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With a wealth of poets in the region, Spokane Public Radio presents poetry curated and read by a local poet. Featuring a different reader each week, some pieces will be their own and some pieces will be from poets they admire or find particularly poignant


    • Jan 25, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Dennis Held reads "Monarch" by Carol Muske-Dukes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 2:38


    Dennis Held lives in the Vinegar Flats neighborhood of Spokane, Washington, where he is a book editor and community organizer. His first book of poetry, Betting on the Night, was published by Lost Horse Press; his second, Ourself, by Gribble Press. His most recent collection, Not Me, Exactly, was published in 2020 by Hand to Mouth Press. His essay: What I'll Miss, is published in Pushcart Prize 2022, the best of the small press. He lives along Hangman Creek and watches for kingfishers.

    "Old Billy and Matilda" by Dick Warwick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 2:04


    This material was taken from a 2010 Bookshelf program in which Dick Warwick was interviewed by Dennis Held on the subject of Cowboy Poetry.

    "The Old Meeting" by Dick Warwick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 2:57


    This material was taken from a 2010 Bookshelf program in which Dick Warwick was interviewed by Dennis Held on the subject of Cowboy Poetry.

    "The Time to Decide" by Bruce Kiskaddon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 2:10


    This material was taken from a 2010 Bookshelf program in which Dick Warwick was interviewed by Dennis Held on the subject of Cowboy Poetry.

    "Good Night, Fred" by Chris Cook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 2:30


    Chris Cook is Spokane's Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.

    "That's What Hailey Did" by Chris Cook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022 2:50


    Chris Cook is Spokane's Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.

    Chris Cook reads "Mother Talks Back to the Monster" by Carrie Shipers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 1:48


    Chris Cook is Spokane's Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.

    Chris Cook reads "On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness" by Arthur Guiterman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 0:52


    Chris Cook is Spokane's Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.

    Chris Cook reads "Long Feud" by Louis Untermeyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 1:23


    Chris Cook is Spokane's Poet Laureate for 2019-2021.

    Nance Van Winckel reads "Coming and Going" by James McAuley

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 3:00


    This week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University's Creative Writing Program.

    Nance Van Winckel reads "To His Host Who Has Asked Him to Stay Longer" by James McAuley

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 2:49


    This week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University's Creative Writing Program.

    Nance Van Winckel reads "Winter Drive" by James McAuley

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 2:04


    This week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University's Creative Writing Program.

    Nance Van Winckel reads "Love and Death in the Flower Shop" by James McAuley

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 3:55


    This week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University's Creative Writing Program.

    Nance Van Winckel reads "A Shift in the Wind" by James McAuley

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 3:26


    This week Spokane Poet Nance Van Winckel brings us a week in memory of James McAuley. Jim was a beloved poet and teacher at EWU who passed away this fall. He, along with John Keeble, was the founder of Eastern Washington University's Creative Writing Program.

    "Snowbound, a Winter Idyl," Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 2:59


    Selections from "Snowbound, a Winter Idyl" by John Greenleaf Whittier, read by Spokane Public Radio staff and friends from Christmas week 2019. This is Part 5, read by music director Verne Windham.

    "Snowbound, a Winter Idyl," Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2021 1:58


    Selections from "Snowbound, a Winter Idyl" by John Greenleaf Whittier, read by Spokane Public Radio staff and friends from Christmas week 2019. This is Part 4, read by chief engineer Jerry Olson.

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