The Poet's Corner: Episode 6

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Coming at you from WIU, welcome back to the poet's corner. In this episode our theme is the poem My Friend, The Things That Do Attain by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. Micah begins the first segment with a reading of that poem. This segment is dedicated to the School of Community in Peoria, IL.



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We continue in this section with thoughts on Surrey's quiet mind.  Discussion of artificial lighting leads to one of the poet's favorite symbols, the moon, which leads to a new poem by Micah Joel and the reading of a Sonnet by William Shakespeare.








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Finishing up this very spring-center episode of The Poet's Corner we have the works of Thomas Wyatt and some of the poetry of Ecclesiastes . This show was dedicated to the CL School of Community in Peoria IL, and this segment in particular is dedicated to our Responsible, Dr. Teresa Asam.

Episode Five

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We begin this segment of The Poet's Corner with some of your e-mails. Then we have the music of Jessamyn Luong, a dear friend of the poet's corner.



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A sense of wonder and hope amidst oppression permeates the work of our featured poet this week; Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Micah reads selections from Yevtushenko's "A Precocious Autobiography."




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As a tribute to St. Patrick, Micah reads some of the poetry of the emerald isle. But the real 'gem' of this segment is the poem "On the Shores of Obvion" by D.C. Little.

The Poet's Corner: Episode 4

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We begin part 1 with the poetry of Langston Hughes. Hughes is an African-American writter best know for his work during the Harlem Renaissance. Micah begins with a poem on hope by Langston, and continues with Hughes's short story "Salvation."



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In this portion of The Poet's Corner, we find Micah engaging in some 'freestyle poetry.' He composes, on air, the poem "Why Ash Wednesday? Why?"

Episode three: The Special One Hour Edition

Today on The Poets Corner, We have a special episode that features music, an interview with award winning author Topher Tackman, and as always; poetry. 


Part 1: We begin with the music of Charles Klamut, who is a good friend of the poets corner. His musical style has been called 'Indy' by some, but we prefer to call it 'the search for beauty and truth in the struggle of everyday life'. His featured song "Converter" can be purchased from Amazon.com through our referral link to the right.








Part 2: In this segment of The Poet's Corner, Micah reads "The Congo," a controversial poem of famous Illinois Poet Vachel Lindsey. Micah has a very forceful and rhythmic interpretation of this selection.





Part 3: Before we get to our special guest, Micah reads some of his more 'dark' poetry, but his calming voice and presence seem to smooth the rough words of the poem. Latter, he reads "Sad Smiling Girl" which is about the burden of the optimistic soul.




Part 4: Micah interviews the award-winning poet Topher Tackman about the nature of poetry, as well as Topher's inspiration for his amazing poems.







Part 5: We continue the interview of Topher Tackman with a Garrison Keillor-style journey through Micah's story "On the Feast of St. Joseph."








Part 6: We conclude this edition of The Poets Corner with some more of Topher's powerful poems. Grab your oxygen masks for this segment as it may leave you breathless

The Poet's Corner: Episode 2

We begin this episode in three parts with Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca and a wonderful personal poem by Micah Joel himself. 

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Part 2

A beautiful and haunting reading of Poe's classic "The Raven".





Part 3

Reader questions and Micah Joel's original Poem "David's Song" a musical poem.

Poet's Corner: Episode 1

This is a first draft of the first part of my show, the poet's corner. My intention is a show to talk about things meaningfully with and through poetry. The show will also answer questions sent in through email for discussion.
In terms of questions asked, no subject is taboo (except my personal life).

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Part 2




Part 3