Burning Bright

Reflections on William Faulkner and the literary traditions of the American South, featuring pieces by Marvyn Petrucci, Mary F. Whiteside, and Annette Sisson.Support the show

Burning Bright returns with a look into catastrophes both personal and physical, featuring poetry by Priscilla Long, Leah Silverman, and James K. Zimmerman.Support the show

A conversation with Passager's editor in chief, Rosanne Singer. Plus, an excerpt by Sara Winslow.Support the show

Some appreciation for animals and those who care for them, with work by Graal Braun, Anne Frydman, Barbara DuCharme, Marie Ryan McMillan, and Joyce S. Brown.Support the show

The trials, tribulations and beauty of possessing a body, featuring poems by Jane Ellen Glasser, Susan Okie, Don Thompson, Joyce LaMers, and Larnell Custis Butler.Support the show

A thoughtful meditation on sliced bread, featuring poems by Lynn Wood Dizard, Madelyn Garner, and Patricia Bollin.Support the show

Celebrating America’s 250th birthday, featuring work by Dan Shiffman, Will Reger, Keli Osborn and Anne Sheldon.Support the show

Celebrating Mel Brooks' birthday with pieces by Jo Miles, Richard Moore, and Maryhelen Snyder. Support the show

Celebrating Paul McCartney’s 84th birthday with poems by Penny Altman, Michele Wolf, Tracy K. Lewis, and Henry Morgenthau III.Support the show

 Celebrating the end of the school year with poems by Sarah Dickenson Snyder, Ilene Millman, Harriet Stratton, and Cathleen Cohen. Support the show

Finding hope, featuring poems by Tom Large, Ed Gold, Chuck Tripi, and Martha Fox. Support the show

Poems about Jewish American Identity, from Dennis Lee, Wilderness Sarchild, and Fran Markover.Support the show

Pieces on confessions and spirituality from Peggy Schimmelman, Dwayne Thorpe, and Anastasia Vassos.Support the show

Celebrating our spring semester interns with poems by Gilbert Arzola, Fran Markover, Ruth Goring, and Wilderness Sarchild. Support the show

A three-poem preview of Proof of Life by Kathy O’Fallon, winner of the 2026 Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize.Support the show

Commemorating the anniversary of the capture of Saigon, with excerpts from Jeffrey Minch, Michael Miller, and Gary Lark. Support the show

Poems that take place outside, from Maura High, Beverly Osband, Sam Schmidt, and Jean Connor.Support the show

Celebrating the start of baseball season with work from Bea Epstein, Barry Nemett, John Kimmey, and Jennifer Wallace.Support the show

Celebrating National Siblings Day with pieces from Perie Longo, Helen Vo-Dinh, and Gail DiMaggio.Support the show

Pieces on aging body parts by Harry Bauld, Michael Brodin, and Katherine Briccetti. Support the show

A sneak peek into the new issue with Richard Jacobs, Hania Qutub, Mary Alice Dixon, and Robbie Gamble.Support the show

An appreciation of literature and writers with poems by Mark Brooks, Judy Ireland, Florence Weinberger, and Bonnie Naradzay. Support the show

Writing on the desire to be of service, from Judith Chalmer, Diana Woodcock, and Andrew Brown. Support the show

Commemorating John Keats with odes by John Philip Drury, Myra Shapiro, and Mark Elber. Support the show

To the moon and beyond with poets Colleen Gibbons, Mark MacAllister, and Ruth Mota.Support the show

Elemental tangents, with poems by Jim Nawrocki, Kay Cash-Smith, and Susan Haroutunian Cunningham.Support the show

Poems and excerpts on learning about Black history, by Kevin Nance, Elizabeth Esris, Kathleen O’Toole, and Melvin Douglas Williams.Support the show

Recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day with pieces from Rachel Heimowitz, Claire Kahane, Fran Markover, and Rosanne Singer. Support the show

Poems from Philadelphian writers Joy Gorson, Beth Brown Preston, and Bill Buskirk.Support the show

Celebrating Robert Service’s Birthday, with poems by Rebecca Leet, John J. Hohn, and Pamela Wynn.Support the show

Poems about small hopes, from Kathleen Hellen, Becky Sakellariou, Paula Sergi, and Martin Steyer.Support the show

Pieces about Christmas and New Year's, from Nancy Smith Harris, Patric Pepper, and Liz Abrams-Morley. Support the show

Four sonnets from 2025 Poetry Contest winner Angie Minkin.Support the show

Poems from Henry Morgenthau III and past Morgenthau Prize winners Dennis Lee, Mark Elber, and Winifred Hughes.Support the show

 Featuring excerpts and poems about drunkenness from Andrew Brown, Terri Steel, and Rick Rohdenburg. Support the show

The right of peaceful assembly, with excerpts and poems from Esther Cantu, Judy Callarman, and Tillie Friedenberg.Support the show

 Recognizing the kindness of others, with poems from David Bergman, Henry Morgenthau III, and Rhett Watts. Support the show

Featuring pieces from Dr. Denisha Naidoo, Dr. Beverly Greenspan, and Dr. Michelle Morouse. Support the show

Writing about College from Joyce Abell, Terry Miller, and Winifred Hughes.Support the show

Celebrating Noah Webster with poems about words from Jennifer Pratt-Walter, Sherri Stepakoff, Sarah Yerkes, and Hal Grinberg.Support the show

Poems about Indian Schools from Red Hawk and Joel Savishinsky, and a painting from Alma Roberts.Support the show

 Tributes to teachers from Roy Cheng Tsung and Maureen Murphy Woodcock. Support the show

Recognizing October is for Oceans month, with pieces from Passager’s Pandemic Diaries series from Mark Tochen, Johan Fremling, Isabel Learza, and Suzanne Iuppa.Support the show

Poems about food from Wendy Hoffman, Christine Higgins, and Fran Markover. Support the show

Selections from the forthcoming 2025 Poetry Contest issue, featuring poems by Philip Stern, Buffy Shutt, Susan Miller, and Byron Hoot. Support the show

Honoring the memory of Marian McQuade, with poems and a letter by Richard Levine, Alice Duggan, and Sue Marcus. Support the show

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an interview with Susan Baur, founder of Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage (OLAUG) and author of "In the Company of Turtles."Support the show

Observing the beauty of nature, featuring four poems by Catherine Young, Deborah Casillas, Robert Tremmel and J. I. Kleinberg.Support the show

Celebrating International Kissing Day with romantic poems by John Davis, Clarinda Harriss and Terry S. Johnson.Support the show

A special episode of Burning Bright, featuring an outgoing interview with founding editor Kendra Kopelke.Support the show