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Poetry Radio

Time: Tuesday and Thursday at 10 am and 10 pm with a best-of edition Sunday at 10 pm.
Co-Hosts & Editors: Kirstin Hotelling Zona and Bill Morgan
Producer:
Bruce Bergethon

 

Since 1992, GLT has collaborated with Illinois State University's English Department to produce Poetry Radio. Each program, between two and five minutes in length, spotlights a single poem, contemporary or classic, framed by a responsive piece of music.

You can hear Poetry Radio on the web. Just click on the poem's title. You may also subscribe to the Poetry Radio podcast.

View a list of all of Poetry Radio's readers from the last 18 years.

 

Recent Episodes

Thu, 18 Mar 2010: Wishes For Sons written by Lucille Clifton (1936-2010), read by Victoria Harris; music by Orquesta Atipica (Dead Miser Waltz from Tango Dogs)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010: Homage to My Hips written by Lucille Clifton (1936-2010), read by Lucia Getsi; music by Peter Elman (Man in the Middle from Dakota Nights)

Sun, 14 Mar 2010: The Legal Aid Lawyer Has An Epiphany written and read by Martin Espada; music of Tarrega performed by Evan Marshall (Recuerdo de la Alhambra from The Lone Arranger)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010: On My Father's Loss of Hearing written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Tiempo Libre (Fuga from Bach in Havana)

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 : Belief Is Getting More Difficult written and read by Kay Murphy; music by Charles Mingus (Wee from Mingus Moves)

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 : How Beautiful It Is written by Robinson Jeffers, read by Ruth Wantling; music by Woody Mann (Slow Motion from Stories)

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 : Keeping written and read by Katharine Wright; music by The Soweto String Quartet (Zebra Crossing from Zebra Crossing)

Tue, 2 Mar 2010 : Fat - An Aire written and read by Janet Burroway; music by The Nice Guy Trio (Fables of Faubus from Here Comes The Nice Guy Trio)

Sun, 28 Feb 2010: After Disaster written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Joel Mabus (A Midsummer Night's Waltz from Omnibus)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010: Commemoration written by Wislawa Szymborska, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Chico Hamilton (Nonchalant from Twelve Tones of Love)

Tue, 23 Feb 2010: The Terrorist, He's Watching written by Wislawa Szymborska, read by Sandra Steingraber; music by John Lurie (Struggle of Man from Fishing With John)

Sun, 21 Feb 2010: Mourning Pablo Neruda written by Robert Bly, read by Victoria Harris; music by Andreas Vollenweider (Trigon from Kryptos)

Thu, 18 Feb 2010: Lying in a Hammock at William Duffey's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota written by James Wright, read by Brian Burt; music by Jackalope (... and then there was wood from Jackalope)

Tue, 16 Feb 2010: Clarinet written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by The Klezmer Conservatory Band (Doyne/Freylekhs from Dancing In the Aisles)

Sun, 14 Feb 2010: When Love is Like the Sky written and read by Rose Dimatteo; music by Edgar Meyer (Smiles and Tears from Work in Progress)

Thu, 11 Feb 2010: A Train at Night written and read by Cecil Giscombe; music by Richard "Groove" Holmes (Night Train from On Basie's Bandstand)

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 : Echology written and read by Janet Burroway; music by Mark Simos (The Word in Edgewise from Race the River Jordan)

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 : Father William written by Lewis Carroll, read by Janice Neuleib; music of Rossini, performed by Evan Marshall (William Tell Overture from The Lone Arranger)

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 : Sonnet #29, When, In Disgrace with Fortune written by William Shakespeare, read by Eric Uppling; music by Charlie Haden/Hank Jones (I've Got a Robe from Steal Away)

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 : Sonnet #147, My Love is as a Fever written by William Shakespeare, read by Rob Cook; music by Miles Davis (Circles from Miles Smiles)

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