Burning Bright

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

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