Walter Bargen

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

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

Today's story/poem-in-progress, The World's Largest Foghorn, was inspired by a rather dangerous encounter author/poet WALTER BARGEN recently had with ticks. September 22, 2022

If you're not a fan of snakes and creepy crawlers, today's show might not be for you. Our resident poet, WALTER BARGEN, has written a new poem inspired by a recent visit to Snake Road in Wolf Lake, Illinois. "We spent two hours one day walking the road, and I am not exaggerating, we saw over two dozen cottonmouths." Hang on tight, everyone. May 30, 2022

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

In this fourth iteration of what author/poet WALTER BARGEN calls his, "yearly Today's Farmer Closing Thought roundup," we hear beautiful lines of poetry like: "a line of burgundy fingering a faint light"; and "solitary sentinel on a snowy day"; and "the fireflies outline their own flight across these fields." January 7, 2022

What better way to kick off a weekend than with a poem or two (it's two!) from mid-Missouri's own poet/author WALTER BARGEN! Up first: 'Transcendent Goat Philosophy' at [1:48]; that's followed by 'Chain of Being' at [5:05]. November 5, 2021

Author/poet WALTER BARGEN reads to us 'Domino Cafe Shop', a "tragic tale" about the owner of Columbia's Cafe Arno (its real name). "Every once in a while a story will grab a hold of me and I'll go, 'I'll write this down'." August 6, 2021

If you're a fan of springtime in Missouri, you're really going to enjoy today's show with local author/poet WALTER BARGEN! He shares two of his original poems inspired by the season (and Missouri's recreational waterways): 'Canoeing the Meramec River' at [2:06] and 'Capsize' at [5:05]. May 24, 2021

Missouri's first poet laureate, WALTER BARGEN, has written another book! 'You Wounded Miracle' features 60 poems alongside 60 photographs, including 'List…