The Poetry Joint

Poetry in Three Parts Poems by and read by Wakefield Brewster, Callista Markotich and Tom Wayman.

Time Poems by Spike Milligan, Mick Burrs (aka Steven Michael Berzensky), Patrick Connors, Jeanne Kwong, Susan Musgrave, Lisa Reynolds, R.F. Adams, Milton Acorn, John Daniel, Patricia Smith, Kelly Madden.

Peace Poetry about Peace and War. Poems by Wendell Berry, Arthur Rimbaud, Ernest J. Berry, Tony Medina, Denise Levertov, Daria Chebotariova, Mariam, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Haki R. Mudhubuti, William Wordsworth, e.e. cummings. "All we are saying is Give Peace A Chance."

Poetry X Hunger Poetry on the subject of hunger. Poetry by Brittany Sabatino, Dr. Vishnavi Pusapati, Justin Johnson, Aarna Pandey, John Maker Garang, Robert Lawrence Binyon, Francisco Alarcon, Joy Harjo, Wynne Morrison, Gavin Barrett, Patricia Trentacoste, Scott Alderson.

The Children's Moon Children's Poetry with poems by Mother Goose, A.A. Milne, Jane Taylor, Michael Rosen, Ken Nesbit, Colin McNaughton, Grace Nichols, Marilyn Nelson, Dennis Lee, Berlie Doherty, Harley White.

Episode 12: Hexagram 18 Conversation and poems with Uchechukwhu Peter Umezurike. Poem by Josephine LoRe.

December Episode : Yalda Poems to celebrate the Winter Solstice. Recognising the Persian tradition of Yalda. Poems by Joseph Donahue, Finnbar Donahue, Bernard O'Donoghue, Clara Joseph, Phyllis Rathwell, Scott Alderson, Moondog, Guy Chambers, Kass Morgan, Mansour Noorbakhsh. Celebrate till dawn.

November Episode : Poetic Catacombs Exploring Poetic Catacombs. Dead Poets, only the verses remain. Poems by Leonard Cohen, Emily Dickinson, Charles Baudelaire, Edgar Allen Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Rhoda Sivell, Murdoch Burnett. Readings by Guy Chambers, Sir Michael Caine, Doris Daley, Hiram Larew.

Fundraiser Month One Radio. Endless Adventure. Imagination. Magic. Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Homer, John O'Connor, Olivia Reginaldo, Richard Brautigan, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rupi Kaur, Mahmoud Darwish, Uchechikwu Umezurik, Jack Kerouac.

Poetry Pathways Poems by Michelle Soon, Robert Frost, Robert W. Service, Rayanne Haines, Pablo Neruda, Gary Snyder. Narration by Xe Sands, Scott Alderson. Conversation with Clara Joseph, Natalie Meisner, Rayanne Haines.

Cowboy Poetry Poetry by Badger Clark (read and with commentary by Marilyn Nelson). Poems and conversation with Phyllis Rathwell (past President Alberta Cowboy Poets Association). Poems by Larry Miller, S.Omar Barker, B.J. Smith and Paul Zarsyski.

Episode 6: Portrait of the Artists As A Young Poet Conversation with Calgary Spoken Word Artist and Poet Miranda Krogstad. Poems by Miranda Krogstad. Also a poem by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson.

Summer Solstice Episode A celebration of the Summer Solstice. Poetry by Josephine LoRe (w/music by Jim Jackson). Jessica Reed. Donna Kane. Armand Garnet Ruffo. Alejandra Sasil Sanchez Chan. Black Elk.

An Icelandic Poet in Alberta Author Moorea Gray talks about poet Stephan D. Stephansson and his place in Alberta and Icelandic poetry. Also poems in Icelandic by Magnus Sigurdsson, with English translation by Meg Matich.

Episode 3: National Poetry Month April is National Poetry Month in Canada and the United States. A variety of poets donated poems for this episode. Miranda Krogstad. Scott Alderson. dee Hobsbawn-Smith. Kaamil Kareemi. Trevor Williams. Kris Demeanour. Natalie Meisner. CJSW listener Jean submitted the "Ode to Ramblers Almanac".

Episode 2 : World Poetry Day UNESCO celebrates World Poetry Day March 21. Poems by New Zealand Poet Laureate Chris Tse, Scottish Makar Kathleen Jamie, USA Poet Laureate Ada Limon, Irish Poet Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate Marie-Celie Agnant. U of C student Jaesung Choi.

The Wakefield Interview Interview with Calgary Poet Laureate Wakefield Brewster. He talks about his development as a poet, his background, influences and expectations for Calgary's art culture which includes poetry.