“ink is dripping from the corners of my lips/there is no happiness like mine/I have been eating poetry”—Mark Strand, 1934-2014

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN

Dr. Barbara Mossberg
Radiomonterey.com
Produced by Sara Hughes
December 7, 2014
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LET’S GIVE THANKS FOR THE POEM I’M WRITING (AND THESE WORDS I EAT)

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN
Radiomonterey.com podcast BarbaraMossberg.com
Founder and Host, Dr. Barbara Mossberg
Producer, Sara Hughes
November 23, 2014
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OFFENSE AND DEFENSE AND WINNING THE DAY: POETRY IN A TIME OF FOOTBALL—Who’s in?

IT’S PREGAME TIME FOR BARBARA MOSSBERG’S POETRY SLOW DOWN,
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DARKNESS SICKNESS—Scandinavian malady (or melody?); Headline today in email subject line: NASA quells rumor, days of darkness in December; Are you curious about dark matter? Elaine Buldoc writes: “And thou shall learn to love even the darkness for without it ye would not know light.”

DARKNESS SICKNESS—Scandinavian malady (or melody?); Headline today in email subject line: NASA quells rumor, days of darkness in December; Are you curious about dark matter? Elaine Buldoc writes: “And thou shall learn to love even the darkness for without it ye would not know light.”

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AS THE EARTH TURNS, A GAME CHANGER OR, THE EPIC LENS: A LOOK AT OUR EARLIEST POETRY THROUGH THE LENS OF STUDENTS TODAY AND ON THAT NOTE, SPEAKING OF IMMORTAL TRIUMPH, OF COURSE WALT WHITMAN AND HIS UNDYING SPIRIT ALIVE AGAIN TODAY

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN
RADIOMONTEREY.COM
Dr. Barbara Mossberg
Produced by Sara Hughes
November 2, 2014
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