The Poetry Show: The Wind

 

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Searching for Calliope -- Mother of Muses

 

 

"Make me Invisible, like the Wind", South Wind especially.

Poems by Carl Sandburg, David Weissmann, Mike White, Octavio Paz, the Bob

Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM on https://player.enlightenradio.org

Hosts: John Case

This Episode Recorded March 13, 2924

The South Winds Say So

by Carl Sandburg

IF the oriole calls like last year
when the south wind sings in the oats,
if the leaves climb and climb on a bean pole
saying over a song learnt from the south wind,
if the crickets send up the same old lessons
found when the south wind keeps on coming,
we will get by, we will keep on coming,
we will get by, we will come along,
we will fix our hearts over,
the south wind says so.

 

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Winners and Losers: ”The will to do bad things” LIVES in Mississippi

 

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Winners and Losers: "The will to do bad things" LIVES in Mississippi

The Bob: To the Mother of Muses: Give me Calliope?

 

 

Broadcast LIVE Fridays, 7:30 AM Eastern on player.enlightenradio.org

Hosts: John Case

 

The Bob, from Rough and Rowdy

John's take on the Trump catastrophe. The arrest of Mississippi Rankin County Sherriff's officers on charges of torture, rape, corruption -- and that'Thes not the bottom.

This Episode Recorded March 22, 2024 at the Red Caboose Studio, Harpers Ferry, WV

 

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Labor Beat Radio: Liberal Billionaires don’t think their wealth should be taxed

 

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Labor Beat Radio: Liberal Billionaires don't think their wealth should be taxed

After a year of strikes, and a season of political division and dysfunction -- the youth are rising!

 

 

Broadcasts LIVE, Tuesdays, 10 AM Eastern

Hosts: John Case, JB Christensen, Scott Marshall

Description: John, Scott and JB discuss the pros (mostly) and cons of recent WV AFL-CIO candidate interviews in the Eastern Panhandle. Promising young candidates -- very tough challenges.

This Episode Recorded March 19, 2024 at the Red Caboose Studio, Harpers Ferry, WV

 

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The Turd Sandwich Café: ISIS Joining Your Dinner Party?

 

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The Turd Sandwich Café: ISIS Joining Your Dinner Party?

Bullshit is among the Tastiest of Turds: Prepare Thyself.

 

 

Broadcasts LIVE, Mondays, 7:15 AM Eastern

Hosts: Mike Cuccherini, John Case

The roundup in basketball, a sirloin steak, descends steeply to those nasty Shitburger rumors about gambling in baseball. Pretty soon ISIS is contributing to what you thought was a charitable event.... Check out our menu at the Café before you can be sure nothing worse will happen for the rest of the day.

This Episode Recorded March 25, 2024 at the Red Caboose Studio, Harpers Ferry, WV

 

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The Poetry Show: The Cherry Blossom

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Be patient -- you have an ancient beauty.

 

 

A venture into ancient Haiku, David Waggoner, AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL, A.E. Houseman, and Toi Derricotte, searching for the perfect blossom.

Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM Eastern Time

Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case

This Episode Recorded March 27, 2024

Cherry Blossoms

 

by Toi Derricotte

I went down to
mingle my breath
with the breath
of the cherry blossoms.
There were photographers:
Mothers arranging their
children against
gnarled old trees;
a couple, hugging,
asks a passerby
to snap them
like that,
so that their love
will always be caught
between two friendships:
ours & the friendship
of the cherry trees.
Oh Cherry,
why can’t my poems
be as beautiful?
A young woman in a fur-trimmed
coat sets a card table
with linens, candles,
a picnic basket & wine.
A father tips
a boy's wheelchair back
so he can gaze
up at a branched
heaven.
All around us
the blossoms
flurry down
whispering,
                        Be patient
                                 you have an ancient beauty.
         

                                              Be patient,
                                                            you have an ancient beauty.

 

via the Poetry Foundation

 

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Labor Beat Radio: Running Progressive in a Red District

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Labor Beat Radio: Running Progressive in a Red District

Troy Miller Raises Labor Hopes in a Red District

 

 

Broadcasts Tuesdays, 10 AM Eastern Time on player.enlightenradio.org

Hosts: John Case, JB Christensen, Scott Marshall

Guests: Troy Miller

Description: A local race for the West Virginia House of Delegates (District 98) demonstrates important solidarity principles at stake as political divides widen.

This Episode Recorded March 26, 2024 at the Red Caboose Studio, Harpers Ferry, WV

 

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Winners and Losers: West Virginia: the promise, and the challenge.

 

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Winners and Losers: West Virginia: the promise, and the challenge.

Blessed?, or Cursed?

 

 

Broadcast LLIVE Fridays, 7:30 AM on player.enlightenradio.org

Hosts: Karen Valentine, John Case

Karen and John take note of the great promise reflected in youthful candidates for state elected offices. Add to that: Where is the wealth that can be taxed to uplift West Virginia?

This Episode Recorded March 29, 2024 at the Red Caboose Studio, Harpers Ferry, WV

 

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