The Ponca Poet's Podcast

This might be my FAVORITE episode of The Ponca Poet's Podcast that I've recorded so far, and it's definitely because I get to talk about my best bud Clark and our magnificent relatives the Bigfoot! Come join this long-haired Ponca Goonie in my backyard and we'll talk about making gifts for the world, how to strut like our ancestors, what dreams may come in the best used bookstores,...

This week I read a poem from local legend Robert Michael Pyle’s new poetry collection, The Last Man In Willapa. Robert Michael Pyle is the author of some 25 books, with too many well-deserved accolades to mention here (he wrote one of the most popular books about Bigfoot, Where Bigfoot Walks, which was turned into a beautiful movie a few years ago starring David Cross, called The Dark Divide). He’...

What Native out there hasn't been told to 'Get over it and move on'? In this episode I tell the story of when I lost a friend because he kept telling me just that and wouldn't budge; and then I dig into why we Native people aren't here to get over it, but to get into it and to get into it beautifully.

In which I read Kinsale Drake's (Dine´) poem (Re)location and then stargaze with a multitude of heavy-hitting Native poets, ponder strange ‘mountainside archives’, and proudly enjoy some okay burgers with Kinsale and her dad.

In which I read Deborah Miranda's (Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen/Chumash) poem 'Mesa Verde' and then muse on the magic we're missing, the magic we're longing for, and what it's like when we sometimes find that magic right in our own back pocket. More episodes of The Ponca Poet's Podcast can be find on my Patreon. Rock on and enjoy!

In which I read Vince Wannassay's (Umatila) poem 'Forgotten Coyote Stories' and then hang with Coyote at the Co-op, sit on the edge of a lake of loss, discover an ocean of possibilities, praise our Corn Mother, and remember that as Indigenous people we get to choose who our storytellers are.