When I was starting to write poetry in earlier years, especially the 1970s, I had more conviction than I have now. Sounds strange, I know! I was convinced of how to shape images, tell small stories,  or at least there was passion and confidence guiding me.

       Creativity hasn’t stopped, thank goodness – it’s a vital nutrient….but to be able to “sum anything” up about the wider world and what we’re going through in these times…..I know I don’t have to, but it’s a powerful impulse….to pull something together! BUT – what I’ve got is this: we are battered and exhausted, minds chock-full of contradictory meanings, disillusionment and fear…..Thank goodness for alternative radio! Hold musicians in high esteem…They often soothe, stimulate, embrace, provoke…Thank you, WPKN….

       We these 3 hours together. I got a bit wild and woolly with this episode! Gabriel Yared, Voka Gentle, A Lot Like Birds, Charlie xcx, Lana Del Rey, Bjork, Cosmo Sheldrake, Alan Sparhawk & Trampled by Turtles, Bebe Stockwell, Puma Blue, Phosphorescent, Saint Sappho, Meg Go, Ganavya, Procol Harum, Isabel Pine, Mitski, Voice Coils, Alabaster deplume, Laurie Anderson, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Cosmo Sheldrake, Lust for Youth & Croatian Amor, Yndling, Hazlett, Elliot Moss, Moonheart, young people, Jessi Robertson, Annahstasia, Celeste, Sam Phillips, GaiaGram, Donovan, Julia Holter, Tom Greenwood, Joanne Robertson & David Cunningham, Vashti Bunyan, Ott, Nightingale Floor, ugne&maria, Courtney Barnett..Back again March 19!