Poetically Yours: Recent Episodes
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Get ready to hear from northern Illinois’ “prose pros." Hosted by WNIJ Arts Reporter Yvonne Boose, you will hear voices from northern Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. If you would like to submit a poem for consideration, please send submissions to yboose@niu.edu
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's episode features Christopher D. Sims
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Extended Poetically Yours Podcast. This month’s featured poet is Li-Young Lee.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Lori Beach-Grass.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems from northern Illinois poets. This week’s poet is Auburn high school’s LIT UP group member, Effadea Rowe.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. This segment showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Rhonda Parsons.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours features poems by northern Illinois poets and a few from other states. Today’s featured poet is Susan Goldberg.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems written by northern Illinois poets. This week’s poet is Susan Schubert Zeiser.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's featured poet is Carol Alfus.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems from northern Illinois poets. This week’s poet is Auburn high school’s LIT UP group member, Julianne Kubala.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets and a few from other areas. This week’s poet is Jenny Bienemann.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets and a few from other states. This week’s poet is Peggy Heitmann.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Lori Beach-Grass.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems from northern Illinois poets. This week’s poet is Auburn high school’s LIT UP group member, Effadea Rowe.
Today we feature a collaborative poem between husband and wife, Susan Schubert Zeiser and Tom Zeiser.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Terry Loncaric.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This segment features a poem by Paula Coulahan.
This segment highlights poets from northern Illinois. Today’s episode features Carol Obertubbesing.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems written by northern Illinois poets. This week’s poet is Susan Schubert.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Roger Johnson.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Judy Cummings.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's featured poet is Carol Alfus.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured artist is Veronica Noechel.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Terry Loncaric.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets, and a few from other states. Today’s featured poet is Carol Alfus.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois writers and a few from other states. Today’s featured artist is Susan Goldberg.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems written by northern Illinois poets and a few from other areas. This week’s featured artist is Felipe Cárcamo.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Cyrstal L. Goss.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours usually showcases poems written by northern Illinois writers but this week’s featured author is from Brunswick, Maine. His name is Bryan Franco.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets but this week’s artist is from India.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets and on occasion, writers from other areas. This week’s featured poet is Lesley Constable.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today’s featured poet is James Morehead.
Welcome to the Poetically Yours extended podcast. This special segment takes you beyond the pen of its weekly contributors. This month’s featured author is Michael Lee Johnson.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Susan Schubert.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Dane Ince.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. This segment showcases poetry from northern Illinois poets. This week we feature Tracy Noel.
WNIJ held a youth collaboration poem contest to commemorate National Poetry Month. This poem came from that collaboration. It was written by Claire Hua and WNIJ's Yvonne Boose.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's episode features Christopher D. Sims.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features Susan Goldberg.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. I’m Yvonne Boose. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s poem is by Carol Alfus.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today’s featured poet is Alyssa Lorae Johnson.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s poem is by Davione Barrow.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Tricia Whitworth is the featured poet for this episode.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Judy Cummings.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's segment features poet Richard Holinger.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Susan Schubert.
Kirk is a horticulturist, a master gardener, and a former employee of the “Nature Conservatory.” Kirk has also worked in restoration ecology.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features a poem by Kyle White.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Terry Loncaric.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today’s featured poet is James Morehead.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets but sometimes our reach extends outside of the state. Steven Atkinson lives in Victoria, Australia.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets but sometimes our reach extends outside of the state. Steven Atkinson lives in Victoria, Australia.
This month’s featured poet is Karen Fullett-Christensen. Fullett-Christensen is Aurora, Illinois first poet laureate.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets, and occasionally poets across the country. Today we feature work from Kellie Joy of Utah.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by Northern Illinois poets. This poem is by Carol Obertubbesing.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems written by northern Illinois poets. This week features Quentin Johnson.
Every Friday Poetically Yours fills your ears with melodic stanzas --mostly from northern Illinois poets. But now there's something else: A full length Poetically Yours Podcast.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features Susan Goldberg.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today we feature Pastor Kenneth Storck.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features a poem by Susan Schubert.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by Northern Illinois poets. This poem is by Carol Obertubbesing.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This segment features a poem by Paula Coulahan.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we celebrate Hanukkah and Christmas with poetry by Karen Fullett-Christensen.
Poetically Yours now has a full length podcast. This monthly edition gives you a peek behind the artist's pen.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today’s featured poet is James Morehead.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet is Roger Johnson.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we celebrate Thanksgiving with a poem by William Ordway.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Josh Price.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Rhonda Parsons.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Suzannah Walter.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today, Judy Cummings shares a Halloween poem.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poet. Today’s poem is by Jake DaSilva.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we are crossing the state line by featuring Renata Dumitrascu.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today we feature Pastor Kenneth Storck.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets and occasionally poets across the country. Today we feature work from Kellie Joy of Utah.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today’s segment features Aubrey Barnes also known as Aubs.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Susan Schubert.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we feature our oldest contributor, 102-year-old Jean Schildbach.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by mostly northern Illinois poets. This week’s featured poet lives in Oregon.
James Morehead is the author of canvas: poems, his debut poetry collection. He's also the host of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Paul Wheeler.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features Peter Carroll.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Suzannah Walter.
Wolf is a Shawnee Gypsy Jew social justice humanist who lost count of his tattoos somewhere around 20.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we feature Sarah Smith.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's episode features Christopher D. Sims.
Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This segment features 16-year-old Jose Rodriguez.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This segment features Paula Coulahan.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This episode features Scott Suma.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features Lennart Lundh.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This segment features Josh Price.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Susan Schubert.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours features poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we highlight Paula Garrett.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets, but sometimes we reach across the state line. This week features a poet from New Jersey, Theresa Rose Jertson.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we feature Paul Wheeler.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours highlights poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Darion Massey.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today we feature Scott Piner.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment highlights Susan Azar Porterfield.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems written by northern Illinois poets. Today we highlight Mike Andrews.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. This segment showcases poems written by northern Illinois poets. This week features Aurora Poet Laureate Karen Fullett-Christensen.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features Judy Cummings.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we feature WNIJ Perspectives contributor Rick Brooks.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we highlight Giulyana Gamero.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today we feature Jon McGinty.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week we debut our youngest contributor, Theodore Meyer.
Alberts is a Rockford native, an author and the CEO and director of Digital Ninjas Media, Inc. Some of his works can be found in “Rockford Writes” and “Forest City Stories.” He is also a member of the RepresentUs movement. He loves collecting rare books and is currently working on two novels.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. This segment showcases poetry from northern Illinois poets. This week we feature Tracy Noel.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems from northern Illinois poets. This week's poem is by Bear Wolf.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Susan Schubert.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Paula Morhardt.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Rhonda Parsons.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets, but this week we’ve extended our reach. We’re featuring the James Morehead, the poet laureate of Dublin, California.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern lllinois poets. This week features Devin Strejc.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's episode features Christopher D. Sims.
This poem is dedicated to Claire and Janie Zebro, Wyatt Kim, and Gracie Cade; may all your shallow swims have a feel for the depths. - Richard Holinger
Obertubbesing was at the Sears Tower on September 11, 2001. She said she remembers every detail of that day.
This poem is a part of “Equal People” Our Human Family’s anthology of international poetry on equality and inclusivity.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's poem is by Rockford Writers' Guild member, Susan Goldberg.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features Carandus Brown.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours features northern Illinois poets. This week we highlight Margo Anderson.
Paula Morhardt started writing when she was a child. She’s had poems published in various small magazines but in 2017, her life changed.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s segment features Aliya Bailey from the poetry group FourPoets, OneMic.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets but today WNIJ is closing out National Poetry month with work by Wisconsin poet Charles Payne.
Welcome to Poetically Yours. This segment showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's poem is written by Susan Schubert.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems written by northern Illinois poets. This week features Quentin Johnson.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features one of Aurora's deputy poet laureates, Fermina Ponce.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's segment features poems by Jan Bristol.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. This segment showcases poems written by northern Illinois poets. This week features Aurora Poet Laureate Karen Fullett-Christensen.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features Rhonda Parsons.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's segment features poet Richard Holinger.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. This segment showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's episode features Darius Jackson from FourPoets, OneMic.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. This segment showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's poem is by Jennifer Rea.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's episode features Christopher D. Sims.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases works by northern Illinois poets. This week we share a poem by Paige Monet Wright of FourPoets, OneMic.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poets from northern Illinois. This week's poem is by Cheryl Sheinman.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poets from northern Illinois but this week we are crossing the Wisconsin border.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This segment features Michael Lee Johnson.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week features one of Aurora's deputy poet laureates, Fermina Ponce.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's segment features poet Susan Schubert.
Welcome to this week's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's episode features Christopher D. Sims.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. This week features Aurora's poet laureate Karen Fullett-Christensen.
Welcome to this week’s Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems from northern Illinois poets but this segment features Heather Cleveland from Oakland California.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's poem is by Richard Holinger.
Welcome to WNIJ’s Thanksgiving week Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s poem is by Rockford’s first ever poet laureate Christine Swanberg.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours features northern Illinois poets. This week's poem is by Carandus Brown.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems from northern Illinois poets. This week's poem is by Bear Wolf.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases northern Illinois poets. This week's poem is by Paige Monét Wright, a member of FourPoets, OneMic.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's poem is by Cheryl Sheinman.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's poem is by Aurora Deputy Poet Laureate, Quentin Johnson.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's poem is by Rockford Writers' Guild member, Susan Goldberg.
Welcome to WNIJ's Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's poem is by Jennifer Rea.
Welcome to Poetically Yours, where you'll hear the voices of Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. This week features Charles White.
Welcome to Poetically Yours, where you'll hear the voices of Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. This week features Margo Anderson. Her poem is called, "Threat."
Welcome to Poetically Yours, where you'll hear the voices of Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. This week features Paula Morhardt. Her poem is called, "Forever Goes On."
Welcome to Poetically Yours, where you'll hear the voices of Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. This week features Susan Schubert. Her poem is called, "9/11."
Welcome to Poetically Yours, where you'll hear the voices of Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. This week features Darius Jackson of FourPoets, OneMic. It's called "I'm Ashamed."
Welcome to Poetically Yours, where you'll hear the voices of Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. This week features Rhonda Parsons. It's called, "Dew on the Rose."
Welcome to Poetically Yours, where you'll hear the voices of Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. This week features Leaux of FourPoets, OneMic. It's called "Today."
Welcome to Poetically Yours, where you'll hear the voices of Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. This week, features Aurora's Poet Laureate, Karen Fullett-Christensen. Her poems include, "No Longer Virgins" and "We Are All in Chains."
Welcome to Poetically Yours, where you'll hear the voices of Illinois poets as they share their words about the world around them. This week features Christopher Sims of Rockford. This poem is called, "Minneapolis Is Burning."