Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast

The poem "today?” from James Morehead's book canvas is featured. James reads the poem and then goes behind the scenes on how the poem was created and inspired.

James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

Regina Harris Baiocchi is an author, poet and educator. Her music has been performed by Detroit Symphony, Chicago Symphony, US Army Band, Seattle Philharmonic, Southeast Symphony orchestras and other internationally-acclaimed artists. Regina has written orchestral music, libretto and one-act opera, hand drum concerto, marimba concerto, ballet, chamber music, liturgical and secular music, vocal and instrumental music. Her poetry and prose appear in Chicago Tribune Magazine, AIM Magazine, ESI Anthology, Technology News and Gwendolyn Brooks and Working Writers.

James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

Follow Regina Harris Baiocchi on Twitter (@HaikuFest) and on the website reginaharrisbaiocchi.com

Olivia Gatwood is an internationally recognized poet and author of “Life of the Party” and “New American Best Friend”. Her poetry performances and workshops held at over two-hundred schools and universities, and videos online, have reached millions of viewers. Olivia has also worked as a Title IX Compliant educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery.

Olivia discusses how she crafted a collection of poems into a complex, multi-threaded narrative in her book "Life of the Party", how she developed the skills to command a stage, how she approaches the craft of writing poetry and how poetic devices are infused into her upcoming first novel.

James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

Olivia Gatwood's books "Life of the Party" and "New American Best Friend" are on-sale now.

Follow Olivia Gatwood on Twitter (@oliviagatwood) and Instagram (@oliviagatwood), and on the website oliviagatwood.com.

On this episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast I continue the journey I took to self-publish my first book "canvas". In this episode I discuss the importance of a manuscript and the role of storyboarding your manuscript early in the process.

James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

Morgan Liphart is an accomplished poet and author of "Barefoot & Running". Morgan discusses how she approaches poems that are rich in imagery and very personal, how she manages the inevitable rejections as a writer on the road to successful publishing, and her experience as a self-published author. Morgan also reads the poem "The Current Scene of my Childhood Home" from her book and discusses the backstory of the poem.

James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

Morgan Liphart's debut book Barefoot & Running is on-sale now.

Follow Morgan Liphart on Instagram (@mliphart) and on the website: morganliphart.com.

The poem "stages” from James Morehead's book canvas is featured. James reads the poem and then goes behind the scenes on how the poem was created and inspired. "stages" is from James Morehead's debut book, on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

On this episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast I have a very special guest, none other than Mythbusters and Crash Test World star Kari Byron. Kari is also an incredible artist and sculptor who has mastered the explosive technique of black powder to create her paintings. I spoke with Kari about the black powder technique, how she approached creating the cover art for my book “canvas” using black powder, and the cool project she’s been working on recently.

James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

You can see Kari's black powder technique in action here: https://youtu.be/tvq-2tv2AYI.

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

Follow Kari Byron on Twitter (@KariByron) and Instagram (@therealkaribyron). Learn more about Kari's latest project, EXPLR, here: https://explr-media.com/

The poem "routine” from James Morehead's book canvas is featured. James reads the poem and then goes behind the scenes on how the poem was created and inspired.

"routine" is from James Morehead's debut book, on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast takes you behind-the-scenes with animator-director Gaia Alari, discussing how she turned the poem "tethered” from James Morehead's book canvas into a traditional, hand drawn animated short film. James reads the poem and then interviews Gaia Alari.

"routine" is from James Morehead's debut book, on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Learn more about animator Gaia Alari here: http://www.gaiaalari.com/. The animated short film for "tethered" can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/n4l6vTDK4yE. 

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.

Follow Gaia Alari on Instagram (@gaiaesthermaria).

Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast host James Morehead starts a series of episodes on the journey he took to self-publish his first book canvas. Self-publishing can be overwhelming at first. Hopefully this series helps make your journey a bit easier.

James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon.

Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com.