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September 15, 2024

My Mission Statement

Joe Di Prisco reads "My Last Resume" and "My Mission Statement."

September 8, 2024

Memory of Water

Barb Schwegman reads "Memory of Water," "Night Walking," and "Basketball."

End of the Day

Eric Rensberger reads "End of the Day," "10/17/18," "Autobiography Vol. VI," and "Old Guy Observation."

Once Every Seventeen Years

Colleen Wells reads "A Bug’s Life," "Cut and Carry," "Gardening with the Aunts," and "Once Every Seventeen Years.”

Feeding an Orphan Reindeer Fawn

Doris Lynch reads "Feeding an Orphan Reindeer Fawn," "Late August Beyond the Glacier," and "Leaving Kivalina."

Tussle

Daniel Lassell reads "Evolution Chart," "Tussle," "The Way Home," "Taking Care," and "Late Capitalism."

The Roots of Kindness

Patsy Rahn reads "The Roots of Kindness," "A Contemplation of Death," and "Reverie."

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July 28, 2024

I Mouth the Word "motherless"

Danika Stegeman reads "I mouth the word 'motherless'," as well as an excerpt from her second book Ablation.

Why My Poems Arrive Wearing Black Gloves

Karen Rigby reads "Why My Poems Arrive Wearing Black Gloves" and "Black Roses."

How to Pet a Llama

Daniel Lassell reads "How to Pet a Llama," "Mom Woke to a Coyote Staring in Her Window,""Taking in the Stray," "The Llama Named James and John Sons of Thunder," and "An Account of a Llama’s Death."

Summertime and the Livin’ is Almost Easy

Colleen Wells reads "Watching" and "Summertime and the Livin’ is Almost Easy."

Not the Moon But a Cattle Skull

Michael Luis Dauro reads selections from his poem "Woman With No Name."

Playing Jacks

Barb Schwegman reads "Playing Jacks," "Jesus Lucia," "Leaving El Salvador," and "For Walter and Scott."

Girl as Full Moon

Rachel Ronquillo Gray reads "Girl as Teenage Rebellion," "Good Girl Gone Rogue," "Girl As Full Moon," and "Girl as America the Beautiful."

Night Visitor

Doris Lynch reads "In the Wee Hours," "Night Swimming," "Beneath the Voices of Ravens," "Night Duties for Trees," "Sangre de Cristo Mountains," and "Night Visitor."

Your Eye in My Mind

Laurie Higi reads "Your Eye in My Mind!," "Dolly Parton and the Backs of My Ears," "The Burn Hidden by the Horizon," "A Task Without Praise," and "Just What I Could Fit in My Pockets."