Poetry Radio from WGLT-FM
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Poetry Radio is produced by WGLT-FM in coordination with Illinois State University's English Department. Each program, between two and five minutes in length, spotlights a single poem, contemporary or classic, framed by a responsive piece of music. It can be heard live Tuesday and Thursday at 10 AM and PM and Sunday at 10 PM (CT) on the WGLT live stream at www.wglt.org or on the air in central Illinois at 103.5 and 89.1 FM.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Pianos | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Aaron Binder (Scamp from Oasis Jazz Instrumentals #3) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:09 |
| What Kind of Times Are These? | Written by Adrienne Rich, read by Victoria Harris; music by Steve Khan (Peace from Evidence) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:20 |
| Richard Corey | Written by Edwin Arlington Robinson, read by Charles Harris; music by Paraguas (Entree from Oasisacoustic #7) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:45 |
| In My Craft or Sullen Art | Written by Dylan Thomas, read by Nicholas Rudal; music by Chris Bucheit (Here We Go Again from Hand to Mouth) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:32 |
| A Blessing | Written by James Wright, read by Kevin Stein; music by Tol Skloot (Hine Ma Tov from OasisAcoustic, Volume 7) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:28 |
| Ictalurus | Written and read by Steve Fay; music by Mike Dowling (Swamp Dog from Swamp Dog Blues) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:32 |
| The Wonderful World | Written and read by Robert Sutherland; music by Andy Statman (Bourbon in Jackson Hole from Old Brooklyn) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:14 |
| Unattached | Written and read by Rose DiMatteo; music by Sonny Rollins (Misterioso from The Best of Sonny Rollins) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:56 |
| 10,000 Souls / Heavy Water | Written and read by John O'Leary; music by John Hartford (Presbyterian Guitar from Steam-Powered Aero-Takes) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:39 |
| Hopscotch | Written and read by Micheal o'Siadhall; music by String Trio of New York (Ramblin' from Time Never Lies) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:21 |
| Choose Something Like a Star | Written by Robert Frost, read by Michael Anderson; music by George Skaroulis (Agape from Oasis Instrumentals 3) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:37 |
| Married Love | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Bill Spence (Billy's Chines Tune from The Hammered Dulcimer Returns!) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:29 |
| On Her Ground | Written and read by John Presley; music by Miles and Karina (Anodine from Wherego) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:01 |
| All Shook Up | Written and read by Don Bogen; music by Albert King (Jailhouse Rock from King Does the King's Things) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:35 |
| Among the Family Photos | Written and read by Bill Morgan; music by Ariane Lydon (Pleasing Clarkia from Lady of the Green) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:19 |
| Bullhorn | Written and read by Don Bogen; music by Ray Anderson (Funkalific from Every One of Us) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:18 |
| An Ode to My Children | Written and read by Annie Jones; music by Champagne Charlie (Guitar Rag from Down the Road) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:56 |
| For the Children | Written and read by Gary Snyder; music by Bill Harris (Funky Bells from Oasis Jazz Instrumentals 3) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:37 |
| White on White | Written and read by John Presley; music by The Modern Sounds (Flying Home from Hold It Fellas) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:05 |
| Days Like Today | Written and read by John O'Leary; music by John Jenson (Blues Among Friends from Oasis Jazz Instrumentals 2) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:07 |
| The Man I Love and I Shop at Jewel | Written and read by Jim Elledge; music by Freddie Roulette (Holiday for Strings from Slide Crazy) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:53 |
| Dillingham, Alaska - The Willow Tree Bar | Written and read by Gary Snyder; music by Zoot Horn Rollo (Cowboy Coffee from I Saw a Bozo Under the Sea) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:36 |
| Sweet | Written and read by Linda Gregerson; music by Gojogo (God Doesn't Make Junk from 28,000 Days) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:05:08 |
| Pedestrian Song | Written and read by Don Bogen; music by Frederic Hand (Tourdion from Jazzantiqua) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:23 |
| When Icicles Hang By the Wall (from Love's Labors Lost) | Written by William Shakespeare, read by Robert Sutherland; music by Ray Bonneville (Ray's Jump from Bad Man's Blood) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:24 |
| What Is It About People? | Written and read by Greg Grummer; music by Chris Thile and Jeff Coffin (Club G.R.O.S.S. from Not All Who Wander Are Lost) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:35 |
| Lullaby, Parts One and Two | Written and read by John Firefly; music by The Gailliard String Quartet (Puia Ka Nahele from Songs of Liliuokalani) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:36 |
| The Feast of Now Town Sound | Written and read by Duriel Harris; music by Onder Bali (Karni Buyk Koca Dunya from Turkish Freakout Volume 1) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:26 |
| Digging | Written by Seamus Heaney, read by Nick Ruddall; music by Chris Bucheit (KittyWompass from Hand to Mouth) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:38 |
| Prairie Navigation | Written and read by Bill Morgan; music by Gideon Freudmnann (Over the Rainbow from Adobe Dog House) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:11 |
| Eyes Like Leeks | Written and read by Linda Gregerson; music by The Khan Family (Fountain of Love from Everything is Everywhere with Carrie Newcomer) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:13 |
| The Liars Hour | Written and read by Rudy Gonzales; music by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (Opening Title from Oasis Acoustic 29) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:30 |
| Among Appliances | Written and read by Don Bogen; music by 8 1/2 Souvenirs (Chez Yvette from Souvonica) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:30 |
| Velvet Shoes | Written by Elinor Wylie, read by Robert Sutherland; music by Phillips, Grier & Flinner (Little Wing from Looking Back) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:16 |
| The Mortal Frame | Written and read by Bill Morgan; music by Sonny Fortune (Ask Me Now from Four in One) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:11 |
| Wild Geese | Written by Mary Oliver, read by John O'Leary; music by Bare Necessities (Hole in the Wall from Oasis Acoustic 29) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:47 |
| Father / Daughter | Written and read by John Presley; music by Kenny Vaughan (Mysterium from Kenny Vaughan) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:14 |
| I Got a Voice Like An Angel | Written and read by Paulette Beete; music by Bud Powell (Un Poco Loco from The Best of Bud Powell) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:52 |
| The Chinese Buddhist Pilgrim | Written by Dennis Dutton, read by Gary Snyder; music by Mac-Talla (Mrs. Jamieson's Favorite from Mairidh gaol is ceol) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:43 |
| Drums in My Feet | Written and read by Pamela Purnell; music by Smithfield Fair (Summerville Airfield from Every New Day) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:24 |
| I Do | Written and read by Jackie White; music by Jimi Brown (Fallen Leaves from Oasis Jazz Volume 1) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:02 |
| Helicopter Wrecked on a Hill | Written and read by Christine Hume; music by Tony Furtado (Fat Fry at the Hog Farm from The Tony Furtado Band) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:11 |
| Still Life (excerpt) | Written and read by Linda Gregerson; music by Oregon (On the Rise from In Stride) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:48 |
| Net | Written and read by Don Bogen; music by Duke Levine (Stalkin' from Lava) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:42 |
| Funeral | Written and read by Kathryn Kerr; music by Tony Trischka (Ladies of Refinement from World Turning) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:34 |
| Central Illinois, Late October | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by Nate Grower (Leon Kenningtron Waltz from Nate Grower) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:48 |
| C.W. Searches for a Pome of Simple Depths | Written by Jeff Gundy, read by Robert Sutherland; music by The Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet (Put Your Money in a Tango from Walkingwood Mandolin Quartet) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:46 |
| I Went Into the Maverick Bar | Written and read by Gary Snyder; music by Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen (Buddy and Carol's Waltz from A Sense of Place) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:22 |
| And Wilder Things | Written and read by Bill Morgan; music by Bob James (Nightcrawler from Trio) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:45 |
| Interval | Written and read by Duriel Harris; music by Kenny Vaughan (Minuit Sur La Plage from Kenny Vaughan) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:38 |
| (Waking Up in) Michelle's Room | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by Tony Furtado (Sao Miguel from Within Reach) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:00 |
| On First Hearing "Purple Haze" | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Darol Anger (Voodoo Chile [slight return] from Diary of a Fiddler) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:57 |
| Sweet Like A Crow | Written by Michael Ondaatje, read by Cecil Giscombe; music by Ben Webster (Lullaby of Jazzland from See You at the Fair) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:37 |
| The Sirrie Petes | Written by Gale Gardner, read by Rudy Gonzales; music by Merle Travis and Joe Maphis (Back in the Saddle Again from Guitar Retrospective) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:48 |
| Sea Poem | Written by Lucia Getsi, read by Robert Sutherland; music by Stanley Turrentine (Wave from Blue Note Plays Jobim) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:24 |
| Pioneer Square | Written and read by Don Bogen; music by Peter Kater (Commencement from Eco-Challenge) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:16 |
| Waiting Supper | Written and read by Jackie White; music by Tony Trischka and Jeff Berman (West Point of the Eno from World Turning) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:02 |
| Improvisation #2 (Charlie Parker Dies For Our Sins) | Written and read by Paulette Beete; music by Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins (Ballade from Confirmation) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:08 |
| Prodigal | Written and read by Linda Gregerson; music by Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen (Buddy and Carol's Waltz from A Sense of Place) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:05:16 |
| Shooting Snake Eyes on Sunday, 1939 | Written and read by Jerry Dillon Pratt; music by David Johnson (Have Thine Own Way from Praises, Promises and Prayers) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:14 |
| Learning the Piano | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Eddie Pennington (John's Smoke Turns Blue from Walking the Strings) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:02 |
| Why Charlotte Left Her First Love | Written and read by Kathryn Kerr; music by Chris Bucheit (Chomping At the Bit from Hand to Mouth) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:03 |
| Hacking Away the Wisteria | Written and read by Cheryl St. Germain; music by Andrew Bird (Ambivalence Waltz from Music of Hair) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:44 |
| Vacation in My Mind | Written and read by Pamela Purnell; music by Abby Gardner (Do It from Hope) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:18 |
| Crop | Written and read by John Presley; music by Van Dyke Parks (Big Rock Candy Mountain from O Brother Where Art Thou? Deluxe Edition) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:53 |
| Oil | Written and read by Gary Snyder; music by Macha Tri (The Crown Knot from The Bear Dance) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:54 |
| Wishing Well | Written and performed by Duriel Harris; music by Michael J. Miles (Yellowbird Concerto: Waltz from Col-lage) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:27 |
| Sestina | Written by Dante Alighieri, translated by Charles H. Grandgent, read by Robert Sutherland; music by The Civil Wars (The Violet Hour from Barton Hollow) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:34 |
| Pulsus Paradoxus | Written by Maebh McGuckian, read by Christine Hume; music by Maggie Sansone (Dance of Samhain from Celtic Meditations) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:50 |
| I Loved You Once | Written by Alexander Pushkin, read by Ruth Gnagey; music by Roberta Piket (Make Someone Happy from Sides, Colors) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:16 |
| Piano Wall (for Bud Powell) | Written and read by Paulette Beete; music by Bud Powell (Time Waits from Jazz Profile) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:47 |
| Ghost Dance (after Carole Maso) | Written and read by Lucia Getsi; music by Sean Watkins (The Birth from Let It Fall) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:44 |
| At the Core | Written and read by Cinda Thompson; music by Yusef Lateef (The Plum Blossom from The Yusef Lateef Anthology) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:34 |
| The Wolfman | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Mike Dowling and David Lange (La Laguna from Eclectricity) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:13 |
| Cowboy Poultry Gathering | Written by Darrell Arnold, read by Rudy Gonzales; music by Joey Miskulin, the Cowboy Polka King (Don't Fence Me In from Western Instrumentals, Volume 1) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:24 |
| The Book of 55,000 Baby Names | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by Eugene Friesen and Tim Ray (Brejeiro from Colorful Transitions) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:14 |
| Why Daisy Bobbed Her Hair | Written and read by Kathryn Kerr; music by Barbara Lamb (Blue Dakota from Blue on Dakota) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:28 |
| Stars Are a Jaguar's Earrings | Written and read by Mary Leen; music by The Jazz Mandolin Project (Contois from The Jazz Mandolin Project) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:40 |
| Still Life (excerpt) | Written and read by Linda Gregerson; music by Chad McCullough (Bosa from The Sky Cries) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:34 |
| For All | Written and read by Gary Snyder; music by Mollie Newton (Waltz in B Flat Major from Oasis Instrumentals 3) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:16 |
| The Negro Speaks of Rivers | Written by Langston Hughes, read by Pearl Cleage; music by Tony Furtado (Can You Hear the Rain from Roll My Blues Away) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:18 |
| Choices | Written and read by John Presley; music by Sameer Gupta (Jangle from Namaskar) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:31 |
| Visitation: Pain-Body | Written and read by Duriel Harris; music by Xavier Rudd (In Transit from Solace) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:16 |
| Summer Parade, Old Route 66 | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by The Bernstein Bard Trio (Spanish Harlem from Center of the Wheel) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:00 |
| Man Looking for His Wife | Written and read by John Knoepfle; music by Ben Webster (Stardust from See You At the Fair) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:26 |
| The City of God | Written and read by David Baker; music by Norman Ruiz & Jeffrey Warren (Aragon Two from Duos Dialogues) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:25 |
| Full Circle | Written and read by Cinda Thompson; music by William Coulter & Barry Phillips (A Cup of Rejoicing from Music on the Mountain) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:28 |
| The Neophyte Scholar... Jack Kerouac | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Jerry Douglas (C-Biscuit from Everything is Gonna Work Out Fine) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:19 |
| Over Easy | Written and read by Linda Gregerson; music by Wall Matthews and Rusty Clark (Sleazy Sue from Air Over Water) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:39 |
| Summer Surprised Us | Written and read by Edward Hirsch; music by The String Brothers (Wing It from Oasis Jazz Instrumentals) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:41 |
| The Afterlife | Written by Billy Collins, read by Ruth Gnagey; music by Michael J. Miles (Take Five from Col-lage) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:38 |
| On the Spoil Heaps | Written and read by Robert Sutherland; music by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (Sweet Pomegranates from Rocket Science) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:39 |
| Why Mrs. Keller Had Her Late Husband's Dog Shot | Written and read by Kathryn Kerr; music by Bill Frisell (Where Do We Go? from Blues Dream) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:48 |
| Alabama | Written and read by Dave Etter; music by Benny Golson (Looking For a Home from Ed's Next Move) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:44 |
| After Rain | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by Vijay Iyer (Abundance from Tirtha) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:19 |
| What Does Reincarnation Mean? | Read by Rudy Gonzales; music by Brent Truitt (You Can't Always Get What You Want from Picking on the Stones) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:28 |
| Trees in the Night | Written and read by David Baker; music by Sonny Sharrock (Once Upon a Time from Ask The Ages) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:50 |
| Necessary | Written and read by John Presley; music by Bob Bellamy and Wendy Barlow (The Fair and Charming Eileen O'Carroll from Measured Sound) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:17 |
| No Matter, Never Mind | Written and read by Gary Snyder; music by Abby Rabinowitz (I Caught You! from We Used to Dance) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:16 |
| Back Road, Central Illinois | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Chad McCullough (Urban Grassland from The Sky Cries) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:40 |
| Note on Commercial Theatre | Written by Langston Hughes, read by Pearl Cleage; music by Benny Golson (City Walking from Ed's Next Move) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:40 |
| Bluegrass | Written and read by Roger Pfingston; music by Bill Frisell (The Tractor from Blues Dream) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:25 |
| The Selvage | Written and read by Linda Gregerson; music by Michael J. Miles (Sleepers Awake from Col-lage) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:24 |
| In His Dream | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Larry Coryell (December Blues from Wide Hive Players) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:05 |
| Range of Hearing | Written and read by Cinda Thompson; music by Michael Hedges (When I Was 4 from Oracle) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:26 |
| Music Swims Back to Me | Written by Anne Sexton, read by Mary Leen; music by Benny Golson (Another Turn in the Road from Ed's Next Move) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:09 |
| Witness | Written and read by David Baker; music by Vijay Iyer (Entropy and Time from Tirtha) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:57 |
| Dylan's Fault | Written by Robin Becker, read by Lucia Getsi; music by The Tony Rice Unit (Beaumont Rag from Unit of Measure) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:03 |
| Before the Homecoming Parade | Written and read by Charles Reynard; music by Jessica Williams (Paul's Pal from Freedom Trane) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:50 |
| Black Hand Side | Written and read by Duriel Harris; music by Jake Shimabukuro (Heartbeat/Dragon from Gently Weeps) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:40 |
| Lunch Room, New Berlin | Written and read by John Knoepfle; music by the Seldom Scene (Tulsa Chili Bop from Dream Scene) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:50 |
| Morning Docket | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by The Blue Flames Steel Band (Everybody's Talking from Schmoozin') | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:48 |
| Who Invented Death ... ? | Written by Joy Harjo, read by Mary Leen; music by The Henrys (Coyote Basin from Puerto Angel) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:28 |
| My Mother and I Had a Discussion One Day | Written by Denise Sweet, read by Lucia Getsi; music by Bill Frisell (What Do We Do? from Blues Dream) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:44 |
| Jukebox | Written and read by Dave Etter; music by Eddie Daniels & Gary Burton (Memories of You from Benny Rides Again) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:44 |
| I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose | Written by Emily Dickinson, read by Ruth Gnagey; music by Vinicius Cantuaria and Bill Frisell (Cafezinho from Lagrimas Mexicanas) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:01:50 |
| To a Water Fowl | Written by William Cullen Bryant, read by Bill Gnagey; music by Kenny Burrell (Lotus Blossom from A Billy Strayhorn Songbook) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:33 |
| Mackinaw Parade, 2004 | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Mark Simos (Mandolin Boomerang from Race the River Jordan) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:27 |
| Her Argument For the Existence of God | Written and read by Linda Gregerson; music by Roberta Piket (Idy's Song and Dance from Sides, Colors) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:45 |
| Home Swim | Written and read by Jackie White; music by Smithfield Fair (Nutmeg's Wellys from Cairdeas) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:39 |
| Self Portrait with Sorrow Song | Written and read by Duriel Harris; music by Charles Mingus (Freedom from Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:17 |
| Wabi Sabi | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by Chris Pandolfi (Costa Brava from The Handoff) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:51 |
| Grady's New Relationship | Written and read by Roger Pfingston; music by Dave Eshelman (Mystique from Oasis Jazz Instrumentals) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:13 |
| Auguries of Innocence | Written by William Blake, read by Kim Pereira; music by Stefan Grossman and John Renbourn (All Things Parallel Must Converge from Under the Volcano) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:05:53 |
| Introduction to Songs of Innocence | Written by William Blake, read by Steve Adams; music by Solas (The Yellow Tinker from Solas) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:31 |
| Family Life in Arraignment Court | Written and read by Charles Reynard; music by The Microscopic Septet (Friday the 13th from The Micros Play Monk) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:50 |
| Field Ecologist's Love Song | Written and read by Kathryn Kerr; music by Bruce Cockburn (Train in the Rain from Dart to the Heart) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:41 |
| No Match | Written and read by Charles Hartman; music by Marc Thornton (Rude Mood from Pickin' on SRV) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:21 |
| There Will Come Soft Rain | Written by Sara Teasdale, read by Ruth Gnagey; music by Innisfree (Roving Galway Boy from Celtic Dreams) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:28 |
| Imaginary Logic | Written and read by Jackie White; music by Bruce Cockburn (Deep Lake from Breakfast in New Orleans ...) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:30 |
| Discovering Moons | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by Patrick Landeza (Berkeley Bounce from My Music World) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:13 |
| Nude Descending a Staircase | Written by X.J. Kennedy, read by Bill Woodson; music by Johnny Frigo (Jitterbug Waltz from Debut of a Legend) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:32 |
| In the Garden of Eden | Written and read by Cheryl St. Germain; music by Doug Cox (The Circle Game from Bone Bottle Brass or Steel) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:58 |
| Sandalwood Poems | Written and read by John Knoepfle; music by Simon Thoumire (Spare Parts from March, Strathspey and Surreal) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:04 |
| Alone in the Garden | Written and read by Charles Reynard; music by Rich Cohen (Comes and Goes from Vale of Cashmere) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:04 |
| Homemaker | Written and read by Cinda Thompson; music by Jerry Douglas (Grant's Corner from Under the Wire) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:21 |
| Monarchs Landing and Flying | Written and read by David Baker; music by Michael Connolly & Miller McNay (Caravan from The Mandolin Casefiles) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:38 |
| The Art of Pie | Written by Susan Bright, read by Claudia Schmidt; music by Red Garland (Billy Boy from Milestones) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:05:10 |
| Talent Show | Written and read by John Knoepfle; music by Gretchen Van Houten (Kansas City Kitty from American Fogies, Volume 2) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:19 |
| Poem Was Low on Jack (from The Further Adventures of Poem) | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Tim Ries (Honky Tonk Women from The Rolling Stones Project) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:31 |
| Singing in the Toyota | Written and read by Dave Etter; music by Al McDowell (Maybe from Time Pieces) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:40 |
| Honeydew | Written and read by Charles Hartman; music by Dana Robinson (Crossing the Platte from The Trade) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:36 |
| Shopping | Written by Robin Becker, read by Lucia Getsi; music by David Grisman and Martin Taylor (Musette for a Magpie from Tone Poems II) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:16 |
| The Blue | Written and read by David Baker; music by David Greely (McGee's A Minor Waltz from Sud du Sud) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:44 |
| June 23, AM | Written and read by Claudia Schmidt; music by Sam Bush (Spooky Lane from Glamour and Grits) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:03 |
| Arlo and Trude Speak in Different Tenses | Written and read by Charles Reynard; music by Rich Cohen (Body and Soul from Vale of Cashmere) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:17 |
| The Risk Travelers Take | Written and read by Roger Pfingston; music by Richard Thompson (Pitfalls from Industry) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:43 |
| Sonnet #116 | Written by William Shakespeare, sung by John Knoepfle; music by Paul Adams (Molly's Happy Lament from Wonder Dancing on Global Bop) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:37 |
| Poem Had Had a Tough Night | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Sandro Albert (JW's Baiao from Vertical) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:21 |
| Iowa Flora | Written and read by Edward Hirsch; music by John Jackson (Rapahanock from Front Porch Blues) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:02 |
| Arithmetic | Written by Carl Sandburg, read by Jan Susina; music by Jody Stecher (Table Mountain Road from Going Up on the Mountain) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:38 |
| Ain't That a Shame | Written and read by Dave Etter; music by Henry Qualls (The Elmo Stomp from Blues From Elmo, TX) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:21 |
| Nothing Gold Can Stay / Silken Tent | Written by Robert Frost, read by Bill Woodson; music by Leo Kottke (Arms of Mary from Peculiaroso) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:17 |
| Banking Potatoes | Written by Yusef Komunyakaa, read by Joseph Thomas; music by Jody Stecher (Thompson's Reel from Going Up on the Mountain) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:15 |
| It Was Another (from The Further Adventures of Poem) | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Natalie Brown (Lazy Days from Violin Crossings) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:40 |
| Today She Has Lost Her Fight ... | Written and read by Marie Humber Clements; music by Eric Dolphy (Feathers from Eric Dolphy on Prestige) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:59 |
| At Dusk | Written by James Scrimgeour, read by Bill Woodson; music by Giovanni Hidalgo (Call of the Jungle Bird from Time Shifter) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:54 |
| Harley Parking Only | Written and read by Charles Reynard; music by Larry Unger (Blues at Daybreak from The Road to Damascus) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:37 |
| Seeing Out of the Sub | Written and read by Andrei Codrescu; music by Marc Ribot (No Puedo Frenar from Muy Divertado) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:33 |
| Tamaroa Prayer | Written and read by John Knoepfle; music by Claudia Schmidt (Waltzing at the 45th Parallel from It Looks Fine From Here) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:09 |
| Smiles Like Friday | Written and read by Dave Etter; music by Dexter Gordon (I Can't Escape From You from Dexter Rides On) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:53 |
| Too Many | Written and read by David Baker; music by Kevin Mileski (Circumstance from Which Way Did He Turn?) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:19 |
| Enter Dark Stranger | Written and read by William Trowbridge; music by Gideon Freudmann (Opium Den from Cellobotomy) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:26 |
| Driving in Snow, Thinking of Ava, One Month Old | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by Sandro Albert (Waiting for Victoria from Vertical) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:23 |
| In the Midwest | Written and read by Edward Hirsch; music by Kristina Olsen (Pillow Talk from Duet) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:24 |
| I Do Not Know a Lot About Beatrix Potter | Written by Roger Mitchell, read by Jan Susina; music by Merle Watson (Thoughts of Never from Memories) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:13 |
| Now the Last is First Again | Written and read by John Knoepfle; music by David Grisman (Auld Lang Syne from Acoustic Christmas) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:06:06 |
| Lunar Eclipse | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by Charles Lloyd (Ruby My Dear from Mirror) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:15 |
| The Introduction | Written and read by Andrei Codrescu; music by T-Mamou (Au Revoir from Cajun and Creole Jam) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:51 |
| The Oxen | Written by Thomas Hardy, read by Bill Morgan; music by The Boys of the Lough (Midwinter Waltz from A Christmas Celtic Sojourn) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:04 |
| Organ Music in Grain Valley, Missouri | Written and read by Dave Etter; music by Jimmy Smith (The Christmas Song from Christmas Cookin') | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:39 |
| Ferry | Written by Louis Zukofsky, read by Joseph Thomas; music by Dan Tyminski (Sassafrass from Mando Monsters) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:42 |
| Never Ending Birds | Written and read by David Baker; music by The Kathy Kallick Band (Winterlight Aire from Between the Hollow and the High-Rise) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:21 |
| That Was My Meal | Written by Gregory Corso, read by Harry Deutsch; music by Arthur Lyman (Magic Island from The Legend of Pele) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:50 |
| Setting Rilke's Angels on Fire | Written and read by Jan Susina; music by Junior Hot Cell (Loch Irie from Acoustic Oasis, Volume 22) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:48 |
| Indian Boarding School: The Runaways | Written and read by Louis Erdrich; music by Rolf Lislevand (Passacaglia Celtica from Nuove Musiche) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:30 |
| Play Stove | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Danny Gotham (Recuerdos from Old Friends) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:19 |
| The Hag | Written by Robert Herrick, read by Karen Coates; music by Jay Ungar/Molly Mason/Aaron Copland (Hoedown from Harvest Moon) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:46 |
| Juvenile Day | Written and read by Charles Reynard; music by David Helsand & The Majestic Ensemble (Song For My Father from First Light) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:08 |
| Hungry | Written and read by David Baker; music by The Curios (Pickle from Pillow Book) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:39 |
| Sometime the Cow Kick Your Head | Written by Andrew Grossman, read by William Trowbridge; music by Gordon Stone (South Wind from Touch and Go) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:24 |
| Plenty | Written and read by Janet Burroway; music by Bill Frisell (Winslow Homer from Beautiful Dreamers) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:12 |
| Cab Calloway at the Sheraton in New Orleans | Written and read by Kay Murphy; music by Illinois Jacquet's Black Velvet Band (You Gotta Change from The Black Velvet Band) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:42 |
| Hating Shirley Temple | Written by Jerry Dillon Pratt, read by Ruth Wantling; music by Earl Klugh (I'm All Smiles from Solo) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:17 |
| Rock Island | Written and read by Judith Valente; music by The Kruger Brothers (Like a Spark from Between The Notes) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:07 |
| Advice to Myself | Written and read by Louise Erdrich; music by Taylor Eigsti (The Art Teacher from Daylight at Midnight) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:28 |
| Blue Basket | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by The Bernstein Bard Trio (Tango in Blue from Center of the Wheel) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:38 |
| Grammar | Written and read by Andrei Codrescu; music by Warren Barker (Late at Bailey's Pad from Crime Jazz) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:38 |
| The Road Not Taken | Written by Robert Frost, read by Marita Brake; music by Duke Ellington (Meditation from Live at the Whitney) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:22 |
| Old Man Throwing a Ball | Written and read by David Baker; music by Sandro Albert (Zigzag from Vertical) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:25 |
| Redneck Yoga | Written and read by Tim Hunt; music by Tony Furtado (Mississippi Sage from Deep Water) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:17 |
| Crow Lake | Written by James Scrimgeour, read by Bill Woodson; music by Bill Whelan (Caoineadh Cu Chulainn from Riverdance) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:36 |
| Looking Forward to Age | Written by Jim Harrison, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Patrick Landeza (Nani Ko'olau from My Music World) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:28 |
| I Asked For a Little Kindness | Written and read by Marie Humber Clements; music by John Coltrane & Duke Ellington (In a Sentimental Mood from A John Coltrane Retrospective) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:32 |
| Roses | Written and read by Ruth Wantling; music by The Angels of Venice (Luna Mystica from The Angels of Venice) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:50 |
| Die Blaue Stunde (The Blue Hour) | Written and read by Brian Burt; music by Mark Isham (Blue Sun from Blue Sun) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:04 |
| Fear Of Death | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Gabriel Alegria (Puerto Pimentel from Pucusana) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:04 |
| The Secret | Written by Denise Levertov, read by Karen Coates; music by Michael Hedges (Ritual Dance from The Best of Michael Hedges) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:36 |
| Post | Written and read by Janet Burroway; music by the Simon Mayer Quintet (Russian River Rag from The Mandolinquents) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:07 |
| Trains | Written and read by Andrei Codrescu; music by Susanne Lewis (Pill Popping Nation from Susanne Lewis) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:35 |
| Sonnets XVII and VII | Written by A.E. Houseman, read by Robert Sutherland; music by Nakai, Eaton and Clipman (Restless Spirits from Feather, Stone and Light) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:12 |
| One Bright Autumn | Written and read by Gary Gildner; music by Curtis Counce (Counceltation from You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:11 |
| The End and the Beginning | Written by Wislawa Szymborska, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Danny Gotham (Across the Universe from Luzerne) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:29 |
| The Mother | Written by Sharon Olds, read by Harry Deutsch; music by David Grisman and Bill Keith (Little Sadie from Early Dawg) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:36 |
| A House in Carlock | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Taylor Eigsti (Pink Moon from Daylight at Midnight) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:16 |
| Endangered Species | Written and read by William Trowbridge; music by Rufus Harley (Windy from King / Queens) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:58 |
| A Snapshot of the Auxiliary | Written by Richard Hugo, read by Jan Susina; music by Chris Proctor (Slickrock Lament from Only Now) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:57 |
| Driving William | Written and read by Charles Reynard; music by Gregg Miner and Company (Auggie Doggie from Good Dogs, Bad Dogs, Best Friends) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:47 |
| To the Mistakes | Written by W.S. Merwin, read by Charles Reynard; music by Pete Seeger (One Percent Phosphorus Banjo Riff from Pete Seeger at 89) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:35 |
| Thanks | Written by W.S. Merwin, read by Pearl Cleage; music by Rick Lee (April Fool from There's Talk About a Fence) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:55 |
| Little Blue Eye Glasses | Written and read by Louis Erdrich; music by Darrell Scott (Pester Lester from A Crooked Road) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:05 |
| Mother Hood | Written and read by Janet Burroway; music by Steve Smith and Hard Road (Mice on the Stove from Signs Along the Road) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:02 |
| Come On In to My Tropical Garden | Written by Grace Nichols, read by Lissa Paul; music by Alison Brown (Mambo Banjo from Simple Pleasures) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:19 |
| Oh, Who Is That Young Sinner... | Written by A.E. Houseman, read by Robert Sutherland; music by Thelonious Monk (Hackensack from Criss-Cross) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:02 |
| The Separation | Written and read by Carrie Etter; music by Rolf Lislevand (Passacaglia Andaluz II from Nuove Musiche) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:51 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:31 |
| Poetry by Andre Codrescu | Written and read by Andre Codrescu; music by Thelonious Monk (Smoke Gets In Your Eyes from The Art of the Ballad) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:34 |
| The Wolves | Written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Dana and Susan Robinson (Glory in the Meeting House from 'Round My Door) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:32 |
| Watching a Haircut | Written and read by John Knoepfle; music by Mike Dowling (Nitpickin' from Swamp Dog Blues) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:01:59 |
| For Georgia, Who is Over Thirty, Too! | Written and read by Ruth Wantling; music by Robin Kenyatta (Slow Boat to China from Nomusa) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:48 |
| First Rice | Written by Heid Erdrich, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Steve Kramer (Hear the Ocean from Songs of the Sleeping Stone) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:27 |
| In the Morning | Written by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, read by Nancy Tolson; music by Norman Blake (Snowbird on the Ashbank from Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:00 |
| Creative Writing | Written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Bill Frisell (Goin' Out of My Head from "Beautiful Dreamers") | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:57 |
| Dog Toothed Violet | Written and read by Gary Gildner; music by Johnny Coles (So Sweet My Little Girl from "Little Johnny C") | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:19 |
| Aunt Sallie's Lament | Written by Margaret Kaufman, read by Marita Brake; music by Agents of Terra (Every Breath You Take from "Young Fogies") | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:40 |
| Airport | Written and read by Janet Burroway; music by Floorplay (Reunion from Block Party) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:59 |
| Sorry | Written by Ntozake Shange, read by Nancy Tolson; music by TISQ (Cool from Art of the Groove) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:57 |
| Was It Because? | Written by Thomas Rockwell, read by Karen Coates; music by Randall Hylton (Limehouse Blues from The Essential) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:25 |
| Early Forties Song | Written and read by Kay Murphy; music by Fourplay (Lil' Darlin' from Between the Sheets) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:35 |
| The Colony of Us | Written and read by Carrie Etter; music by Dusty Knapp (Glorious from Reflections of Worship) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:00 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:59 |
| Much Madness is Divinest Sense | Written by Emily Dickinson, read by Roberta Trites; music by Yma Sumac (Gopher Mambo from Happy, Texas) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:07 |
| Violin | Written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Bill Frisell (Tea for Two from Beautiful Dreamers) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:25 |
| Used Books | Written and read by Allison Joseph; music by Bill Staines (An Afternoon at Cohan's from October's Hill) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:19 |
| Rebirth Revisited | Written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Bill Frisell (The Wizard from Disfarmer) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:14 |
| Malcolm X | Written and read by Gwendolyn Brooks; music by Richard Stoltzman (Viderunt Omnes from NY Counterpoint) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:28 |
| If We Must Die | Written by Claude McKay, read by Pearl Cleage; music by Ed McMeen (Mo Ghile Mear from Elixir Strings) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:05 |
| Stung | Written by Heid Erdrich, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Lem Genovese (Six Lazzeri Lane from Six Lazzeri Lane) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:08 |
| pity this busy monster man unkind | Written by e.e. cummings, read by Robert Sutherland; music by Doug Hammond (Kone Pone from Folks) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:04 |
| Over Tea | Written and read by Marjorie Agosin; music by Dino Saluzzi (Volver from Volver) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:32 |
| Asters | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by The Bean Pickers Union (Waltz #1 from Potlatch) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:49 |
| Banana Poem | Written and read by John Firefly; music by Garrett List's A1 Band (Rib Crib from Fire and Ice) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:07 |
| The Cockroaches of Liberation | Written and read by Martin Espada; music by John Reischman (Juramento from North of the Border) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:46 |
| The Diameter of the Bomb | Written by Yehuda Amichai, read by Brian Burt; music by David Grier (Lonely Soldier from Lonely Soldier) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:21 |
| The Honeymoon of Our Attraction | Written and read by Carrie Etter; music by Howard Levy (Slanted Samba from Tonight and Tomorrow) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:02 |
| Flirtation | Written and read by Allison Joseph; music by Bachue (The Phrayes from A Certain Smile) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:09 |
| As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 | Written by William Shakespeare, read by David Marcotte; music by Rolf Lislevand (Ciaccona from Nuove Musiche) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:25 |
| An Affinity With the Garbage | Written and read by Janet Burroway; music by The Resophonics (Tanbo Harvest from Last Long Winter) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:29 |
| Life Along the Mackinaw | Written and read by Marita Brake; music by Simple Gifts (The Wind That Shakes the Barley from Oasis Acoustics 95) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:41 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:49 |
| Eagle Poem | Written by Joy Harjo, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Will Brady (Everyday from Solo Guitar) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:24 |
| Disobedience | Written by A.A. Milne, read by Janice Neuleib; music by Tony Trischka (Soldier's Joy from Heartlands) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:11 |
| Poem to Be Placed in the Middle of the Manuscript of Flower Poems | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Rickie Lee Jones (Blue Ghazell from Balm in Gilead) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:06 |
| Reenactment, Gettysburg | Written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Martin Simpson (Greystones from True Stories) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:58 |
| Ocean | Written and read by Ruth Wantling; music of Howard Hanson performed by the Seattle Symphony (Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:17 |
| Religion | Written and read by Gwendolyn Brooks; music by Bill Douglas (Like a Wave of the Sea from Celtic Twilight 5) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:22 |
| Landscapes | Written and read by Janet Burroway; music by Jose Rodriguez (Moments in Life from Moments in Life) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:17 |
| One Perfect Rose | Written by Dorothy Parker, read by Roberta Trites; music by Gerry O'Connor (Temple Bar Jam from Myriad) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:22 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:04 |
| Yesterday Down at the Canal | Written by Frank O'Hara, read by Chris Paddock; music by Son Volt (Jodel / Chanty from Wide Swing Tremolo) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:41 |
| Attractions of a Monastery | Written and read by Carrie Etter; music by Pat Kirtley (Megan Morgan from Acoustic Oasis, Volume 11) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:40 |
| Living On the Moon | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Ramona Borthwick (Retrospeak from One of Us) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:12 |
| The Fish | Written by Marianne Moore, read by Kirsten Zona; music by Grit Laskin (Earthly Concerns from Earthly Concerns) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:36 |
| After Keats | Written and read by Gabriel Gudding; music by Gerry Grosz / Phil Hawkins Quintet (Remembrance from Oasis Jazz 5) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:40 |
| Ringbang Theory | Written and read by James Plath; music by Soweto String Quartet (Mbayi Mbayi from Zebra Crossing) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:29 |
| Blue | Written and read by Louise Erdrich; music by Acousticity (Blue Rondo a La Turk from Music for 20 Fingers) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:14 |
| In Mind | Written by Denise Levertov, read by Victoria Harris; music by Stefan Grossman (Bidnest Two-Step from Bottleneck Serenade) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:25 |
| The Thike | Written by Claire Crowther, read by Carrie Etter; music by Gaucho (The Hedgehog Waltz from Deluxe) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:36 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:37 |
| Sabbatical | Written and read by Zarina Mullan Plath; music by Joe Craven (Rites of Man from Camptown) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:45 |
| Modus Operandi | Written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Acousticity (In the Mood from Music for 20 Fingers) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:19 |
| Since feeling is first | Written by e.e. cummings, read by Charlie Harris; music by Eric Bibb (Blacksmith Island from Good Stuff) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:37 |
| My Mother's Tortilla | Written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Dois no Choro (Chorando Baixinho from Asa Branca) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:10 |
| Greenhouse | Written and read by Rose DiMatteo; music by Steve Khan (Backup from Let's Call This) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:33 |
| Liquid Paper | Written by Peter Meinke, read by James Plath; music by the Uptown String Quartet (Calvary from The Uptown String Quartet) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:57 |
| God's Grandeur | Written by Gerard Manley Hopkins, read by Robert Sutherland; music by Thelonious Monk (Pannonica from Criss-Cross) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:23 |
| Early in the Morning | Written by Li-Yong Lee, read by Zarina Mullan Plath; music by Eddie Gomez (Tenderly from Next Future) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:02 |
| Harlem Night Song | Written by Langston Hughes, read by Pearl Cleage; music by The Jazz Mandolin Project (Mandoneon from The Jazz Mandolin Project) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:49 |
| Coyote | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Gaucho (Si Tu Savais from Deluxe) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:34 |
| The 1200 N Road Going East | Written and read by Cecil Giscombe; music by Ramona Borthwick (Eight Winds from One of Us) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:46 |
| Happiness | Written by Carl Sandburg, read by Marita Brake; music by Santiago Jimenez, Jr. (Magdalena from Musica de Tiempos) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:21 |
| Petra Genetrix | Written by Claire Crowther, read by Carrie Etter; music by Acousticity (Blue Rondo a la Turk from Music for 20 Fingers) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:36 |
| Have A Nice Day | Written by Jack Myers, read by Brian Burt; music by Bill Frisell (New Day from Go West) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:41 |
| Girl With Catfish | Written and read by Steve Fay; music by Stefan Grossman (Birdnest Two-Step from Bottleneck Serenade) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:19 |
| Wishes For Sons | written by Lucille Clifton (1936-2010), read by Victoria Harris; music by Orquesta Atipica (Dead Miser Waltz from Tango Dogs) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:07 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:19 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:30 |
| On My Father's Loss of Hearing | Written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by Tiempo Libre (Fuga from Bach in Havana) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:16 |
| Belief Is Getting More Difficult | Written and read by Kay Murphy; music by Charles Mingus (Wee from Mingus Moves) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:47 |
| How Beautiful It Is | Written by Robinson Jeffers, read by Ruth Wantling; music by Woody Mann (Slow Motion from Stories) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:57 |
| Keeping | Written and read by Katharine Wright; music by The Soweto String Quartet (Zebra Crossing from Zebra Crossing) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:46 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:54 |
| After Disaster | Written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Joel Mabus (A Midsummer Night's Waltz from Omnibus) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:31 |
| Commemoration | Written by Wislawa Szymborska, read by Louise Erdrich; music by Chico Hamilton (Nonchalant from Twelve Tones of Love) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:52 |
| The Terrorist, He's Watching | Written by Wislawa Szymborska, read by Sandra Steingraber; music by John Lurie (Struggle of Man from Fishing With John) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:04 |
| Mourning Pablo Neruda | Written by Robert Bly, read by Victoria Harris; music by Andreas Vollenweider (Trigon from Kryptos) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:25 |
| Lying in a Hammock at William Duffey's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota | Written by James Wright, read by Brian Burt; music by Jackalope (... and then there was wood from Jackalope) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:19 |
| Clarinet | Written and read by Joanne Diaz; music by The Klezmer Conservatory Band (Doyne/Freylekhs from Dancing In the Aisles) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:37 |
| When Love is Like the Sky | Written and read by Rose Dimatteo; music by Edgar Meyer (Smiles and Tears from Work in Progress) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:28 |
| A Train at Night | Written and read by Cecil Giscombe; music by Richard "Groove" Holmes (Night Train from On Basie's Bandstand) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:25 |
| Echology | Written and read by Janet Burroway; music by Mark Simos (The Word in Edgewise from Race the River Jordan) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:28 |
| Father William | Written by Lewis Carroll, read by Janice Neuleib; music of Rossini, performed by Evan Marshall (William Tell Overture from The Lone Arranger) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:21 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:37 |
| Sonnet #147, My Love is as a Fever | Written by William Shakespeare, read by Rob Cook; music by Miles Davis (Circles from Miles Smiles) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:51 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:23 |
| Moments in Love | Written and read by Ricardo Cortez Cruz; music by The Green String Quartet (Harlem Nocturne from The String Machine) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:01 |
| Birth | Written and read by Louise Erdrich; music by Bela Fleck and Djelmady Tounkara (Mariam from Throw Down Your Heart) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:01:59 |
| Ebb Tide | Written and read by Jim Plath; music by Shahin and Sepehr (One Passion Dance from World Cafe) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:17 |
| At the Bake Sale | Written and read by Peg Kirk; music by Los Cenzontles (Solo Quiero Bailar from American Horizon) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:58 |
| War Memorial, Mannheimer Schloss | Written and read by Brian Burt; music by Bobby Hutcherson (Pastoral from Components) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:25 |
| Returning a Rabbit | Written and read by Katherine Wright; music by Steven King and the Acoustic Crew (Doggie E. Boo from Journey to Love) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:10 |
| Brockport Sunflowers | Written by William Heyen, read by Rose DiMatteo; music by Scott Joplin, performed by Butch Thompson (Heliotrope Bouquet from Thompson Plays Joplin) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:40 |
| In Passing | Written by Matt Bryden, read by Carrie Etter; music by Howard Levy (Flunky Jazz from Tonight and Tomorrow) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:45 |
| Four Quartets (an excerpt) | Written by T.S. Eliot, read by Joy Luke; music by Gideon Freudmann (Cheese Cluster from Banking Left) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:41 |
| Henry's Understanding | Written by John Berryman, read by Charles Harris; music by Gary Burton (Decarismo from Astor Piazzolla Reunion) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:02 |
| Fear Not | Written and read by Kathleen Kirk; music by Steve Earle (Brand New Companion from Townes) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:17 |
| In the Pit of Crinoline Ruffles | Written and read by Thylias Moss; music by Ira Stein (High Country from Carousel) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:48 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:11 |
| Moving On In the Midwest | Written and read by Peg Kirk; music by John Gorka (Fret One from So Dark You See) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:42 |
| Goodnight | Written and read by Li Yong Lee; music by Seamus McGuire (Captain O'kane from The Wishing Tree) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:04:26 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:20 |
| Pulp Log, #42 | Written and read by Barry McKinnon; music by Hugh Hopper (2 P.M. from Hooligan Romantics) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:38 |
| The Green Linnet | Written by William Wordsworth, read by Tessa Moriarty; music by Evergreen Erb (Trillium from Oasis Acoustic Volume 38) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:08 |
| First Light | Written and read by Jim Plath; music by Friends of Dean Martinez (Otra Vez from A Tardecer) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:38 |
| Prairie Style II and Prairie Style III | Written and read by Cecil Giscombe; music by Buddy Holly (Buddy's Guitar from Down the Line: Rarities) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:24 |
| Magnetic Field | Written by Catherine Phil McCarthy, read by Kathryn Kerr; music by Kim Robertson (Since You've Asked, from Searching for Lambs) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:36 |
| Winter of the Deep Snow | Written and read by Dan Guillory; music by Julian Lage (Motor Minder from Sounding Point) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:51 |
| Miso | Written by Matt Bryden, read by Carrie Etter; music by Dale Miller (Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey from Time Goes By) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:51 |
| Signals (for Caitlin) | Written and read by James McGowan; music by Fiddlers 4 (Danse Caribe from Fiddlers 4) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:52 |
| 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:02:28 |
| One Position Ahead of Me on the Unemployment Line | 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) | WGLT-FM Public Radio | 00:03:04 |
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