Burning Bright

A thoughtful meditation on sliced bread, featuring poems by Lynn Wood Dizard, Madelyn Garner, and Patricia Bollin. Support the show

Celebrating America’s 250th birthday, featuring work by Dan Shiffman, Will Reger, Keli Osborn and Anne Sheldon. Support the show

Celebrating Mel Brooks' birthday with pieces by Jo Miles, Richard Moore, and Maryhelen Snyder.  Support the show

Celebrating Paul McCartney’s 84th birthday with poems by Penny Altman, Michele Wolf, Tracy K. Lewis, and Henry Morgenthau III. Support the show

 Celebrating the end of the school year with poems by Sarah Dickenson Snyder, Ilene Millman, Harriet Stratton, and Cathleen Cohen.  Support the show

Finding hope, featuring poems by Tom Large, Ed Gold, Chuck Tripi, and Martha Fox.  Support the show

Poems about Jewish American Identity, from Dennis Lee, Wilderness Sarchild, and Fran Markover. Support the show

Pieces on confessions and spirituality from Peggy Schimmelman, Dwayne Thorpe, and Anastasia Vassos. Support the show

Celebrating our spring semester interns with poems by Gilbert Arzola, Fran Markover, Ruth Goring, and Wilderness Sarchild.  Support the show

A three-poem preview of Proof of Life by Kathy O’Fallon, winner of the 2026 Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize. Support the show

Commemorating the anniversary of the capture of Saigon, with excerpts from Jeffrey Minch, Michael Miller, and Gary Lark.  Support the show

Poems that take place outside, from Maura High, Beverly Osband, Sam Schmidt, and Jean Connor. Support the show

Celebrating the start of baseball season with work from Bea Epstein, Barry Nemett, John Kimmey, and Jennifer Wallace. Support the show

Celebrating National Siblings Day with pieces from Perie Longo, Helen Vo-Dinh, and Gail DiMaggio. Support the show

Pieces on aging body parts by Harry Bauld, Michael Brodin, and Katherine Briccetti.  Support the show

A sneak peek into the new issue with Richard Jacobs, Hania Qutub, Mary Alice Dixon, and Robbie Gamble. Support the show

An appreciation of literature and writers with poems by Mark Brooks, Judy Ireland, Florence Weinberger, and Bonnie Naradzay.  Support the show

Writing on the desire to be of service, from Judith Chalmer, Diana Woodcock, and Andrew Brown.  Support the show

Commemorating John Keats with odes by John Philip Drury, Myra Shapiro, and Mark Elber.  Support the show

To the moon and beyond with poets Colleen Gibbons, Mark MacAllister, and Ruth Mota. Support the show

Elemental tangents, with poems by Jim Nawrocki, Kay Cash-Smith, and Susan Haroutunian Cunningham. Support the show

Poems and excerpts on learning about Black history, by Kevin Nance, Elizabeth Esris, Kathleen O’Toole, and Melvin Douglas Williams. Support the show

Recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day with pieces from Rachel Heimowitz, Claire Kahane, Fran Markover, and Rosanne Singer.  Support the show

Poems from Philadelphian writers Joy Gorson, Beth Brown Preston, and Bill Buskirk. Support the show

Celebrating Robert Service’s Birthday, with poems by Rebecca Leet, John J. Hohn, and Pamela Wynn. Support the show