Well, we’ve completed the first season of Poets on the Plains. I am Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas. It has been my honor to lead a group of distinguished poets, each of us featuring five of our favorite poets from each of HPPR’s five states. Thanks to all who participated in our inaugural season and to the five new hosts who’ll present Season Two!
Season Two will launch in November with weekly PoetryBytes featuring work from poets living in and/or writing about the High Plains region, Of course, while HPPR coverage areas include parts of Kansas; Colorado; Nebraska; and the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, listeners around the country and the world can stay in touch by streaming at HPPR.org. You’ll find printed and audio versions by selecting Poets on the Plains under the Features Menu at HPPR.org where Season One will be archived.
Produced by High Plains Public Radio, the series explores a sense of people and place through poetry.Our goal is to bring attention to the beauty and complexity of life on these High Plains. Please join us Thursdays in the 11:00 hour during High Plains Morning or for brief versions Thursdays during Morning Edition and All Things Considered..
Hi. I’m Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, a poet born in Northwest Texas, here for Poets on the Plains. I’ve got some hot tea on the table and I’m here to offer a poem titled “Wait Until It Grows Roots” written by a poet raised in Midland, Tarfia Faizullah.
Hi, there. I’m Benjamin Myers, a poet from Chandler, Oklahoma, and I’m here to share with you a poem by Oklahoma writer Jeanetta Calhoun Mish. Jeanetta Calhoun Mish has influenced literature in Oklahoma as a writer, a professor, a publisher, an editor, an intellect, and a mighty presence.
Hi, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m excited to share with you a poem by fellow Pueblo poet, Mark Chartier, titled, “Kindergarten.”
My name is Jewell Rodgers and I am the State Poet of Nebraska and this week we are bringing Gina Tranisi to the stage. Gina is a poet, educator, and lifelong Nebraskan. She is a grants manager with Fox Creek Fundraising and is proud to help nonprofits grow their financial capacity and do more good in the community.
Hi, this is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’d like to share a poem by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, who served as the Kansas Poet Laureate from 2009-13. Caryn is the author of 24 books, as well asa writing workshop facilitator and writing coach. The poem I’m reading today is Magnolia Tree in Kansas which is from her 2020 book, How Time Moves: New & Selected Poems.
Hi. I’m Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, here for Poets on the Plains. Coffee’s on the table and I’m sharing a poem with you by another Panhandle poet, Chera Hammons from Amarillo, whose work is well-published and recognized with a PEN Texas Southwest Book Award in Poetry and the Texas Institute of Letters–Helen C. Smith Memorial Award.
Hello, I’m former Oklahoma Poet Laureate Benjamin Myers, and I would like to share with you a poem by Jim Burrows. Jim Burrows is a poet and real estate appraiser based in Stillwater, Oklahoma, but born and raised in Cordell. He is the author of the 2015 poetry collection Back Road. His poems have appeared in Rattle, The Southwest Review, The Dark Horse, Oklahoma Today, PN Review, and many other journals.
Hello, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m pleased to share with you a poem by Denver poet, Emily Pérez, titled I Wanted a Full Dose of Never-Mind of Not Ever.
My name is Jewell Rodgers and I am the State Poet of Nebraska.Today we are hearing from Angélica Perez. Angélica is a Core Teaching Artist with the Nebraska Writers Collective, where she supports Teaching Artists and young poets, helps to run monthly open mics and slams in Omaha, and leads poetry workshops with incarcerated people throughout Nebraska.
Hi, This is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’ll be sharing a poem by a writer whose work I’ve long admired, Steve Brisendine. Steve lives in Mission, Kansas, but he grew up in Liberal, where I spent a quarter of a century. We both worked for the local newspaper there, though not at the same time..
Hi, I’m Shelley Armitage here for Poets on the Plains. I’m an emerita professor and writer who grew up in the small ranching and farming community of Vega, Texas west of Amarillo. Today I’d like to share a few ideas and a poem with you. Writing about and living on the plains are dear to my heart.
Hi, I’m Matt Mason, I was the State Poet of Nebraska between 2019 and the end of 2024, and I am here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m reading and talking about Nebraska poet Clif Mason’s poem “Texts from the Dead.”
These two short poems share a common theme of silence, they suggest a truth beyond words. Something beyond reason. Both poems are short and precise in their structure and are economical in their word choice, their structure and composition reinforcing their theme of something beyond words.
Hi, I’m Wayne Miller. I’m a poet who lives in Denver, Colorado, and I’m here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m going to read a poem by the poet Emily Pérez. Pérez grew up in Weslaco, Texas, just a few miles north of the US-Mexico border. She studied at Stanford and the University of Houston before settling in Denver, where she works as a high school teacher and grade-level dean and lives with her husband and their two boys.
Hi, I’m Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m delighted to share a poem by the Poet Laureate before me, Huascar Medina.
Hi. I’m Chera Hammons, a poet from Amarillo, Texas, here for Poets on the Plains. It’s a beautiful morning and the birds are singing. The wind is blowing, too, as it nearly always does across the Llano Estacado. Today, I’ll be sharing a poem about wind written by someone who knows it well: Lubbock, Texas-based poet Curtis Bauer.
Hi, my name is Matt Mason, I’m the State Poet of Nebraska, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I want to read you Nebraska poet Zedeka Poindexter’s poem “Peach Cobbler.”
This narrative poem presents three characters in a micro-drama – the dad, working under the hood of his Chevy, and who spots the Choctaw man money for a hamburger; Earl the Choctaw man who begs the money; and the kid, "little Wallace" who observes this exchange between father and the struggling man.
Hi, I’m Wayne Miller. I’m a poet who lives in Denver, Colorado, and I’m here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m going to read a poem by the poet Laura Hershey. Hershey was born in 1962 in Littleton, Colorado, and as a young child was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a rare genetic disease. She used a wheelchair throughout her life.
Hi, I’m Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m excited to share with you a poem by the beloved Kansas poet Michael Kleber-Diggs
Hi. I’m Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, a poet born in Northwest Texas, here for Poets on the Plains. I’ve got some hot tea on the table and I’m here to offer a poem titled “Wait Until It Grows Roots” written by a poet raised in Midland, Tarfia Faizullah.
Hi, there. I’m Benjamin Myers, a poet from Chandler, Oklahoma, and I’m here to share with you a poem by Oklahoma writer Jeanetta Calhoun Mish. Jeanetta Calhoun Mish has influenced literature in Oklahoma as a writer, a professor, a publisher, an editor, an intellect, and a mighty presence.
Hi, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m excited to share with you a poem by fellow Pueblo poet, Mark Chartier, titled, “Kindergarten.”
My name is Jewell Rodgers and I am the State Poet of Nebraska and this week we are bringing Gina Tranisi to the stage. Gina is a poet, educator, and lifelong Nebraskan. She is a grants manager with Fox Creek Fundraising and is proud to help nonprofits grow their financial capacity and do more good in the community.
Hi, this is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’d like to share a poem by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, who served as the Kansas Poet Laureate from 2009-13. Caryn is the author of 24 books, as well asa writing workshop facilitator and writing coach. The poem I’m reading today is Magnolia Tree in Kansas which is from her 2020 book, How Time Moves: New & Selected Poems.
Hi. I’m Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, here for Poets on the Plains. Coffee’s on the table and I’m sharing a poem with you by another Panhandle poet, Chera Hammons from Amarillo, whose work is well-published and recognized with a PEN Texas Southwest Book Award in Poetry and the Texas Institute of Letters–Helen C. Smith Memorial Award.
Hello, I’m former Oklahoma Poet Laureate Benjamin Myers, and I would like to share with you a poem by Jim Burrows. Jim Burrows is a poet and real estate appraiser based in Stillwater, Oklahoma, but born and raised in Cordell. He is the author of the 2015 poetry collection Back Road. His poems have appeared in Rattle, The Southwest Review, The Dark Horse, Oklahoma Today, PN Review, and many other journals.
Hello, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m pleased to share with you a poem by Denver poet, Emily Pérez, titled I Wanted a Full Dose of Never-Mind of Not Ever.
My name is Jewell Rodgers and I am the State Poet of Nebraska.Today we are hearing from Angélica Perez. Angélica is a Core Teaching Artist with the Nebraska Writers Collective, where she supports Teaching Artists and young poets, helps to run monthly open mics and slams in Omaha, and leads poetry workshops with incarcerated people throughout Nebraska.
Hi, This is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’ll be sharing a poem by a writer whose work I’ve long admired, Steve Brisendine. Steve lives in Mission, Kansas, but he grew up in Liberal, where I spent a quarter of a century. We both worked for the local newspaper there, though not at the same time..
Hi. I’m Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, a poet born in Northwest Texas, here for Poets on the Plains. I’ve got some hot tea on the table and I’m here to offer a poem titled “Wait Until It Grows Roots” written by a poet raised in Midland, Tarfia Faizullah.
Hi, there. I’m Benjamin Myers, a poet from Chandler, Oklahoma, and I’m here to share with you a poem by Oklahoma writer Jeanetta Calhoun Mish. Jeanetta Calhoun Mish has influenced literature in Oklahoma as a writer, a professor, a publisher, an editor, an intellect, and a mighty presence.
Hi, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m excited to share with you a poem by fellow Pueblo poet, Mark Chartier, titled, “Kindergarten.”
My name is Jewell Rodgers and I am the State Poet of Nebraska and this week we are bringing Gina Tranisi to the stage. Gina is a poet, educator, and lifelong Nebraskan. She is a grants manager with Fox Creek Fundraising and is proud to help nonprofits grow their financial capacity and do more good in the community.
Hi, this is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’d like to share a poem by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, who served as the Kansas Poet Laureate from 2009-13. Caryn is the author of 24 books, as well asa writing workshop facilitator and writing coach. The poem I’m reading today is Magnolia Tree in Kansas which is from her 2020 book, How Time Moves: New & Selected Poems.
Hi. I’m Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, here for Poets on the Plains. Coffee’s on the table and I’m sharing a poem with you by another Panhandle poet, Chera Hammons from Amarillo, whose work is well-published and recognized with a PEN Texas Southwest Book Award in Poetry and the Texas Institute of Letters–Helen C. Smith Memorial Award.
Hello, I’m former Oklahoma Poet Laureate Benjamin Myers, and I would like to share with you a poem by Jim Burrows. Jim Burrows is a poet and real estate appraiser based in Stillwater, Oklahoma, but born and raised in Cordell. He is the author of the 2015 poetry collection Back Road. His poems have appeared in Rattle, The Southwest Review, The Dark Horse, Oklahoma Today, PN Review, and many other journals.
Hello, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m pleased to share with you a poem by Denver poet, Emily Pérez, titled I Wanted a Full Dose of Never-Mind of Not Ever.
My name is Jewell Rodgers and I am the State Poet of Nebraska.Today we are hearing from Angélica Perez. Angélica is a Core Teaching Artist with the Nebraska Writers Collective, where she supports Teaching Artists and young poets, helps to run monthly open mics and slams in Omaha, and leads poetry workshops with incarcerated people throughout Nebraska.
Hi, This is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’ll be sharing a poem by a writer whose work I’ve long admired, Steve Brisendine. Steve lives in Mission, Kansas, but he grew up in Liberal, where I spent a quarter of a century. We both worked for the local newspaper there, though not at the same time..
Hi, I’m Shelley Armitage here for Poets on the Plains. I’m an emerita professor and writer who grew up in the small ranching and farming community of Vega, Texas west of Amarillo. Today I’d like to share a few ideas and a poem with you. Writing about and living on the plains are dear to my heart.
Hi, I’m Matt Mason, I was the State Poet of Nebraska between 2019 and the end of 2024, and I am here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m reading and talking about Nebraska poet Clif Mason’s poem “Texts from the Dead.”
These two short poems share a common theme of silence, they suggest a truth beyond words. Something beyond reason. Both poems are short and precise in their structure and are economical in their word choice, their structure and composition reinforcing their theme of something beyond words.
Hi, I’m Wayne Miller. I’m a poet who lives in Denver, Colorado, and I’m here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m going to read a poem by the poet Emily Pérez. Pérez grew up in Weslaco, Texas, just a few miles north of the US-Mexico border. She studied at Stanford and the University of Houston before settling in Denver, where she works as a high school teacher and grade-level dean and lives with her husband and their two boys.
Hi, I’m Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m delighted to share a poem by the Poet Laureate before me, Huascar Medina.
Hi. I’m Chera Hammons, a poet from Amarillo, Texas, here for Poets on the Plains. It’s a beautiful morning and the birds are singing. The wind is blowing, too, as it nearly always does across the Llano Estacado. Today, I’ll be sharing a poem about wind written by someone who knows it well: Lubbock, Texas-based poet Curtis Bauer.
Hi, my name is Matt Mason, I’m the State Poet of Nebraska, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I want to read you Nebraska poet Zedeka Poindexter’s poem “Peach Cobbler.”
This narrative poem presents three characters in a micro-drama – the dad, working under the hood of his Chevy, and who spots the Choctaw man money for a hamburger; Earl the Choctaw man who begs the money; and the kid, "little Wallace" who observes this exchange between father and the struggling man.
Hi, I’m Wayne Miller. I’m a poet who lives in Denver, Colorado, and I’m here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m going to read a poem by the poet Laura Hershey. Hershey was born in 1962 in Littleton, Colorado, and as a young child was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a rare genetic disease. She used a wheelchair throughout her life.
Hi, I’m Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m excited to share with you a poem by the beloved Kansas poet Michael Kleber-Diggs
Hi. I’m Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, a poet born in Northwest Texas, here for Poets on the Plains. I’ve got some hot tea on the table and I’m here to offer a poem titled “Wait Until It Grows Roots” written by a poet raised in Midland, Tarfia Faizullah.
Hi, there. I’m Benjamin Myers, a poet from Chandler, Oklahoma, and I’m here to share with you a poem by Oklahoma writer Jeanetta Calhoun Mish. Jeanetta Calhoun Mish has influenced literature in Oklahoma as a writer, a professor, a publisher, an editor, an intellect, and a mighty presence.
Hi, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m excited to share with you a poem by fellow Pueblo poet, Mark Chartier, titled, “Kindergarten.”
My name is Jewell Rodgers and I am the State Poet of Nebraska and this week we are bringing Gina Tranisi to the stage. Gina is a poet, educator, and lifelong Nebraskan. She is a grants manager with Fox Creek Fundraising and is proud to help nonprofits grow their financial capacity and do more good in the community.
Hi, this is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’d like to share a poem by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, who served as the Kansas Poet Laureate from 2009-13. Caryn is the author of 24 books, as well asa writing workshop facilitator and writing coach. The poem I’m reading today is Magnolia Tree in Kansas which is from her 2020 book, How Time Moves: New & Selected Poems.
Hi. I’m Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, here for Poets on the Plains. Coffee’s on the table and I’m sharing a poem with you by another Panhandle poet, Chera Hammons from Amarillo, whose work is well-published and recognized with a PEN Texas Southwest Book Award in Poetry and the Texas Institute of Letters–Helen C. Smith Memorial Award.
Hello, I’m former Oklahoma Poet Laureate Benjamin Myers, and I would like to share with you a poem by Jim Burrows. Jim Burrows is a poet and real estate appraiser based in Stillwater, Oklahoma, but born and raised in Cordell. He is the author of the 2015 poetry collection Back Road. His poems have appeared in Rattle, The Southwest Review, The Dark Horse, Oklahoma Today, PN Review, and many other journals.
Hello, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m pleased to share with you a poem by Denver poet, Emily Pérez, titled I Wanted a Full Dose of Never-Mind of Not Ever.
My name is Jewell Rodgers and I am the State Poet of Nebraska.Today we are hearing from Angélica Perez. Angélica is a Core Teaching Artist with the Nebraska Writers Collective, where she supports Teaching Artists and young poets, helps to run monthly open mics and slams in Omaha, and leads poetry workshops with incarcerated people throughout Nebraska.
Hi, This is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’ll be sharing a poem by a writer whose work I’ve long admired, Steve Brisendine. Steve lives in Mission, Kansas, but he grew up in Liberal, where I spent a quarter of a century. We both worked for the local newspaper there, though not at the same time..
