Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast

Lisa Marie Simmons is a Boulder Colorado native, singer/songwriter, essayist, and published poet currently based in Italy. She recently joined the Grammy award-winning artists signed to the American label Ropeadope Records who released her poetic/musical album NoteSpeak in March 2020, which received a four-star review from the iconic Downbeat magazine. The American debut of NoteSpeak was at the Ze...

Bianca Amira Zanella is the Poet-in-Residence at Phoenix Books Rutland and host of an international monthly open mic. Her poems have most recently appeared in The Artful Mind, The Rutland Herald, The Mountain Troubadour, and The Reverie. In 2020, Bianca founded The Paper Poet , now offering healing poetic experiences to anyone experiencing suffering and continues to perform around the United State...

Ryan McRee is a writer, dramaturg, and theatre director based in San Jose and Los Angeles. He graduated from USC in 2017 with a double major in Theatre and Narrative Studies, and while his focus is primarily in drama, he continues to explore screenwriting and poetry writing. He works for the Critical Studies department at the USC School of Dramatic Arts as a Course Assistant and prides himself as...

This episode breaks down the critical importance and value of hiring a copyeditor to review your manuscript. The difference between a copyeditor and an editor is summarized. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon . Follow James Morehead on Twitter ( @dublinranch ) and Instagram ( @viewlesswings ), and on the website viewlesswings.com . Brittany Smail, t...

The poem "today?” from James Morehead's book canvas is featured. James reads the poem and then goes behind the scenes on how the poem was created and inspired. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon . Follow James Morehead on Twitter ( @dublinranch ) and Instagram ( @viewlesswings ), and on the website viewlesswings.com .

Regina Harris Baiocchi is an author, poet and educator. Her music has been performed by Detroit Symphony, Chicago Symphony, US Army Band, Seattle Philharmonic, Southeast Symphony orchestras and other internationally-acclaimed artists. Regina has written orchestral music, libretto and one-act opera, hand drum concerto, marimba concerto, ballet, chamber music, liturgical and secular music, vocal and...

Olivia Gatwood is an internationally recognized poet and author of “Life of the Party” and “New American Best Friend”. Her poetry performances and workshops held at over two-hundred schools and universities, and videos online, have reached millions of viewers. Olivia has also worked as a Title IX Compliant educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery. Olivia discusses how she crafted a colle...

On this episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast I continue the journey I took to self-publish my first book "canvas". In this episode I discuss the importance of a manuscript and the role of storyboarding your manuscript early in the process. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon . Follow James Morehead on Twitter ( @dublinranch ) and Instagram (...

Morgan Liphart is an accomplished poet and author of "Barefoot & Running". Morgan discusses how she approaches poems that are rich in imagery and very personal, how she manages the inevitable rejections as a writer on the road to successful publishing, and her experience as a self-published author. Morgan also reads the poem "The Current Scene of my Childhood Home" from her book and discusses...

The poem "stages” from James Morehead's book canvas is featured. James reads the poem and then goes behind the scenes on how the poem was created and inspired. "stages" is from James Morehead's debut book, on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon . Follow James Morehead on Twitter ( @dublinranch ) and Instagram ( @viewlesswings ), and on the website viewlesswings.com .

On this episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast I have a very special guest, none other than Mythbusters and Crash Test World star Kari Byron. Kari is also an incredible artist and sculptor who has mastered the explosive technique of black powder to create her paintings. I spoke with Kari about the black powder technique, how she approached creating the cover art for my book “canvas” using bl...

The poem "routine” from James Morehead's book canvas is featured. James reads the poem and then goes behind the scenes on how the poem was created and inspired. "routine" is from James Morehead's debut book, on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon . Follow James Morehead on Twitter ( @dublinranch ) and Instagram ( @viewlesswings ), and on the website viewlesswings.com .

The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast takes you behind-the-scenes with animator-director Gaia Alari, discussing how she turned the poem "tethered” from James Morehead's book canvas into a traditional, hand drawn animated short film. James reads the poem and then interviews Gaia Alari. "routine" is from James Morehead's debut book, on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon . Learn more about animat...

Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast host James Morehead starts a series of episodes on the journey he took to self-publish his first book canvas . Self-publishing can be overwhelming at first. Hopefully this series helps make your journey a bit easier. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon . Follow James Morehead on Twitter ( @dublinranch ) and Instagram ( @...

This episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast features a reading of the poem "by the ocean" and analysis of the poem by the author. "The pandemic inspired the first section of my book and this poem captured most acutely the heightened level of stress I was experiencing in the spring of 2020. At the time I was struggling to find a full night's sleep, obsessed with the news coverage and the extr...

Chapter 1 of The Viewless Wings Podcast features a reading of the poem "canvas" and analysis of the poem by the author. "Unlike most of my poems, canvas fell out of me 80 percent complete in a stream of conscience one morning last year. I woke up with the idea, grabbed my phone, and just started writing. It felt like a good baseball swing - effortless - I wasn't thinking, just swinging words into...

James Morehead, Poet Laureate of Dublin, California and author of canvas , introduces The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast. Where does a poem come from? How does an image, a sound, an emotion, an experience, the spark of an idea become a poem? The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast will explore the art of poetry and business of self-publishing, in short bursts, each episode less than ten minutes. I'll exp...