Celebrating National Poetry Month with Katherine Berry

Poetry Medicine for the Soul is a podcast hosted by John Gillespie that invites poets to read, explore, and celebrate poetry. While the 2025 National Poetry Month is over, this summer, Poetry Medicine for the Soul is still celebrating. Episode 29 features Katherine Berry reading “Nox borealis” by Campbell McGrath and her own poem “Northern Lights.” Katherine and John then discuss the question: What does national poetry month mean to you? Katherine Hagopian Berry (she/her) is the author of Mast Year (Littoral Books 2020), LandTrust (NatureCulture, 2022) and Orbit (Toad Hall Editions, 2023). Katherine has appeared in literary magazines, including Café Review, SWWIM, and Feral, in the Portland Press Herald, on Maine NPR and in multiple anthologies. Her next collection, Handfast, is forthcoming from NatureCulture Books. This podcast is hosted and produced by John Gillespie. Check out our website or Simplecast podcast feed for more episodes. Listen and subscribe to Poetry Medicine for the Soul in Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more and get in touch: poetrymedicineforthesoul.com