Passager

Burning Bright

Arts EN ↓ 275 episodes

Passager’s weekly podcast, presenting poetry and prose by writers over 50. Hosted by Jon Shorr.

Author

Passager

Category

Arts

Podcast website

www.passagerbooks.com

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Burning Bright's 150th Episode! 03.10.2023

Celebrating this milestone with an excerpt from Dorothy Pula Strohecker (Issue 1) and poems by Sharron Singleton and Nan Fry (Issue 50).  Support the show

2023 Poetry Contest Issue 26.09.2023

Featuring honorable mentions from the new issue of Passager , with poems by Joanne Holdridge, Liz Ahl, Laird Harrison and Nancy Lael Braun. Support the show

A Time to Reflect 19.09.2023

Shana tova , with wayfinding poems by Liz Abrams-Morley, Amy White and Jean Connor. Support the show

Pets 12.09.2023

In memory of Gracie Allen, the Passager Poodle, with poems by Ann Kolakowski, Peter Nash, Gene Grabiner and Gary McClain Gannaway. Support the show

Back to School 05.09.2023

Core memories, with pieces by Ellen Hirning Schmidt, Maureen Murphy Woodcock, Maryhelen Snyder. Support the show

Auld Lang Syne 25.07.2023

A look back on the last year at Passager and a peek ahead, with poems by Mark Elber, Sandy Longley, Christine O’Leary Rockey, Joyce S. Brown and Jo Miles.  Support the show

Vive la Marilyns! 18.07.2023

Poems by Marilyn Churchill, Marilyn Wallner, and Marilyn McConnell, in memory of Marilyn Shorr. Support the show

Bastille Day 11.07.2023

Retrospect, with poems by Susan Lilley and Claudia Van Gerven,  plus a peek inside the new issue with thoughts from contest winner George Drew. Support the show

July 4 03.07.2023

This holiday's other implications, with pieces by D.R. James and Roy Cheng Tsung, plus a peek inside the new issue with a poem by Keli Osborn.  Support the show

Allusions to Shakespeare 27.06.2023

Inspired reading, with pieces by Leon Arden and Shirley J. Brewer, plus a peek inside the new issue with a poem by Charles Kesler. Support the show

Kindergarten at 60 20.06.2023

Back to school, with an excerpt by Dian Seidel. Support the show

Bloomsday 13.06.2023

Crossovers, with poems by Monica De Bhailís, Judy Ireland and Nora Percival. Support the show

Cars 06.06.2023

Stirrings and strandings, with excerpts by Joyce Abell and Timothy Reilly. Support the show

Updating Religion 30.05.2023

Reformations, with poems by Curt Sloan, Jesse Arthur Stone and Joyce La Mers. Support the show

Memorial Day 23.05.2023

Honoring our late loved ones, with poems by Mark Elber and Fran Markover.  Support the show

Mothernest 16.05.2023

Four poems in the spirit of mother-ness, introducing a new collection by Sandy Longley. Support the show

Mothers 09.05.2023

Mother memories, with poems by Gilbert Arzola, Wilderness Sarchild, Wendy Elizabeth Ingersoll and Daniel Carpenter. Support the show

May Days 02.05.2023

What happens when we're at war with ourselves and others, with works by former Diana Anhalt and Arthur Rivkin. Support the show

May Day 25.04.2023

Contemplating what helps us bloom, with poems by Kathy Mangan, Sarah Yerkes and Catherine DeNunzio.  Support the show

Music 18.04.2023

It’s the soundtrack to our lives and the rhythmic telling of our destinies with poems by Diana la Com, Ruth Moon Kempher and Harry Bauld.  Support the show

Words 11.04.2023

The things we use to say what we need and how we feel, with poems by Tony Howarth, Sophia Rivkin and Tim Gillespie.  Support the show

Birth & Rebirth 04.04.2023

Enjoying all that came before, what is here now, and what will be with poems by John Glowney, Sharron Singleton, Maryhelen Snyder and Henry Morgenthau III.  Support the show

Marching into April 28.03.2023

Witness the blooming of April’s expectations and memories with poems by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro, Jim Zafris, Mike Jurkovic and April Lindner. Support the show

The Trauma Issue 21.03.2023

Taking a deeper look into our invisible, innermost scars, with poems by Tonia Dixon, Kelly Madigan and Diana Fusting.  Support the show

BB-126 The Ides of March 14.03.2023

Diving into the month that has transfixed history, with works by Julie Cadwallader Staub, Julia Carter Aldrich and Julie LeMay. Support the show

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