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'Talk Smack to a Hurricane' is a book of poetry exploring the relationship between its author, LYNNE LAMPE, and her mother who was diagnosed with schizophrenia: "despite all of the difficulties, we had a really great love for each other." Lynne reads 'The Tutorial' at [2:52] and 'Filtered' at [4:08]. March 20, 2023
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Missouri's first poet laureate, WALTER BARGEN, reads two parts of 'Living in the Amphibious World' from his 2009 book, 'Days Like This Are Necessary: New and Selected Poems'. He says, "for some reason, I was tuned in to this red-eyed tree frog!" March 2, 2023
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Author/poet BARBARA LEONHARD's new book, 'Three-Penny Memories: A Poetic Memoir', is a tribute to her mother - who died at the age of 89 from Alzheimer's Disease - and their life together. Barbara shares with us a poem from the book she calls 'The Caregiver's Craft' at [5:50]. February 15, 2023
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It's our first show of the new year, and the fifth time we're doing a Today's Farmer Closing Thought roundup with author/poet WALTER BARGEN! Listen as he recites lines like "as we stare out, we stare inward"; and "what worlds we walk, feeling safe, until the ice cracks"; and "all I remember is that I once walked on the backs of gods." January 2, 2023
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Author/poet WALTER BARGEN is coming to terms with growing old in his poem called 'Bussing' [2:07]. It's one of two poems he shares with us today - the other being 'Seeds of Revolution' at [5:48] - from his book, 'Too Quick for the Living'. March 23, 2022
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Author/poet WALTER BARGEN reads two poems from his new book, 'Until Next Time': the first from a section called 'Coastal' [3:36] and the second from a…