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The Poets Weave is a weekly five-minute program of poetry reading produced at WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana, hosted by Jenny Kander. Some episodes feature regional poets reading their own work.

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Suzanne Sturgeon - Poets and Presidents...

Suzanne Sturgeon lives on a farm in Owen County, Indiana. She has been writing poetry for five years and is a member of the Free Range Poets, who are on the verge of publishing their first volume of poetry....

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[ Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:03:27 -0400 ]

Motherhood Poems

Poems by or about mothers....

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[ Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:14:31 -0400 ]

Nancy Pulley - Antique Store...

On this edition of The Poets Weave, Nancy Pulley reads "Antique Store," "Egg Lady," "Cherry Picking," and "In the Greenhouse" from her new chapbook Dream Puzzle (2009, Art In the Heartland Publishing)....

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[ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:33:12 -0400 ]

Ryan Teitman - Cathedrals...

Ryan Teitman's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Crab Orchard Review, Puerto del Sol, Redivider, Third Coast, and other journals. He's won Mid-American Review's Fineline Competition, an AWP Intro Journals Award in Poetry, and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize....

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[ Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:45:39 -0400 ]

Carol Marks - Blackberries for Supper...

Carol Marks graduated from the University of Indianapolis with a degree in theatre. She works as an administrative professional and writes poetry because she can't help it....

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[ Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:43:42 -0400 ]

Debra Kang Dean - "Curio" and "Hail"

Debra Kang Dean is the author of Back to Back, a chapbook of poems, News of Home, and Precipitates, which was nominated for the William Carlos Williams Award. Her poems have been featured on The Writer's Almanac, Poetry Daily, and Verse Daily, and have been published in a number of anthologies....

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[ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:03:54 -0400 ]

Roger Pfingston - Ursula Primrose, Harley Boy, and others

Writing poems and making photographs has kept Roger Pfingston out of trouble most of his life. If he had taken up dance as well, he wonders if he might have qualified for sainthood......

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[ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:33:13 -0400 ]

Heather Derr-Smith - Boundary Waters

On this edition of The Poets Weave, Heather Derr-Smith reads from her new book The Bride Minaret the poems "Boundary Waters" and "Song of Palaces."...

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[ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:03:28 -0400 ]

Khaled Mattawa - Pyramid of Khufu...

Author Khaled Mattawa is the author of three books of poetry and has translated several books of poetry. He is currently an assistant professor in the University of Michigan's MFA Creative Writing Program....

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[ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:54:43 -0400 ]

Roger Pfingston - Happy Birthday To Me...

Having turned 69 in "09," Bloomington poet Roger Pfingston says he's not looking forward to his 70th, but considering his options — turning 70 is better than not — assuming good health, a loving wife, at least a modest income, and of course, the continuing pleasure of writing poems....

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[ Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:53:36 -0400 ]

Margaret Squires - Graduation...

Margaret Squires has moved to Bloomington, Indiana three times. The third time was in 1990, and she put down roots. As a psychotherapist, she has plenty of involvement with riveting stories of growth, and she encounters many rich metaphors, but she wants to write stories and poems too....

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[ Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:45:55 -0400 ]

Poetry of David Wagoner - Whistling...

"It may best to learn what you have to learn without a gun. Not killing, but watching birds and animals go in and out of shelter, at will." Those lines are from David Wagoner's poem "Staying Alive."...

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[ Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:05:24 -0400 ]

Heather Derr-Smith - One Season from Another...

On this edition of The Poets Weave, Heather Derr-Smith reads from her new book The Bride Minaret the poems "One Season from Another," "Evening, Mount Vernon, Iowa" and "Ash-Sham."...

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[ Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:05:37 -0400 ]

Debra Kang Dean - Adam's Apple...

Debra Kang Dean reads her poems "Adam's Apple," "Medicine Ball," "Antennas," and an excerpt from "Traces" on this edition of The Poets Weave....

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[ Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:53:51 -0400 ]

Margaret Squires - Dancing Fey...

On this edition of The Poets Weave, Squires reads a set of poems that grew out of her reactions to the live music scene in Bloomington, Indiana....

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[ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:20:28 -0400 ]

Bonnie Maurer - In Rohall's Diner...

Indianapolis poet, Bonnie Maurer, reads from her fourth book Reconfigured....

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[ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:03:26 -0400 ]

Maxine Kumin - from Say This of Horses

On this edition of The Poets Weave, Jenny Kander reads poems by Maxine Kumin from the book Say This of Horses: a collection of poems, edited by C.E. Greer and Jenny Kander....

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[ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:04:42 -0400 ]

Heather Derr-Smith - Cover, Bloom, & Iraqi-Style Fish Shop

On this edition of The Poets Weave, Heather Derr-Smith reads from her new book The Bride Minaret the poems "Cover," "Bloom," and "Iraqi-Style Fish Shop, Damascus."...

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[ Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:18:50 -0400 ]

Luke Hankins - Choirmaster...

Poet Luke Hankins will graduate from the Indiana University M.F.A. program in May, 2009. He reads his poems "Choirmaster," "Adam," and "Failure."...

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[ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:14:16 -0400 ]

Bonnie Maurer - Invitation...

Bonnie Maurer earned her MFA in Poetry from Indiana University. She reads from her fourth book Reconfigured....

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[ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:24:00 -0400 ]

Ray Zdonek - Nocturnal . . .

Bloomington poet, Ray Zdonek, reads a selection of his works....

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[ Sun, 31 May 2009 17:33:54 -0400 ]

Jenny Burdge - Merci at the Flea Market Cafe . . .

Poet Jenny Burdge reads a selection of her work....

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[ Sun, 24 May 2009 13:23:49 -0400 ]

River Karner - Trying to Write . . .

Host Jenny Kander reads poems by Indiana-born poet, River Karner....

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[ Sun, 17 May 2009 15:23:21 -0400 ]

Debra Kang Dean - Soap, Weepline...

Debra Kang Dean is the author of Back to Back, a chapbook of poems, News of Home, and Precipitates. She teaches in the Asian American Studies Program at Indiana University, Bloomington and also in Spalding University's brief-residency MFA in Writing Program....

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[ Sun, 10 May 2009 17:45:58 -0400 ]

Eric Rensberger - Allegorical Scene...

Eric Rensberger lives, works and writes locally (Bloomington).? He says, "Both in reading and in writing poetry, I feel I am part of a vast conspiracy of archivists to correct the inventory of time."...

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[ Sun, 03 May 2009 13:33:18 -0400 ]

Sarah Wyatt Swanson - Inland Dress...

Sarah Wyatt Swanson finished her MFA in Creative Writing at Indiana University in May 2008.? In this podcast, an extended version of the 5-minute on-air broadcast, she reads her poems "Inland Dress," "You're Rumored To Be Everywhere," "Between Virginia and Indiana," and "As You Sleep, Leaves Rustling."...

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[ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:43:32 -0400 ]

Elizabeth Hoover - Poems about the Photography of Saul Leiter

Elizabeth Hoover is an MFA student at Indiana University and a freelance writer. Her poetry has appeared in RATTLE, The Cimarron Review, The Asheville Poetry Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, and Fourth River. In this podcast, she reads a series of poems about the photography of Saul Leiter....

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[ Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:45:48 -0400 ]

Charles Greer - Galloping Big May Trails...

Charles Greer has lived in southern Indiana more than 30 years, teaching at Indiana University.? He reads from a work-in-progress written in the Haibun form, which weaves short poetry - often haiku - with lyric prose....

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[ Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:25:40 -0400 ]

Dustin Nightingale - The Pasquinades...

Dustin Nightingale's poetry has appeared in various journals including Margie, Portland Review, barnwood press and Cimarron Review. His book manuscript has been a finalist for various contests, including The National Poetry Series....

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[ Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:24:16 -0400 ]

Jane Hilberry - My Mother's Beauty, Train Whistle, and Crazy Jane

Jane Hilberry teaches literature and creative writing at Colorado College.? Jenny Kander reads Hilberry's poems "My Mothers Beauty," "Train Whistle," and "Crazy Jane."...

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[ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:04:29 -0400 ]

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