After a hiatus, “Ken Hada and the Sunday Poems” returns with a reading of Jean Burden’s poems from her 1963 book: “Naked As The Glass” (Clarke & Way, Inc., 1963)

Ken reads from Darrell Bourque’s book: “In Ordinary Light: New and Selected Poems” (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2010).

Ken reads nine additional poems from Contemporary American Poetry, edited by R.S. Gwynn and April Lindner (Penguin, 2005)

from “Contemporary American Poetry” edited by RS Gwynn and April Lindner (Penguin, 2005)

Poems from: Elizabeth Raby, “Beneath Green Rain” (Vacpoetry: Purple Flag Press, 2015), Chera Hammons. “The Traveler’s Guide to Bomb City” (Vacpoetry: Purple Flag Press, 2017), Ofelia Zepeda, “Where Clouds Are Formed” (Arizona UP, 2008), Julie Chappell, “As I Pirouette Away” (Turning Plow Press, 2021), Maureen DuRant, “Skirmishes on the Okie-Irish Border” (Press 53, 2020), Maryann Hurtt, “Once Upon a Tar Creek: Mining for Voices” (Turning Plow Press, 2021), Kai Coggin, “Mining for Stardust” (Flower Song Press, 2021), Roxana Cazan, “Tethered to the Unexpected: Poetry about Illness” (mail Alien Buddha Press, 2021)

Ken reads poems by Octavio Quintanilla, his first book: “If I Go Missing” (Slough Press, 2014)

Ken reads from one of Berry’s early collections. Berry is one of the foremost voices in environmentally-sensitive writing and place writing

Four poems from THE THIN LIGHT OF WINTER, by Jonas Zdanys: “The Dry Season,” “This Morning,” “Light” and “The Door” (Virtual Artists Collective, 2009)

Ken reads a few of Abbey’s poems, gathered by his editor/friend, published in his only volume of poetry - Earth Apples. Abbey thought of himself as a novelist, and produced wonderful prose, including his famous nonfiction, Desert Solitaire.

Ken reads four new poems: “Blue Jay at Dawn,” “Wildflowers at Dusk,” “Nocturne” and “The World on Hold” - thanks for listening