IT’S PREGAME TIME FOR BARBARA MOSSBERG’S POETRY SLOW DOWN, Livestreamed radiomonterey.com Sunday Noon-1 pm PST, Podcast BarbaraMossberg.com OFFENSE AND DEFENSE AND WINNING THE DAY: POETRY IN A TIME OF FOOTBALL—Who’s in? But Dr. B! Surely you’re kidding! We’re sitting here—we … Continue reading →

DARKNESS SICKNESS—Scandinavian malady (or melody?); Headline today in email subject line: NASA quells rumor, days of darkness in December; Are you curious about dark matter? Elaine Buldoc writes: “And thou shall learn to love even the darkness for without it … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN RADIOMONTEREY.COM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes November 2, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 AS THE EARTH TURNS, A GAME CHANGER OR, THE EPIC LENS: A LOOK AT OUR EARLIEST POETRY THROUGH THE LENS OF STUDENTS … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN RadioMonterey.com Podcast BarbaraMossberg.com Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes October 26, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THESE POEMS: RECIPES FOR HOW TO COOK A WOLF (don’t worry, it’s … Continue reading →

Verve: creative enthusiasm, vitality, syn.: energy, dynamism, vigor, vim, dash, spirit, life, animation, get up and go, brio, panache; ant.: lethargy. WHAT’S AT STAKE? ONLY THE FATE OF THE EARTH Jonathan Schell in The Fate of the Earth identified apathy … Continue reading →

Poetry slow down, screech! Break, for heart-breaking heart-making heart-shaking news without which “men die miserably every day.” Hello, RadioMonterey.com, this is your host Professor Barbara Mossberg, with producer Sara Hughes, and we’re taking to heart, our heart’s aroused, by William … Continue reading →

From Frank Zappa to Bob Dylan, Walt Whitman to Percy Bysshe Shelley, Emily Dickinson to George Eliot, Rabbi Burns to Shakespeare, Thoreau to Robert Kennedy, we hear thoughts on what goes into the phenomenon of thinking of “my” country, and … Continue reading →

I, OGRE: WILD THING! UMTRAMMELED SPIRITS—AND UNBOUND, AS WE HEAR IT FOR THE INNER AND OUTER OGRES AND CELEBRATE THE POET’S STAND UP ROLE IN PERSONAL AND CIVIC RESILIENCE, By which I mean, Poetry Slow Down, O evolved listeners of … Continue reading →

Noting the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, pondering The Washington Post experiment with violinist Joshua Bell, mourning Robin Williams and Joan Rivers, reflecting on community theater productions of Shrek the Musical and Into the Woods, fairy tales, and Sir … Continue reading →

  What do Jesus Christ, Hugh Laurie, and George Bush have in common? Right, they all write about camels. The poetry of camels—you asked for it! Never has the Poetry Slow Down, Radiomonterey.com, podcast BarbaraMossberg.com, produced by Sara Hughes, had … Continue reading →