Joan Maro joined Dennis Morton to co-host the last Poetry Show of 2015 on December 27.  In honor of the season, Dennis started off with a reading of Mrs. Scrooge: A Christmas Poem, by Carol Anne Duffy. Ms. Duffy is the current Poet Laureate of the UK, and composed this witty modernized distaff retelling of the Dickens classic in 2009.

Dennis finished off the show's first half with a tongue-in-cheek and appropriate follow-on poem by Steve Kowit, titled The Poet Laureate.

 

 

 

 

 

In the show's second half, Joan Maro shared poems from a collection titled Wideawake Field, by Eliza Griswold (2009). Ms. Griswold's experiences as a foreign correspondent provide many of the subjects.

In conclusion, all of us at the KUSP Poetry Show wish to all of our readers and listeners a Happy New Year.