"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

1969 and Memory and Forgetting

Mar 20th, 2020 5m 40s

Cassandra Rostvedt does 1969 by Alex Dimitrov, Skylar Longtin does Let It Be Forgotten and Gabi Oberg does I Remember, I Remember. Good performances, no viruses.

Poetry Out Loud 2020 North Dakota Finals

Mar 14th, 2020 10m 21s

Bill Thomas presents a selection of many of the performances from the 2020 North Dakota Finals. For this, the students study the poems meaning – not just the obvious, but every nuance. They practice saying them over and over, with coaching by t

Kylie Howatt, Jacob Klaudt, Zoey Wood

Mar 13th, 2020 4m 59s

On this episode, three poems with different takes on nature -- Kylie Howatt from Northwood does Don't Bother the Earth Spirit by Joy Harjo (Poet Laureate of the US). Jacob Klaudt perfroms Eagle Plain, by Robert Francis, and Zoey Wood from Solen

Mira Osborne and Maria Kalb

Mar 6th, 2020 5m 53s

Mira Osborne from the Minot Magic City Campus does "Where the Wild Things Go" by D. Gilson, and Maria Kalb (who took top honors in North Dakota) does "Snowflake" by William Baer. Maria also talks about her take on the poem. Sign up for the podc

Poetry Out Loud 2020 North Dakota's Winners

Feb 27th, 2020 10m 21s

They were forecasting high winds and 3 to 5 inches, some of the high schools might not make it, but the competitors, coaches, parents and friends made their way to Bismarck for the statewide showdown. You might be thinking Class B basketball, b

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