Ms. Lyric's Poetry Outlaws

A sleepy read of this 1980 poem as I’m flying home today and also Kinnell’s is the book of poems I brought with me and he’s fond of long pieces. So here you go. Dedicated to Frank, twenty years gone today (1974-2003)

It’s old but still beautiful. Eliot borrowed the last line for his Wasteland. It’s snowing.

In which I read a birthday poem for Chris first (1981-2010) then intro how I met Steve and chat about his once-cat and sketch out his short talk and then he reads his longer poem Late Stages. Enjoy!

In 14 sections. It’s awful and beautiful. And hey it’s an early woman writer and Scottish immigrant writing her way into the new (to her) world.

In which I recollect a bathroom incident, talk laughter, introduce Alice’s marvellous chat and poem and tell you we love cats ;) this one is a good time!

A reading of this moving poem in five parts from Kinnell’s Selected Poems.

A grrrr against censorship of books, an intro and bio for Banoo Zan, her talk and poem Iran. Enjoy!

With a tiny grrrrr about wishing poetry editor positions were paid and then an intro to the delightful and meaningful chat and poem by Robert Priest from Toronto. Enjoy!

From the Ecopoetry anthology. A ten minute poem about everything.

In which I chat about routine and writing and Sven Birkerts The Electric Life from 89 then read a poem by Charles Simic “untitled (soap bubble set) 1936” from Dime Store Alchemy (92). Enjoy!

An intense poem about death and rejuvenation that has many shifting line breaks and lacunas. Both beautiful and challenging to recite! Forgive me Barb :) From her collection Restless White Fields (2012).

In which I chat about reverberations and performance series and then introduce Penn Kemp who speaks of her beginnings and recites a poem about Diane di Prima from P.S. Enjoy!

A ten part piece of trance ecology from the Ecopoetry Anthology. Enjoy!

With personal connections, an obit, rob mclennan’s commemoration excerpts and a River Suite poem. Thanks Joe.

An intro of two grrrrs and a shout out and even a weather report and then Bruce Kauffman: bio, chat and a Dr Zhivago poem. Enjoy!

A 24 part piece from his Selected Poems and the same-titled book from 1987. For Black History Month. Hard to read such a long poem so I did my best, especially amid a cat battle near the end! Enjoy :)

In which I recite a Francis Ponge piece on a match in French and then intro Marguerite and her talk and she chats about origins and forms and then reads a segment from The Endless Garment. Enjoy!

I love this devastating poem. Read from the Ecopoetry anthology. I highly recommend his books. He died far too young.

In which I talk about James Longenbach’s vital book The Resistence to Poetry and then conclude with a random poem about weird beauty from Paul Vermeersch’s New and Selected. Enjoy!

I chat about how we met and read her bios and notes and then Barb talks about poetry and specifically the glosa and ends with her poem Cello. Enjoy!

A ten minute recitation from 1856. Also can be found in the Ecopoetry anthology.

I apologize to Alden Nowlan who never lived in Nfld, read a silly cats poem inspired by a question from Lynn, and talk about where we met then intro her and she chats and recites a poem called A change in travel plans. Enjoy!

1959 long narrative poem on visiting a nearly abandoned village that can be found in her selected poems called Country without Maps.

1946-2020. Wilderness man and poet of ecology. A rare voice.

I chat about absurdities and time and read a bio and then Kat talks influences, grief, mentors and reads the longer poem Haunting. Enjoy!