WGLT Poetry Radio

These poems were recorded for Poetry Radio, a series that ran for some years on WGLT, the Public Radio affiliate in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.  My thanks to Lucia Getsi, Bill Morgan, and Kirstin Zona for including these pieces and to Bruce Bergethon for recording and producing the selections.  The dates in parentheses are when the poems originally aired.  The poems were recorded in two sessions in 2004 and 2010.

 

“The Wolfman,” from Ticket Stubs & Liner Notes (8/16/11)

“Back Road, Central Illinois,” from Poem’s Poems & Other Poems (6/9/11)

“In his dream…,” from Poem’s Poems & Other Poems (5/31/11)

“Poem was low on jack…,” from Poem’s Poems & Other Poems (3/3/11)

“Poem had had a tough night…,” from Poem’s Poems & Other Poems (2/10/11)

“It was another…,” from Poem’s Poems & Other Poems (1/27/11)

“Redneck Yoga,” from The Tao of Twang (11/2/10)

“Mackinaw Parade, 2004,” from Fault Lines (4/28/11)

“Play Stove,” from Fault Lines (12/7/10)

“Star Thistle,” from Fault Lines (1/16/05)

“Passing Through, Nevada Night,” from Fault Lines (12/12/04)

“We Need to Talk,” from Fault Lines (10/21/04)

“Peets,” from Fault Lines (10/5/04)

“Listening to Art Tatum,” from Fault Lines (9/21/04)

“High Desert, Noon, Early Fall,” from Fault Lines (9/5/04)

“Queen for a Day,” from Fault Lines (08/19/04)

“On First Hearing ‘Purple Haze,’” from Ticket Stubs & Liner Notes (10/6/11)

“Learning the Piano,” from Ticket Stubs & Liner Notes (9/15/11)

“The Neophyte Scholar Pauses,” from Redneck Yoga (7/7/11)

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