Poetry Super Highway Live

We had a full poetry show today which featured poets from Utah, Canada, Texas, Caliofria, North Carolina, Alabama and Kentuky. We also played a spoken word track from Los Angeles poet area Catopodis. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. Listen to the entire show in the archive and visit us on the web at www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh

Thanks to poets from Utah, East Texas, San Francisco, California, Birmingham, Alabama, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Louisville, Kentucky, and Sault Ste. Marie, Canada for bringing us poetry from all over today. Thanks also to Jim Knowles from Andover, Massachusetts for giving us the wonderfully noir spoken word track "Testimony" to listen to. Listen to the entire show in the archive. As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

Another packed Poetry Super Highway Live show today which featured a spoken word track from J. Barret Wolf, as well as poets calling and reading poems from Salt Lake City, Utah, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Attleborough, Massachusetts, Birmingham, Alabama, Louisville, Kentucky, Lenoir, South Carolina, Seattle Washington, Bay City, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California. Check out the entire show in the archive. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

We managed to squeeze 13 poets on the air from all over North America reading poetry from Utah, Canada, Pennsylvania, Alabama, California, Missouri, Massachusetts, Arizona, Oregan, Louisiana, and North Carolina. Tune into the rapid-fire poetry in the archive, plus the spoken word track "E-Ticket" which was sent in by Encinitas, California poet Jim Babwe. As always the show was hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

We had a packed show today featuring poets from Fargo, North Dakota, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Elkins, Park PA, Missouri, Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco, California, and Los Angeles California. In addition to their poems, we featured a spoken word track from Belfast, Northern Ireland poet Colin Dardis. As always the show was hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

Another packed show featuring poets reading their poems from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Birmingham, AL, Topanga Canyon, CA, Escondido, CA, West Hollywood, CA, The San Francisco Bay Area, North Carolina, and Missouri! As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

Fantastic, and packed show of poetry to end 2019, with poets calling in from Sault St. Marie, Canada, Grenwich, Connecticut, Los Angeles, California, Birmingham, Alabama, Provo, Utah, Redondo Beach, California, Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and the San Francisco Bay area.  We also played a spoken word track from Santa Barbara poet Daniel Thomas! As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

Thanks to our callers from Long Beach, Calfornia and Tacoma, Washington for filling out our open poetry reading. We also played a new spoken word track from Berlin based poet Maroula Blades, along with one from Sunnyvale, California poet Ellaraine Lockie. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

We announced the winners of our 2019 summer poetry contest in this special PSH Live event. This is the only place where we announced the entrants who scored in the top 10 positions, and we were lucky enough to hear from one of our judges as well.

Thanks to our callers from Stanwood, Washington and the San Francisco Bay area of California for calling in and reading poetry! We also played spoken word poem tracks from Paul Brucker and Cliff Bernier. Check out the entire show in the archive and make sure to call in next month and read a poem yourself. As always the show was MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

Thanks to poets from Fargo, North Dakota, Provo, Utah, Birmingham, Alabama, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, and Chicago, Illinois who filled out our show with great poetry today. Plus we played a spoken word track from Ellaraine Lockie which is well worth taking a listen to. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

Listen to this fantastic and insightful conversation with 2019 Poetry Super Highway Contest judges Alexandra Umlas, Debbie Hall, and Angele Ellis. Each ot them shared a couple of poems (one of their own, and one by a favorite poet), as well as insights about what they look for when they're reading your poems. If you're considering entering this year's contest, this show is a must listen! Hear from the judges themselves! Enter the contest here.

Great show today with poets reading their poems from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Irontown, Missouri, Upper Marlboro, Marlyand, Soutern California, Austin, Texas and Birmingham, Alabama! We also played a spoken word track from Seattle, Washington poet Ferris Jones. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. 

A mostly spoken word track episode of PSH Live which included poems mixed with music, audience ambiance, and other sound effects, from Angele Ellis, Daniel Thomas, Jerry Garcia, Ellen Sander, Paul Brucker, Richard Leach, Bill Yarrow and Stephen Mead, as well as live poems read by callers from Birmingham, Alabama, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Host Rick Lupert also read a few poems from his new collection of travel poetry "Hunka Hunka Howdee!" 

Thanks to poets from Birmingham, AL, Austria (which is not in Hungary), Sioux St. Marie, Canada, New York City, New York, and Covington, Louisiana for calling in and reading poems! We also played the spoken word track "The Snow That Picks" by Belfast, Maine poet Ellen Sander. As always the show was MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's chief orchestrator, Rick Lupert.

Thanks to poets who called in and read poetry from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada, Merric, New York, Birmingham, Alabama and Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. We also heard spoken word tracks from Daniel Thomas (Santa Barbara, California) and Magdalena Ball (Australia.) MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. Visit Poetry Super Highway on the web here.

Thanks to poets who called in and read poetry from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada, Merric, New York, Birmingham, Alabama and Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. We also heard spoken word tracks from Daniel Thomas (Santa Barbara, California) and Magdalena Ball (Australia.) MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

What a great way to start the new year with a poetry filled show featuring live poems from Sault St. Marie, Canada, The Washington, DC area, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, Provo, Utah, Rochester, New York, Cary, North Carolina and Birmingham, AL. Plus the spoken word track "Congo Square" from Cliff Bernier. As always hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

An all spoken word track edition of Poetry Super Highway Live which featured poems from Jerry Garcia, Rachel Kann, and Rick Lupert!

Thanks to poets who called in from Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Austin, Texas, San Francisco, California, Covington, Louisiana, Birmingham, Alabama, and Fargo, North Dakota for filling up this hour with wonderful poetry. (Not to mention the spokenw word track from Paul Brucker!) Listen to the entire show in the archive! MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. Visit us on the web at www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh

We announced the winners of the 2018 Poetry Super Highway Contest here first and we were lucky enough to have our 3rd place winner listening and calling in to read her poem! We also announced the top 10 scoring postions here (and only here) and had a conversation at the beginning with one of our contest judges, Trish Lindsey Jaggers. Click here for all the details on this year's contest including a link to read the winning poems.

Fantastic show today with poets from all over the U.S. reading their poetry including callers from Lyndhurst, New Jersey, San Francisco, California, Southern California, Portage, Wisconsin and South Carolina! Plus we played a couple of spoken word tracks including a new one from Jerry Garcia and one from Rachel Kann. The show was MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

Whoooo! What a fantastic show-o-poetry today featuing poets reading their poetry from Poughkipsie, New York, Oxnard, California, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Newark, Illinois, Birmingham, Alabama and Lyndhurst, New Jersey. PLUS a new spoken word track from Jerry Garcia. Listen to the entire poetry filled show in the archive. MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh

Listen in to my conversation with the 2018 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. They will share valuable insights and read some of their own work as well as work that they enjoy. Moderated by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert. If time, you’ll have the chance to call in to pose question to the judges. (What other poetry contest gives you this kind of access to the contest judges?)

Thanks to poets from New York City, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, California, and Touscon, Arizona for callin and reading their poetry! We also featured spoken word tracks from Jerry Garcia and Paul Brucker. Listen to the entire show in the archive.

Fantastic poetry-filled show today which featured callers reading their work from Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, San Francisco, California, Covington, Louisiana, Mt. Prospect, Illinois, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and Oxnard, California. (Plus a spoken word track from Illinois poet Bill Yarrow. Click on the show title to hear the entire show in the archive and visit Poetry Super Highway on the web.

Thanks to poets from Fort Washington, Maryland, Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, and Pasadena, California for calling in and reading their poetry on today's show. Tune in to the end to hear a special spoken word track from Los Angeles poet Rachel Kann. As always the show was MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. http://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/

The technical gods were in our favor today providing us with a packed show with poets from all over the world including Oxnard, CA, Fort Washington, MD, Birmingham, AL, Long Beach, CA, Sault St. Marie, Canada, Belfast, Maine, Portage, Wisconsin, and Darby England! Check out the entire poem-filled show in the archive!

Great show with poets from Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, Covington, LA, Ventura, CA and Tacoma, Washington calling in to read their work. (Plus a spoken word track from Danny Maseng who read his poem from the "A Poet's Siddur" poetry anthology.

Join Poetry Super Highway’s monthly online open poetry reading. Tune in to listen to poets from all over the world read their poetry. Better yet, plan on calling in to read a poem live on the air. No content or style restrictions. Use it as an opportunity to promote your new poetry book or project and let us know what’s happening in your local poetry world! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. Visit Poetry Super Highway on the web!

Join MC and editor Rick Lupert as we launch A Poet's Siddur: Shabbat Evening into the world with a special erev Shabbt broadcast featuring poems from the 36 anthology contributors. A Poet's Siddur: Shabbat Evening features 36 poets from all over the world who reinterpreted the Jewish Friday evening liturgy. Contributors include beloved Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen, Danny Maseng, and many other poets. This event promises to be part poetry reading and part alternative Shabbat service. Join as we create an all "left side of the page" Shabbat experience. Find "A Poet's Siddur: Shabbat Evening" on Amazon.com

We announced the winners of our 2017 summer poetry contest in this special PSH Live event first. Listen to the archived edition to hear a little bit from our judges, find out who scored in the top 10 positions, and, of course, who won! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

Thanks to our poets from Ft. Washington, Maryland, Tucson, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, Belfast, Maine and San Francisco, California who called in and read their poetry on Today's show which also featured a spoken word track from Stephen Mead. As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)

Thanks to our poets from Canada, Jerusalem, Israel, Tuscon, Arizona, and Birmingham, Alabama who called in to share poems today. Listen to the whole show in the archive! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)

We had a great conversation with out poetry contest judges J.P. Grasser, Jo Angela Edwins and Ben Britton (who joined us in the chatroom). If you're at all considering entering our poetry contest (details HERE) it's well worth listening to our judges offer insights into what they're looking for as they read your poems (as well as to them reading poetry themselves!

Fantastic Fathers Day edition of our open poetry reading today which featured poets from Washington, D.C., Covington, Louisiana, Sault-St. Maria, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, Tuscon, Arizona, and St. Louis, Missourri all calling in and reading their poems! Hosted as always by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)

Thanks to our callers from Salt St. Marie, Canada (which I'm sure I'm misspelling), Tuscon, Arizona, Bimingham, Alabama, and Santa Barbara, California for sharing poems with us. This month's show also featured a spoken word track from Bill Yarrow from the Chicago area of Illinois. Listen to the entire show in our archive! 

Thanks to our open poetry readers from Ontario, Canada, Leaword, Kansas, and Birmingham, Alabama for giving us a few great poems this month, along with a couple of spoken word tracks and a new poem from your host, Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)

An impromptu conversation about self publishing versus small press versus traditional publishing ensued over many callers, plus poems read by poets calling in from Austin, Texas, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sacramento, California, Birmingham, Alabama, and Chapel Hill, North Carolino. As always, M.C.'d by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

A fun show this month with poets from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Lynchburg, Virginia, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and Birmingham, Alabama, all calling in and reading poems, along with a new spoken word track from host Rick Lupert and an old one from Southern California poet Jerry Garcia.

Our 20th anniversary show with poets from all over calling to read their poetry and offer nice words on the occasion of our anniversary. Thanks to poets from Springfield, MO, Washington, DC, Los Olivos, CA, Boston, MA, Pasadena, CA, and Sioux St. Marie, Candada who called in and shared poetry today MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

Thanks to poets from Springfield, MO, Grenwhich, CT, Pittsburgh, PA, Los Olivos, CA, Redondo Beach, CA, and Birmingham, AL for calling in and sharing their poetry on this edition of Poetry Super Highway Live which also featured a spoken word track from host Rick Lupert's Spoken Word CD "Rick Lupert Live and Dead."

Packed show full of poetry today with poets calling and reading their poems, from Springfield, MO, Upper Marlboro, MD, Sioux St Marie, Canada, Belfast, ME, Bringham, AL, Covington, LA, Pittsburgh, PA, Capitol Heights, MD and Smiths Grove, KY. We also played a spoken word track from Los Olivos, CA poet Steve Braff. Check out the whole hour-long-chock-full-o-poetry show and visit us on the web at http://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/

We announced the winners of our 2016 summer poetry contest in this special PSH Live event. The show began with 2 of our contest judges, Trish Hopkinson and Helen Townsend, sharing their experiences of judging this year's contest. Then we rolled through the top 10 scoring positions. A few of our top ten scoring poets were listening and called in to read their poems, including our 2nd place winner Jo Angela Edwins from Florence, South Carolina. Click here to see all the winners, what they won, and read the winning poems.

What a great and packed show full-o-poetry we had today with callers from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, Los Olivos, California, San Jose, California, Outside of Chicago, Illinois. Pico Rivera, California, Los Angeles, California, Belfast, Maine, and Anderson, South Carolina...great poetry and a spoken word track from Ellyn and Robbie from their spoken word album "Skywriting With Glitter." Check out the full show in the archive and Ellyn and Robbie's album here.

We had a great conversation with out poetry contest judges M. Brett Gaffney, Trish Hopkinson and Helen Townsend. If you're at all considering entering our poetry contest (details HERE) it's well worth listening to our judges offer insights into what they're looking for as they read your poems (as well as to them reading poetry themselves!

Great and packed show of poetry with poets calling in from Los Olivos, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Birmingham, Alabama, Topanga, California, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Belfast, Maine and Westerville, Ohio. Listen in to hear their poems as well as a conversation about whether or not you should get discouraged receiving rejection letters after you submit your work (from an editor's perspective.) Also hear how to download a free poetry book at the end of the show! Visit us online and submit your work at http://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/ or http://www.haikuniverse.com/

Thanks to the poets who called in this month, including Raquel from Montebello, California (who was so intoxicating we had to have her do 2 poems), Alex from Sioux St. Marie Canada (a regular on PSH Live), and Trish from Smiths Grive Kentucky (who lives in the state of Bourbon, but in a dry country infested with dry lightning.) We also heard spoken word tracks from Scott Charles and Jerry Garcy. Check it all out in this archived edition of Poetry Super Highway Live.

We opened up this week's poetry show with featured guest Michael Judkins from Allentown, Pennsylvania telling us about and reading from his book "Interlude to Sentimental Me" (AOIS21 publishing, May 2016) and followed with open readers from, the Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario Canada, Connecticut, Birmhingham, Alabama, and Palm Springs California. The show also featured the spoken word track "A Poem of Thanks" from Rick Lupert's spoken word album "Rick Lupert Live and Dead." Check it out here.

We had a spoken word track-centric edition of Poetry Super Highway Live this month, though we did find time to host Michael from Birmingham, Alabama, Victor from Montana, and Steve from Palm Springs, California as well as spoken word poetry tracks from Philip Levine, Wanda Coleman, Jerry Garcia, Brendan Constantine (remixed) and yours truly, Rick Lupert, playing a couple of tracks from my spoken word album "Rick Lupert Live and Dead."

This month's Poetry Super Highway Live Open Poetry Reading featured poets calling in and reading their work from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Chicago, Illinois, Topanga, California, Smiths Grove, KY, Berkeley, CA, Sunland, CA and Oxnard CA. (Heavy on the California today!) We also heard the spoken word track "News of a Strange Thing" from Rick Lupert's spoken word album "Rick Lupert Live and Dead" forthcoming to digital music venues everywhere!