Sunday's show featured a variety of readings by host Dennis Morton, plus recorded readings by a pair of American traveling poets. The show started off with several poems from Blue Yodel, a new collection by Ansel Elkins. Ms. Elkins, a native of Alabama,  is new to the Poetry Show reading catalog. One reviewer described her poetry as:  "A gorgeous, midnight-hued homage to Southern Gothic tradition".

 

Next, we heard several selections from Kita Shantiris' first full-length poetry collection, titled What Snakes Want. The readings served as a preview - Ms. Shantiris will be a guest next week on the Poetry Show, followed by a reading for Poetry Santa Cruz on Feb. 9.

Following were selections from the latest issue of Manhattan Review, continuing a survey of the new issue begun two weeks ago;  then a few selections from the latest issue of The Dark Horse (note that, as of this writing, information on the newest issue is not yet posted on the website).

Two poems were selected from Burnfort, Las Vegas, by Irish poet Martina Evans, a past Poetry Show guest. All past guest, with links to Podcasts of a appearances can be found at the alphabetical guest listing page. Several selections from a new collection titled Dead Man's Float, by Jim Harrison concluded the host readings.

 

The final ten minutes of this week's Poetry Show were given to a CD of live, sometimes extemporaneous poetry composition and reading by travelers Joshua Beckman and Matthew Rohrer, titled Adventures While Preaching The Gospel of Beauty.