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Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! Here we are at the last day of The Corner's celebration of the 30th anniversary of National Poetry Month! 30 Days and 30 different celebrations of poetry and poets! In this episode, I focus on the one and only Andrea Gibson and their poetry! When I started on this month long celebration, I wanted to be sure to include Andre...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! We're winding down folks! Day 29 already! Wild, right? In this installment, I explore the poetry of another friend of The Corner, Miss Ebony Stewart! Though it is safe to say that I recommend ALL of her poetry, I focus most of my attention on the collection titled, BloodFresh. Press play! Ebony's Website - https://ebpoe...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 28 already. Man, why does time move so fast!? Fast like a cheetah, so to speak. Speaking of the phrase, "so to speak", I've got more poetry to tell you about! If you've heard the other days of my celebration of National Poetry Month, you've heard me speak highly of a poet named Terrence Hayes....

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's coming down to it folks! Here we are at Day 27 already! Wild, right? In this episode, I ponder the universe and the idea of life on Mars with the poetry collection Life On Mars by Tracy K. Smith! Come along for the ride with me and press play! Tracy K. Smith's Webpage - tracyksmithpoet.com Graywolf Press - https://...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's the 26th episode of National Poetry Month folks! That's right, day 26! Where does time go!? In this episode, I talk about the incomparable poet Morgan Parker and her collection, Magical Negro. This collection is beautifully powerful. Press play! Morgan Parker's Webpage - https://www.morgan-parker.com/ Indie Boo...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 25!? What!? Yeah, it's already Day 25! In this episode, I bring the quirky, often humorous, and always poignant poetry of former Poet Laurette Billy Collins to The Corner with his collection, The Trouble With Poetry ! This is a fun collection indeed! Press play! Billy Collins' Webpage - https://billycollins...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 24, y'all! Holy shnikey! on this episode I bring Phil Kaye's collection, Date & Time into the chat! This collection of poetry is real, relatable, and always on time! Come with me to The Corner! Phil Kaye's Webpage - https://philkaye.com/ Button Poetry - https://buttonpoetry.com/product/date-time/ In...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! We're firmly in the 20's now with Day 23! Woah! In this episode I discuss the collection, Ghettoclaustrophobia by friend of The Corner Shanta Lee Honeycut (credited Shanta Lee Gander at the time of publication)! Meet me at The Corner! Shanta Lee's Website - https://www.shantalee.com/ Indie Bookstore Finder - https:/...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! We're already at Day 22! Man, does time fly! On this episode I delve into the light with Lucille Clifton and her collection, The Book of Light. This collection is a celebration in and of itself. Come along and celebrate joy and survival. Celebrate living! Press play! Indie Bookstore Finder - https://bookshop.org/pages/books...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's already Day 21!? Woah! On this episode, I celebrate a collection of another friend of The Corner, Taylor Mali! The collection in this episode is called What Learning Leaves and it has a handful of poems that brought him onto the world's stage! "What Teachers Make", "Like Lily, Like, Wilson", &qu...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! Day 20! Holy smokes! On this episode I celebrate the eclectic and often out of left field anthology of poems called, Verses That Hurt! This is a very fun collection of poems by the Poemfone Poets! What's a Poemfone Poet you ask? Well, press play and find out! A Place To Find This Collection: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9...

Welcome to Day 19 of The Corner's celebration of National Poetry Month! On this day's episode I celebrate a collection called From The Hip: A Concise History of Hip Hop (in sonnets) by friend of The Corner, Stephen Cramer! This collection is a thoughtful and fun tribute to the music of Hip Hop Culture! Press play! Stephen's Wordpress - https://stephencramer.wordpress.com/ Indie Booksto...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! The celebration is 18 days in now! It's like Groucho Marx said, "Time flies like arrows; fruit flies like bananas!" I mean, it's both moving fast, and bananas! Beyond that, in this episode I speak on the importance of accepting and using the influences from a variety of sources and I do that through the amazin...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 17, y'all! Man, this is flying by! Come along with me as I share my love and thoughts of the poetry of friend of the pod, José Olivarez! Be sure to go back and take that episode in! As always, the reasons I'm drawn to his poetry is very loud and clear. Press play! Jose's Website (including links to how to get his books, bu...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 16! Listen in as I discuss the poet that coined the term, "Breakbeat Poet", Idris Goodwin, and his collection of poetry, Can I Kick It? This is definitely a collection that delivers on my search for the bridge between Hip-Hop poetics and classic poetics! Press that play button! Idris Goodwin's Website...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! Day 15! Halfway through the month already!? Yeesh! First and foremost, I want to dedicate this episode to the memory of my dad, Pa, Mike Wood. He is the one that introduced me to Kahlil Gibran through this book, The Prophet. Over 30 years ago I found the copy you see in the pic here on my bed one day after school. The rest was...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! Here we are at Day 14! Whoa! 14 days in already! This segment features another book by a friend of The Corner! This time around I share why I believe you should spend time with the book, Not A lot of Reasons to Sing, But Enough by Kyle Tran Myhre aka Guante! Straight to the point, this book is beautiful and triumphant! I'll...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 13, y'all! In this segment, I turn the spotlight on a collection of poems written by friend of The Corner, Khary Jackson called Any Psalm You Want. Published in 2013 by Write Bloody Books, this collection beautifully blends the harsh realities so many folks face with various influences of style and rhythm. This...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! Holy crap! It's Day 12! In this episode I talk about the quirky and humorous rumble of poetry called The Drunken Driver Has the Right of Way by Ethan Coen! Does that name sound familiar? If you are a movie buff, I bet it does! Ethan Coen is one half of the brotherly movie making duo we've come to know as The Coen Brothe...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 11 already! In this segment I talk about a collection called Final Harvest by the incomparable Emily Dickenson and edited together by Thomas H. Johnson! Emily was a prolific writer in her lifetime, writing 1,775 poems! This collection of 576 poems serves as both a "best of" and a great way to wade into he...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! We're at Day 10 already!? Time keeps on moving! In this episode I share my love for Sarah Kay's debut poetry collection, No Matter The Wreckage! Ever since I saw her pop on Def Poetry Jam, Sarah Kay has been on my poetry radar! Spoiler alert, she keeps getting better! I'm also willing to bet that you already know wh...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! It's Day 9, y'all! In this episode I share the power that is the poem When Rap Spoke Straight To God by Erica Dawson! Bridging everything I love about poetry, Hip-Hop, and spirituality, this poem is speaking truth to power and I'm here for it! Check this book out! Erica Dawson's Website - https://ericadawsonpoet...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! Here we are at Day 8! Join me as I share my love for a book called Burn It Down by poet Katie Byrum! This poetry is a lot of things at once. Vulnerable, tender, tough as f*@k, and always on time. Press play! Forklift Books - http://www.forkliftohio.com/index.php?page=burn-it-down ***but try not to feed the Bezos greed*** Indie...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! On the this day, Day 7, I bring the one and only Saul Williams into the mix of poetry that charges me up! The book discussed in this episode is his ethereal and incredible, The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop! This one holds a special place in Hip-Hop and poetry, as well as in my own heart and mind! Saul's...

Welcome back to The Corner's Celebration of National Poetry Month! In this episode I celebrate the anthology Poems That Make Grown Men Cry! Join me as I talk about how important it is to cry and how that and poetry can help make better men! Indie Bookstore Finder - https://bookshop.org/pages/bookstores How To Reach Me email - mjw511@yahoo.com My Patreon - patreon.com/thecorner15 BlueSky - Glyd...