Burning Bright

Poems about small hopes, from Kathleen Hellen, Becky Sakellariou, Paula Sergi, and Martin Steyer. Support the show

Pieces about Christmas and New Year's, from Nancy Smith Harris, Patric Pepper, and Liz Abrams-Morley.  Support the show

Four sonnets from 2025 Poetry Contest winner Angie Minkin. Support the show

Poems from Henry Morgenthau III and past Morgenthau Prize winners Dennis Lee, Mark Elber, and Winifred Hughes. Support the show

 Featuring excerpts and poems about drunkenness from Andrew Brown, Terri Steel, and Rick Rohdenburg.  Support the show

The right of peaceful assembly, with excerpts and poems from Esther Cantu, Judy Callarman, and Tillie Friedenberg. Support the show

 Recognizing the kindness of others, with poems from David Bergman, Henry Morgenthau III, and Rhett Watts.  Support the show

Featuring pieces from Dr. Denisha Naidoo, Dr. Beverly Greenspan, and Dr. Michelle Morouse.  Support the show

Writing about College from Joyce Abell, Terry Miller, and Winifred Hughes. Support the show

Celebrating Noah Webster with poems about words from Jennifer Pratt-Walter, Sherri Stepakoff, Sarah Yerkes, and Hal Grinberg. Support the show

Poems about Indian Schools from Red Hawk and Joel Savishinsky, and a painting from Alma Roberts. Support the show

 Tributes to teachers from Roy Cheng Tsung and Maureen Murphy Woodcock.  Support the show

Recognizing October is for Oceans month, with pieces from Passager’s Pandemic Diaries series from Mark Tochen, Johan Fremling, Isabel Learza, and Suzanne Iuppa. Support the show

Poems about food from Wendy Hoffman, Christine Higgins, and Fran Markover.  Support the show

Selections from the forthcoming 2025 Poetry Contest issue, featuring poems by Philip Stern, Buffy Shutt, Susan Miller, and Byron Hoot.  Support the show

Honoring the memory of Marian McQuade, with poems and a letter by Richard Levine, Alice Duggan, and Sue Marcus.  Support the show

A special episode of Burning Bright , featuring an interview with Susan Baur, founder of Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage (OLAUG) and author of "In the Company of Turtles." Support the show

Observing the beauty of nature, featuring four poems by Catherine Young, Deborah Casillas, Robert Tremmel and J. I. Kleinberg. Support the show

Celebrating International Kissing Day with romantic poems by John Davis, Clarinda Harriss and Terry S. Johnson. Support the show

A special episode of Burning Bright , featuring an outgoing interview with founding editor Kendra Kopelke. Support the show

Welcoming summer's arrival, featuring poems by Mary Jo Balestreri, Margaret Hoehn, Kirby Olson and Sarah Yerkes. Support the show

Commemorating family history, featuring work by Dan Shiffman, Roberta Schine and Nicholas Samaras, plus excerpts from an interview with Roy Cheng Tsung. Support the show

Anxiety and writing, featuring diary entries by Judith Beth Cohen, Kurt Schmidt and Cindy Cramer. Support the show

Celebrating the American poet with long-lined poems by Matt Hohner, Lisa Couturier and Mark Elber. Support the show

Harbor and danger, featuring four poems about water by Winifred Hughes, Sandy Longley, B. Morrison and Colin McKim. Support the show