The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada

Episode 186: Wislawa Szymborska 29.05.2022 8:34 ↓

Ken reads three of Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska’s poems - her timely poetic impulse declares “Life goes on” and bears witness to the “incorrigible readiness to start afresh tomorrow”

Episode 185: Ann Howells, Bill McCloud, Nikki Herrin, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue 22.05.2022 9:29 ↓

Ken reads poems by Ann Howells, Bill McCloud, Nikki Herrin, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue and two of his own.

Episode 184: Streams in Mid-May 15.05.2022 10:22 ↓

Two poems from Not Quite Pilgrims, plus three new poems, and two from The Way of the Wind - water, fishing and our human journey

Episode 183: Bilgere, Heldrich and Hada 07.05.2022 9:59 ↓

Ken reads George Bilgere’s “Because I could not Stop for Death” from Central Air (Pittsburgh UP, 2022) and Philip Heldrich: three poems from Good Friday (Texas Review Press, 2000 - winner of the Kennedy Poetry Prize. And 3 new poems by Ken Hada

Episode 182: Brady Peterson’s “At the Edge of Town” 24.04.2022 11:19 ↓

Ken reads several poems from Brady Peterson’s latest book: At the Edge of Town. Plus a new poem by Ken Hada

Episode 181: April, Morning & Light 17.04.2022 6:58 ↓

Ken reads a Philip Levine poem, plus several of his new poems

Episode 180: Ten Acres of the Universe 09.04.2022 7:27 ↓

Ken reads several poems from Paul Bowers’ new book: Ten Acres of the Universe (Turning Plow Press).

Episode 179: Spring and All 03.04.2022 5:24 ↓

Ken reads “Spring and All” plus two more from William Carlos Williams, and one from James Wright.

Episode 178: Sunset in My Eyes, and some other poems from Bring an Extry Mule 27.03.2022 9:45 ↓

Ken reads 7 poems from his 2017 collection, BRING AN EXTRY MULE (Vacpoetry 2017). Some river poems and a couple other speingtime poems.

Episode 177: Spending Time 20.03.2022 7:27 ↓

Ken reads three of his poems: one old, two new ones. Thanks for listening

Episode 176: LeAnne Howe, Evidence of Red 13.03.2022 13:00 ↓

Ken reads several poems from LeAnne Howe’s 2005 collection Evidence of Red, then ends with one of his poems inspired by LeAnne’s novel Miko Kings.

Episode 175: Roxana Cazan, Tethered to the Unexpected 06.03.2022 9:43 ↓

Ken reads from Roxana Cazan’s latest book: Tethered to the Unexpected: poems about illness

Episode 174: The Voice of Winter 27.02.2022 9:44 ↓

Ken reads another batch of new work, echoing the winter weather and the geopolitical chaos felt this week.

Episode 173: 6 New Winter Poems 20.02.2022 9:11 ↓

Ken reads 6 new poems: Poem in the Afternoon, Morning Prayer, A Thawing, Snow Melt, Hope and The Light of Day

Episode 172: Novalis: Hymns to the Night 13.02.2022 6:33 ↓

Hymns to the Night, a classic text from German Romanticism

Episode 171: Ruth Stone Poems 06.02.2022 10:23 ↓

Ken reads several poems by Ruth Stone

Episode 170: Elizabeth Raby Tribute 29.01.2022 11:54 ↓

Ken reads from Elizabeth Raby’s book Beneath Green Rain

Episode 169: Bull Buffalo & Indian Paintbrush 23.01.2022 15:40 ↓

Eleven poems (from eleven poets) from the Oklahoma anthology Bull Buffalo & Indian Paintbrush, edited by Ron Wallace

Episode 168: Truth-Telling in Poetry 15.01.2022 12:46 ↓

In this episode, Ken reads poems by Rilke, Roethke, Hayden, Berecka, Thomas, Juhasz and three of his own from his 2010 book, “Spare Parts”

Episode 167: “The Question of Beauty” 08.01.2022 9:44 ↓

Considering Keats’ joining of beauty and truth, Ken reads poems by Robert Bridges, Emily Dickinson, Rupert Brooke, and one of his own poems.

Episode 166: Tennyson: “Ring out, wild bells” 01.01.2022 10:30 ↓

Recorded New Year’s Eve, Ken reads a few pertinent sections from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “In Memoriam A. H. H.”

Episode 165: Holiday poems 24.12.2021 9:44 ↓

Ken reads”Returning Snow” from Persimmon Sunday and some holiday poems from Sunlight & Cedar. Peace

Episode 164: from “Poetry to the People” 19.12.2021 15:03 ↓

Ken reads several poems from the 2013 anthology: “Poetry to the People” edited by Abby Wendle and Scott Gregory (This Land Press)

Episode 163: Mining for Stardust 11.12.2021 9:32 ↓

Ken reads poems from Kai Coggin’s new book: “Mining for Stardust”

Episode 162: poems from Contour Feathers 05.12.2021 7:56 ↓

Ken reads several new poems from his latest book, Contour Feathers (Turning Plow Press, 2021).