The Albany Poets Podcast

L - Majesty reading his poem "When the Boyfriend of Your Lover Calls you in the Middle of the Night” at Nitty Gritty Slam #89 at The Low Beat in Albany, NY on March 3, 2015

Cheryl Rice reading at the 2015 Albany Word Fest Open Mic at the UAG Gallery on Lark Street in Albany, New York, on Friday, April 17, 2015.

Shannon Shoemaker performing at the 10x10 Festival in Pittsfield, MA on February 18, 2013, presented by WordXWord.

Ed Rinaldi reading at the 2012 Albany Word Fest Open Mic at the Albany Public Library on Saturday, April 21, 2012

Marie Kathleen reading two new poems - one on art & love beginning “I'm a work of art…” and the other “Depression keeps me humble...” - at the Brass Tacks open mic at The Low Beat in Albany, NY on January 7, 2020.

Mary Panza reads “No One Escapes the Pain of Being a Person”, “Those Black & White Photos,” and “Why Poetry?” at the Poets Speak Loud poetry and spoken word open mic on January 28, 2019, at McGeary's in Albany, NY

Charlie Rossiter reads "On Reading My Brother's Facebook Post" and "If You See Something" at the Poets Speak Loud poetry and spoken word open mic on January 28, 2019, at McGeary's in Albany, NY

Kendall Hoeft reads "When the Body Breaks" and "Of Sea & Sky" at the Brass Tacks poetry and spoken word open mic on December 4, 2018, at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Poetyc Visionz reads "I Met God on Lark Street" and "Be Grateful" at the Brass Tacks poetry and spoken word open mic on December 4, 2018, at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Alyssa Michelle reads "Introvert" and "Pause" at the Brass Tacks poetry and spoken word open mic on December 4, 2018, at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Christa DeMarco reads "Six Minute Egg" and "Impact" at the Brass Tacks poetry and spoken word open mic on December 4, 2018, at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Dan Wilcox reads "Peace Marchers at the Vietnam Memorial" at the Brass Tacks poetry and spoken word open mic on December 4, 2018, at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Melody Davis reads "Caillebotte's Laundry", "Walter, the Lawyer", "It Only Starts", and more as the featured reader at the Poets Speak Loud open mic series on April 30, 2018, at McGeary's in Albany, NY

Anthony Bernini reads W.S. Merwin's "Unknown Age" and his own poem "Desert Rivers" at the Poets Speak Loud: Tom Nattell Memorial Open Mic and Beret Toss on January 29, 2018, at McGeary's in Albany, NY

Randee Renzi performing her poems "Reach Out to Me", "Beautiful Brown Baby Boy", and "Peace" at the Brass Tacks poetry and spoken word open mic on September 18, 2018 at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Elizag (Elizabeth Gordon) performiner her piece "The 12th Round" at the Brass Tacks poetry and spoken word open mic on August 21, 2018 at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Todd Fabozzi reading his poems "Ghosts" and "Organic" at the first Brass Tacks open mic on July 17, 2018 at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Therese Broderick reading her poem "The Daughter on Sunday Display" at the Third Thursday Poetry Night open mic on April 19, 2018 at The Social Justice Center in Albany, NY

Alyssa D'Amico reading her poem "Cartoon Maniac" at the Up The River, Issue Four Launch Reading on April 17, 2016 at McGeary's in Albany, NY

Jeff Stubits reading two poems at the Poets Speak Loud open mic on June 25, 2018, at McGeary's in Albany, NY

ILLiptical performing his new poem "Vegan Knowledge" at the Getting Down to the Brass Tacks spoken word event on March 29, 2018, at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

D. Colin reading "For Every Black Woman Who Has Been Called Angry" at the Getting Down to the Brass Tacks spoken word event on March 29, 2018, at The Low Beat in Albany, NY

Alan Catlin reading “Hollyweird” and “The Good Life" at the Troy Poetry Mission on November 29, 2017 at O'Brien's Public House in Troy, NY

Bunkong Tuon reading “Sunday at the Beach” at the Troy Poetry Mission on November 29, 2017 at O'Brien's Public House in Troy, NY

Bob Sharkey reading “Waiting for my Load to Dry” "After ODing on Peanut M&Ms during Game 6" at Poets Speak Loud on November 27, 2017 at McGeary's in Albany, NY

Brooke Kolcow reading “Cheery Love Poem While Meeting His Family” and “What Will You Do with an MFA?” at Poets Speak Loud on November 27, 2017 at McGeary's in Albany, NY

Poetyc Visionz performing at the 6th Annual Hud,SON! River Regional Poetry Slam at Casa Del Sol in Nyack, NY on Saturday, July 8, 2017.

Shannon Shoemaker performing at the 6th Annual Hud,SON! River Regional Poetry Slam at Casa Del Sol in Nyack, NY on Saturday, July 8, 2017.

Howard J. Kogan is a psychotherapist and poet. His poems have appeared in Still Crazy, Occupoetry, Poetry Ark, Writer's Haven, Farming Magazine, Literary Gazette, Pathways, and Up the River. His book of poems, Indian Summer, was published in 2011.

Nancy Klepsch is a local poet and a teacher. Her poems have been published in Oberon, 13th Moon, Poetry magazine, Salvage, 200 Proof and Chronogram among others, and online on Barzakh and Albany Poets. She has been reading at featured readings or open mics in the Albany area for the past 20 years. Klepsch is the co-host, with Dan Wilcox, of the Second Sunday @ 2 open mic for poetry and prose in Troy, NY.

Malcolm Willison is a manuscript editor and teacher who has been writing and publishing poetry for quite a long time in and sometimes about New Orleans, Key West, New York City and upstate New York, and other places around the world.

For the third episode of the Housewife Tuesday Podcast series Mary Panza reads from "A Super Sparkly Day" recorded live at An Evening of Poetry and Prose at the Hudson River Coffee House on December 8, 2016.

For the second episode of the Housewife Tuesday Podcast series Mary Panza reads from "The Next Day" recorded live at Albany Poets Presents at Restaurant Navona on June 16, 2016.

Mary Panza begins the Housewife Tuesday Podcast series with "Step One" recorded live at Albany Poets Presents at Restaurant Navona on June 16, 2016

Poet and performer Wil Gibson was the featured poet at the third edition of the Albany Poets Presents reading series, part of the 2016 Albany Word Fest, at Restaurant Navona in Albany, NY on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.

Local poet, photographer, and peace activist Dan Wilcox was the featured poet at the second edition of the Albany Poets Presents reading series at Restaurant Navona in Albany, NY on Wednesday, February 17, 2016.

Local poet and editor Alan Catlin was the featured poet at the inaugural Albany Poets Presents reading at the Midtown Tap & Tea Room in Albany, NY on Wednesday, December 16, 2015.

Poets Kelly de la Rocha and Leslie Neustadt read at the Hudson Valley Writers Guild's annual Schenectady Community of Writers Program at the Schenectady Public Library on Sunday, November 22, 2015.

William James and Eirean Bradley were two of the poets who performed along with local writers Samson Dikeman, Jacqueline Kirkpatrick, and Ian Macks at the Drunk In A Midnight Choir Volume 1: Welcome To The New Hallelujah! book release reading on Saturday, November 14, 2015. This is the audio from that event.

Samson Dikeman and Jacqueline Kirkpatrick were two of the poets who performed along with Eirean Bradley, William James, and Ian Macks at the Drunk In A Midnight Choir Volume 1: Welcome To The New Hallelujah! book release reading on Saturday, November 14, 2015. This is the audio from that event.

Nina Belen was the featured performer at Nitty Gritty Slam #99 at The Low Beat on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. This is the audio from that event.

Tim Verhaegen was the featured reader at Poets Speak Loud at McGeary's in Albany, NY on Monday, October 26, 2015. Here is the audio from that featured performance.

Fable The Poet was the featured performer at Nitty Gritty Slam #97 at The Low Beat on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. This is the audio from that event.

Bertha Rogers was the featured reader at Poets Speak Loud at McGeary's in Albany, NY on Monday, August 26, 2013. Here is the audio from that featured performance.

The Up The River launch reading has become an annual Albany Word Fest tradition as we kick off our week of poetry and spoken word events with the contributors of latest issue of UTR reading their work. This year we welcomed Malcolm Willison, Howard Kogan, Nancy Klepsch, Dennis Rush, R.M. Engelhardt, Tom Riley, Cecele Allen Kraus, Alan Catlin, Thom Francis, Karen Schoemer, Robert Phelps, and Frank Robinson to the mic.

R.M. Engelhardt reading "DeGeneration" (1/25/1995)at the Borders Open Mic from the CD, "Volume: A Compilation of Poets, Live", from 1995 that was produced by Mary Panza and Steve Clark chronicling the poetry scene at the time at such venues as the QE2, Margarita's, and Borders. You can purchase this CD from Albany Poets at squareup.com/market/AlbanyPoets/volume

In our conversation we talk with R.M. Engelhardt about when he started writing and began coming out to poetry open mics and when and why we started hosting his own readings. Then we touch on his new "Create The Book" project, which is about giving poets a chance to publish and sell their own books.

Albany poet reading "Unholy Ghosts" from this new book "Tendencies".

Paul Weinman reading "My Eyeballs" and "Flies on the Ceiling" (9/13/1994) / "White Boy Strips Naked" (3/14/1995) from the CD, "Volume: A Compilation of Poets, Live", from 1995 that was produced by Mary Panza and Steve Clark chronicling the poetry scene at the time at such venues as the QE2, Margarita's, and Borders. You can purchase this CD from Albany Poets at https://squareup.com/market/AlbanyPoets/volume

Anthony Ragler was the featured poet at Nitty Gritty Slam #85 at The Low Beat in Albany, NY on Tuesday, January 6, 2015.

Thomas Fucaloro was the featured poet at Nitty Gritty Slam #83 at The Low Beat in Albany, NY on Tuesday, December 2, 2014.