Ms. Lyric's Poetry Outlaws

In which she talks Plath and houses and our writerly connection and I grrrrrr first about the Writers’ Strike and Access Copyright. Enjoy!

Of certain species of Birds. I recite it as I listen to the hosts of sparrows in my own backyard.

In which I talk submissions, skittery shortcuts, the need to buy books, and those left behind in discount places and end with the poem Sitting down to Breakfast Alone by Christian Wimen. Enjoy!

She teaches grades 1-4 and talks about how she was introduced to poetry, her challenges, and love of spoken word, ending with a poem The Guest House by Rumi. Interviewed by Katherine Autio! Enjoy.

I read this six part poem. This English as another language poet puts us all to shame with his amazingness. Enjoy!

I chat a bit about my own routine and what I’m reading and try to accomplish each day (of course I didn’t mention cleaning etc) and end with a Canadian Poets poem for Canada Day that asks pointed questions about our art form. Enjoy!

First I somewhat rectify the fact that I didn’t include Greg Betts’ and George Murray’s bios in their Entrances and then I read Jenna Butler’s, intro her connection to me and then she talks identities, voicings, the land, healing and reads an amazing poem called Robbing Day. Enjoy!

I finish reciting the poem mostly well with some minor mispronunciations. It’s harder than you think. So resonant and entangled. Enjoy!

Junior high teacher talks the poem and the student but first I read an Atwood quote and chat some more about poetry’s sacred nature and the concomitant issue of moula. Miriam also reads Billy Collins’ Introduction to Poetry. Enjoy!

I’ll just call it that as I felt like a bit of a rant this morning. We are going the wrong way with poetry as an art form. It’s evident and icky. Let’s get back to the why at the core. And I read a poem Dark Umbrellas by Jason Heroux. Enjoy!

He talks about why not to be overly fond of book publishing, of revision, of patience and time and reads a poem called Flute Lesson. Enjoy!

A recent graduate becoming a high school teacher talks about her relationship to poetry, her teaching methods, and recites a piece by Lang Leav. With Katherine Autio! Enjoy!!

Such a strange poem. But lovely for tongue and ear!

I read it almost perfectly. Nothing is perfect. It seems. But what sounds! Enjoy.

As interviewed by co-host Katherine Autio. Questions about why poetry is important and how do you teach it and ending w a prosey collaboration on fat shaming by two teen girls called Blatant Hatred (at least the title has aurality ;) Enjoy!

Nuff said ;) Come back for Part Two next week!

Yes, this is a fusion of an Openers with David Mason’s 2000 collection of essays called The poetry of life and the life of poetry, a random thoughts about poetry book reviewing and it ends with a poem There is a Balm in Gilead by the questionable Charles Wright. O, enjoy this. And the rain and magpie :)

Hey it’s the Gregory week! Here we have poet Greg Betts talking animals and the environment and theories of being. And reading a wonderful poem called Clean Up. I need to get a window fixed. Enjoy!

This sub-series is hosted by teacher Katherine Autio! Today she talks to Gregory about his early experiences with poetry, how he teaches the poem and his enjoyment of words. Then he recites On the Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan. Enjoy!

I woke in the night. I thought about energy, texture and no apologies. Then I had a headache. Then I recovered. So I chat about this. And read a Fisher Price sonnet on the Farm that ends with a line by Robert Frost. Enjoy!

I chat randomly for ten minutes on why and how to perform as a poet and then recite Edna St Vincent Millay’s Time Does Not Bring Relief, 1931.

It’s a snippet today of one of my rare and relished 94th street Trobairitz series in which i do a three question live interview with Vancouver poet Kevin Spenst on how he started performing, what are some of his techniques and why is performance important for poetry. Then he recites with some preamble two pieces that have mélanges of lexicons and even backwards masking with culminating screams. An...

In which I conclude season 7 with a necessary rant about the system as spurred on by Chris Hutchinson and then introduce the fantab James with his chat on sound and his poem Dishwasher. Stay fierce!!

(1941-1987). Starting with a Wimen quote and talking about the internal and external lives of art plus the nature of being prolific and getting dated. Gwen’s life and two poems follow. Enjoy!

An engaging chat and a lovely poem but with a few tech glitches caused by an unstable internet link. Why I ask for files ;) I popped a bit of music in between to make it bearable. Enjoy!