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The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada

The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada

By Ken Hada

Ken Hada has published 11 volumes of poetry. You may find contact, & other information about his work at www.kenhada.org
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Episode 152: Poems from I-70 Review

The Sunday Poems with Ken Hada Sep 26, 2021

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Episode 211: Ingeborg Bachmann & Larry D Thomas

Episode 211: Ingeborg Bachmann & Larry D Thomas

Ken reads three poems of witness by WWII poet Ingeborg Bachmann, and follows the theme of determination despite the darkness with a new poem by Larry D Thomas, and a new poem of his own.
Aug 19, 202310:02
Episode 210: San Pedro River Review

Episode 210: San Pedro River Review

Ken reads a variety of poems from various authors published in the latest edition of San Pedro River Review - vol 15 no. 2 fall 2023, published by Blue Horse Press. JC and Tobi Alfier, editors & publishers.
Aug 12, 202310:51
Episode 209: Darrell Bourque’s tribute to Sinead O’Connor

Episode 209: Darrell Bourque’s tribute to Sinead O’Connor

Ken reads Darrell Bourque’s tribute poem to Sinead O’Connor, plus two new poems - one, a birthday tribute to His daughter in law, Megan
Aug 05, 202309:04
Episode 208: “Lines Composed by Lantern Light”

Episode 208: “Lines Composed by Lantern Light”

A new poem by Ken Hada
Jul 29, 202304:40
Episode 207: Poems from California Quarterly

Episode 207: Poems from California Quarterly

Ken reads poems from the Spring 2023 edition of California Quarterly
Jul 09, 202310:33
Episode 206: Miklos Radnoti

Episode 206: Miklos Radnoti

Ken reads poems by Hungarian poet Miklos Radnoti, poems found in the pocket of Radnoti, after his body was exhumed from a mass grave. The poems are anthologized in “Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness” edited by Carolyn Forche (Norton, 1993).
Jul 01, 202314:39
Episode 205: Jack Gilbert

Episode 205: Jack Gilbert

Ken reads poems from Jack Gilbert
Jun 24, 202309:38
Episode 204: “If I Were …”

Episode 204: “If I Were …”

In these new poems, Ken Hada draws upon a biographical aspect of several famous poets as possible points of identification and relationship for the audience
Jun 17, 202308:13
Episode 203: Angela Hooper’s “Where the Sky is a Wall”

Episode 203: Angela Hooper’s “Where the Sky is a Wall”

Ken reads from Angela Hooper’s debut collection, “Where the Sky is a Wall” (forthcoming, Village Books Press)
Jun 10, 202309:57
Episode 202: Gabriela Mistral

Episode 202: Gabriela Mistral

Ken reads poems from Chilean Nobel Prize winner, Gabriela Mistral
Jun 03, 202313:02
Episode 201: Jean Burden

Episode 201: Jean Burden

After a hiatus, “Ken Hada and the Sunday Poems” returns with a reading of Jean Burden’s poems from her 1963 book: “Naked As The Glass” (Clarke & Way, Inc., 1963)
May 30, 202309:54
Episode 200: Darrell Bourque

Episode 200: Darrell Bourque

Ken reads from Darrell Bourque’s book: “In Ordinary Light: New and Selected Poems” (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2010).
Sep 17, 202211:06
Episode 199: Nine More from CAP

Episode 199: Nine More from CAP

Ken reads nine additional poems from Contemporary American Poetry, edited by R.S. Gwynn and April Lindner (Penguin, 2005)
Sep 10, 202211:16
Episode 198: Six poems from “Contemporary American Poetry”

Episode 198: Six poems from “Contemporary American Poetry”

from “Contemporary American Poetry” edited by RS Gwynn and April Lindner (Penguin, 2005)
Sep 03, 202209:52
Episode 197: 8 Female Voices

Episode 197: 8 Female Voices

Poems from: Elizabeth Raby, “Beneath Green Rain” (Vacpoetry: Purple Flag Press, 2015), Chera Hammons. “The Traveler’s Guide to Bomb City” (Vacpoetry: Purple Flag Press, 2017), Ofelia Zepeda, “Where Clouds Are Formed” (Arizona UP, 2008), Julie Chappell, “As I Pirouette Away” (Turning Plow Press, 2021), Maureen DuRant, “Skirmishes on the Okie-Irish Border” (Press 53, 2020), Maryann Hurtt, “Once Upon a Tar Creek: Mining for Voices” (Turning Plow Press, 2021), Kai Coggin, “Mining for Stardust” (Flower Song Press, 2021), Roxana Cazan, “Tethered to the Unexpected: Poetry about Illness” (mail Alien Buddha Press, 2021)
Aug 27, 202211:59
Episode 196: Octavio Quintanilla

Episode 196: Octavio Quintanilla

Ken reads poems by Octavio Quintanilla, his first book: “If I Go Missing” (Slough Press, 2014)
Aug 20, 202209:01
Episode 195: Wendell Berry, “The Broken Ground”

Episode 195: Wendell Berry, “The Broken Ground”

Ken reads from one of Berry’s early collections. Berry is one of the foremost voices in environmentally-sensitive writing and place writing
Aug 13, 202209:23
Episode 194: Jonas Zdanys, from “The Thin Light of Winter”

Episode 194: Jonas Zdanys, from “The Thin Light of Winter”

Four poems from THE THIN LIGHT OF WINTER, by Jonas Zdanys: “The Dry Season,” “This Morning,” “Light” and “The Door” (Virtual Artists Collective, 2009)
Aug 06, 202211:06
Episode 193: Edward Abbey

Episode 193: Edward Abbey

Ken reads a few of Abbey’s poems, gathered by his editor/friend, published in his only volume of poetry - Earth Apples. Abbey thought of himself as a novelist, and produced wonderful prose, including his famous nonfiction, Desert Solitaire.
Jul 30, 202210:35
Episode 192: 4 new poems

Episode 192: 4 new poems

Ken reads four new poems: “Blue Jay at Dawn,” “Wildflowers at Dusk,” “Nocturne” and “The World on Hold” - thanks for listening
Jul 23, 202204:39
Episode 191: Edwin Markham

Episode 191: Edwin Markham

During this weekend celebrating Woody Guthrie, Ken reads from a kindred spirit - Edwin Markham, most famous for “The Man With The Hoe” - but also other overlooked poems.
Jul 15, 202212:43
Episode 190: Robinson Jeffers

Episode 190: Robinson Jeffers

Ken reads Jeffers’ timely poems: “The Beauty of Things,” “Animals,” “The World’s Wonders,” “Time of Disturbance,” “The Old Stone-Mason” and “To Death”
Jul 08, 202213:40
Episode 189: Michael Jennings

Episode 189: Michael Jennings

Readings from “When She Became You / Songs To Suzanne” by Michael Jennings (Black Spruce Press, 2022).
Jun 26, 202208:22
Episode 188: Zhenya Yevtushenko and Chera Hammons

Episode 188: Zhenya Yevtushenko and Chera Hammons

Ken reads two poems by Zhenya Yevtushenko and three from Chera Hammons’ 2020 book, “Maps of Injury”
Jun 12, 202209:51
Episode 187: Six New Poems

Episode 187: Six New Poems

Ken reads six of his newest poems, including: Darkness Comes to Me, Questing, Heartbreak, Radiation, Renewing and In the End
Jun 05, 202207:50
Episode 186: Wislawa Szymborska

Episode 186: Wislawa Szymborska

Ken reads three of Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska’s poems - her timely poetic impulse declares “Life goes on” and bears witness to the “incorrigible readiness to start afresh tomorrow”
May 29, 202208:34
Episode 185: Ann Howells, Bill McCloud, Nikki Herrin, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue

Episode 185: Ann Howells, Bill McCloud, Nikki Herrin, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue

Ken reads poems by Ann Howells, Bill McCloud, Nikki Herrin, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue and two of his own.
May 22, 202209:29
Episode 184: Streams in Mid-May

Episode 184: Streams in Mid-May

Two poems from Not Quite Pilgrims, plus three new poems, and two from The Way of the Wind - water, fishing and our human journey
May 15, 202210:22
Episode 183: Bilgere, Heldrich and Hada

Episode 183: Bilgere, Heldrich and Hada

Ken reads George Bilgere’s “Because I could not Stop for Death” from Central Air (Pittsburgh UP, 2022) and Philip Heldrich: three poems from Good Friday (Texas Review Press, 2000 - winner of the Kennedy Poetry Prize. And 3 new poems by Ken Hada
May 07, 202209:60
Episode 182: Brady Peterson’s “At the Edge of Town”

Episode 182: Brady Peterson’s “At the Edge of Town”

Ken reads several poems from Brady Peterson’s latest book: At the Edge of Town. Plus a new poem by Ken Hada
Apr 24, 202211:20
Episode 181: April, Morning & Light

Episode 181: April, Morning & Light

Ken reads a Philip Levine poem, plus several of his new poems
Apr 17, 202206:59
Episode 180: Ten Acres of the Universe

Episode 180: Ten Acres of the Universe

Ken reads several poems from Paul Bowers’ new book: Ten Acres of the Universe (Turning Plow Press).
Apr 09, 202207:28
Episode 179: Spring and All

Episode 179: Spring and All

Ken reads “Spring and All” plus two more from William Carlos Williams, and one from James Wright.
Apr 03, 202205:25
Episode 178: Sunset in My Eyes, and some other poems from Bring an Extry Mule

Episode 178: Sunset in My Eyes, and some other poems from Bring an Extry Mule

Ken reads 7 poems from his 2017 collection, BRING AN EXTRY MULE (Vacpoetry 2017). Some river poems and a couple other speingtime poems.
Mar 27, 202209:45
Episode 177: Spending Time

Episode 177: Spending Time

Ken reads three of his poems: one old, two new ones. Thanks for listening
Mar 20, 202207:28
Episode 176: LeAnne Howe, Evidence of Red

Episode 176: LeAnne Howe, Evidence of Red

Ken reads several poems from LeAnne Howe’s 2005 collection Evidence of Red, then ends with one of his poems inspired by LeAnne’s novel Miko Kings.
Mar 13, 202213:00
Episode 175: Roxana Cazan, Tethered to the Unexpected

Episode 175: Roxana Cazan, Tethered to the Unexpected

Ken reads from Roxana Cazan’s latest book: Tethered to the Unexpected: poems about illness
Mar 06, 202209:43
Episode 174: The Voice of Winter

Episode 174: The Voice of Winter

Ken reads another batch of new work, echoing the winter weather and the geopolitical chaos felt this week.
Feb 27, 202209:45
Episode 173: 6 New Winter Poems

Episode 173: 6 New Winter Poems

Ken reads 6 new poems: Poem in the Afternoon, Morning Prayer, A Thawing, Snow Melt, Hope and The Light of Day
Feb 20, 202209:11
Episode 172: Novalis: Hymns to the Night

Episode 172: Novalis: Hymns to the Night

Hymns to the Night, a classic text from German Romanticism
Feb 13, 202206:34
Episode 171: Ruth Stone Poems

Episode 171: Ruth Stone Poems

Ken reads several poems by Ruth Stone
Feb 06, 202210:24
Episode 170: Elizabeth Raby Tribute

Episode 170: Elizabeth Raby Tribute

Ken reads from Elizabeth Raby’s book Beneath Green Rain
Jan 29, 202211:54
Episode 169: Bull Buffalo & Indian Paintbrush

Episode 169: Bull Buffalo & Indian Paintbrush

Eleven poems (from eleven poets) from the Oklahoma anthology Bull Buffalo & Indian Paintbrush, edited by Ron Wallace
Jan 23, 202215:40
Episode 168: Truth-Telling in Poetry

Episode 168: Truth-Telling in Poetry

In this episode, Ken reads poems by Rilke, Roethke, Hayden, Berecka, Thomas, Juhasz and three of his own from his 2010 book, “Spare Parts”
Jan 15, 202212:46
Episode 167: “The Question of Beauty”

Episode 167: “The Question of Beauty”

Considering Keats’ joining of beauty and truth, Ken reads poems by Robert Bridges, Emily Dickinson, Rupert Brooke, and one of his own poems.
Jan 08, 202209:45
Episode 166: Tennyson: “Ring out, wild bells”

Episode 166: Tennyson: “Ring out, wild bells”

Recorded New Year’s Eve, Ken reads a few pertinent sections from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “In Memoriam A. H. H.”
Jan 01, 202210:31
Episode 165: Holiday poems

Episode 165: Holiday poems

Ken reads”Returning Snow” from Persimmon Sunday and some holiday poems from Sunlight & Cedar. Peace
Dec 24, 202109:45
Episode 164: from “Poetry to the People”

Episode 164: from “Poetry to the People”

Ken reads several poems from the 2013 anthology: “Poetry to the People” edited by Abby Wendle and Scott Gregory (This Land Press)
Dec 19, 202115:03
Episode 163: Mining for Stardust

Episode 163: Mining for Stardust

Ken reads poems from Kai Coggin’s new book: “Mining for Stardust”
Dec 11, 202109:32
Episode 162: poems from Contour Feathers

Episode 162: poems from Contour Feathers

Ken reads several new poems from his latest book, Contour Feathers (Turning Plow Press, 2021).
Dec 05, 202107:57