Spokane Public Radio is excited to present Poetry Moment, 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, take a look at our guidelines and e-mail us at poetry@kpbx.org.
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Think dancers are delicate and dainty? Think again. -
Maybe we've been casting Nativity play Marys all wrong
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A modern spin on an ancient Christian hymn
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A contemplation of the idea that "what we conceive is not always ours to carry"
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A contemporary account of the miraculous happening amid the mundane
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Envisioning a painting of Mary with "imaginary shopping bags strewn carelessly at her feet"
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A solitary seasonal stroll amid frost, fallen leaves and dormant growth
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A twilight sky takes on the colors of exotic spices as a dance begins with the city below
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A dreamlike continuation of this week's theme of the natural world and landscapes
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An "elegy for [Western] landscapes and, indeed, for nature as we know it."
