Poetry

The Morning Cram [sweet words, sweet blooms edition]

Whitney Jones — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:05:58 +0000

From NPR: oh cherry blossom
we celebrate thee with rows
of lovely haiku

Teaching Poetry to Kids and Recording for Radio

Kate Lochte — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:37:02 +0000

Murray State’s Teacher Quality Institute’s Constance Alexander brings poetry to the studio on Sounds Good today. She’s produced Poetry Minutes for WKMS over the past several years. In the conversation, she reads some of the poems written by area school kids for the project, and talks about teaching poetry to kids, how to interpret something like a photo or painting using carefully constructed words.

Click here to listen to this year's Poetry Minutes.

Bonus: Here's last year's Poetry Minutes!

Poetry Minutes 2013: Picturing America

Matt Markgraf and Constance Alexander — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:54:14 +0000

Hear Poetry Minutes every weekday in April at 7:19 AM, 11:40 AM, and 4:19 PM

In honor of National Poetry Month, WKMS and Murray State University's Teacher Quality Institute have teamed up again for a special project during April, bringing short poems by students in western Kentucky public schools, that air at 7:19 a.m., 11:40 a.m. and 4:19 p.m. weekdays through Tuesday, April 30.

Lone Oak High School Senior Competes in Poetry Out Loud Championship

Kate Lochte — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:57:24 +0000

Jazmyne Lilly, Senior from Lone Oak High School, competes in the state Poetry Out Loud Championship in Frankfort Tuesday, March 12. She is one of three seniors from our region among seventeen finalists for the opportunity to represent the Commonwealth in national competition. She previews her recitation of a Carl Sandburg poem for us.

Hopkinsville Native Wins ALA Award

The Associated Press — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:51:02 +0000

The Black Caucus of the American Library Association has given its 2013 Best Poetry Award to Hopkinsville native and author bell hooks for her book "Appalachian Elegy."

Love Poems Sound Good! Read the Top 10

Matt Markgraf — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:39:44 +0000

Thank you to everyone who sent us a love poem as part of our First Ever Love Poems Sound Good Contest. We hope to make it an annual tradition, so be sure to keep us in your minds and hearts. Today, on a special Valentine's Day edition of Sounds Good, Tracy Ross and Bec Feldhaus read the ten finalists with much adulation and affection. The top ten poets received a box of chocolates from The Chocolate Factory in downtown Paducah!

Long-Time MSU English Professor Reflects on Writing and the Value of Poetry

Kate Lochte — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:31:20 +0000

Dr. Charles Daughaday, long-time faculty member of the Department of English at Murray State University, visits Sounds Good to reflect on his writing life and the value of poetry today. He shares one of his poems and attests to his strong belief in the value of the Humanities and literature.

New College Textbook Attempts to Re-Invigorate Writing Instruction

Kate Lochte — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:20:44 +0000

Two well-published poets who both teach at The University of West Georgia near Atlanta, Chad Davidson and Gregory Fraser, give a reading of their works in Clara Eagle Gallery, starting at 6 p.m.Thursday. Then on Friday, they take the bull by the horns and offer two presentations about teaching and learning basic composition. Davidson and Fraser have co-authored two books: Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches and Analyze Anything: A Guide to Critical Reading and Writing. Kate Lochte wanted to learn more about how they approach teaching writing at the college level.

Darlene Mazzone on the Poetry in Details

Matt Markgraf and Darlene Mazzone — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:31:22 +0000

Headlines and soundbytes from world leaders is sometimes the only impressions we get of a country, but how often does a politician or president accurately reflect your voice? Commentator Darlene Mazzone shares a page from her diary, about a trip to Nepal, where she discovered that the key to understanding foreign people and places it to seek the poetry in the details of their cultures.

Good Read: The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker

Angela Hatton — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:11:08 +0000

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