Poetry Radio
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National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
written and read by Matthew Guenette; music by Gerald Ross (Honeysuckle Rose from Swing Ukelele)
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The Pinewoods
written by Mary Oliver, read by Bill Morgan; music by Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon (Strange from Clone)
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The Body
written and read by Alison Joseph; music by Sean Harkness (Wynkus McGynkus from Aloft)
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The Human Community
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Dave Frackenpohl (So Long from Refractions)
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Farm Aid
written and read by Eamon Wall; music by Bill Frisell (The Young Monk from The Intercontinentals)
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We Manage Most When We Manage Small
written by Cynda Gregg, read by Carrie Etter; music by Sean Harkness (Green Mountain Trail from Aloft)
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Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
written by Robert Frost, read by Pearl Cleage; music by the Modern Jazz Quartet (Skating in Central Park from Dedicated to Connie)
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Open Spoon
written and read by Virginia Bell; music by Roberta Piket (Improvisation Blue from Solo)
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Prologue from Henry V
written by William Shakespeare, read by Michael McAlister; music by El McMeen (Time Will End from Great Strings, Great Music)
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Pisgah
written and read by Kwame Dawes; music by Les McCann (A Little 3/4 for God and Co. from Listen Up!)
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The Cove
written by Dick Allen, read by Joan Crooks; music by Marshall Crenshaw (Eydie's Tune from #447)
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Behind the Scenes
written and read by Gwendolyn Brooks; music by Davey Graham (Blues for Gino from The Complete Guitarist)
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Will Call
written by Peter Gizzi, read by Carrie Etter; music by Fairport Convention (Mr. Sands in the Building from Old New Borrowed Blue)
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Too Late
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by The Akerman - Teixeira Duo (Castilla from Music for Two Guitars)
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Wind
written by Mary Oliver. read by Alison Sainsbury; music by Steve Glotzer (Los Cabos Serenade from Oasis Jazz 5)
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On Being Unka's Brother
written and read by Kwame Dawes; music by Charles Mingus (I Can't Get Started from Mingus Three)
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A Musical Instrument
written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, read by Kim Pereira; music by Kathryn Tickell (The Gathering from The Gathering)
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They
written by Marvin Bell, read by Chris Paddock; music by Angels of Venice (As Time Goes By from Angels of Venice)
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Field Dressing
written and read by Virginia Bell; music by The Modern Mandolin Quartet (Mishima/Philip Glass from Americana)
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University Catalog, A Possibility
written and read by Alison Sainsbury; music by Nate Leath (Lady Be Good from Oasis Jazz 5)
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Clear! Clear! In the Brisk Brushing of Limbs
written and read by James McGowan; music by the Tony Rice Unit (New Waltz from Acoustics)
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Picking Up the 7/10 Split
written and read by Matthew Guenette; music by Mark Egan, Karl Latham and John Hart (Mr. Clean from Unit 1)
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Ma and God
written by Shel Silverstein, read by Roberta Trites; music by Ken Hatfield (Rondo from Explorations for Solo Guitar)
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Reconciliation
written by Walt Whitman, read by Aaron Anstett; music by The Bootleg Remedy (Red Hook Rag from Oasis Acoustic 36)
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Unpaid Leave
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Danny Gotham and Glenn Mehrbach (A Child is Born from Sundays Two)
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The Garden
written by Louise Gluck, read by Kirstin Zona; music by John Sheehan (Jump Into the Fire from Crossroads Cafe)
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Inclusio
written and read by Mike Theune; music by Adrian Legg (Short Story from Guitar Bones)
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Cut the Grass
written by A.R. Ammons, read by Chris Paddock; music by Ray Spiegel (Three Point Five from Sum and Kali)
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The Dead House
written and read by Virginia Bell; music by Stephen Bennett (Buster's Verklempt from High Street)
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Returning to Dublin
written and read by Eamon Wall; music by Paddy Keenan and Tommy O'Sullivan (Jutland from The Long Grazing Acre)
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Sonnet #130 (My mistress' eyes)
written by William Shakespeare, read by Kim Pereira; music by Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy (I Only Have Eyes for You from I Only Have Eyes for You)
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Remodeling
written and read by Bill Morgan; music by Dave Howard (Souvenirs from Oasis Jazz 5)
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Strawberrying
written by May Swenson, read by Kirstin Zona; music by AnRil (Flowers of Red Hill from Acoustic Instrumentals)
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Democracy
written by Langston Hughes, read by Ivan Henderson; music by Guy Davis (Dorothy is Harlem Bound from You Don't Know My Mind)
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Mythic
written and read by Matthew Guenette; music by Phil Coulter (The Island from Heartland)
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Mass in B Minor
written by Deborah Gregor, read by Joan Crooks; music by J.P. Cormier (My Bach is Worse Than My Bite from Heart and Soul)
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San Onofre, California
written by Carolyn Forche, read by Carol Schrantz; music by Karen Briggs with Wynton Marsalis (Morning Song from Reeltime)
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Mouth
written and read by Lisa Samuels; music by The Modern Mandolin Quartet (Mishima/Philip Glass from Americana)
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Marital Advice From Some Southern Cousin
written and read by Blair Ewing; music by Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban (Patricia from Mambo Sinuendo)
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Wherever
written and read by Virginia Bell; music by Boot (Grandpa's Polska from Virvla)
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Redolence
written and read by Aaron Anstett; music by Mike Marshall (Gator Strut from Gator Strut)
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The Silk of Time
written and read by Charles Reynard; music by Simple Gifts (Down By the Sally Gardens from Down By the Sally Gardens)
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Love Songs
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by John Sebastian and David Grisman (Deep Purple from Satisfied)
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Jack and Jill
written and read by Ronald Connor; music by Steve Himes Connection (Espacio from Oasis Jazz 5)
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What Makes a Man a Man
written and read by Pamela Miller; music by Simple Gifts (Fifth Brew from Time and Again)
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Funeral Blues
written by W.H. Auden, read by Kim Pereira; music by Rick Deitrick (Drifting from Long Way Home)
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Daybreak in Alabama
written by Langston Hughes, read by Jerrold Trice; music by Gerry O'Connor (Song for PJ from Myriad)
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That Lonesome Hallway
written and read by Patricia McMillen; music by Darol Anger and Mike Marshall (Rotagilla from The Duo)
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Little Blue Eye Glasses
written and read by Louis Erdrich; music by Darrell Scott (Pester Lester from A Crooked Road)
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The Separation
written and read by Carrie Etter; music by Rolf Lislevand (Passacaglia Andaluz II from Nuove Musiche)
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I Liked Growing / Raw?
written by Carla Kuskin and Thomas Rockwell, read by Karen Coates; music by Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley (Wild Fiddlers Rag from The Watchstone)
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The Wolves
written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Dana and Susan Robinson (Glory in the Meeting House from 'Round My Door)
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First Rice
written by Heid Erdrich, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Steve Kramer (Hear the Ocean from Songs of the Sleeping Stone)
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Creative Writing
written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Bill Frisell (Goin' Out of My Head from Beautiful Dreamers)
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Dog Toothed Violet
written and read by Gary Gildner; music by Johnny Coles (So Sweet My Little Girl from Little Johnny C)
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Airport
written and read by Janet Burroway; music by Floorplay (Reunion from Block Party)
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Was It Because?
written by Thomas Rockwell, read by Karen Coates; music by Randall Hylton (Limehouse Blues from The Essential)
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The Colony of Us
written and read by Carrie Etter; music by Dusty Knapp (Glorious from Reflections of Worship)
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Elephants Are Different Things to Different People
written by Carl Sandburg, read by Robert Trites; music by Simple Gifts (Fifth Brew from Time and Again)
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Much Madness is Divinest Sense
written by Emily Dickinson, read by Roberta Trites; music by Yma Sumac (Gopher Mambo from Happy, Texas)
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Violin
written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Bill Frisell (Tea for Two from Beautiful Dreamers)
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Used Books
written and read by Allison Joseph; music by Bill Staines (An Afternoon at Cohan's from October's Hill)
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Rebirth Revisited
written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Bill Frisell (The Wizard from Disfarmer)
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Malcolm X
written and read by Gwendolyn Brooks; music by Richard Stoltzman (Viderunt Omnes from NY Counterpoint)
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If We Must Die
written by Claude McKay, read by Pearl Cleage; music by Ed McMeen (Mo Ghile Mear from Elixir Strings)
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Stung
written by Heid Erdrich, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Lem Genovese (Six Lazzeri Lane from Six Lazzeri Lane)
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pity this busy monster man unkind
written by e.e. cummings, read by Robert Sutherland; music by Doug Hammond (Kone Pone from Folks)
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Over Tea
written and read by Marjorie Agosin; music by Dino Saluzzi (Volver from Volver)
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Asters
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by The Bean Pickers Union (Waltz #1 from Potlatch)
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BANANA pOeM
written and read by John Firefly; music by Garrett List's A1 Band (Rib Crib from Fire and Ice)
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The Cockroaches of Liberation
written and read by Martin Espada; music by John Reischman (Juramento from North of the Border)
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The Diameter of the Bomb
written by Yehuda Amichai, read by Brian Burt; music by David Grier (Lonely Soldier from Lonely Soldier)
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The Honeymoon of Our Attraction
written and read by Carrie Etter; music by Howard Levy (Slanted Samba from Tonight and Tomorrow)
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Flirtation
written and read by Allison Joseph; music by Bachue (The Phrayes from A Certain Smile)
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Sonnet #116
written by William Shakespeare, read by Rhys Lovell; music by Mike and Ruthy (Diamond Ring Rag from The Honeymoon Agenda)
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Sonnet #104
written by William Shakespeare, read by Steve Wojtas; music by Gaucho (Sweet Chorus from Deluxe)
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Sonnet #98
written by William Shakespeare, read by Katrina Kuntz; music by Anthropedia Foundation (The Book of Marvels from Leonardo Da Vinci)
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As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
written by William Shakespeare, read by David Marcotte; music by Rolf Lislevand (Ciaccona from Nuove Musiche)
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An Affinity With the Garbage
written and read by Janet Burroway; music by The Resophonics (Tanbo Harvest from Last Long Winter)
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Life Along the Mackinaw
written and read by Marita Brake; music by Simple Gifts (The Wind That Shakes the Barley from Oasis Acoustics 95)
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The Place the Musician Became a Bear (for Jim Pepper)
written and read by Joy Harjo; music by Jim Pepper (3/4 Gemini from Dakota Song)
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Eagle Poem
written by Joy Harjo, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Will Brady (Everyday from Solo Guitar)
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Disobedience
written by A.A. Milne, read by Janice Neuleib; music by Tony Trischka (Soldier's Joy from Heartlands)
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Poem to Be Placed in the Middle of the Manuscript of...
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Rickie Lee Jones (Blue Ghazell from Balm in Gilead)
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Reenactment, Gettysburg
written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Martin Simpson (Greystones from True Stories)
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Ocean
written and read by Ruth Wantling; music of Howard Hanson performed by the Seattle Symphony (Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings)
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Religion
written and read by Gwendolyn Brooks; music by Bill Douglas (Like a Wave of the Sea from Celtic Twilight 5)
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Landscapes
written and read by Janet Burroway; music by Jose Rodriguez (Moments in Life from Moments in Life)
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One Perfect Rose
written by Dorothy Parker, read by Roberta Trites; music by Gerry O'Connor (Temple Bar Jam from Myriad)
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Sotto Voce / Whatever Keeps You Out of Hell
written and read by Cecil Giscombe; music by Mark Simos (Pony Boy from Race the River Jordan)
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Yesterday Down at the Canal
written by Frank O'Hara, read by Chris Paddock; music by Son Volt (Jodel / Chanty from Wide Swing Tremolo)
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Attractions of a Monastery
written and read by Carrie Etter; music by Pat Kirtley (Megan Morgan from Acoustic Oasis, Volume 11)
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Living On the Moon
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Ramona Borthwick (Retrospeak from One of Us)
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The Fish
written by Marianne Moore, read by Kirsten Zona; music by Grit Laskin (Earthly Concerns from Earthly Concerns)
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After Keats
written and read by Gabriel Gudding; music by Gerry Grosz / Phil Hawkins Quintet (Remembrance from Oasis Jazz 5)
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Ringbang Theory
written and read by James Plath; music by Soweto String Quartet (Mbayi Mbayi from Zebra Crossing)
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Blue
written and read by Louise Erdrich; music by Acousticity (Blue Rondo a La Turk from Music for 20 Fingers)
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In Mind
written by Denise Levertov, read by Victoria Harris; music by Stefan Grossman (Bidnest Two-Step from Bottleneck Serenade)
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The Thike
written by Claire Crowther, read by Carrie Etter; music by Gaucho (The Hedgehog Waltz from Deluxe)
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Kong Looks Back on His Tryout With the Bears
written and read by William Trowbridge; music by Matt Catingub (Squib Cakes from In the Land of the Long White Cloud)
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Sabbatical
written and read by Zarina Mullan Plath; music by Joe Craven (Rites of Man from Camptown)
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Science
written and read by Steve Fay; music by Galactic (Hamp's Hump from Crazyhorse Mongoose)
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Modus Operandi
written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Acousticity (In the Mood from Music for 20 Fingers)
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since feeling is first
written by e.e. cummings, read by Charlie Harris; music by Eric Bibb (Blacksmith Island from Good Stuff)
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My Mother's Tortilla
written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Dois no Choro (Chorando Baixinho from Asa Branca)
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Greenhouse
written and read by Rose DiMatteo; music by Steve Khan (Backup from Let's Call This)
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Liquid Paper
written by Peter Meinke, read by James Plath; music by the Uptown String Quartet (Calvary from The Uptown String Quartet)
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God's Grandeur
written by Gerard Manley Hopkins, read by Robert Sutherland; music by Thelonious Monk (Pannonica from Criss-Cross)
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Early in the Morning
written by Li-Yong Lee, read by Zarina Mullan Plath; music by Eddie Gomez (Tenderly from Next Future)
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Harlem Night Song
written by Langston Hughes, read by Pearl Cleage; music by The Jazz Mandolin Project (Mandoneon from The Jazz Mandolin Project)
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Coyote
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Gaucho (Si Tu Savais from Deluxe)
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The 1200 N Road Going East
written and read by Cecil Giscombe; music by Ramona Borthwick (Eight Winds from One of Us)
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Happiness
written by Carl Sandburg, read by Marita Brake; music by Santiago Jimenez, Jr. (Magdalena from Musica de Tiempos)
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Petra Genetrix
written by Claire Crowther, read by Carrie Etter; music by Acousticity (Blue Rondo a la Turk from Music for 20 Fingers)
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Have A Nice Day
written by Jack Myers, read by Brian Burt; music by Bill Frisell (New Day from Go West)
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Girl With Catfish
written and read by Steve Fay; music by Stefan Grossman (Birdnest Two-Step from Bottleneck Serenade)
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Wishes For Sons
written by Lucille Clifton (1936-2010), read by Victoria Harris; music by Orquesta Atipica (Dead Miser Waltz from Tango Dogs)
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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)
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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)
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On My Father's Loss of Hearing
written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Tiempo Libre (Fuga from Bach in Havana)
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Belief Is Getting More Difficult
written and read by Kay Murphy; music by Charles Mingus (Wee from Mingus Moves)
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How Beautiful It Is
written by Robinson Jeffers, read by Ruth Wantling; music by Woody Mann (Slow Motion from Stories)
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Keeping
written and read by Katharine Wright; music by The Soweto String Quartet (Zebra Crossing from Zebra Crossing)
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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)
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After Disaster
written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Joel Mabus (A Midsummer Night's Waltz from Omnibus)
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Commemoration
written by Wislawa Szymborska, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Chico Hamilton (Nonchalant from Twelve Tones of Love)
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The Terrorist, He's Watching
written by Wislawa Szymborska, read by Sandra Steingraber; music by John Lurie (Struggle of Man from Fishing With John)
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Mourning Pablo Neruda
written by Robert Bly, read by Victoria Harris; music by Andreas Vollenweider (Trigon from Kryptos)
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Lying in a Hammock at William Duffey's Farm in Pine...
written by James Wright, read by Brian Burt; music by Jackalope (... and then there was wood from Jackalope)
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Clarinet
written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by The Klezmer Conservatory Band (Doyne/Freylekhs from Dancing In the Aisles)
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When Love is Like the Sky
written and read by Rose Dimatteo; music by Edgar Meyer (Smiles and Tears from Work in Progress)
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A Train at Night
written and read by Cecil Giscombe; music by Richard "Groove" Holmes (Night Train from On Basie's Bandstand)
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Echology
written and read by Janet Burroway; music by Mark Simos (The Word in Edgewise from Race the River Jordan)
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Father William
written by Lewis Carroll, read by Janice Neuleib; music of Rossini, performed by Evan Marshall (William Tell Overture from The Lone Arranger)
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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)
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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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Sonnet #154, The Little Love God
written by William Shakespeare, read by Florence Powdermaker; music of Couperin performed by Hamilton Cheifetz (La Tromba from Songs From the Cello)
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Moments in Love
written and read by Ricardo Cortez Cruz; music by The Green String Quartet (Harlem Nocturne from The String Machine)
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Birth
written and read by Louise Erdrich; music by Bela Fleck and Djelmady Tounkara (Mariam from Throw Down Your Heart)
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Ebb Tide
written and read by Jim Plath; music by Shahin and Sepehr (One Passion Dance from World Cafe)
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At the Bake Sale
written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Los Cenzontles (Solo Quiero Bailar from American Horizon)
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War Memorial, Mannheimer Schloss
written and read by Brian Burt; music by Bobby Hutcherson (Pastoral from Components)
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Returning a Rabbit
written and read by Katherine Wright; music by Steven King and the Acoustic Crew (Doggie E. Boo from Journey to Love)
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Brockport Sunflowers
written by William Heyen, read by Rose DiMatteo; music by Scott Joplin, performed by Butch Thompson (Heliotrope Bouquet from Thompson Plays Joplin)
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Four Quartets (an excerpt)
written by T.S. Eliot, read by Joy Luke; music by Gideon Freudmann (Cheese Cluster from Banking Left)
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Henry's Understanding
written by John Berryman, read by Charles Harris; music by Gary Burton (Decarismo from Astor Piazzolla Reunion)
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Fear Not
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Steve Earle (Brand New Companion from Townes)
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Try to Praise the Mutilated World
written by Adam Zagajewski, read by Louise Erdrich; music by The Vignola Collective with Mark Kibble (A Minor Idea from Gypsy Grass)
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Moving On In the Midwest
written and read by Peg Kirk; music by John Gorka (Fret One from So Dark You See)
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Goodnight
written and read by Li Yong Lee; music by Seamus McGuire (Captain O'kane from The Wishing Tree)
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Christmas in Southern California
written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Hamiet Bluiett (Christmas Song from Makin' Whoopee: Tribute to the King Cole Trio)
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Pulp Log, #42
written and read by Barry McKinnon; music by Hugh Hopper (2 P.M. from Hooligan Romantics)
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First Light
written and read by Jim Plath; music by Friends of Dean Martinez (Otra Vez from A Tardecer)
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Magnetic Field
written by Catherine Phil McCarthy, read by Kathryn Kerr; music by Kim Robertson (Since You've Asked from Searching for Lambs)
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Winter of the Deep Snow
written and read by Dan Guillory; music by Julian Lage (Motor Minder from Sounding Point)
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Miso
written by Matt Bryden, read by Carrie Etter; music by Dale Miller (Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey from Time Goes By)
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What I'd Tell You
written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Linn Barnes and Allison Hampton (Alchemy from Oasis Classical and Instrumental #3)
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Sonnet Substantially Like the Words of Fulano Rodriguez,...
written by Jack Aguerros, read by Martin Espada; music by The New International Trio (Blue Monk from Atomic Theory Records 10th Anniversary Collection)
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