Burning Bright

Words for Webster

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2025 7:02 Transcription Available

Celebrating Noah Webster with poems about words from Jennifer Pratt-Walter, Sherri Stepakoff, Sarah Yerkes, and Hal Grinberg.Support the show

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Indigenous Peoples' Day

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 6:48 Transcription Available

Poems about Indian Schools from Red Hawk and Joel Savishinsky, and a painting from Alma Roberts.Support the show

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World Teachers' Day

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 7:00 Transcription Available

Tributes to teachers from Roy Cheng Tsung and Maureen Murphy Woodcock. Support the show

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October is for Oceans

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 8:01 Transcription Available

Recognizing October is for Oceans month, with pieces from Passager's Pandemic Diaries series from Mark Tochen, Johan Fremling, Isabel Learza, and Suzanne Iuppa.Support the show

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National Cooking Day

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 6:45 Transcription Available

Poems about food from Wendy Hoffman, Christine Higgins, and Fran Markover. Support the show

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A Peek Inside the New Issue

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 6:32 Transcription Available

Selections from the forthcoming 2025 Poetry Contest issue, featuring poems by Philip Stern, Buffy Shutt, Susan Miller, and Byron Hoot. Support the show

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National Grandparents' Day

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 5:50 Transcription Available

Honoring the memory of Marian McQuade, with poems and a letter by Richard Levine, Alice Duggan, and Sue Marcus. Support the show

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Susan Baur: Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 16:29 Transcription Available

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with Susan Baur, founder of Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage (OLAUG) and author of "In the Company of Turtles."Support the show

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Nature

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 7:18 Transcription Available

Observing the beauty of nature, featuring four poems by Catherine Young, Deborah Casillas, Robert Tremmel and J. I. Kleinberg.Support the show

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International Kissing Day

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 6:47 Transcription Available

Celebrating International Kissing Day with romantic poems by John Davis, Clarinda Harriss and Terry S. Johnson.Support the show

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Outgoing Interview with Editor Kendra Kopelke

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 18:40 Transcription Available

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an outgoing interview with founding editor Kendra Kopelke.Support the show

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Summertime

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 7:12 Transcription Available

Welcoming summer's arrival, featuring poems by Mary Jo Balestreri, Margaret Hoehn, Kirby Olson and Sarah Yerkes.Support the show

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Father's Day

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 7:55 Transcription Available

Commemorating family history, featuring work by Dan Shiffman, Roberta Schine and Nicholas Samaras, plus excerpts from an interview with Roy Cheng Tsung.Support the show

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The Pandemic Diaries

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 6:39 Transcription Available

Anxiety and writing, featuring diary entries by Judith Beth Cohen, Kurt Schmidt and Cindy Cramer.Support the show

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Walt Whitman

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 9:03 Transcription Available

Celebrating the American poet with long-lined poems by Matt Hohner, Lisa Couturier and Mark Elber.Support the show

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Water: An Ode

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 7:11 Transcription Available

Harbor and danger, featuring four poems about water by Winifred Hughes, Sandy Longley, B. Morrison and Colin McKim.Support the show

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Florence Nightingale and Nursing

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 6:44 Transcription Available

Three poet-nurses, featuring work by Marilee Pritchard, Laura Secord and Mary Hennessy.Support the show

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Freud & the Mental Health Trades

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 6:10 Transcription Available

Turtles, poems and other coping mechanisms, featuring work by Susan Baur and Kelly DuMar.Support the show

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Audubon & Birds

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 7:25 Transcription Available

Birds and guidance, featuring work by Anne Frydman, Gordon Grilz and Sandy Longley.Support the show

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David Bergman: Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 14:27 Transcription Available

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with David Bergman, author of Plain Sight.Support the show

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Spring Holidays

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 8:06 Transcription Available

Questions for God, featuring poems by James Littwin, Anastasia Vassos, Maryhelen Snyder and Wilderness Sarchild.Support the show

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Fountain of Youth

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 6:32 Transcription Available

Three poems on aging, featuring centenarians Henry Morgenthau III, Sarah Yerkes and Jean Connor.Support the show

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Marriage

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 6:36 Transcription Available

Routines or rites? Featuring poems by Kathy Mangan, David J. S. Pickering and Ann McGovern.Support the show

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Arianna's Picks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 8:23 Transcription Available

The pieces that impacted Passager intern Arianna D'Italia, featuring work by Maureen Murphy Woodcock and Nancy Jean Hill.Support the show

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Spring!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 7:06 Transcription Available

Three poems for the season and your spirits, featuring Penelope Scambly Schott, Rachel Heimowitz and Hunt Hawkins.Support the show

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Fran Markover

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 13:01 Transcription Available

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with Passager poet Fran Markover, author of Grandfather's Mandolin.Support the show

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Peace Corps

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 8:10 Transcription Available

Humanitarian callings, featuring work by James McGrath, Dian Seidel and Terry S. Johnson.Support the show

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Longfellow

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 8:44 Transcription Available

Geographic connections to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, featuring poems by Betty Ajemian, Marsh Muirhead and Alice Weiss.Support the show

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Eva's Picks

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 7:33 Transcription Available

The pieces that impacted Passager intern Eva Fraser, featuring work by Kirsten Backstrom, Dori Hale and Rachel Eisler. Support the show

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Valentine's Day

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 6:33 Transcription Available

Open hearts, featuring poems by Stefan Balan, Arthur Russell, Marda Messick and David Bergman.Support the show

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Charles Dickens

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 7:09 Transcription Available

Dickensian upbringings, featuring work by Margo Davis, Eaton Jackson and Richard Moore.Support the show

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An Interview with Winifred Hughes

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 10:40 Transcription Available

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with 2024 Henry Morgenthau III Prize Winner Winifred Hughes.Support the show

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Editors' Picks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 8:10 Transcription Available

Passager editors discuss the pieces that left lasting impressions, featuring Virginia B. Anderson, Richard Frank Gillum and Kathy O'Fallon. Support the show

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Roget's Thesaurus

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 7:43 Transcription Available

Language and expression, featuring poems by Stephen Cribari, Carolyn Moore, Laura D. Weeks and Keli Osborn.Support the show

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Birthday Reflections

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 7:28 Transcription Available

Where you've been and where you're going, featuring four poems by Jean Nordhaus, David Galloway, Naomi Thiers and Jaque Reed.Support the show

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Trees

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 6:53

Beginnings, journeys, and fate, featuring poems by Maryhelen Snyder, Shirley Windward and Gilbert Arzola.Support the show

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Dogs

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 6:02 Transcription Available

Companionship, featuring excerpts and poems by Andrew Brown, Gary McClain Gannaway and R. A. Stewart.Support the show

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The Village of New Ghosts

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 5:29 Transcription Available

A peek inside Passager's newest title, featuring poems by Morgenthau Poetry Prize Winner Winifred Hughes.Support the show

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Gratitude

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 7:27 Transcription Available

For moments big and small, featuring poems by Wilderness Sarchild, Sandy Longley, Michael Miller and James K. Zimmerman.Support the show

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Exploding Whale Day

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 7:05 Transcription Available

Commemorating an unusual anniversary with three poems by Oregonians Catherine McGuire, Henry Hughes and Kelly Sievers. Support the show

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Veterans Day

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 7:02 Transcription Available

The personal impacts of war, featuring poems by Judith Slater, Winifred Hughes, James McGrath and Michael Miller.Support the show

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“I learned to nourish myself”

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 6:57 Transcription Available

Conditions, cures and coping, featuring poems by Liz Abrams-Morley, Mary Jo Balistreri and Winifred Hughes.Support the show

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The Immigrant Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 7:37 Transcription Available

Heritage and homecomings, featuring work by Regina Dilgen, Georgia Gojmerac-Leiner and Parul Shah.Support the show

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Chopin, Music and Dance

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 7:15 Transcription Available

Rapture and romance, featuring work by Leon Arden, Nora Percival, Susanna Rich and Allen C. West.Support the show

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Autumn

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 8:10 Transcription Available

Apples, spirits, and more, featuring poems by Jean Connor, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Emily Hayes Whittle, and Fran Markover.Support the show

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The Great Chicago Fire

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 7:52 Transcription Available

Art and divinity, featuring Chicago poets Ruth Goring, Patricia McMillen and Ruth Hoberman.Support the show

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Meet the 2024 Passager Poet

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 13:21 Transcription Available

A special episode featuring an interview with 2024 Passager Poetry Contest winner Joyce Schmid.Support the show

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The 2024 Poetry Contest

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 6:33 Transcription Available

Selections from the brand new issue of Passager, featuring honorable mentions by Susan Zimmerman, Judith Bowles, Bonnie Jacobson, John Biggs and Mark Fryburg. Support the show

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Law & Writing

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 7:16 Transcription Available

From attorneys into authors, featuring work by John Glowney, Freddie Lee Wilson & Craig Hukill, and Margaret Flaherty.Support the show

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The Empowered Reader

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 7:02 Transcription Available

From young readers to older writers, featuring work by Bonnie Naradzay, Danuta Kosk-Kosicka and Michael Pikna.Support the show

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Cape Cod

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 9:20 Transcription Available

Nature and mortality, featuring poets Wilderness Sarchild, Kathy Shorr, Fran Markover and Sandy Longley live at the Wellfleet Public Library.Support the Show.

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