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The mission of the Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube podcast (QLPORYT) is to provide a live platform for poets from all backgrounds and locations worldwide to showcase their poetry. This includes emerging, mid-level, and established poets. The podcast conducts conversational interviews with poets delving into the essence of poetry within the realms of the mind, heart, and soul. It also provides a platform for poets to showcase their craft, whether through traditional f ...
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In this podcast episode, host Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram interviews Mike Jurkovic, a globally published poet. They discuss Mike's poetic journey, his collections, and his views on the importance of poetry as a means of communication. Mike shares his approach to writing, influences, and the role of musicality and humor in his work. He reads several …
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In honor of Juneteenth, QLPORYT presents a special episode titled "Two Sisters and a Brotha." Hosted by Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram, this powerful poetry reading brings together renowned poets and real-life sisters Cheryl J. Jackson and Lyris Dee Wallace, who are not only best-selling authors but have also achieved the remarkable feat of reaching nu…
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Episode Summary: This episode is an encore audio presentation of an interview with Lynette Rabsatt, a poet from the Virgin Islands who has been writing since 1996. Featuring over 200 pieces, Lynette's work aims to inspire and uplift through her blog and social media. The interview discusses the essence, importance, and themes of poetry, Lynette’s i…
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In this episode of Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram interviews poet Noreen Snyder. Originally from Columbia City, Indiana, Noreen Snyder is a published author of five poetry books and the founder of The Poetry Club on Facebook. Noreen shares her poetic journey, discussing her themes of love, natur…
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Episode Summary: The Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube Podcast, hosted by Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram, features a deep dive into the poetic journey of renowned poet and author Teresa E. Gallion. Gallion discusses her experiences during a transformative trip to Egypt in May 2022, which inspired her latest poetry collection, 'Co…
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Join us for the upcoming QLPORYT podcast on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at 2:00 PM (PST)/5:00 PM (EST), featuring an interview with author and renowned poet Bill Cushing, as well as musician Chuck Corbisiero. Bill will also read excerpts from his riveting new book, "Heroic Brothers of the Civil War." The book focuses on two brothers’ exploits fighting…
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Skaja Evens is a writer, publisher, and artist living in Southeast Virginia. She runs Mōtus Audāx Press and publishes Disturb The Universe Magazine and It Takes All Kinds Literary Zibe. Publication credits include Spillwords Press, Medusa’s Kitchen, Ink Pantry, Off the Coast, The Crossroads Lit Magazine, The Rye Whiskey Review, Synchronized Chaos, …
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My interview with the distinguished poet and author Kenneth Maswabi. He and I had originally met on Zoom on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) or 7:00 PM Central Africa Time (CAT). Bio I am a 47 year old citizen of Botswana, Africa. I'm a General Practitioner /Medical Doctor by profession. My interest in Poetry is more…
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You are invited to relive on audio a captivating poetry evening that took place on March 27, 2024, at 8:00 PM (EST), streaming live on YouTube and Zoom. "A Poetry Lovers Concert Featuring Two Ladies and a Gentleman" was proudly presented by Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube. The event offered a unique showcase of verse and sp…
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My special guest on the Tuesday, April 2, 2024 episode of the QLPORYT podcast will be acclaimed poet and author Ray Whitaker. Ray has been writing both prose and poetry since he was seventeen. What Ray is writing now is very different from what he wrote so many years ago. All writers and poets are writing out of "the Self" however there are directi…
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On Saturday, March 23, 2024, we hosted a special program—a Zoom/YouTube episode entitled "Celebrating Women in Poetry." This profound event was dedicated to honoring Women's History Month through the medium of verse. Through the power of poetry, we invited our audience to immerse themselves in the strength, resilience, and beauty embodied by women'…
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Original Air Date: Thursday, March 14 8:00 PM Todd Cirillo was born of bastard lineage. He has many books and misdemeanors. His books include; Sucker’s Paradise, Burning the Evidence, ROXY, Three For the Road, Kisses From A Straight Razor and Disposable Darlings (Roadside Press March 2024). He is co-founder and editor of Six Ft. Swells Press, and h…
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Celaine is a multi-genre author living in the Pacific Northwest. She balances her dual life writing poetry and fiction by night and teaching elementary students by day. On the poetry side, her chapbook Colors Collected (stemming from her Channillo-hosted, online poetry series, Colors) launched in 2019 (Palmetto Publishing Group). Her newest full co…
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Stacy Dyson is a Black woman poet, playwright, and acapella vocalist who explores/illuminates the life/times of the Black woman. She has released six chapbooks, five CDs, and performed/workshopped all over the country. Following her last collections, LOVELY AND SUFFERING and FOLLOW ME ON THIS, she is working on a new collection called BECAUSE THE S…
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Original Airdate: Tuesday, February 6 8:00 PM Margaret R. Sáraco is a storyteller writing at the intersection of poetry, fiction, and memoir. Her writing appears in anthologies and literary journals including Paterson Literary Review, Exit 13, The Path Literary Magazine, Book of Matches, Greening the Earth (Penguin Books), Lips, and Kerning: A Spac…
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Women, as the creators of global poetry, embody resilience, compassion, and profound insight. Despite facing adversity, they craft verses that reach beyond borders, resonating with shared human experiences. Through their stories, struggles, and successes, women offer diverse perspectives, encouraging us to value diversity, empathy, and poetry's abi…
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Todd Cirillo was born of bastard lineage. He has many books and misdemeanors. His books include; Sucker’s Paradise, Burning the Evidence, ROXY, Three For the Road, Kisses From A Straight Razor and Disposable Darlings (Roadside Press March 2024). He is co-founder and editor of Six Ft. Swells Press, and his poems have appeared in numerous national an…
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Bio I was born in Folsom, CA. My childhood was filled with running with the cross-country team through the suburban neighborhoods, trampolining in the backyard, and lots of road trips to LA county. I started writing narrative stories when I was 10 years old. They always told of a tragic hero who died in the heat of action. My poetry started blossom…
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Margaret R. Sáraco is a storyteller writing at the intersection of poetry, fiction, and memoir. Her writing appears in anthologies and literary journals including Paterson Literary Review, Exit 13, The Path Literary Magazine, Book of Matches, Greening the Earth (Penguin Books), Lips, and Kerning: A Space for Words. She is a poetry editor for the Pl…
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Celaine Charles is a multi-genre author living in the Pacific Northwest. She balances her dual life writing poetry and fiction by night and teaching elementary students by day. On the poetry side, her chapbook Colors Collected (stemming from her Channillo-hosted, online poetry series, Colors) launched in 2019 (Palmetto Publishing Group). Her newest…
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Love / Character / Art/ Keyana- The Artist: “God gave glory over my life and I’m a walking testimony.” Keyana- The Artist is a self-taught poet from Atlanta GA. She has been writing inspiring, captivating, and educational poems for over a decade. Keyana- The Artist blazed onto writing arena back in 2010 when she was in high school and has performed…
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Bio: SCOTT HIGHTOWER is the author of four books of poetry in the US. He has published two bilingual collections in Spain. He is also the editor of the bi-lingual (English/Spanish) poetry anthology 2012 Women Rowing: Mujeres A Los Remos, Mantis Editores, Guadalajara, Mexico. Hightower's awards include a Hayden Carruth Book Award and a Barnstone Tra…
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Dane Ince is an internationally published poet, named Beat Poet Laureate for California, and hosts a weekly open mic – Time to Arrive, and founder of EYEPUBLISHEWE. Book: The Whole Existential Novel Lesley Constable is the author of “Entry Point” and a poet/painter “…the making of poetry is an act of deep and reverent play.” This deeply held belief…
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Jamey Boelhower is a poet and independent author with numerous published works to his name. Not only is Jamey a prolific writer but also he has been an educator for over 20 years. Although his focus is on poetry, Jamey has also made a name for himself with his compelling blogs and popular fictional novel Under the Lights. Jamey’s most recent works …
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Marie Metaphor Specht is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and educator living with her partner and son on the unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən- and SENĆOTEN-speaking peoples. She has collaborated with filmmakers, lighting engineers, dancers, and musicians to create immersive and interactive works. A long-time member of the Canadian spoken word…
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As a result of sound issues, your audio device may need to be turned up to a higher volume. Farastein Mokwenye is an entrepreneur, engineer, freelance writer, poet and the author of the historical romance fiction novel "Tales of Jideofor." The story follows the life of Jideofor during the transatlantic slave trade era, from Illah in Western Igbo la…
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Derek Annis (they/he) is a neurodivergent poet from the Inland Northwest. He is the author of Neighborhood of Gray Houses (Lost Horse Press) and River City Fires (Driftwood Press). They are an editor for Lynx House Press, and their poems have appeared in The Account, Colorado Review, Epiphany, The Gettysburg Review, The Missouri Review Online, Poet…
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Alexander Poster is a good, grey bureaucrat who works as a historian for a labyrinthine federal agency. He lives less than one mile from the U.S. Capitol and survived a nasty case of COVID-19, none of which inspired his writing one bit. He is a fan of Cormac McCarthy, depressing music from the 80s and 90s, and, surprisingly, marine mammals. He love…
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Mike Turner is a songwriter and poet living on the US Alabama Gulf Coast. A retired Federal law enforcement executive, Mike was named 2017 Male Gospel Entertainer of the Year by the North America Country Music Associations International, and was a featured performer at the 2021 Monroeville (AL) Literary Festival. His recordings have received radio …
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After sharing her first journey back to love in her 2016 #1 bestselling poetry compilation, CHOSEN, Death's breath sent twenty-one-year-old Alyssa on her first meaning-seeking mission around the world. Through her sociocultural anthropology training at UCSD and many seasons of disconnection with her soul and source, Alyssa unearthed some deeper tru…
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BIO: Chris Courtney Martin is a Black Queer multidisciplinary artist and psychic medium originally from Philadelphia. Martin's produced screenwriting credits include short independent projects starring talents such as Sheryl Lee Ralph and Niecy Nash, as well as the animated YouTube series 'SOMETHING SCARY'. After a multi-awarded screenwriting traje…
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Megan Wildhood is a writer, editor, and writing coach who helps her readers feel seen in her monthly newsletter, poetry chapbook Long Division (Finishing Line Press, 2017), her forthcoming poetry collection Bowed As If Laden With Snow (Cornerstone Press, May 2023) as well as Mad in America, The Sun and elsewhere. You can learn more about her writin…
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Author/Poet Samuel Rain Benjamin aka Complicated Passions, creator of the Passions Private Collection and Dark Man Blues the series, has written over 40 books including “Love and the Conversation, The Clone in Me and The Foreplay Series.” He has also performed across the country from Los Angeles to New York. His latest work is from the Dark Man Blu…
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From an eternal realm, NOUSHKA, was destined to blaze forth, and her ability to was written for her before the beginning of time. As a child, she was often complimented for her beautiful handwriting amongst other things, and though aesthetically pleasing, there were days of old when she naively inscribed her aesthetic; not realizing, everything wri…
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James Mr. Speaker Sears is a highly decorated retired Army officer with four combat tours who is originally from Louisville, KY. He is an event host, motivational speaker, spoken word artist, track coach, and professional mentor with the Steve Harvey Summer Camp. He is a highly decorated Soldier, a former adjunct professor for Saint Leo University,…
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As a result of sound issues, your audio device may need to be turned up to a higher volume. Poet, storyteller, and essayist Roberto Carlos Garcia is a self-described "sancocho [...] of provisions from the Harlem Renaissance, the Spanish Poets of 1929, the Black Arts Movement, the Nuyorican School, and the Modernists." He is founder of the cooperati…
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Phynne~Belle is a San Francisco Bay Area poet, writer, and co-director of The Poetry Global Network. She had her poetry included in two poetry anthologies in 2021, Sinew: Ten Years of Poetry in the Brew and The Bronx Memoir Project Anthology Vol. V. This year, she has contributed to PGN’s first anthology, Kaleidoscopoetry, which includes works from…
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Paul Rabinowitz is a novelist, poet, photographer, founder of ARTS By The People and an adjunct professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University. His works appear in The Sun Magazine, New World Writing, Burningword, Evening Street Press, The Montreal Review, and elsewhere. Rabinowitz was a featured artist in Nailed Magazine in 2020, Mud Season Review in…
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John Patrick Robbins is a southern gothic writer and poet. He is also referred to as The Mad Editor; he is currently the editor in chief of thirteen magazines. He is also the author twelve books his latest being Midnight Masochism from Black Circle Publishing. He has been published in The Dopefiend Daily, Punk Noir Magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, Sa…
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Tré’Jhaun Andrece Dueberry (They/Them & She/Her), also known for their poetry as Love Infinite, is a multi-disciplinary creator, performer and artist currently living in Augusta, Georgia. They bow in service to the ideas of evolution and constant metamorphosis through a reverence of nature, divinity, vulnerability and candor in all they create. The…
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Poetry Global Network A few years after we all met during COVID during the emerging open-mic scene on Zoom, Lakan (LKN) presented the idea of us forming a poet’s community. PGN - Poetry Global Network (PGN) was created in 2021 as a non-profit corporation in the UK. We are an international media platform created by poets to serve poetry and its new …
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Welcome, dear listeners, to a special episode of the QLPOR poetry podcast. Tonight, we gather together to honor and remember the lives impacted by the tragic events of September 11th. In commemoration of this day, we have invited poets, singers and musicians from far and wide to share their heartfelt reflections through the power of spoken word. Th…
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Stephen C. Pollock is the author of the poetry collection Exits, published by Windtree Press. The book nods to the literary traditions of years past while simultaneously speaking to the present moment. It responds to contemporary anxieties surrounding death and the universal search for meaning in life’s transience. Influenced by Dr. Seuss, Pollock …
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About the Author: Brian Zaffino holds a BA in Creative Writing from New York University. He grew up around New England, primarily in Connecticut and New Hampshire, and now resides in New York. Ghosts of Mr. Baker is his debut poetry collection. Synopsis: A book of nostalgia, tragedy, and universal truths. In his debut collection, Brian Zaffino take…
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James L. Rencher Jr. AKA Sir Lawrence Sir Lawrence started writing in the early 2000s. He has also appeared and featured throughout the city of Houston while being a part of “Snow Industries” created by Black Snow the Poet. Then life got in the way, which stalled Sir Lawrence’s pen. In 2017 relocated back to Atlanta where he started back writing in…
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Jennifer M. Garnatz was born in Lucea on the Caribbean Island of Jamaica in 1953. From the age of 4, she was raised in Kingston by her extremely strict single father. Her mother migrated to the UK. Due to his busy work schedule, he immediately placed her in a boarding school, later at diverse private homes. She was also boarded with the nuns at the…
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Poet, film scientist, translator, author of Czech expression (*27.05.1967, Bucharest). Editor/Correspondent: Levure Littéraire (France – USA - Germany), Literomania, FITRALIT, Actualitatea Literară (Romania), Timpul (Moldavia), A Too Powerful Word (Serbia), Alephi (India), Quest (Montenegro), producer & moderator of cultural events in the Czech Rep…
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Dr. Suneet Madan personifies creative diversity. Connecting life dots with insatiable curiosity is how she defines herself and the same is reflected in her creations. A seasoned user experience professional, Suneet has Doctorate degree from CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Masters in Design (Visual Communication) from IIT Bombay, and Masters in Mass Com…
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William Washington is a Native of Spanish Harlem New York City. He's an Established Spoken Storyteller/Author/Motivational Speaker & Activist. He's Performed Throughout The United States. His Goal in Life is To Heal The Brokenhearted with His Words. Books https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Book-Love-Given-Love-Taken/dp/B09X5RT8KF/ref=sr_1_2?qid=16910976…
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Since 1970, John Yamrus has published 35 books (29 volumes of poetry, 2 rather awful novels, 3 "memoirs" and a children's book). He has also had more than 3,000 poems published in magazines and anthologies and has recently had a second book of poetry published in Europe, translated by Fadil Bajraj, who is best known for his books of translations of…
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