The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada

Episode 111: America the Beautiful 08.11.2020 9:54 ↓

This episode contains a reading of Bates’ famous hymn, some commentary on the ideal and the real, hope based in awareness, as quoted from Manlio Argueta

Episode 110: Jack O’ Lantern 31.10.2020 10:05 ↓

This episode features three poems from SPARE PARTS about memories of death

Episode 109: The psychic burden of “Winter Coming” and “Flicker” 25.10.2020 10:07 ↓

Two new poems by ken Hada, borrowing a phrase from Paul Austin, and referring to the transactional theory of literature.

Episode 108: Minor Poets? 18.10.2020 11:47 ↓

This episode contains Charles Simic’s famous (and prescient) quote, plus 3 of his poems and one from yours truly. Enjoy.

Episode 107: Machines (or not) 11.10.2020 14:58 ↓

Includes a poem by Louise Gluck (Coincidentally, this episode was recorded the night before the Nobel Prize was announced). The program also includes poems by Carter Revard, Wendell Berry and Ken Hada.

Episode 106: Chinese Autumn Poems 04.10.2020 16:53 ↓

Features Classical poems and contemporary author Huichun Lisng

Episode 105: Intertextuality 27.09.2020 16:22 ↓

Includes Julie Chappell’s poem “Forgive Our Trespasses” responding to Alan Berecka’s poem “Our Trespasses” responding to Ken Hada’s poem “Persimmon Sunday”

Epidode 104: Oscuros and Masks 20.09.2020 11:35 ↓

Includes poems by Octavio Quintanilla, Les Palmer, Dunbar, Yevtushenko and Ken Hada (kenhada.org)

Episode 103: 13.09.2020 14:37 ↓

Includes the poem “Ellison visits greenwood, 1921” by Quraysh Ali Lansana, and poems from Nathan Brown’s book “In the Days of Our Seclusion” and two by Ken Hada from “Sunlight & Cedar” (kenhada.org)

Episode 102: tribute to Jim Spurr 06.09.2020 10:10 ↓

A new poem by Ken Hada, plus four poems by Jim Spurr

Episode 101: speculative poetry 30.08.2020 9:34 ↓

Includes poems by W. B. Yeats, Lucille Clifton, Kim Addonizio, Melissa Studdard and two by Ken Hada (kenhada.org)

Episode 100 23.08.2020 10:25 ↓

Features Carol Reposa, Kerry Shawn Keys and two by Ken Hada

Episode 99: from Occoquan, Gary Worth Moody’s fierce poem “A Branch Bent Beyond Breaking” 16.08.2020 7:08 ↓

“A Branch Bent Beyond Breaking” from Gary Worth Moody’s book, Occoquan, his poetic and historical tribute to women’s rights in America.

Episode 98: “The Soul has Bandaged Moments” 09.08.2020 8:20 ↓

This episode includes poems by Emily Dickinson, Yehuda Amichai, Shu Ting and two new poems by Ken Hada (kenhada.org)

Episode 97: poems located in August 02.08.2020 7:46 ↓

The program includes two poems from Jessica Isaacs’ book Deep August, a Dorothy Parker poem, “August” and three poems by Ken Hada (kenhada.org)

Episode 96: poems by Maryann Hurtt and Ken Hada’s poem, “Late Summer Night” 26.07.2020 6:03 ↓

Four poems from Maryann Hurtt’s 2016 chapbook, “River”. See Ken Hada’s work at kenhada.org

Episode 95: Tribute to John Lewis & Reading the Odyssey during the Pandemic 19.07.2020 8:22 ↓

Tribute to John Lewis & Reading the Odyssey during the Pandemic. (kenhada.org)

Episode 94: Sunlight & Cedar & Sheltering in Place 12.07.2020 11:35 ↓

This episode includes several poems from Steven Schroeder’s new E-chapbook and 3 poems from Ken’s new book, Sunlight & Cedar

Episode 93: Landing, Intrusion & It Will Hold 05.07.2020 5:02 ↓

3 new poems from Ken Hada: Landing, Intrusion & It Will Hold

Episode 92: Feral Love Poems 28.06.2020 10:30 ↓

Includes poems from Joey Brown’s new book plus “Pasture in Morning Light”

Episode 91: The Panther and three poems about fathers. 20.06.2020 8:15 ↓

The Panther, Those Winter Sundays and two by Ken Hada

Episode 90: The Effect of Art on a Life 14.06.2020 14:39 ↓

What is the value of art in a time of hateful populism? Features two Stafford poems, a passage from Jim Barnes and a tribute poem to Jason Murray

Episode 89: Hopeful Innocence 07.06.2020 6:34 ↓

Poems include “Pebbles” “Redbirds Balancing on Cedar Limbs” (from PERSIMMON SUNDAY) and a Rilke and Larkin poem.

Episode 88: At Waffle House, and 3 additional poems 31.05.2020 4:50 ↓

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Episode 87: Destiny- What Is vs What Could have Been 24.05.2020 7:48 ↓

Features “The God Who Loves You” by Carl Dennis