burning Bright

Stress 01.11.2022 6:36 ↓

Writing through it, with selections by Willa Schneberg, Michael Milburn and Jane Goldsmith.  Support the show

Headstone by Mark Elber 25.10.2022 7:45 ↓

Introducing Mark Elber's prize-winning book, featuring selected poems from the just-released Headstone . Support the show

Autumn 18.10.2022 6:51 ↓

Transitions, with poems by Ginny Lowe Connors, Larsen Bowker, Pru Starr and Wilderness Sarchild. Support the show

2022 Passager Poet David Bergman 11.10.2022 6:13 ↓

Four poems from 2022 Passager Poetry Contest Winner David Bergman. Support the show

The Diaries 04.10.2022 12:11 ↓

Pandemic reflections from Judith Beth Cohen, Maureen Woodcock, Gloria Kropf, Lynn M. Knapp, Rich Bates, Wendy Watson, Martha Graham-Waldon, Amy Cotler, Mary Alice Dixon, Ellen Reichman, Tricia Knoll, Pia Wood, Susan Milord and Dayana Moreno.       Support the show

The 2022 Contest Issue 27.09.2022 5:54 ↓

Honorable mentions from the new issue of Passager , with poems by Joyce Schmid, Julie Pratt and James McGrath.  Support the show

Women 20.09.2022 6:30 ↓

Four poems about women, featuring Laurie Barton, Cathleen Cohen, Dianne Woods Ashley and Laura Secord. Support the show

National Ampersand Day 13.09.2022 6:32 ↓

Honoring the ampersand and the bridges between ideas, with poems by Marilyn Wallner, Anne Myles, Patricia Zylius and Sarah Yerkes. Support the show

Summer 05.07.2022 6:59 ↓

Sunny and seasonal, with poems by Pat Hale, Dorothy Riehm, John O’Dell and Ed Minus.  Support the show

Weddings 28.06.2022 5:59 ↓

Wedding season, with excerpts of memoirs by Charles Heckman and Gloria O'Neil. Support the show

The Centenarians 21.06.2022 7:05 ↓

On this 100th episode of Burning Bright , poems by 100-year-olds Jean Connor, Henry Morgenthau III and Sarah Yerkes. Support the show

Fathers 14.06.2022 5:53 ↓

Fathers and fatherhood, with poems by Thomas Jardine, Harriet Stratton, Marc Swan and Jeanie Sanders. Support the show

Living on the Cusp 07.06.2022 6:05 ↓

Growing pains, with excerpts by Sarah Dabney and Timothy Reilly. Support the show

The 1950s and 60s 31.05.2022 6:59 ↓

Mid-century childhoods, with pieces by Judy Lee Green, Marianne Patty and Rosanne Singer. Support the show

Memorial Day 24.05.2022 6:25 ↓

Three women of WWII, with poems by Diane Dees, E. Laura Golberg and Shirley Brewer. Support the show

Music 17.05.2022 5:15 ↓

Musical imagery, with poems by Steve Matanle, Larnell Custis Butler and Maryhelen Snyder. Support the show

Pets 10.05.2022 6:25 ↓

Their companionship, with pieces by Roberta Schine, John Davis and Gary McClain Gannaway.  Support the show

Mother's Day 03.05.2022 6:25 ↓

Memorable mothers, with pieces by Maureen Hossbacher, Margaret Osburn, Nancy Davidoff Kelton and Chris Carbaugh. Support the show

Baseball 26.04.2022 5:45 ↓

The season begins, with pieces by Harry Bauld, John Kimmey and Jennifer Wallace. Support the show

Coupla Old Men 19.04.2022 5:53 ↓

Meet Bert and Callum, with pieces by Kathy Shorr and Kirk Wareham. Support the show

Eggs 12.04.2022 6:54 ↓

More than food, with pieces by Mark Harris and Fran Markover.  Support the show

Spring Miracles 05.04.2022 6:14 ↓

Birth, new beginnings and miracles, with poems by Beth Paulson, Liz Abrams-Morley and Wendy Hoffman. Support the show

Women's History Month 29.03.2022 6:01 ↓

Celebrating women, with pieces by Wilderness Sarchild, Gilbert Arzola and Joyce Abell. Support the show

Pandemic Retrospective 22.03.2022 6:30 ↓

Two years of COVID, with excerpts from Juliet Wilson, Orman Day, Patrick Hansel, Elaine Lambert and Liz Abrams-Morley. Support the show

War 15.03.2022 5:40 ↓

Its impact, with poems by Patrick Hansel, James McGrath and Kaz Sussman. Support the show