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Reading & discussion of poetry by poets.
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Catherine Segurson, frequent Poetry Show guest and founder of Catamaran Literary Reader, joined host Dennis Morton on the February 14 Poetry Show for a review of the latest issue. This is issue #12 for the quarterly publication, which brings together high-quality art and writing, including some very fine poetry. We’re fortunate to have such a [...]
On the February 21 Poetry Show, host Dennis Morton presented readings of a selection of African-American poetry to commemorate Black History Month. In the first half-hour, Dennis read poems and brief biographies of the poets. Many of the poems can be found on the Poetry Foundation website, and included: James Weldon Johnson - The Awakening Robert Hayden [...]
Poet Kita Shantiris was the in-studio guest of host Dennis Morton on the Poetry Show for February 7, 2016. Ms. Shantiris will be reading for Poetry Santa Cruz this Tuesday, 7:30 PM, at Bookshop Santa Cruz, along with local poet Doren Robbins. A psychologist who runs a non-profit mental health center, Kita Shantiris’ new poetry [...]
Sunday’s show featured a variety of readings by host Dennis Morton, plus recorded readings by a pair of American traveling poets. The show started off with several poems from Blue Yodel, a new collection by Ansel Elkins. Ms. Elkins, a native of Alabama, is new to the Poetry Show reading catalog. One reviewer described her poetry [...]
Host Joan Maro welcomed local poet Danusha Laméris to the KUSP air studio for an hour to read and discuss Danusha’s poetry, especially her recently-published first book – The Moons of August (Autumn House Press, 2014). An introduction by Naomi Shihab Nye: “Danusha Laméris writes with definitive, savoring power – in perfectly well-weighted lines and [...]
For this week’s show, host Dennis Morton read works from a variety of poets, beginning with two whose work appears in the latest issue of the Catamaran Literary Reader: Dana Gioia and Al Young. We hope to have Catherine Segurson, founder and editor of Catamaran, as a guest in the near future – to continue [...]
On this week’s Poetry Show, host Dennis Morton was joined by local poet, poetry activist and frequent guest Len Anderson. As local poetry fans know, Len is the primary force behind the nuts-and-bolts operations of Poetry Santa Cruz (PSC). It was appropriate, therefore, that Len and Dennis talked first about upcoming PSC events and read poems [...]
For the first Poetry Show of 2016, host Dennis Morton devoted the first half to the latest issue of Rattle (#50). Selections included: Cocktail Hour, by Michael Brosnan The Theory of Everything…, by Christopher Buckley It’s Been a Week, by Maria Mazzioti Gallan The Twenty Year Workshop, by Lynne Knight The Prayer, by Rachel Rose Our [...]
Joan Maro joined Dennis Morton to co-host the last Poetry Show of 2015 on December 27. In honor of the season, Dennis started off with a reading of Mrs. Scrooge: A Christmas Poem, by Carol Anne Duffy. Ms. Duffy is the current Poet Laureate of the UK, and composed this witty modernized distaff retelling of the Dickens [...]
On the Poetry Show broadcast of December 20, 2015, host Dennis Morton began by reading part of an essay by Dana Gioia, newly appointed Poet Laureate of California, followed by a few of his poems. Next up were poems by Donald Justice, Katha Pollitt, Ramandeep Johal, Marge Piercy, Juanita Brunk, Tilly Shaw and John Updike. [...]
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