Poets in the Pines Podcast

Join us as we chat with poet, assistant principal, and Kentucky native Josh Stone. In our conversation, we learn about the ways our childhood home never leaves us—even after it’s demolished—how the perspective of our parents changes over time, and how poets delicately weave emotional truth, universal truth, and ambiguity together in order to create something worth connecting to. He also reads one...

Join us as we chat with poet, engineer, and multidisciplinary artist Cypher. In our conversation, we explore the intimacy of poetry, the connection between music and movement in the creative process, and what it means to create from a place beyond self-consciousness. Together, we discuss dream logic, swamp imagery, the tension between instinct and structure, and how poetry can capture a fleeting m...

Join us as we chat with writer, editor, teacher, and jazz banjoist Sylvie Althoff. In our conversation, we explore ambiguity, dream logic, transformation, and the strange comfort of unanswered questions. We discuss transcendence through surreal imagery, the limits of language, the body as both home and self, and how writing can become a way of imagining gentler worlds in difficult times. Sylvie al...

Poets in the Pines Presents: Made from Midnight: Delirium Virtual Contributor Poetry Reading + Open Mic “You cannot know sin in the way that sin knows you…” —JAIMHY “Sorrow is a valley only love could carve.” —Moudi Sbeity “The oak floorboards feel like a blanket of crawfish cracking under my toes.” —J’Nae Join us as we hear the international voices behind our latest anthology. We dive into the wo...

Poetry Is Resistance is a live open-mic night held in response to current events surrounding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minnesota—a gathering rooted in the belief that art is not separate from the world, but a way of meeting it. This episode captures an evening where poets and writers came together to speak back to fear, silence, and erasure. Through poetry and personal refl...

In this special first episode, we gather for a cozy evening of poetry, reflection, and community. Contributors from our debut anthology, Made from Midnight: a requiem , take the virtual stage to share their hauntingly beautiful pieces, alongside editors and fellow poets who made this collection possible. The night includes readings from the anthology, a heartfelt intermission and discussion, an op...