Deborah reads her longer and fascinating narrative poem about an aspect of Leonardo da Vinci that few know about, we chat about it and sign off. This our final poetry podcast but more projects will…
Sue shares a poem for her dad's eulogy, celebrating his life as a physicist, father and patriarch of the family. Here's the written poem with a photo and the show notes.
A hilarious description and discussion of the wild ride of menopause sparked by Deborah's poem "Hot Flash". We remember what it was like, and how life is good on the other side. The show notes are…
Exasperation with the welling chaos just beneath the surface of our orderly lives animate this pun-filled poem that encapsulates the annoyance of dealing with the persistence of ants. Persist-ants.…
A random prompt led from 'Food Delivery' to the loneliness caused by addiction to biased news and painkillers. We talk about both crises in America and about the narrative poetic form. Show notes with…
Deborah reads her Tanka Japanese form poem that starts off about one thing and turns to something much darker. A tiny and powerful heroic love story, based on a real story that you can read in our…
Sue and Deborah read and chat about poems they've written inspired by art, both about boats, the sea, and life's journeys. An Open Mic participant - Juniper "Beaux" Sanchez shares a beautiful poem and…
Ekphrastic poetry is poetry inspired by art. Today, Johanna Ely, poet laureate emerita of Benicia, CA reads and discusses two poems from paintings - "Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose" which…
'Ars poetica' refers to any poetry or prose that considers the art of poetry, especially poems that step outside of themselves to consider their own genesis and nature. Today, Sue’s poem 'Ocean'…
Tom is an emeritus poet laureate of Benicia in the SF Bay Area. Today, he's performing a ‘poemSong,’ part poem and part song, which incorporates musical sounds with words. Think of an abstract work of…
