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