Poetry Super Highway Live: Recent Episodes
PSH Live
Poetry Super Highway's monthly live open reading featuring contest announcements, poetry, interview, spoken word tracks and more. Call in and read a poem!
We had a full poetry show today which featured poets from Utah, Canada, Texas, Caliofria, North Carolina, Alabama and Kentuky. We also played a spoken word track from Los Angeles poet area Catopodis. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. Listen to the entire show in the archive and visit us on the web at www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh
Thanks to poets from Utah, East Texas, San Francisco, California, Birmingham, Alabama, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Louisville, Kentucky, and Sault Ste. Marie, Canada for bringing us poetry from all over today. Thanks also to Jim Knowles from Andover, Massachusetts for giving us the wonderfully noir spoken word track "Testimony" to listen to. Listen to the entire show in the archive. As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Another packed Poetry Super Highway Live show today which featured a spoken word track from J. Barret Wolf, as well as poets calling and reading poems from Salt Lake City, Utah, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Attleborough, Massachusetts, Birmingham, Alabama, Louisville, Kentucky, Lenoir, South Carolina, Seattle Washington, Bay City, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California. Check out the entire show in the archive. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
We managed to squeeze 13 poets on the air from all over North America reading poetry from Utah, Canada, Pennsylvania, Alabama, California, Missouri, Massachusetts, Arizona, Oregan, Louisiana, and North Carolina. Tune into the rapid-fire poetry in the archive, plus the spoken word track "E-Ticket" which was sent in by Encinitas, California poet Jim Babwe. As always the show was hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
We had a packed show today featuring poets from Fargo, North Dakota, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Elkins, Park PA, Missouri, Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco, California, and Los Angeles California. In addition to their poems, we featured a spoken word track from Belfast, Northern Ireland poet Colin Dardis. As always the show was hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Another packed show featuring poets reading their poems from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Birmingham, AL, Topanga Canyon, CA, Escondido, CA, West Hollywood, CA, The San Francisco Bay Area, North Carolina, and Missouri! As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Fantastic, and packed show of poetry to end 2019, with poets calling in from Sault St. Marie, Canada, Grenwich, Connecticut, Los Angeles, California, Birmingham, Alabama, Provo, Utah, Redondo Beach, California, Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and the San Francisco Bay area. We also played a spoken word track from Santa Barbara poet Daniel Thomas! As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Thanks to our callers from Long Beach, Calfornia and Tacoma, Washington for filling out our open poetry reading. We also played a new spoken word track from Berlin based poet Maroula Blades, along with one from Sunnyvale, California poet Ellaraine Lockie. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
We announced the winners of our 2019 summer poetry contest in this special PSH Live event. This is the only place where we announced the entrants who scored in the top 10 positions, and we were lucky enough to hear from one of our judges as well.
Thanks to our callers from Stanwood, Washington and the San Francisco Bay area of California for calling in and reading poetry! We also played spoken word poem tracks from Paul Brucker and Cliff Bernier. Check out the entire show in the archive and make sure to call in next month and read a poem yourself. As always the show was MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Thanks to poets from Fargo, North Dakota, Provo, Utah, Birmingham, Alabama, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, and Chicago, Illinois who filled out our show with great poetry today. Plus we played a spoken word track from Ellaraine Lockie which is well worth taking a listen to. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Listen to this fantastic and insightful conversation with 2019 Poetry Super Highway Contest judges Alexandra Umlas, Debbie Hall, and Angele Ellis. Each of them shared a couple of poems (one of their own, and one by a favorite poet), as well as insights about what they look for when they're reading your poems. If you're considering entering this year's contest, this show is a must listen! Hear from the judges themselves! Enter the contest here.
Great show today with poets reading their poems from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Irontown, Missouri, Upper Marlboro, Marlyand, Soutern California, Austin, Texas and Birmingham, Alabama! We also played a spoken word track from Seattle, Washington poet Ferris Jones. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
A mostly spoken word track episode of PSH Live which included poems mixed with music, audience ambiance, and other sound effects, from Angele Ellis, Daniel Thomas, Jerry Garcia, Ellen Sander, Paul Brucker, Richard Leach, Bill Yarrow and Stephen Mead, as well as live poems read by callers from Birmingham, Alabama, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Host Rick Lupert also read a few poems from his new collection of travel poetry "Hunka Hunka Howdee!"
Thanks to poets from Birmingham, AL, Austria (which is not in Hungary), Sioux St. Marie, Canada, New York City, New York, and Covington, Louisiana for calling in and reading poems! We also played the spoken word track "The Snow That Picks" by Belfast, Maine poet Ellen Sander. As always the show was MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's chief orchestrator, Rick Lupert.
Thanks to poets who called in and read poetry from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada, Merric, New York, Birmingham, Alabama and Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. We also heard spoken word tracks from Daniel Thomas (Santa Barbara, California) and Magdalena Ball (Australia.) MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. Visit Poetry Super Highway on the web here.
Thanks to poets who called in and read poetry from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada, Merric, New York, Birmingham, Alabama and Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. We also heard spoken word tracks from Daniel Thomas (Santa Barbara, California) and Magdalena Ball (Australia.) MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
What a great way to start the new year with a poetry filled show featuring live poems from Sault St. Marie, Canada, The Washington, DC area, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, Provo, Utah, Rochester, New York, Cary, North Carolina and Birmingham, AL. Plus the spoken word track "Congo Square" from Cliff Bernier. As always hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
An all spoken word track edition of Poetry Super Highway Live which featured poems from Jerry Garcia, Rachel Kann, and Rick Lupert!
Thanks to poets who called in from Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Austin, Texas, San Francisco, California, Covington, Louisiana, Birmingham, Alabama, and Fargo, North Dakota for filling up this hour with wonderful poetry. (Not to mention the spokenw word track from Paul Brucker!) Listen to the entire show in the archive! MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. Visit us on the web at www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh
We announced the winners of the 2018 Poetry Super Highway Contest here first and we were lucky enough to have our 3rd place winner listening and calling in to read her poem! We also announced the top 10 scoring postions here (and only here) and had a conversation at the beginning with one of our contest judges, Trish Lindsey Jaggers. Click here for all the details on this year's contest including a link to read the winning poems.
Fantastic show today with poets from all over the U.S. reading their poetry including callers from Lyndhurst, New Jersey, San Francisco, California, Southern California, Portage, Wisconsin and South Carolina! Plus we played a couple of spoken word tracks including a new one from Jerry Garcia and one from Rachel Kann. The show was MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Whoooo! What a fantastic show-o-poetry today featuing poets reading their poetry from Poughkipsie, New York, Oxnard, California, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Newark, Illinois, Birmingham, Alabama and Lyndhurst, New Jersey. PLUS a new spoken word track from Jerry Garcia. Listen to the entire poetry filled show in the archive. MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh
Listen in to my conversation with the 2018 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. They will share valuable insights and read some of their own work as well as work that they enjoy. Moderated by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert. If time, you’ll have the chance to call in to pose question to the judges. (What other poetry contest gives you this kind of access to the contest judges?)
Thanks to poets from New York City, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, California, and Touscon, Arizona for callin and reading their poetry! We also featured spoken word tracks from Jerry Garcia and Paul Brucker. Listen to the entire show in the archive.
Fantastic poetry-filled show today which featured callers reading their work from Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, San Francisco, California, Covington, Louisiana, Mt. Prospect, Illinois, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and Oxnard, California. (Plus a spoken word track from Illinois poet Bill Yarrow. Click on the show title to hear the entire show in the archive and visit Poetry Super Highway on the web.
Thanks to poets from Fort Washington, Maryland, Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, and Pasadena, California for calling in and reading their poetry on today's show. Tune in to the end to hear a special spoken word track from Los Angeles poet Rachel Kann. As always the show was MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. http://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/
The technical gods were in our favor today providing us with a packed show with poets from all over the world including Oxnard, CA, Fort Washington, MD, Birmingham, AL, Long Beach, CA, Sault St. Marie, Canada, Belfast, Maine, Portage, Wisconsin, and Darby England! Check out the entire poem-filled show in the archive!
Great show with poets from Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, Covington, LA, Ventura, CA and Tacoma, Washington calling in to read their work. (Plus a spoken word track from Danny Maseng who read his poem from the "A Poet's Siddur" poetry anthology.
Join Poetry Super Highway’s monthly online open poetry reading. Tune in to listen to poets from all over the world read their poetry. Better yet, plan on calling in to read a poem live on the air. No content or style restrictions. Use it as an opportunity to promote your new poetry book or project and let us know what’s happening in your local poetry world! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. Visit Poetry Super Highway on the web!
Join MC and editor Rick Lupert as we launch A Poet's Siddur: Shabbat Evening into the world with a special erev Shabbt broadcast featuring poems from the 36 anthology contributors. A Poet's Siddur: Shabbat Evening features 36 poets from all over the world who reinterpreted the Jewish Friday evening liturgy. Contributors include beloved Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen, Danny Maseng, and many other poets. This event promises to be part poetry reading and part alternative Shabbat service. Join as we create an all "left side of the page" Shabbat experience.
Find "A Poet's Siddur: Shabbat Evening" on Amazon.com
We announced the winners of our 2017 summer poetry contest in this special PSH Live event first. Listen to the archived edition to hear a little bit from our judges, find out who scored in the top 10 positions, and, of course, who won! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.
Thanks to our poets from Ft. Washington, Maryland, Tucson, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, Belfast, Maine and San Francisco, California who called in and read their poetry on Today's show which also featured a spoken word track from Stephen Mead. As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)
Thanks to our poets from Canada, Jerusalem, Israel, Tuscon, Arizona, and Birmingham, Alabama who called in to share poems today. Listen to the whole show in the archive! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)
We had a great conversation with out poetry contest judges J.P. Grasser, Jo Angela Edwins and Ben Britton (who joined us in the chatroom). If you're at all considering entering our poetry contest (details HERE) it's well worth listening to our judges offer insights into what they're looking for as they read your poems (as well as to them reading poetry themselves!
Fantastic Fathers Day edition of our open poetry reading today which featured poets from Washington, D.C., Covington, Louisiana, Sault-St. Maria, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, Tuscon, Arizona, and St. Louis, Missourri all calling in and reading their poems! Hosted as always by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)
Thanks to our callers from Salt St. Marie, Canada (which I'm sure I'm misspelling), Tuscon, Arizona, Bimingham, Alabama, and Santa Barbara, California for sharing poems with us. This month's show also featured a spoken word track from Bill Yarrow from the Chicago area of Illinois. Listen to the entire show in our archive!
Thanks to our open poetry readers from Ontario, Canada, Leaword, Kansas, and Birmingham, Alabama for giving us a few great poems this month, along with a couple of spoken word tracks and a new poem from your host, Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)
An impromptu conversation about self publishing versus small press versus traditional publishing ensued over many callers, plus poems read by poets calling in from Austin, Texas, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sacramento, California, Birmingham, Alabama, and Chapel Hill, North Carolino. As always, M.C.'d by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
A fun show this month with poets from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Lynchburg, Virginia, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and Birmingham, Alabama, all calling in and reading poems, along with a new spoken word track from host Rick Lupert and an old one from Southern California poet Jerry Garcia.
Our 20th anniversary show with poets from all over calling to read their poetry and offer nice words on the occasion of our anniversary. Thanks to poets from Springfield, MO, Washington, DC, Los Olivos, CA, Boston, MA, Pasadena, CA, and Sioux St. Marie, Candada who called in and shared poetry today MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Thanks to poets from Springfield, MO, Grenwhich, CT, Pittsburgh, PA, Los Olivos, CA, Redondo Beach, CA, and Birmingham, AL for calling in and sharing their poetry on this edition of Poetry Super Highway Live which also featured a spoken word track from host Rick Lupert's Spoken Word CD "Rick Lupert Live and Dead."
Packed show full of poetry today with poets calling and reading their poems, from Springfield, MO, Upper Marlboro, MD, Sioux St Marie, Canada, Belfast, ME, Bringham, AL, Covington, LA, Pittsburgh, PA, Capitol Heights, MD and Smiths Grove, KY. We also played a spoken word track from Los Olivos, CA poet Steve Braff. Check out the whole hour-long-chock-full-o-poetry show and visit us on the web at http://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/
We announced the winners of our 2016 summer poetry contest in this special PSH Live event. The show began with 2 of our contest judges, Trish Hopkinson and Helen Townsend, sharing their experiences of judging this year's contest. Then we rolled through the top 10 scoring positions. A few of our top ten scoring poets were listening and called in to read their poems, including our 2nd place winner Jo Angela Edwins from Florence, South Carolina. Click here to see all the winners, what they won, and read the winning poems.
What a great and packed show full-o-poetry we had today with callers from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, Los Olivos, California, San Jose, California, Outside of Chicago, Illinois. Pico Rivera, California, Los Angeles, California, Belfast, Maine, and Anderson, South Carolina...great poetry and a spoken word track from Ellyn and Robbie from their spoken word album "Skywriting With Glitter." Check out the full show in the archive and Ellyn and Robbie's album here.
We had a great conversation with out poetry contest judges M. Brett Gaffney, Trish Hopkinson and Helen Townsend. If you're at all considering entering our poetry contest (details HERE) it's well worth listening to our judges offer insights into what they're looking for as they read your poems (as well as to them reading poetry themselves!
Great and packed show of poetry with poets calling in from Los Olivos, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Birmingham, Alabama, Topanga, California, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Belfast, Maine and Westerville, Ohio. Listen in to hear their poems as well as a conversation about whether or not you should get discouraged receiving rejection letters after you submit your work (from an editor's perspective.) Also hear how to download a free poetry book at the end of the show! Visit us online and submit your work at http://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/ or http://www.haikuniverse.com/
Thanks to the poets who called in this month, including Raquel from Montebello, California (who was so intoxicating we had to have her do 2 poems), Alex from Sioux St. Marie Canada (a regular on PSH Live), and Trish from Smiths Grive Kentucky (who lives in the state of Bourbon, but in a dry country infested with dry lightning.) We also heard spoken word tracks from Scott Charles and Jerry Garcy. Check it all out in this archived edition of Poetry Super Highway Live.
We opened up this week's poetry show with featured guest Michael Judkins from Allentown, Pennsylvania telling us about and reading from his book "Interlude to Sentimental Me" (AOIS21 publishing, May 2016) and followed with open readers from, the Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario Canada, Connecticut, Birmhingham, Alabama, and Palm Springs California. The show also featured the spoken word track "A Poem of Thanks" from Rick Lupert's spoken word album "Rick Lupert Live and Dead." Check it out here.
We had a spoken word track-centric edition of Poetry Super Highway Live this month, though we did find time to host Michael from Birmingham, Alabama, Victor from Montana, and Steve from Palm Springs, California as well as spoken word poetry tracks from Philip Levine, Wanda Coleman, Jerry Garcia, Brendan Constantine (remixed) and yours truly, Rick Lupert, playing a couple of tracks from my spoken word album "Rick Lupert Live and Dead."
This month's Poetry Super Highway Live Open Poetry Reading featured poets calling in and reading their work from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Chicago, Illinois, Topanga, California, Smiths Grove, KY, Berkeley, CA, Sunland, CA and Oxnard CA. (Heavy on the California today!) We also heard the spoken word track "News of a Strange Thing" from Rick Lupert's spoken word album "Rick Lupert Live and Dead" forthcoming to digital music venues everywhere!
Another packed show full of poetry this month featuring callers from Tacoma, WA, Merrick, NY, Glenridge, NJ, Westerville, OH, Los Angeles, CA, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Hayward, CA, Smiths Grove, KY and Elkins Park, PA! (And we didn't get to everyone.) Also check out, at the half hour mark, a remix of Brendan Constantine's spoken word version of "The Needs of the Many", the original, non-remixed version of which was featured in the Academy of American Poet's "Poem a Day" project here.
Packed show of poetry today with callers from Alabama, Sioux St. Marie, Canadam Westerville, Ohio, Dallas, Texas, Sun City Center, Florida, Birmingham, Alabama, Smiths Grove Kentucky, Orange County, California and Bangor Maine. Listen to the show in the archive to hear a ton of poetry which will hopefully inspire you to write something and call in next month to read YOUR poem on the air.
We closed out our 2015 open poetry reading with callers from Pelham, Alabama (a rousing rendition of the spoken word song "Man Tits" that your life may not be complete without hearing), Elkins Park, Pennsylvanie, Laguna Niguel, Calfornia, Evanston, Illinois, Topanga, California, and Birmingham, Alabama. We also had a new spoken word track from California poet Scott Charles. Check it all out in the archived edition of Poetry Super Highway Live!
Thanks to poets from Canada, Birmingham, Alabama (and environs) and Smiths Grove Kentucky who called in to poetry Super Highway Live to read their poems. Several people used the opportunity to respond, poetically, to the Paris terrorist attacks which occurred just two days before today's broadcast. The show closed with Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert reading the poem "I'd Rather Be in France" from his book "Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman" (Rothco Press, May, 2015). Check out the book here: http://amzn.to/1OaAdNS
We announced the winners of our 2015 Poetry Super Contest here. The show began with comments from one of our contest judges, Lisette Alonso and included the revealing of the top 10 scoring positions of entered poems. (As well as announcing who won!) Listen to the archived edition to hear a few of the folks from those top 10 spots read their poems!
The monthly Poetry Super Highway open reading, MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert, featured callers from Canada, Australis, Chicago, Montclair, New Jersey, Camarillo, California, Evanston Illinois, Kansas City, Missouri, and Birmingham, Alabama. We also closed out the show with a rebroadcast of Rick Lupert's interview by Daniel Lisi on the IndiFeed Podcast, in which Rick read a poem from his new book "Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman" from Rotho Press.
Check out poets from Canada, Topanga Canyon, California, Bangor, Maine, Lake Forrest, California and Birmingham, Alabama reading their poetry on the August archived edition of our show which also featured a spoken word track from Scott Charles, a dissertation on how our sister website Haikuniverse widely interpets what a haiku is, and the show closed out with Rick Lupert reading his poem "Heat" from his new book "Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman".
Tune in to the archived edition of Rick Lupert's conversation with Poetry Super Highway's 2015 poetry contest judge Richard Widerkher. Richard read a couple of poems of his own, and one that he loves from another poet and spoke about what he's looking for when he reads your contest entries. Consider entering the contest (All the info on how to do that is here: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/2015-poetry-contest/ ) And I do apologize for the connection issues we were having during the show (but tune in we did make it all the way to the end...perhaps you'll enjoy the awkward silences in the middle?)
We had a poetry packed show with callers from Birmingham, Alabama, Los Angeles, California, Ontario, Canada, Belfast, Maine, New York City, New York, Bellingham, Washington, and Topanga Canyon, California. We also played a spoken word track from Ojai poet Scott Charles. (Featuring music from Woolfy.) So pour yourself a beverage of your choice and listen to an hour of poetry! (And plan on calling in next month to read!)
This months worldwide open poetry reading featured poets reading their poetry from all over the world in this show, including poets from Australia, Canada, Westerville, OH, Birmingham, AL, Merrick, NY, Harrman, TN, and Bellingham, WA, plus the spoken word track "News of a Strange Thing" from host Rick Lupert from his new book, Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman. Listen to the whole show in the archive.
An east-coast-centric (mostly) version of Poetry Super Highway Live this month with callers, reading their poems, from Topanga Canyon, California, Glenridge, New Jersey, Birminham, Alabama, Merrick, New Jersey and Newburg, New York. A lot of great poems we're read, plus we heard the spoken word track version of Rick Lupert's poem "Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman", the title poem from his new book out on Rothco press. Check it all out in this archived edition of Poetry Super Highway Live!
Great National Poetry Month edition of Poetry Super Higwhay Live this month which featured poets calling in to read their poems from Stubenville, Ohio, Canada, Long Island, New York, Bangor Maine, Birmingham, Alabama, New York City, New York and Redondo Beach, California. We also celebrated International Haiku Day and gave a shoutout to our annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day Issue!)
Had a great time talking with poets, sharing their poetry, from all over the world, including Ontario, Canada, Ballarat, Australia, Glenridge, New Jersey, Provo, Utah, Brookline, Masachussetts, Bangor, Maine, Westerville, Ohio, and Birmingham, Alabama. Thanks everyone for calling in and sharing your poetry. Tune in to next month's open poetry reading on April 19th, 2015, a special haiku edition of the show!
Phew! Not enough time to get to all of our callers during this show (which is a great problem to have!) Thanks to our callers from Merric, NY, Bangor, Maine, Casper, Wyoming, Hollywood, CA, Australia, Ireland, Richmand, IN and Brookline, MA for making this a super-packed show. We also played an audio clip from Philip Levine who passed away today, reading his poem "The Mercy."
Had a great time talking to and listening to poetry from all over the world, including poets from, Glennridge, NJ, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario, Candada, Birmingham, Alavama, Australia, Topanga Canyon, CA, Los Angeles, CA and Bangor Maine. Click on the show title to listen to the show in the archive!. Read our weekly poets of the week and learn about Poetry Super Highway's other projects on our website at http://poetrysuperhighway.com/psh
Fun poetry filled show today with callers from Provo, Utah, Hollywood, California, Australia (!!), Alabama (Birmingham and environs) and Platja de Gandia, Spain! Holiday poems were read and a good time was had by all! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert. Read our weekly poets of the week and learn about Poetry Super Highway's other projects on our website at http://poetrysuperhighway.com/psh
Listen to Los Angeles poet Brendan Constantine's conversation with Poetry Super Highway proprieter Rick Lupert about his new collection "The Gettysburg Undress" – Poems written in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, Richmond and Fredericksburg, Virginia, Baltimore Maryland, and, of course, Allentown, Pennsylvania. "The Gettysburg Undress" is newly out as the first title in Rothco Press' Caffeine Poetry Series. Poetry from the collection was read out-loud and questions were asked and answered and the concept of writing poems in the bathrooms of famous buildings was delved into as these two old friends chatted about craft, the experience of writing the book and more. Learn more about the book here: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/rick/about/gettysburg-undress/
Check out this month's show which included a live caller from Birmingham, Alabama, many spoken word tracks, a few poems from Rick Lupert's book The Gettysburg Undress (Rothco Press) read live by show-host Rick Lupert, along with a poem from a Swedish poet read by Rick as it was too late in Sweden for the poet to call in!
We announces the winners of our 2014 Poetry Contest here first! Tune in to hear who scored in the top 10 positions, as well as who the top three winners are. A few people who scored in the top 10 positions also called in and read their high scoring poems!
Click here for all the details on the 2014 contest and to see the complete prize list. http://poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/2014-poetry-contest/2014-poetry-contest/
Crazy packed show full of poetry from all over the world today! Mostly the U.S. but we did have poems from Australia and Canada too. Thanks to everyone else from Alabama (also well represented with three poets today), Merick, Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, New York, Topanga, California, Los Angeles, California and Glenridge, New Jersey. If you want to hear a lot of poetry...check out this show!
Nothing but quality poetry in our August 2014 PSH Live Open Reading, including work read by poets from Glenridge, NJ, Birmingham, AL, Waterton, MA and Topanga Canyon and Northridge, California. In addition I played the bonus track version of my new spoken word track "The Eating of the Jews". (The original of which is being released as part of the Jewels of Elul Vol. 4 Music Sampler Collection.) Check out the show in the archive!)
A great conversation with two of the 2014 Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest judges Douglas Richardson and Hannah Dow! Listen in to hear what they had to say about poetry and the process they're using when reading your poems...then enter the contest here!
It was truly the international edition of Poetry Super Highway Live this month with callers early in from Australia and Singapore In addition to folks representing the good old U.S.A. from Herreman, TN, Sun City and Los Angeles, CA, Merrick, NY and Glenridge, New Jersey. We also played a spoken word track from Dee Sunshine from the wilds of Europe.
Great poetry show this month with callers from Ballarat, Australia, Westerville, Ohio, Topanga, California, Los Angeles, California, Birmingham Alabama and a spoken word track from Dee Sunshine from Glasgow Scotland. Check it out in the archives!
A fine show this month featuring poets reading their poetry from Hollywood (or "Hollywood Babylon"), California, New Britain, Connecticut, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama and Westerville, Ohio. (A fine poem from a forthcoming "Letters From the Amish" collection.) Check it out in the archive!
Great show this month which opened with legendary L.A. poet and Carma Bum S.A. Griffin who read a poem and told us all about his Poetry Bomb project. We also had poetry from Lake Forest, CA, Birmingham, Alabamaa, Westerville, Ohio and Los Angeles, California. We closed with a spoken word track from beloved and missed poet Wanda Coleman. Check out the whole show in the archive!
This month we welcomed callers reading poetry from New York City and Merrick, Long Island, New York, a second call from Australia, Westerville, Ohio and Birmingham, Alabama...it turned into our "Oscars" edition for some crazy reason. Check it out in the archive.
This month's show began with a brief tribute to Philip Seymour Halfman (PSH!!) and featured our first ever caller from Australia! We also had poets read work from Washington, DC, New York City, NY, Birmingham, AL, Plainsfield, NJ and Westerville, OH. Check it out in the archive!
A fiercely good show brimming with poetry including poets from New York City, Houston, Texas, Binghamton, NY, Northridge, Oakland and Los Angeles, California and Richmond Indiana. Check out the full episode in the archive!
Check out the special spoken word mp3 edition of Poetry Super Highway Live where we played a number of spoken word tracks from poets all over the world, including a new one from Maroula Blades from Berlin, Germany. We also had live callers reading poems from Downtown, Los Angeles, Richmond, Indiana and Birmingham Alabama. Check out the full show in our archive and visit the Poetry Super Highway online to read poetry, submit poetry for publication and many other unique poetry projects throughout the year.
We began this month's show with a special tribute to recently departed L.A. poet Wanda Coleman (as well as playing a recording of one of her poems at the half hour mark.) Also, big thanks to our callers from New Brunswick, Candada, Lyndbrook, New York, Birmingham, Alabama, and Racho Santa Margarita and Los Angeles, California. Listen to the complete show in the archive!
We announced the winners of the 2013 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest here in this special PSH Live broadcast! Several of the poets who scored in the top 10 positions were on hand to read their poems (including second place winner Aaron Gardner!) And we were lucky enough to hear from 2 of our contest judges as well about their experiences judging this year's contest. Check out the contest details here.
California was in force during this month's show as we welcomed poets reading poems from, Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Luis Obispo and the South Bay all in California, along with a few poets from Flagstaff, Arizona, Newark, New Jersey and Birmingham Alabama.
Listen to the online publication reading for Ekphrastia Gone Wild emceed by Los Angeles poet Rick Lupert and including readings by poets from all over the world reading their poems from the recently releases collection Ekphrastia Gone Wild - Poems Inspired by Art (Ain't Got No press, August 2013) featuring work from Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska as well as Brendan Constantine, Suzanne Lummis, Laurel Ann Bogen, Gerald Locklin and many more. Check out Ekphrastia Gone Wild here: http://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/egw
Great set of poets reading poetry on this month's show including callers from Los Angeles, California, Columbus, Ohio, Ottawa, Canada, Sonoma, California, Chatsworth, California and Birmingham, Alabama. Check out the solid poems and readers in the archive.
What a great conversation with the three PSH Poetry Contest Judges, Maggie Westland, Lisette Alonso and William Doreski. This is essential listening if you're considering entering the contest as all three judges gave great insights into what they're looking for when they are reading the contest entries (AKA your poems)! Enjoy!
This month we saw the beginnings of a Canadian invasion with poets calling in and reading from Ottowa and Ontario, Canada as well as Colombus, OH, Lake Forest, California, Los Angeles, California, Birmingham, Alabama and Westerville, Ohio. Plus learn about the newly invited poem form, the lang-ku.
Thanks to our callers from Topnga Canyon, CA Westerville, OH, North East, TN, Huntington Beach, CA Ames Lake, WA, Birmingham, AL and Northidge, CA for sharing poetery this month! (Also there was a mention of Alpacas.) Check it out in the archive.
Another packed show with callers from Egg Harbor, New Jersey, Sonoma, California, Miami, Florida, Limestone, Tennesee, The San Fernando Valley, CA, Shortsville, NY, Nova Scotia, Canada, West Seattle, Washington, Rochester, NY and Philadelphia, PA. Lots of great work but especially look for Stephanie Jones piece written for her hopeful love she met in a Subway Restaurant. Are you out there? She needs you.
Listen to an archived conversation with veteran Orange County poet and poetry producer Jaimes Palacio (KPFK, Penguins Hooked on Macaronics, The Gypsy Den) as he spoke with Rick Lupert about his new collection "Nothing in New England Is New" - poems written in New England, America. Reading, interview, conversation, travel tips poetry! Check out more poems from the book and get your own copy here: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/rick/about/nothing-in-new-england-is-new/
This month's show featured the "epic haiku conversation" as well as callers from Sonoma County, California, Birmingham, Alabama and Brooklyn, New York! Check it out in the archive!
A packed show this month with callers from Northridge, Los Angeles, Topanga Canyon, Holllywood and Santa Ana, California, along with Buffalo, NY, Austin, TX, Cincinnati, OH, New York City, NY and JAMAICA!!! Check it out in the archive!
Great conversation this month about poetry craft and the fine line between spoken word and "paper poetry" as well as poetry, of course from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Altadena, Sonoma and Los Angeles, California and Birmingha, Alabama.
Great show with poets calling in from all over North America including Egg Harbor, NJ, Birmingham, AL, Los Angeles, Sonoma and Northridge, CA, Rockville, MD and an Alpaca Farm somewhere in Washington State!
Great show this month with callers from Cincinnati, OH, Athens, Alabama, Taunton, MA and Sherman Oaks, CA along with conversation about starting poetry readings and a reading of a poem by Wislawa Szymborska by host Rick Lupert. Check it out in the archive!
This month, in additon to the excitement of my sound cutting in and out, we had poets call in with poems from Northridge, CA, Huntington Beach, CA, Northern California, Fall City, Washington, Los Angeles, CA, Raleigh, North Carolina, Athens, Alabama and Sonoma California.
We announced the winners of the 2012 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest here first. Tune in for this popular annual broadcast. Several of the poets who scored in the top 10 positions happened to be listening and called in to share their poems.
Our September 2012 show featured callers from Dallas, TX, Fall City, WA, Raleigh, NC, Sedona, AZ, Santa Clarita, CA and Cincinnati, OH plus a rebroadcast of a recent Indiefeed: Performance Poetry podcast featuring an interview with Rick Lupert and reading of his poem "Postcard to Myself, Syracuse, New York, 1979.
Our August 2012 show featured callers from Philadelphia, PA, Sonoma, CA, Ashland Virginia, Laguna Niguel, CA, Binghamton, NY and the great Pacific Northwest plus a spoken word track from Maggie Westland. (And more information than you could ever need about the Binghimaton, NY Poetry scene!)
Listen in to our conversation with the 2012 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. They shared valuable insights and read some of their own work as well as work that they enjoy. Check out the contest details here: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/pshco.html
A packed show this month which featured poets from Newark, NJ, Kelowna, BC, Canada, Pasadena, CA, Sonoma, CA, Rochester, NY, Northridge, CA sherman Oaks, CA and Birmingham, AL, all reading a poem and answering the prompt from Fern G.Z. Carr about a formative, inspirational poetry experience. We also heard another spoken word track from Jerry Garcia.
Our May 2012 show featured callers from Raleigh, NC, Newark, NJ, New York City, NY, Sacramento, CA and Birmhingham, AL...along with a spoken word track from Jerry Garcia in Los Angeles and great conversation with many callers about print versus electronic publication.
Our April 2012, reading featured poets from Westerville, OH, Raleigh, NC, Los Angeles, CA, Birmingham, AL, Cincinnati, OH and Houston, TX, along with a spoken word track from Jerry Garcia and some interesting conversation about how to go about getting published.
Listen to Brendan Constantine and Rick Lupert as they read from their new books "Calamity Joe" (Red Hen Press, March 2012) and "Death of a Mauve Bat" (Ain't Got No Press, January 2012) and discuss the concepts of the Novel in Verse, Independent publishing and shining light on the spectacle hidden in the mundane. Visit Brendan on the web here: http://www.BrendanConstantine.com/ Visit Rick on the webhere: http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Our March, 2012 show featured callers from Sonoma, CA, Newark, NJ, Cincinnati, OH, Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL, Athens, AL and right here in the San Fernando Valley. Great poetry and conversation along with a couple of first time callers and a spoken word track from Rick Lupert's Stolen Mummies!
Congrats to Taylor from New Orleans who called in to this week's show with the correct answer to the question asking where the title of my new book "Death of a Mauve Bat" came from! Thanks also to all our callers from, Seattle, WA, Hollywood, CA, Sonoma, CA, Westerville, OH, Birmingham, CA, Santa Monica, CA, Portland, OR and Mericine, Alberta, CA. Great show this month!
This month's show featured callers from Woodland Hills, California, Jerusalem Israel (our first open reader caller form the middle east!), Newark, New Jersey, North Hollywood, CA, Harlam, New York City, Ny and Birmhingham, AL and a spoken word track from your host Rick Lupert. Check it out!
The December 2011 show was packed with poets from Disputante, VA, Newark, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Desert Hot Springs, CA Allentown, PA, Sonoma, CA, Woodland Hills, CA Cornell, CA, Birmingham, AL and Portland, OR. Check out the archived edition to hear great poetry, conversation, and information about local poetry communities all over the U.S.A!
Our November 2011 featured callers from Newark, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Cincinnati, OH, Nova Scotia, Canada, Columbus, OH, Ontario, Canada and one more caller from Southern California. :) Great poetry and conversation including a look at "Fanmail" a book of poems for Marvel Comics characters. Check it out!
We announced the winners of the 2011 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest here firs! A few of our top ten scoring poets were on hand to read their poems and the show began with comments from our contest judges. Read the poems online athttp://PoetrySuperHighway.com/PoetLinks.html and listen to this archived broadcast to hear the announcement and some of the top scoring poems read live including our first place winner Amber Decker!
This month's show featured callers from Picture Rock, AZ, Newark, NJ (of course), Ashland, VA, Sonoma, CA nad San Pedro, CA. Also a spoken word track from recently departed poet Scott Wannberg and a couple of interesting conversations about whether or not poets should be paid.
Super packed show of poetry from all over the U.S.A. including poets from Newark, NJ, San Francisco, CA, Picture Rock, AZ, Washington, DC, West Hollywood, CA Cincinnati, OH, Berkeley, CA, Cushing, OK and Central Florida. Listen anytime in the archive.!
Listen in to our conversation with the 2011 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. They shared valuable insights and read some of their own work as well as work that they enjoy. Check out the contest details here. http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/pshco.html for more information.
Especially wonderful show which featured callers from San Gabriel, Los Angeles, Pasadena and Los Angeles, CA, Evanston, IL, Harpersville and New York, NY, Columbus, OH and Birmingham, AL...also a throat-singing demonstration from Sid Yiddish (!) and the debut of a new spoken word track from Rick Lupert.
This month's show featured a spoken word track from Joey Alkes of D.J. Monkey, along with open readers from Los Angeles, Laguna Hills, Temecula, Northridge and Oakland, California, Raleigh, North Carolina, Birmingham, Alabama, New York City, New York and, of course, Newark, New Jersey. A couple of poets who had poems in the Poetry Super Highway's recent Holocaust Remembrance Day issue also called in to read their work.
Our April, 2011 open reading featured callers from Lake Wells, FL, Sonoma, CA, Temecula, CA, Birmingham, AL, Northern, AZ, Newark, NJ, Studio City, CA and Rochester NY...also debuted "The Mega F." spoken word track featuring Brendan Constantine and Elizabeth Iannaci.
Our March, 2011 open reading featured the debut of my spoken word track "An Israeli Breakfast" along with readers who called in from San Clemente, CA, Newark, NJ, Rochester, NY, Tucson, AZ, Desert Hot Springs, CA and Phoenix, AZ.
Our February 2011 Open Reading featured callers from Newark, NJ, Rochester, NY, Sonoma, CA, Birmingham, AL, Milwaukee, WI, and Los Angeles. Check out Los Angeles poet Sheb's reading at the end of the show!
Our January 2011 open reading featured the Birmingham trifecta - callers from Birmingham, UK, Birmingham, AL and Birmingham High School (alum)...also Southern California, Dallas, TX, Newark, NJ, Lake Wells, FL and Ventura, CA.
Our December 2010 open reading featured fewer callers but good conversations with poets from Birmingam, Alabama, Newark, New Jersey and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There was also a long awkward stretch of time after the halfway mark where I talked out of my ass for a while waiting for people to call in. It was quite entertaining.
Our November 2010 open reading featured callers from Syracuse, NY, Newark, NJ, Columbus, OH, Lake Wells, FL, Calabasas, CA, Studio City, CA, Birmingham, AL, Long Beach, CA and Seattle, WA...including 2 of the winners of the 2010 Poetry Super Highway Contest. Check it out in the archive!
We announcec the winners of the 2010 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest in this live broadcast! It was a suspense-filled show which included a discussion of the Bahn Mi sandwich as well as words from our contest judges and 2 of the poets who scored in the top 10 positions called in live to read their poems.
Our September, 2010 Open reading consisted of callers from West Hollywood, Sonoma, Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, California, as well as Lake Wells Florida and Rockaway and Newark New Jersey. We had a great conversation with Gwen Beyer about the difference (or sameness of music and poetry) and even heard one of Rick Lupert's spoken word tracks at the end of the show. Check it out.
Listen to the eclectic mix of poets from our August open reading which featured callers from Newark, NJ, Milwaukee, WI, Woodland Hills, Laguna Hills, Desert Hot Springs and the rest of Southern Califonira, as well as Elkins Park, PA, Huntersville, NIC and the St. Louis Area of Illinois
Listen in to our conversation with the 2010 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was on hand filling in the details regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc. If you're considering entering the contest, this is a great opportunity for you to learn directly from the contest judges valuable insights to help you do well in the contest!
Great show this month featured callers from Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sonoma, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Newark, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Columbos, OH and Valley Center, OH. Lots of information about Russian dogs in space as well.
Our May 2010 show featured callers from Lake Wells, FL, Newark, NJ, Columbus, OH, British Columbia, Canada, Desert Hot Springs, CA, South East, Idaho and Central Florida.
The April 2010 PSH Live Open Reading featured poets from Canada, Washington, DC, Newark, NJ (of course), Desert Hot Springs, CA, Long Beach, CA and Los Angeles, CA, along with a spoken word track from Columbus, OH in absentia. Click the link above to listen!
The March 2010 PSH Live Open Reading begin with an impromptu poem from Dracula from beyond this mortal world, as well as callers from Laguna Hills, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Valley Center, CA, Columbus, OH, Newark, NJ, and Elkins Park, PA. We won't blame you if you tune out after the impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger from one of our callers.
The February 2010 PSH Live Open Reading featured poets from Newark, NJ, Desert Hot Springs, CA Colombus, OH, Lake Wells, FL, Santa Barbara, CA, Valley Center, CA, Birmingham, AL, North Hollywood, CA and Sonoma, CA.
Our January 2010 Show featured poets from Newark, NJ, Eska, MN and Portland Oregon, plus a lot of crazy talk about the weather.
Our December 2009 Show featured poets from Orange County, CA, Newark, NJ, Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Columbus, OH, Columbia, SC, New South Wales, Australia, Santa Monica, CA, Birmingham, AL and Saskatchewan, Canada.
The November 2009 open reading featured Jim Knowles from Andover, MA reading his poem that won the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest and a non-stop lineup of callers from Colombus, OH, Newark, NJ, Laguna Hills, CA, Orlando, FL, Birmingham, AL, Daytona Beach, FL, Santa Monica, CA and Woodland Hills, CA.
We announced the winners of the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest in this live broadcast first! A few of our top ten scoring poets were on hand to read their poems and the show began with comments from all three contest judges. Read the poems online at http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/PoetLinks.html and listen to this archived broadcast to hear the announcement and some of the top scoring poems read live.
Ignore the couple of minutes of silence at the beginning of the show while I Was realizing my microphone wasn't properly plugged in and enjoy the poetry from Columbus, OH, Newark, NJ, Lake Wells, FL, Valley Center, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Sonoma, CA and a new caller from Philadelphia, PA.
Our August 2009 open reading featured poets from Newark, NJ, Columbus, OH, Valley Center, CA, Maywood, CA, Orange County, CA West Hollywood, CA and Birmingham, Alabama.
Listen in to a conversation with the 2009 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was also on hand to answer any questions regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.
Our June 2009 open reading featured poets from Colombus, OH, Poland,OH, Seattle, WA, Newark, NJ, Valley Center, CA, Trayfee, CA, West Hollywood, CA and Ardmore, PA and a fascinating section of silence when I briefly disconnected myself from the broadcast. Otherwise a very packed show with lots of good poetry.
Our May 2009 open reading featured poets from Hudson Valley, NY and Lake Wells Florida, including a lengthy conversation with Michael Bernard from Montgomery, NY about self publishing, art and almost everything related to poetry under the sun.
Our April 2009 open reading featured many poets reading from our annual Yom Hashoah issue (available online here: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/ppa603a.html ) as well as others. A packed one hour of poetry including our first every caller from a listener in Sweden! (As well as, California, Maine, Ohio, Florida and New York.)
Part 2 of the Virtual Seder:
Join Rick Lupert and poets from "A Poet's Haggadah" as original work is used to reinterpret the the themes from the traditional Passover Haggadah in this unique, virtual Passover Event. Visit http://www.poetseder.com/ for more information about the "A Poet's Haggadah" anthology.
Part 1 of the Virtual Seder:
Join Rick Lupert and poets from "A Poet's Haggadah" as original work is used to reinterpret the the themes from the traditional Passover Haggadah in this unique, virtual Passover Event. Visit http://www.poetseder.com/ for more information about the "A Poet's Haggadah" anthology.
Our March 2009 open reading featured poets from Santa Monica, CA, Valley City, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Seattle, WA, Florence, OR, Sonoma, CA and Colombus, OH.
Our January 2009 open reading featured poets from The Bronx and New York City, NY, Valley Center and Arroyo Grande, CA, Brimingham, AL, Columbos, OH and Pughkeepsie, NY. We also heard information about The California Poets in the Schools Program, the Poets on the Hudson group and the Columbos, Ohio poetry scene.
Our January 2009 open reading featured a spoken word track from Richard Lynch and live callers from Oakland, CA, Washington, DC, Calabasas, CA, Sonoma, CA, Toluca Lake, CA and Poughkeepsie, NY.
Our December 2008 open reading featured poets from Columbus, OH, Arroyo Grande, CA, East Hampton, CT, Albuquerque, NM, Delray Beach, FL, Valley Center, CA and Birmingham, AL. Listen to the archived edition for some great poetry and in depth conversation with our callers.
Our November 2008 open reading featured poets from London, England (almost), Calabasas, CA, Colombus, OH, Albuquerque, NM, Cambria, CA, Dallas, TX, Birmingham, AL, Studio City, CA Valley Center, CA, Canoga Park, CA Los Alamitos, CA. A Callifornia centric show. Represent!
Our October 2008 open reading featured poets from Boston, MA, Santa Monica, CA, Birmingham, AL, Sonoma, CA and Delrey Beach, FL. Here them all read poetry as well as a more in depth conversation with Doug Holder from Ibbetson Street Press and a good 15 minutes of Rick vamping at the end while he attempted to get the elusive caller from the 205 area code on the air.
We announced the winners of the eleventh annual Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest in this special PSH Live event. Several of the top 10 scoring poets were listening and called in to read their poems including first and third place! Listen to L.A. local John Epstein provide the live dramatic drum rolls over the phone as well.
Our September 2008 open reading featured poets from Delrey Beach, FL, The Central Coast of California, Columbos, Ohio, Hokitika, New Zealand, Sioux St. Marie and Ontario Canada. Listen in to hear great poetry and various comments on aging and the new atom smasher that will soon create black holes that will suck as all in. (Perhaps to a better place.)
Listen to our August, 2008 open reading featuring poets from Calabasas, CA, Encino, CA, Delray Beach, FL, Columbus, OH, Pipersville, PA, Burbank, CA, Sonoma, CA and Atlanta, GA. Also hear the fascination at the beginning of the show as Rick discovers the buttons to put people on the air weren't working. ;)
Listen in to a conversation with the 2008 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was also on hand to answer any questions regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.
The July, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from Greenville, South Carolina, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Redlands, California, Selah Washington and Shamesburg, Pennsylvania.
The June, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from East Canton, Ohio, Washington, DC, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Delray Beach, Florida, Ontaro, Canada, Calabasas, California, Tacoma Park, Maryland, Seattle, Washington, Hunterton County, New Jersey, Evenston, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
The May, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from Cambrilla, CA, Princeton, West Virginia, Augusta, Maine, Calabasas, CA, Birmingham, AL, Long Beach, CA, British Columbia, Canada, Barrington, New Jersey and Del Rey Florida. This show also included several callers whose work appeared in the Poetry Super Highway's Holocaust Remembrance Day issue reading their poems that appeared in that issue. Listen to the show in our archive!
The April, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from Dallas, Austin and Katie, Texas, Los Angeles, Augusta, Maine, Tempe, Arizone, Portland Oregon, Kansas City, Encinitas, California, and Birmingham Alabama. Listen to the show in our archive!
The March edition of our open reading featured readers from Santa Monica, CA, Valley Center, CA, North Carolina, Augusta, Maine and Portland Oregon. Listen to the show in our archive!
The January edition of our open reading featured callers from Tacoma Park, Maryland, Sioux City, IA (Our first call in regular!), a slew of callers from North Carolina, Valley Center, California and Virginia (D.C. area.) Please ignore all the wrong buttons I pressed.
Hear callers including the poet laureate of New Hampshire, as well as callers from Lawrenceville, NJ, Sioux City, IA, Birmingham, AL, Chicago, IL and Atlanta, GA in our December 2007 open reading.
Violet Monday will share some insights about her writing and poetry, read some of her published work, and answer caller questions. Cynthia, a journalist and a friend of Violet's, would facilitate Violet's interview.
Listen to the archived edition of our November 2007 world-wide open reading which featured poets from Glendale, CA, Ontario, Canada, Korales, NM, Eagle Rock, CA and Orlando Florida. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
We announceed the winners here first in the 10th annual Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest. Listen to hear all the statistics...how many people entered, average scores, and all the names of the poets who scored in the top 10 positions. We also had several poets who scored in the top 10 spots call in and share their winning poems after their names were announced. (Also we apologize for the Chorizo story.)
Listen to the archived edition of our second World-Wide open reading. Poets included Diane Elayne Dees, Eric Steineger, Beth Amato, Radomir Luza and more. MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.
Listen to the archive edition of our first world-wide open reading! Featured poets from London and all over the US!
Learn what our contest judges look for when they score your poems. Also ask general questions about our 10th annual poetry contest!