Poetry Moment
Monday through Friday at 9am on KPBX (91.1 FM)
Presented by Spokane Public Radio, Poetry Moment is a program that showcases myriad poems as read by poets and poetry lovers from across the Inland Northwest — and occasionally beyond.
Poetry Moment airs one poem on KPBX each weekday at 9am; a single reader curates the entire week’s worth of poetry. Sometimes the poems are the reader's own, and sometimes they're written by poets whose work they admire and want to share with listeners.
Since its start in 2018, Poetry Moment has featured readers ranging from the Washington State Poet Laureate and popular local slam poets to listeners who simply want to give voice to a few of their favorite pieces.
Are you interested in reading for Poetry Moment too? If so, e-mail us at kpbx@kpbx.org.
Latest Episodes
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A work by a Ukrainian poet, translated by Ali Kinsella and Dzvinia Orlowsky
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A sonic boom symbolically disturbs the natural balance
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How does something longed for change in its attainment?
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A partly autobiographical domestic lament
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Reflecting on "this invention, this invented world" and its harmonious dualities
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A poem written during the Afghanistan conflict retains its distressful relevance
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Where blues and bitterness disappear and laughter and delight abound
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The poet confronts "a tangle of dried roots" known as the resurrection plant
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In the poet's imagination, springed wooden pincers become tooth and nail
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Some thoughts on a sitcom that brought the magical into the mundane