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Poetry Moment is a arts podcast hosted by Jim Tevenan. It has 20 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Presented by Spokane Public Radio, Poetry Moment is a program that showcases myriad poems as read by poets and poetry lovers from across the Inland Northwest — and occasionally beyond.Poetry Moment airs one poem on KPBX each weekday at 9am; a single reader curates the entire week’s worth of poetry. Sometimes the poems are the reader's own, and sometimes they're written by poets whose work they admire and want to share with listeners.Since its start in 2018, Poetry Moment has featured readers ranging from the Washington State Poet Laureate and popular local slam poets to listeners who simply want to give voice to a few of their favorite pieces.Are you interested in reading for Poetry Moment too? If so, e-mail us at [email protected].

arts ·en ·20 episodes

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1

Mike Christie reads "Life in Hand” by J. Drew Lanham

2

"The Mothers" by Ellen Welcker

3

Ellen Welcker reads "Cargo Ship Lebu Prison" by Raul Zurita

4

Ellen Welcker Reads "Shadow Janitor" by Kim Hyesoon

5

Ellen Welcker Reads Three Micrograms by Jorge Carrera Andrade

6

Ellen Welcker Reads "Mystery" by Chika Sagawa

7

Ellen Welcker reads her poem "an empirical formula of intangibles"

8

Ellen Welcker reads "alphabet (section 7)" by Inger Christensen translated by Susanna Nied

9

Ellen Welcker reads "Children Listen" by Roger Reeves

10

Ellen Welcker reads "The Conjugation of the Paramecium" by Muriel Rukeyser

11

Ellen Welcker reads "From the Desire Field" by Natalie Diaz

12

Jan Wallace reads "Longing for Rain"

13

Jan Wallace reads "The Change" by Denise Levertov

14

Jan Wallace reads "Postcard to Parsnip" by Stacie Leatherman

15

Jan Wallace reads "The Tires Hold the Road on Their Rims" by Betsy Aoki

16

Jan Wallace reads "Double Vision" by Denise Levertov

17

Dennis Held reads "Not a Breeze at the Wind Farm”

18

Dennis Held reads "So Much Gold in the Bank” by Laura Reed

19

Dennis Held reads "Aubade” by Derek Sheffield

20

Dennis Held reads "Holding the Day Old Baby I Feel the Feather Weight of My Death” by Edward Harkness

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