Poetry

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Talking Earth: April 10, 2023 with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Mon, 04/10/2023 at 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Produced for Talking Earth
Tonight's edition of Talking Earth features an expanded edition of the World Poetry Day Special from Walt Curtis at its core.  Of course, there is not much else to say about this show since the audio arrived from an alternate dimension; the ending, where board-op Patrick Bo... Read more

Black Men Are Precious: Poet E Ethelbert Miller

Airs at: Thu, 04/06/2023 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
E. Ethelbert Miller is a writer, poet and literary activist.  His album, "Black Men Are Precious,"  was a 2023 Grammy Nominee Finalist for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.   He is the author of two memoirs and several books of poetry including The Collected Poems of E. Ethelb... Read more

Taliesin Drakefin

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 10:00am - 10:30am
Produced for World Poetry Day
  Tune in to KBOO on 03/21/2023 as the words of local poet Taliesin Drakefin take you on a journey of sight, sound, and imagination. It's World Poetry Day on KBOO.  Read more

Playful Presence Episode 3: Poetry

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 10:30am - 11:00am
This is a special episode of Playful Presence, which normally airs on the second Monday of the month from 11 pm to midnight. This episode is all about improvised poetry. Improvisers from 2 countries create all different types of improvised poems: surreal, gibberish transla... Read more

World Poetry Special: Part 2, with Walt Curtis

Airs at: Tue, 03/21/2023 at 10:30pm - 11:00pm
Join us in the second half of Talking Earth's World Poetry Day Special, host Walt Curtis and board-op Patrick Bocarde read poetry from Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Appollonaire, Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Paul Celan among others, many in their original languages.  Filmaker Sabrina Gui... Read more

The Poet and the Poem

  Grace Cavalieri: Producer/Host Mike Turpin: Engineer/Post Production    The Poet and The Poem from the Library of Congress         Read more

World Poetry Day

Join KBOO on March 21st, to celebrate the art of prose. Poetry is one of humanity's most treasured forms of cultural expression that allows us to creatively and intimately communicate the experiences of the human condition. Read more

Kicking It Old School

Airs at: Thu, 02/09/2023 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Rose City Native Radio
  Native Poetry corner with William Nuutupu Giles is a Samoan afakasi poet and arts educator from Hawaii. Will is a Touring Artist, International Poetry Slam Champion, and Kundiman Fellow. Biography William Nuutupu Giles is an afakasi poet and arts educator from Hawaii, wh... Read more

Reclaiming Limits

Airs at: Wed, 01/18/2023 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for For The Wild
  Bringing us into his world of nature, awe, and magical poetry, guest Jarod K. Anderson reminds us that our human journey is worthy of just as much love and affection as the natural world around us. When we come to nature with intention, how might it guide us towards love... Read more

Afakasi Samoan Poet William Nuutupu Giles

Airs at: Thu, 12/29/2022 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for Rose City Native Radio
  With Music, poems, rap and more - all things Native - for our Indian Country --- Poetry by William Nuutupu Giles, an Afakasi Samoan writer and arts educator from Honolulu, Hawaii. They have performed poetry on stages across North America including the San Francisco Oper... Read more