It’s April 17th! Happy International Haiku Poetry Day from Brooklyn poet and novelist  Patricia Carragon. Enjoy her Haiku celebrating Cherry Blossom Season in New York.

“Raspberry Kisses,” a poem written, performed, and recorded by Susan Justiniano aka ResuePoetix, Poet Laureate of Jersey City, New Jersey; lyrics published in The Rainbow Project (Poets Wear Prada, 2022).

Poet Robert Mueller reads his poem “Winebibbers Go Home,” published in the online anthology The Rainbow Project.   Robert Mueller is the author of Hereafter Knowing in Sonnets and Their Similars, an adventurous undertaking in literary history and critical interpretation under the signs of philosophy and theology.  Other recent writings to his credit include a poem in And Then, poetry of an unusual stripe in Home Planet News Online and, in Spinozablue, a group of poems focused on the topic of our precious wetlands as well as an essay titled “Petrarcan Naissance.”  Robert has earned multiple academic degrees, a PhD in comparative literature from Brown University, an MA in classics from the City University of New York, and a BA from Yale University.  Among his major publications are essays and reviews found in Jacket2, American Letters & Commentary and ELH. 

 NY Times-published writer and longtime columnist for Literary Mama Ona Gritz reads  “Speedometer Song” from her new book Present Imperfect, a collection of personal essays published by Poets Wear Prada. “Speedometer Song” first appeared in Catamaran Literary Reader 

Poet Carrie Magness Radna reads her poem  “In passing (no. 45 of E verses)”  from her book  Hurricanes Never Apologize (Luchador Press, 2019),

Megha Sood reads  her poem "Does Hurt Have a Gender" from her newly released poetry collection, My Body Is Not an Apology (Finishing Line Press, 2021)

Fiction writer Iris N. Schwartz reads the title story from her debut short short story collection, My Secret Life with Chris Noth: And Other Stories, original paperback published by Poets Wear Prada in 2017, Kindle edition to be released October 15, 2021. This is a work of fiction.

Cindy Sostchen-Hochman reads “I Am the Girl,” recorded live at Brownstone Poets, October 11, 2020

Robert Anthony Gibbons performs his poem "When We Left Earth: Poetry Goes to Space" at the Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, in 2008.  This live recording was originally aired July 4, 2008 as part of our America is Beautiful podcast.

Roxanne Hoffman performs her poem "Other (Please Explain)" with  music by Jean Anfossi,  titled "Afro Shuffle."  This poem was first published on the Rogue Scholars website.  This track is from her second CD, Flora Selva, and the poem was reprinted in chapbook of the same name.