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Quintessential Poetry: A Global Poetry & Spoken Word Poetry Podcast episodes
- Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Gordon Ferris
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Gordon Ferris was born and raised in Finglas, a North West suburb of Dublin. In the early eighties, he moved to Donegal where he has lived ever since. He started writing in 2014 and has had many short stories and poems in publications including Hidden Channel, A New Ulster, The Galway Review, Impspired Magazine, and Lothlorien Poetry Journal. He has also won prizes in the summer 2020 HITA Creative Writing Competition for his poem 'Mother,' and won the winter competition for his poem 'The Silence.' Gordon was awarded a Poetry Town Bursary by Poetry Ireland. Early in 2023, Echoes, his first book of short stories, will be released January 15, 2023.Special Guests - Simon Ferris and Rebecca Kennedy1 hr 14 min - QLPOR Presents Genevieve Ray (Genevievefirepoet)
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Genevieve is a Spoken Word artist and poet from Bedfordshire in Britain. She has been published in 17 magazines and anthologies. She worked in theatre for 6 years as a director and playwright. Genevieve is working on her first book due to be released next year.(3) Genevieve Ray - Creative | FacebookGenevieve Ray (@genevievefirepoet) • Instagram photos and videos1 hr 35 min - Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents S.T. Brant
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S. T. Brant is a Las Vegas high school teacher. His debut collection, Melody in Exile, is out with Atmosphere Press. His work has appeared in numerous journals, including Honest Ulsterman, EcoTheo, Timber, and Rain Taxi. You can reach him on his website at ShaneBrant.com, Twitter: @terriblebinth, or Instagram: @shanelemagne.Amazon.com: Melody in Exile eBook : Brant, S.T.: BooksBook Reviews of Melody in Exile"I applaud the voice of S.T. Brant in these poems that trust in-depth, believe in conversations through time, in artistic pursuit, believe, despite everything, in search for truth even-or, perhaps, especially, in our pained, ruinous time. This is marvelous work."-Ilya Kaminsky"Blends the spirit of the Greeks singing to the muses with outtakes from Genesis. Through numbered ecstasies and the violences of memory, these poems search for love in the heart's empty theater... Full of beseeching prayer and longing for an unnamed you, this collection is a reminder of the sadness of eternity..."-Traci Brimhall1 hr 23 min - QLPOR Presents Brian Stark and Lindsey Gill - The COLLIDE Zine
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Bio: Brian was born a poet. Love of wisdom and adventure. A strong desire from a very young age to bring inspiration into the hearts of all readers of his poetry and all he crosses paths with. Only published on Facebook Poetry Society which is Brian's first created group on Facebook and his online poetry home yet, Brian has also created hundreds of more poetry groups on Facebook to create places where poets can come together and help each other learn and grow about our beloved craft of self-expression. Brian will always desire to create a poem that does get to the heart of humanity in the hope of change in a world filled with suffering. Brian does believe in humanity greatly as much does love poetry so very much. Brian has recently discovered yoga and meditation that he is using to heal and transform as to put himself in a greater position to help humanity if be in a poem or just from shining his love into this world.Bio: Lindsey is a freelance illustrator, muralist, and event organizer living in Philadelphia, PA. She is also a poet and a yoga teacher. It was her connection to a vegan cafe she loves called Lightbox that made her start writing regularly and attending the open mics they hosted there every Friday night. Feeling as if it was her calling to do so, Lindsey hatched the idea of a zine ( a small paperback publication) called COLLIDE to further the range of the words that so deeply impacted her at these events. The idea for the project was to pair local visual artists with poets like the ones she met at Lightbox in a collaborative theme across two pages of the magazine. Each artist or writer featured in Collide's issues gets a place on the shelf of one of seven Philly bookstores, a feat even Lindsey is still shocked she was able to do since the project began in May 2022. Lindsey will talk more about the future of Collide and how creatives can apply (for free!) to be featured in Issue 3, debuting hopefully in mid to late February.1 hr 27 min - Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents John Patrick Robbins
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John Patrick Robbins is the editor-in-chief of ten magazines, including the Rye Whiskey Review. His work has appeared in Impspired Magazine, Piker Press, It Takes All Kinds Literary Zine, The Dope Fiend Daily, Horror Sleaze Trash, Fixator Press, Lothlorien Journal Of Poetry, Punk Noir Magazine, and Fearless Poetry Zine. His work is often dark, sometimes humorous, and always unfiltered. His current book, Are We Dead Yet from Black Circle Publishing, is available on Amazon.https://www.amazon.com/Are-Dead-John-Patrick-Robbins/dp/B0BL52F4HH.1 hr 12 min - Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Katrenia Busch
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Katrenia Busch is a published poet and author. Her work can be found in a number of places, including Police Writers, Westward Quarterly, Literature Today, The Trouvaille Review, Whimsical Poet, Bloom Magazine, The Chamber Magazine among others. Her poem, “Mystery and Wind” won 2nd place in 2022 for a creative writing contest for the League of Innovation Creative Writing. She is an admin on Facebook Poetry Society, yielding over 85k members, and serves as both a resource and mentor for publishers and writers alike. She is also a journalist and has worked with TV stations, radio stations, and newspapers and has covered a wide-range of events.https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087528584176&mibextid=LQQJ4dhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kmgb2004li1 hr 12 min - Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Paul Richmond
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Paul was named Beat Poet Laureate three timesby National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc.Massachusetts 2017 to 2019,U S National Beat Poet Laureate 2019 - 2020.New Generation Beat Poet Laureate 2020 - LifetimePaul is best described as political, deadpan and wryly humorous, delivered in his own style. He has been called “Assassin of Apathy – power of words / humor - on the unthinkable, the unsolvable, to analyze to digest to give birth to creativity and hope.”He has performed nationally and internationally: The Austin International Poetry Festival, in Austin TX, four years, a feature Poet 2018. A featured poets at Gödör Klubban at the Jazzköltexzeti est in Budapest, Hungary. A featured poet at Beat Festival Stockholm, Sweden. Edinburgh Fringe Festival Scotland 2018, performed 12 shows. At the Massachusetts Poetry Festival part of a featured anthology. Featured Poet at West End Poetry Festival NC. A featured poet in the movie “Trash” by Bucky Jones, all the “dialog” was poetry. Featured Poet 2017, 2018, 2019 at the National Beat Poetry Festival. 2020 Performed several times in Senegal, Africa with the Senegal – American project.He created the project “Do It Now” where he works with many different musicians who performed at the Edinbough Fringe Festival 2019.He is also a publisher of over 50 writers and has 7 books himself.Swimming Lessons on the Titanic: Richmond, Paul: 9781948521109: Amazon.com: Bookshttps://humanerrorpublishing.com/https://www.youtube.com/c/PaulRichmond_Human_Error_Pub/videos1 hr 27 min - Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Mary Gilliland
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Mary Gilliland is the author of two award-winning collections: The Ruined Walled Castle Garden (2020) and The Devil’s Fools (2022), with poems, anthologized most recently in Rumors Secrets & Lies: Poems on Pregnancy, Abortion & Choice; Nuclear Impact: Broken Atoms in Our Hands; and Wild Gods: The Ecstatic in Contemporary Poetry and Prose. She is a past recipient of the Stanley Kunitz Fellowship from the Fine Arts Work Center and a Cornell University Council on the Arts Faculty Grant.https://marygilliland.com/https://www.codhill.com/product/the-devils-fools/https://twitter.com/newsthatstayshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6j5jNA5jTFAb9qV6QsTGwhttps://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Devil-s-Fools1 hr 22 min - Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Proudly Presents Rick Lupert
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Rick Lupert has been involved with poetry in Los Angeles since 1990. He is the recipient of the 2017 Ted Slade Award, and the 2014 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Distinguished Service Award, a 3 time Pushcart Prize Nominee, and a Best of the Net nominee. He served as a co-director of the Valley Contemporary Poets for 2 years, and created Poetry Super Highway. Rick hosted the weekly Cobalt Cafe reading for almost 21 years which has lived on as a weekly Zoom series since early 2020. His spoken word album "Rick Lupert Live and Dead" featured 25 studio and live tracks. He’s authored 26 collections of poetry, including “I Am Not Writing a Book of Poems in Hawaii,” “The Tokyo-Van Nuys Express,” and “God Wrestler: A Poem for Every Torah Portion” (Ain’t Got No Press) and edited the anthologies “A Poet’s Siddur”, “Ekphrastia Gone Wild”, “A Poet’s Haggadah” and the noir anthology “The Night Goes on All Night. He also writes and draws (with Brendan Constantine) the daily web comic “Cat and Banana” and writes a Jewish poetry column for JewishJournal.com. He has been lucky enough to read his poetry all over the world.https://poetrysuperhighway.com/https://www.jewishpoetry.net/https://facebook.com/rickpoetBooks: https://amzn.to/3WPnk5f1 hr 18 min - Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio Presents Dr. Arif Ahmad
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Dr. Arif Ahmad is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and practices cardiology and electrophysiology in southern Wisconsin. He is a mid-Westerner with pride for where he came from – Pakistan, his faith – Muslim, and most of all, for the county he now calls home – America. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, he has lived in New York City, Milwaukee, and Iron Mountain, MI, and now resides in Madison, WI. He also has a farm 20 minutes from his home.Dr. Arif Ahmad lived his first 30 years of life in Pakistan. After coming to America in the 1990s, he has been in the United States for almost 30 years. Through his experiences and optimistic outlook, he shares an encouraging vision for America in his debut book, A Piece of Me: An Arrangement of Words To Inspire Reflection.Written over a decade the 2010s, his book offers provocative thoughts on a wide variety of topical areas, including unity, diversity, news media, faith, and health. It became a best-seller on Amazon and earned the 2022 Bronze Medal Award in the Poetry/ Verse category for the Global Book Awards. Though it is his debut book, his writings have been published in the Associated Press and CNN.com.What we can learn from the Muslim-American experienceHow he uses award-winning poetry to get his points acrossExploring our nation through the eyes of a well-educated Pakistani immigrantHow can we shape society for the future right nowWhy we should feel optimism — but what we can do to bridge our cultural divide Which moments of the past decade are defining America.54 min
About Quintessential Poetry: A Global Poetry & Spoken Word Poetry Podcast
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The Quintessential Poetry podcast is currently on hiatus and is not accepting guest requests.
Quintessential Poetry is an award‑nominated global poetry and spoken word…
podcast featuring poets, storytellers, performers, and creative writers from around the world. Established in 2018, the show blends performance with reflective conversation, offering listeners meaningful insights into identity, healing, culture, and the human experience.
Hosted by Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram—a four‑time Pushcart Prize–nominated poet, retired professor of Counselor Education, and internationally respected spoken word artist—the podcast is known for its warm, grounded, and emotionally attuned interviews. Each episode highlights global poetic voices and the cultural stories behind their work, creating a thoughtful, performance‑driven space for poetry enthusiasts, spoken word poetry performers, cultural storytellers, and audio creatives alike.
With thousands of downloads and listeners across more than a dozen countries, Quintessential Poetry has become one of the most widely heard poetry podcasts in the world—a global stage where performance, reflection, and lived experience take center spotlight.
With more than 500 episodes, the show has consistently ranked among the top poetry podcasts worldwide, including multiple #2 placements on 2024 global lists and top rankings on Goodpods, Player.fm, Ivy.fm, and the NYC World Podcast Network. Quintessential Poetry has also earned nominations in the Best Arts & Culture categories across major podcasting awards in 2025 and 2026.
Poets interested in being featured may contact Dr. Ingram at [email protected]. Learn more at https://www.quintessentialpoetry.network.