poetry

Writer Wendy Videlock describes poetic inspiration as being ambushed. An idea emerges and then tells her where to go. In her poem, Deconstruction, Videlock, uses an array of bird species to symbolize the infinite experience of being human.

In this week's segment of KNAU's series PoetrySnaps! we hear from David M. Parsons, a prolific writer and former Texas Poet Laureate. When he is struck by inspiration, he writes ideas down on small pieces of paper which he later develops into poems. That’s how Parsons’ poem, I Would Give You the Single Strawberry, came to life.

This week's installment of KNAU's series PoetrySnaps! features Colorado-based poet Claudia Putnam reading her poem Baba Yaga. In it, Putnam twists the idea of the forest witch, concentrating not on scary mythology, but on independence and connection with nature.

In the first segment of KNAU's new series PoetrySnaps!, we hear from Colorado-based poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Her poem Big explores a post-pandemic world where lost time and pent-up energy take center stage.

The park’s latest Astronomer-in-Residence is poet Lauren Camp, a recipient of the American Fiction Award for Poetry. She spoke with KNAU’s Bree Burkitt about her first starry night on the job and finding inspiration in the dark.

Winners of the 16th Annual Jim Simmerman Poetry Prize for Poets of Flagstaff District High Schools have been announced. This year's top three winners are all students at Coconino High School.

A new poetry book by the Arizona-based author Austin Davis called “Lotus & the Apocalypse” imagines it’s the last day on Earth. The main character, Lotus, is scrambling to figure out the meaning of life before it’s too late. The book is a frank and emotionally raw portrayal of the mental health struggles, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts that Davis himself has wrestled with most of his life.

Navajo poet Jake Skeets has been named one of the winners of this year's Whiting Award.The Gallup Independent reports the Giles Whiting Foundation…

KNAU listener Dan Dadmun went the extra mile for this week's Poetry Friday segment. He found a poem he like, Taylor Mali's 'How Falling in Love is like…

Remember pay phone booths? Poet Elizabeth Hellstern does. She's the inventor of the Telepoem Booth - a vintage rotary phone booth that recites poetry to…