A birthday poem excerpted from Recollections of Early Childhood. In two parts as someone started vacuuming haha. A new performance series! Classic poets and the vacuum!!!!

From Cortes Island in BC about poetry then and now and why. Mostly about song lyrics and ends with Cohen’s Who By Fire. Meanwhile I talk about highs and lows and recite Richard Cory by Edward Arlington Robinson. Enjoy!

Both strange and melancholic, this odd poem is in three parts. It’s poems about birthdays on the podcast in July!

A pantoum “The Price of Migration equals Slave Labour” by Christine Yvette Lewis and Ars Poetica by Billy~Ray Belcourt. And I tell you what I think of the restrictive asks of literary agents, the limiting formats of poetry books, and the way too expansive notion of what poetry is. Yep. It’s a rainy July. Enjoy!

One keeping the child; one having a miscarriage; one giving her child up for adoption. Plus a cat’s miaow ;) Enjoy!

In which she talks Plath and houses and our writerly connection and I grrrrrr first about the Writers’ Strike and Access Copyright. Enjoy!

Of certain species of Birds. I recite it as I listen to the hosts of sparrows in my own backyard.

In which I talk submissions, skittery shortcuts, the need to buy books, and those left behind in discount places and end with the poem Sitting down to Breakfast Alone by Christian Wimen. Enjoy!

She teaches grades 1-4 and talks about how she was introduced to poetry, her challenges, and love of spoken word, ending with a poem The Guest House by Rumi. Interviewed by Katherine Autio! Enjoy.

I read this six part poem. This English as another language poet puts us all to shame with his amazingness. Enjoy!