"Poems for the Moment" is a series of short pieces -- poems by North Dakota poets that we invited to share poems reflecting the current moment -- some of them newly written, some poems they already had that were appropriate. Two Poet Laureates

Debra Marquart: Winter Amaranth and Barbara Crow

Mar 22nd, 2021 3m 28s

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ShaunAnne Tangney "For Jacob Who Has Covid"

Mar 10th, 2021 2m 16s

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Emily Vieweg "I'll Read Poems by the Pomegranates"

Mar 3rd, 2021 3m 1s

Text of the poem is below.

Warren Sturlaugson "Dear Coronavirus"

Mar 3rd, 2021 1m 30s

Larry Woiwode (North Dakota's Poet Laureate) says : "Warren Sturlaugson's poetry is direct, uncluttered, infused with dimensional faith, and a full-bodied sense of humor and genial wit, along with graphic representations of North Dakotans' view

Emily Vieweg "The First Friday in June"

Mar 1st, 2021 2m 2s

Text of the poem is below.

Bonnie Larson Staiger "Litany of Druthers", "It's All the Rage", When the Water Recedes"

Feb 19th, 2021 3m 21s

Bonnie Larson Staiger is a North Dakota Associate Poet Laureate and ND Humanities Scholar. She is a recipient of the ‘Poetry of the Plains and Prairies Prize form North Dakota State University Press for her debut chapbook, Destiny Manifested wh

Carol Kapaun Ratchenski - "A Place Made of Space"

Nov 24th, 2020 1m 58s

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Madelyn Camrud "The Walk"

Nov 19th, 2020 3m 19s

Madelyn Camrud has lived all but nine months of her life in North Dakota. She received degrees in visual arts and creative writing from The University of North Dakota. She taught in the English department before taking a position at the North D

Denise Lajimodiere "We Carry the Last Century"

Nov 3rd, 2020 3m 7s

Denise Lajimodiere has a Covid-19 poem --listen or see it below. Also, scroll down for information about her new book.

Larry Woiwode "20", "Covid 1918", "When I Rise Up"

Oct 24th, 2020 6m 12s

Larry Woiwode is North Dakota's Poet Laureate. From his celebrated novel "Beyond the Bedroom Wall" through his publication in top national literary magazines, his prose and poetry have continually drawn appreciation and awards.

Shadd Piehl -- "Masks"

Sep 29th, 2020 2m 2s

A fifth-generation North Dakotan, Shadd Piehl’s poetry has appeared in the anthologies, Between Earth and Sky: Contemporary Cowboy Poets, Maverick Western Verse, Brushstrokes and Balladeers, and the magazines Aluminum Canoe, Pemmican, Red Weath