Poetry Spoken Here

The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here begun in March of 2020. Since most in-person poetry events are suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet. We are also eager to receive and share poems inspired by the nation-wide protests against police brutality and in support of black lives. This is the ninth episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from around the world - Czech Republic and India - as well as from across the United States. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or less - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Zack Rogow, San Francisco, California — “For Chaim Soutine” Sophia Behal, Czech Republic — “The Survivor” Tanvi Gaurav Srivastava, India — “Mask” Gabriella Brand, New Haven, Connecticut — “Socks”

Find out how a visit from a poetry reader to a high school German class turned into a 50+ year literary journey. Pierre Joris talks about translating the works of Paul Celan, his latest book of Celan translations "Microliths They Are, Little Stones: Posthumous Prose" from Contra Mundum Press, and reads some of his own work. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Poet, performance artist, activist jessica Care moore, from Detroit talks about her influences including Haki Madhubuti, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee and more. She also reads from her new book "We Want Our Bodies Back" and talks about some of her musical projects like Black WOMEN Rock! SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

California poet David Koehn talks about how he gets around the "smart part of the brain" to write his poetry and reads from his new book "Scatterplot." Get your copy of "Scatterplot" here: https://www.omnidawn.com/product/scatterplot-david-koehn/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Luis J. Rodriguez reading at the Unamuno Author Festival. The festival took place in May of 2019 in Madrid, Spain. This reading was recorded at the book store Desperate Literature. Luis J. Rodriguez is a chicano poet whose memoir “Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days” was a national bestseller. In 2014 he was named Los Angeles poet laureate a position he held until 2016. He has been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has written everything from poetry and criticism to children’s books. He is also an activist - one of the founder of Tia Chuchas Centro Cultural, and a founding editor of Tia Chucha Press. You can learn more about Rodriguez at his website: luisjrodriguez.com. Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here begun in March of 2020. Since most in-person poetry events are suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet. We are also eager to receive and share poems inspired by the nation-wide protests against police brutality and in support of black lives. This is the eighth episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from around the world - Albania, Indonesia, the UK and more - as well as from across the United States. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or less - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air This Week's Readers Oriada Dajko, Tirana, Albania – “Matryoshka” Michael Panasuk, Bradenton, Florida — “The Spiritual Revolution is Coming” Peter Dietrich, Northampton, UK— “You Wer

The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here begun in March of 2020. Since most in-person poetry events are suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet. We are also eager to receive and share poems inspired by the nation-wide protests against police brutality and in support of black lives. This is the seventh episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from across the United States - California, Utah, New York and more - as well as the Island of Dominica. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or less - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air This Week's Readers Walter Worden, Middletown, New York – “Anthem” Trish Hopkinson, Provo, Utah – “Other Ways” Jared Smith, Lafayette, Colorado – “There is a Song in all Poetry” Bl

San Francisco poet Michael Warr, editor of "Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin" discusses that collection - begun in 2013, published in 2016, and more relevant than ever - and reads his own poetry. Get your copy of "Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Treyvon Martin" here" https://wwnorton.com/books/Of-Poetry-and-Protest/ SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Chris Green, Senior Professional Lecturer at DePaul University and poet, reads his poems and talks about the new book "American Gun" from Big Shoulders Books. American Gun is a book-length pantoum about gun violence in Chicago written collaboratively by 100 poets from across the city. Big Shoulders Books publishes and distributes books on social issues for free. Check out Big Shoulders Books, here: https://bigshouldersbooks.com/ Get a copy of American Gun, here: https://bigshouldersbooks.com/americangun SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Chris Benson now of South Carolina talks about found poetry and reads poems about his time living on a failed sort-of hippie commune farm in New England. Benson was a senior lecturer at Clemson University and was the Writing Coordinator and Editor for the Bread Loaf Teacher Network Magazine from Middlebury College. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson, San Antonio poet laureate, reads from her new book "She Lives in Music" from Flowersong Press, and talks about her music ventures and leaving messages of love and hope on city streets. Get your copy of "She Lives in Music," here: https://www.flowersongpress.com/books-1/she-lives-in-music-by-andrea-sanderson You can hear poetry from the previous San Antonio poet laureate Octavio Quintanilla, here: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/epiode-103-octavio-quintanilla-reading-at-the-unamuno-author-festival SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

The newly named Youth Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan, Peace Akintade, discusses her poetry, her theatrical work, and the big plans she has for her laureateship. She also talks about being an Afro-Canadian poet and colorism. In the second part of the show, host Charlie Rossiter remembers traveling to Saskatchewan and reads from a collection of Saskatchewan poetry, "A Sudden Radiance." SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Sheryl Noethe, Montana Poet Laureate from 2011-2013, and founder of Montana Poetry in the Schools, talks about founding the Missoula Writing Collaborative and shares her work. In the second part of the show Newark, NJ Mayor Ras Baraka gives his views on the power of poetry. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Jared Smith shares poems from his latest book "That's How It Is," which won the Colorado Authors' League Award for poetry. He also talks about writing in the high country and how the pandemic has inspired his most recent work. Learn more about Jared, here: http://www.jaredsmith.info/ Get your copy of "That's How it Is" here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thats-how-it-is-jared-smith/1132211492 SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Phyllis Klein talks as a poet and therapist about poetry's healing power and reads from her book, The Full Moon Herald from Grayson Books. In the second part of the show, host, Charlie Rossiter reviews Lorette C. Luzajic's book of ekphrastic prose poetry, Pretty Time Machine. Listen back to Lorette Luzajic's Poetry Spoken Here interview from Episode 41, here: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/show-041-lorette-luzajic-on-ekphrasic-poetry-and-paterson-reviewed SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

The Open Mic of the Air is a project from Poetry Spoken Here. Since most in-person poetry events are temporarily suspended due to coronavirus, this is a way for poets from around the world to connect and have a creative outlet. We are also eager to receive and share poems inspired by the recent country-wide protests against police brutality and in support of the value of black lives. This is the sixth episode of the Open Mic of the Air featuring poets from across the United States - Alaska, Montana, Virginia and more. Give a listen and submit your work for the next episode! Send a recording - 5 mins or shorter - of yourself reading one of your poems, including your name and location, to openmicoftheair@gmail.com. For full submission guidelines, check out: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air This Week's Readers Natalie Etinoffe, Los Angeles, CA – “It is My Voice” Wayne David Hubbard, Winchester, Virginia – “Wall Street” Ann Cefola, Hudson Valley, New York – “Inventory” Caitlin M.S. Buxbaum, Was

In this episode we revisit poems from the Poetry Spoken Here archives that address race, policing, and more. Readers include recent Pulitzer Prize winner Jericho Brown, the youngest ever Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate, Maren (Lovey) Wright Kerr, Chicago-area slam legend Maria "Mama" McCray, Sillerman First Book Prize winner Ladan Osman, and SlamFind creator and Bowery Arts and Science Executive Director Mason Granger. You can listen to full readings, and interviews with the poets featured in today's episode, here: Jericho Brown, Episode #100: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-100-jericho-brown-reading-at-the-unamuno-author-festival Maren (Lovey) Wright Kerr, Episode #085: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-085-maren-lovey-wright-kerr-and-lynne-sharon-schwartz-reviewed Maria "Mama" McCray, Episode #058: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-058-tribute-to-maria-mama-mccray Ladan Osman, Episode #023: https://soundcloud.com/poetry-spoken-here/episode-023-ladan-osman-and

Montana poet Mark Gibbons talks about life in Missoula, how James Welch's visit to his school inspired him to write poetry in his own voice, and discusses his own experiences as a poet in the schools. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

San Francisco poet, Thea Matthews, reads poetry of resilience and survival from her new book, "Unearth [The Flowers]" and discusses the place of art and poetry in society. In the second part of the show, host Charlie Rossiter provides info on resources such as the 1970s TV interview show "Soul!" available through the free streaming service TubiTV. Episodes of "Soul!" feature the poetry of Bob Kaufman read by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee and James Baldwin interviewed by Nikki Giovanni and much more. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR! www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com

Dante Di Stefano from upstate New York reads from his latest book "Ill Angels," discusses reading Dostoevsky as a teenager, and how being a father and high school teacher has influenced his poetry. In 2019 he won the On Teaching Poem Prize for the best unpublished poem by a K-12 teacher. One of his poems, “Note to Myself During National Poetry Month 2020” was also featured on the most recent Open Mic of the Air. If you are interested in submitting to our ongoing Open Mic of the Air series, snd us a recording and visit our website for full submission guidelines. SUBMIT TO THE OPEN MIC OF THE AIR!: www.poetryspokenhere.com/open-mic-of-the-air Visit our website: www.poetryspokenhere.com Like us on facebook: facebook.com/PoetrySpokenHere Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/poseyspokenhere (@poseyspokenhere) Send us an e-mail: poetryspokenhere@gmail.com