“One Poem A Day Won’t Kill You” Schedule

Poems air on Morning Edition at approximately 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. and at the end of the KRBD Evening Report (approximately 5:45 pm).  Poems also air during locally hosted music programs.

April 1 – Judith McQuerry reads an untitled poem by George Pasley.

April 2 – Janalee Gage reads her poem “The Carpetbagger.”

April 3 – Thomas Haugum reads an original piece called “Chaos.”

April 4 – Doug Rhodes reads his poem “Start of the Season Maintenance.”

April 5 – Licha Kelley-King reads an original poem called “The New Guy.”

April 6 – Wayne Kinunen reads “The Sea Fever” by John Masefield.

April 7 – Erika Schaubach reads her poem “Virga.”

April 8 – Clare Bennett reads “Constantly Risking Absurdity (#15)” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (from A Coney Island of the Mind, copyright 1958, with permission by New Directions Publishing Corp.)

April 9 – Karen Petersen reads “Ode to my Socks” by Pablo Neruda.

April 10 – Kelsey McNeil reads “My Mother’s Body” by Marie Howe.

April 11 – Cleo Reed recites an original work – “Hearts Don’t Age Like Hands.”

April 12 – Nicole Colby reads ““Dedicatory” by Willa Cather from her 1903 poetry collection April Twilights

April 13 –  Stephanie Patton reads her poem “Story Writer.”

April 14 –  Thomas Parksmith reads a original work – “Symphony of Spring.”

April 15 –  Lori Ortiz reads “The Sky is Coming Apart and Together at the Same Time” by Maya Stein with the poet’s permission.

April 16 –  Bridgit Stearns reads a poem by Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa) – “Everything the Power of the World Does is Done in a Circle.”

April 17 –  Deborah Hayden reads “Father William” by Lewis Carroll.

April 18 –  Linda Miles reads excerpts from “Radio” by Tom Clark with permission from Coffee House Press.

April 19 –  Pat Tully reads “Death Be Not Proud” by John Donne.

April 20 –  Jessica Mills Clark reads a poem written by her son Char Clark.

April 21 –  Mary Jo Turek reads her poem “April.”

April 22 –  Sheila Spores reads “Wildflowers” by Gaby Compres.

April 23 –  Laurie Booyse reads a poem written by her grandmother, Natalie Magnifico Mazzuchi, titled “My Thoughts of You.”

April 24 –  Shawn McAllister reads Rene Daumal’s poem “What is Above, Knows What is Below.”

April 25 – Lisa Pearson reads “Wynkin, Blynkin, and Nod” by Eugene Field.

April 26 –  Robert Rice reads “From the Castle in the Air, To the Little Corner in the World” by Thomas Paine.

April 27 –  Halli Kenoyer reads Raymond Carvers” “Where Water Comes Together With Other Water.”

April 28 –  David Katz reads “Ozymandius” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

April 29 –  Dave Kiffer reads a poem he wrote in honor of KRBD’s 50th anniversary titled “Beacon.”

April 30 – This compilation poem contains excerpts from all of the poems read this month.