Burning Bright

Near Death Experience 09.03.2022 6:19 ↓

Life and death and curiosity, with poems by Joyce La Mers, Maureen Murphy Woodcock, Pat Hurley and Fran Markover. Support the show

Kids 01.03.2022 6:29 ↓

Children and childhood, with pieces by Johanna DeMay, Kristin Davis and Dian Seidel. Support the show

The New Issue! 22.02.2022 6:25 ↓

A peek inside the 2022 Open Issue, with excerpts from Rhett Watts, Jayne Brown and Patrick J. Murphy. Support the show

Presidents' Day 15.02.2022 6:56 ↓

Presidential namesakes, with poems by Rossme Taylor, Tom Buchanan and Leah Johnson. Support the show

Valentine's Day 08.02.2022 6:39 ↓

Love and romance, with poems by Denise Rue, C. W. Emerson, Marge Piercy, Chuck Madansky and Dorothy Weil. Support the show

Winter Animals 01.02.2022 6:13 ↓

The Groundhog, the Mouse and the Crow, with pieces by Laura Wisniewski, Alene Bricken and Jean Connor. Support the show

Three Sonnets and a Pantoum 25.01.2022 6:14 ↓

Well and lesser-known forms, with poems by Lee Warner Brooks, Elinor Horwitz, Norma Chapman and Bonnie Naradzay.  Support the show

In Memory of Jean Connor 18.01.2022 6:25 ↓

A tribute episode to the remarkable poet.  Support the show

Hope 11.01.2022 6:41 ↓

Springtime and other feelings we need right now, with poems by Barbara Stout, James McGrath, Gilbert Arzola and Shirley J. Brewer.  Support the show

The Ingleside Poets 28.12.2021 9:32 ↓

Celebrating new passions in old age, with poems by the Poetry Salon of Ingleside at Rock Creek. Support the show

Ox Horn Bend 21.12.2021 6:09 ↓

Fathers and long-awaited answers, with excerpts from Ox Horn Bend by Roy Cheng Tsung. Support the show

The Solitude of Memory 14.12.2021 7:19 ↓

Empathy and experience, with poems about love, war and blindness, from The Solitude of Memory by Michael Miller. Support the show

Grandfather's Mandolin 07.12.2021 7:11 ↓

Ancestors traveling their paths to the future, with excerpts from Grandfather’s Mandolin  by Fran Markover. Support the show

Payments 30.11.2021 7:31 ↓

The price of dowry and passage, with pieces by Gavin Kayner and Renny Golden. Support the show

Thanksgiving 23.11.2021 7:00 ↓

Cooking and expectation, with pieces by Maureen Hossbacher, Jim Taylor and Larnell Custis Butler. Support the show

Time 16.11.2021 6:01 ↓

How we experience time, with poems by Steve Matanle, Diana Anhalt, Jennifer Burd and Sarah Yerkes. Support the show

Veterans Day 09.11.2021 5:40 ↓

The people that survived, with pieces by James McGrath and Mark G. Carter. Support the show

Things in Trees 02.11.2021 6:44 ↓

Apples, birds and wishes, with poems by Jean Connor, Fran Markover, Pat Anthony and Jennifer Wallace. Support the show

Driving 26.10.2021 6:26 ↓

Unexpected destinations, with poems by Roger Pfingston,  John Hovde, Jesse Arthur Stone and Shirley Brewer. Support the show

Churches 19.10.2021 5:27 ↓

Churches and change, with pieces by Amy Gottfried and Sharon Doyle. Support the show

Masks 12.10.2021 6:44 ↓

Masks: literal and metaphorical, with pieces by Miriam Karmel, Art Cohen, Ruth Beker and Henry Morgenthau III. Support the show

2021 Passager Poet 05.10.2021 5:56 ↓

Highlighting the 2021 Passager Poet Gail DiMaggio with two of her contest-winning "mettas."  Support the show

2021 Contest Issue 27.09.2021 6:32 ↓

Four poems from the new poetry contest issue, by Marie Fochios, Gail Newman, Colleen Anderson and Jan Mordenski.  Support the show

Autumn 21.09.2021 6:51 ↓

Memories of young passion, with poems by Victoria Korth and Kathy Mangan, and in honor of National Cooking Day – a poem by Ruth Mota. Support the show

Music 14.09.2021 5:43 ↓

Two pieces sort of about music, by Donna Pucciani and Timothy Reilly. Support the show