The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada

Ken reads three poems of witness by WWII poet Ingeborg Bachmann, and follows the theme of determination despite the darkness with a new poem by Larry D Thomas, and a new poem of his own.

Ken reads a variety of poems from various authors published in the latest edition of San Pedro River Review - vol 15 no. 2 fall 2023, published by Blue Horse Press. JC and Tobi Alfier, editors & publishers.

Ken reads Darrell Bourque’s tribute poem to Sinead O’Connor, plus two new poems - one, a birthday tribute to His daughter in law, Megan

A new poem by Ken Hada

Ken reads poems from the Spring 2023 edition of California Quarterly

Ken reads poems by Hungarian poet Miklos Radnoti, poems found in the pocket of Radnoti, after his body was exhumed from a mass grave. The poems are anthologized in “Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness” edited by Carolyn Forche (Norton, 1993).

Ken reads poems from Jack Gilbert

In these new poems, Ken Hada draws upon a biographical aspect of several famous poets as possible points of identification and relationship for the audience

Ken reads from Angela Hooper’s debut collection, “Where the Sky is a Wall” (forthcoming, Village Books Press)

Ken reads poems from Chilean Nobel Prize winner, Gabriela Mistral

After a hiatus, “Ken Hada and the Sunday Poems” returns with a reading of Jean Burden’s poems from her 1963 book: “Naked As The Glass” (Clarke & Way, Inc., 1963)

Ken reads from Darrell Bourque’s book: “In Ordinary Light: New and Selected Poems” (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2010).

Ken reads nine additional poems from Contemporary American Poetry, edited by R.S. Gwynn and April Lindner (Penguin, 2005)

from “Contemporary American Poetry” edited by RS Gwynn and April Lindner (Penguin, 2005)

Poems from: Elizabeth Raby, “Beneath Green Rain” (Vacpoetry: Purple Flag Press, 2015), Chera Hammons. “The Traveler’s Guide to Bomb City” (Vacpoetry: Purple Flag Press, 2017), Ofelia Zepeda, “Where Clouds Are Formed” (Arizona UP, 2008), Julie Chappell, “As I Pirouette Away” (Turning Plow Press, 2021), Maureen DuRant, “Skirmishes on the Okie-Irish Border” (Press 53, 2020), Maryann Hurtt, “Once Upon a Tar Creek: Mining for Voices” (Turning Plow Press, 2021), Kai Coggin, “Mining for Stardust” (Flower Song Press, 2021), Roxana Cazan, “Tethered to the Unexpected: Poetry about Illness” (mail Alien Buddha Press, 2021)

Ken reads poems by Octavio Quintanilla, his first book: “If I Go Missing” (Slough Press, 2014)

Ken reads from one of Berry’s early collections. Berry is one of the foremost voices in environmentally-sensitive writing and place writing

Four poems from THE THIN LIGHT OF WINTER, by Jonas Zdanys: “The Dry Season,” “This Morning,” “Light” and “The Door” (Virtual Artists Collective, 2009)

Ken reads a few of Abbey’s poems, gathered by his editor/friend, published in his only volume of poetry - Earth Apples. Abbey thought of himself as a novelist, and produced wonderful prose, including his famous nonfiction, Desert Solitaire.

Ken reads four new poems: “Blue Jay at Dawn,” “Wildflowers at Dusk,” “Nocturne” and “The World on Hold” - thanks for listening