PSH Live

June 2020 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, June 14, 2020, 2-3pm (pacific)
We had a full poetry show today which featured poets from Utah, Canada, Texas, Caliofria, North Carolina, Alabama and Kentuky. We also played a spoken word track from Los Angeles poet area Catopodis. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert. Listen to the entire show in the archive.

May 2020 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Thanks to poets from Utah, East Texas, San Francisco, California, Birmingham, Alabama, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Louisville, Kentucky, and Sault Ste. Marie, Canada for bringing us poetry from all over today. Thanks also to Jim Knowles from Andover, Massachusetts for giving us the wonderfully noir spoken word track “Testimony” to listen to. Listen to the entire show in the archive. As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

April 2020 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Another packed Poetry Super Highway Live show today which featured a spoken word track from J. Barret Wolf, as well as poets calling and reading poems from Salt Lake City, Utah, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Attleborough, Massachusetts, Birmingham, Alabama, Louisville, Kentucky, Lenoir, South Carolina, Seattle Washington, Bay City, Michigan, Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California. Check out the entire show in the archive. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert.

March 2020 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, March 22, 2020
We managed to squeeze 13 poets on the air from all over North America reading poetry from Utah, Canada, Pennsylvania, Alabama, California, Missouri, Massachusetts, Arizona, Oregan, Louisiana, and North Carolina. Tune into the rapid-fire poetry in the archive, plus the spoken word track “E-Ticket” which was sent in by Encinitas, California poet Jim Babwe. As always the show was hosted by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

February 2020 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, February 23, 2020
We had a packed show today featuring poets from Fargo, North Dakota, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Elkins, Park PA, Missouri, Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco, California, and Los Angeles California. In addition to their poems, we featured a spoken word track from Belfast, Northern Ireland poet Colin Dardis. As always the show was hosted by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert.

January 2020 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Another packed show featuring poets reading their poems from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Birmingham, AL, Topanga Canyon, CA, Escondido, CA, West Hollywood, CA, The San Francisco Bay Area, North Carolina, and Missouri! As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert.

December 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, December 15, 2019, 2-3pm (pacific)
Fantastic, and packed show of poetry to end 2019, with poets calling in from Sault St. Marie, Canada, Grenwich, Connecticut, Los Angeles, California, Birmingham, Alabama, Provo, Utah, Redondo Beach, California, Cincinnati, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and the San Francisco Bay area.  We also played a spoken word track from Santa Barbara poet Daniel Thomas! As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert.

November 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Thanks to our callers from Long Beach, Calfornia and Tacoma, Washington for filling out our open poetry reading. We also played a new spoken word track from Berlin based poet Maroula Blades, along with one from Sunnyvale, California poet Ellaraine Lockie. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert.

PSH Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday, October 20, 2019
We announced the winners of our 2019 summer poetry contest in this special PSH Live event. This is the only place where we announced the entrants who scored in the top 10 positions, and we were lucky enough to hear from one of our judges as well.

September 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, September 15, 2019, 2-3pm (pacific)
Thanks to our callers from Stanwood, Washington and the San Francisco Bay area of California for calling in and reading poetry! We also played spoken word poem tracks from Paul Brucker and Cliff Bernier. Check out the entire show in the archive and make sure to call in next month and read a poem yourself. As always the show was MC’d by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert.

August 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, August 18, 2019
Thanks to poets from Fargo, North Dakota, Provo, Utah, Birmingham, Alabama, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, and Chicago, Illinois who filled out our show with great poetry today. Plus we played a spoken word track from Ellaraine Lockie which is well worth taking a listen to.

Conversation with 2019 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday, July 28, 2019
Listen to this fantastic and insightful conversation with 2019 Poetry Super Highway Contest judges Alexandra Umlas, Debbie Hall, and Angele Ellis. Each ot them shared a couple of poems (one of their own, and one by a favorite poet), as well as insights about what they look for when they’re reading your poems. If you’re considering entering this year’s contest, this show is a must listen! Hear from the judges themselves! Enter the contest here.

June 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Great show today with poets reading their poems from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Irontown, Missouri, Upper Marlboro, Marlyand, Soutern California, Austin, Texas and Birmingham, Alabama! We also played a spoken word track from Seattle, Washington poet Ferris Jones. Hosted by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert.

May 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, May 19, 2019
A mostly spoken word track episode of PSH Live which included poems mixed with music, audience ambiance, and other sound effects, from Angele Ellis, Daniel Thomas, Jerry Garcia, Ellen Sander, Paul Brucker, Richard Leach, Bill Yarrow and Stephen Mead, as well as live poems read by callers from Birmingham, Alabama, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Host Rick Lupert also read a few poems from his new collection of travel poetry “Hunka Hunka Howdee!”

April 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Thanks to poets from Birmingham, AL, Austria (which is not in Hungary), Sioux St. Marie, Canada, New York City, New York, and Covington, Louisiana for calling in and reading poems! We also played the spoken word track “The Snow That Picks” by Belfast, Maine poet Ellen Sander. As always the show was MC’d by Poetry Super Highway’s chief orchestrator, Rick Lupert.

March 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, March 10, 2019 ~ 2:00pm (pacific)
Thanks to our poets who called in and read poems from Baltimore, Maryland, Austria (wow!), and San Jose, California! We also played spoken word traks from Chaim Bezalel, Angele Ellis, and Cliff Bernier. Check out the entire show in the Poetry Super Highway Live Archive! As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

February 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, February 3, 2019 ~ 2:00pm (pacific)
Thanks to poets who called in and read poetry from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada, Merric, New York, Birmingham, Alabama and Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. We also heard spoken word tracks from Daniel Thomas (Santa Barbara, California) and Magdalena Ball (Australia.) MC’d by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

January 2019 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, January 6, 2019 ~ 2:00pm (pacific)
What a great way to stat the new year with a poetry filled show featuring live poems from Sault St. Marie, Canada, The Washington, DC area, Lyndhurst, New Jersey, Provo, Utah, Rochester, New York, Cary, North Carolina and Birmingham, AL. Plus the spoken word track “Congo Square” from Cliff Bernier. As always hosted by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert.

December 2018 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, December 9, 2018
An all spoken word track edition of Poetry Super Highway Live which featured poems from Jerry Garcia, Rachel Kann, and Rick Lupert!

November 2018 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Thanks to poets who called in from Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, Austin, Texas, San Francisco, California, Covington, Louisiana, Birmingham, Alabama, and Fargo, North Dakota for filling up this hour with wonderful poetry. (Not to mention the spokenw word track from Paul Brucker!) Listen to the entire show in the archive! MC’d by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

PSH Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday, October 7, 2018
We announced the winners of the 2018 Poetry Super Highway Contest here first and we were lucky enough to have our 3rd place winner listening and calling in to read her poem! We also announced the top 10 scoring postions here (and only here) and had a conversation at the beginning with one of our contest judges, Trish Lindsey Jaggers. Click here for all the details on this year’s contest including a link to read the winning poems.

September 2018 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, September 9, 2018
Fantastic show today with poets from all over the U.S. reading their poetry including callers from Lyndhurst, New Jersey, San Francisco, California, Southern California, Portage, Wisconsin and South Carolina! Plus we played a couple of spoken word tracks including a new one from Jerry Garcia and one from Rachel Kann. The show was MC’d by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

August 2018 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Whoooo! What a fantastic show-o-poetry today featuing poets reading their poetry from Poughkipsie, New York, Oxnard, California, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Newark, Illinois, Birmingham, Alabama and Lyndhurst, New Jersey. PLUS a new spoken word track from Jerry Garcia. Listen to the entire poetry filled show in the archive.

Conversation with 2018 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Listen in to my conversation with the 2018 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Lisette Alonso, Matilda Berke and Trish Lindsey Jaggers shared valuable insights and read some of their own work as well as work that they enjoy. It’s well worth listening to this conversation if you’re considering entering the 2018 PSH Contest!

July 2018 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, July 8
Thanks to poets from New York City, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Los Angeles, California, and Touscon, Arizona for callin and reading their poetry! We also featured spoken word tracks from Jerry Garcia and Paul Brucker. Listen to the entire show in the archive.

June 2018 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, June 10, 2018
Fantastic poetry-filled show today which featured callers reading their work from Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, San Francisco, California, Covington, Louisiana, Mt. Prospect, Illinois, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and Oxnard, California. (Plus a spoken word track from Illinois poet Bill Yarrow. Click on the show title to hear the entire show in the archive!

April 2018 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, April 15
Thanks to poets from Fort Washington, Maryland, Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, and Pasadena, California for calling in and reading their poetry on today’s show. Tune in to the end to hear a special spoken word track from Los Angeles poet Rachel Kann. As always the show was MC’d by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

March 2018 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, March 18, 2018 ~ 2:00pm (pacific)
The technical gods were in our favor today providing us with a packed show with poets from all over the world including Oxnard, CA, Fort Washington, MD, Birmingham, AL, Long Beach, CA, Sault St. Marie, Canada, Belfast, Maine, Portage, Wisconsin, and Darby England! Check out the entire poem-filled show in the archive!

January 2018 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Great show with poets from Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, Covington, LA, Ventura, CA and Tacoma, Washington calling in to read their work. (Plus a spoken word track from Danny Maseng who read his poem from the “A Poet’s Siddur” poetry anthology.

December 2017 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, December 17, 2017)
An all spoken word track version of Poetry Super Highway Live featured tracks submitted by poets from all over the world. MC’d by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

A Poet’s Siddur: Shabbat Evening Publication Event
Friday, December 15, 2017
Join MC and editor Rick Lupert as we launch A Poet’s Siddur: Shabbat Evening into the world with a special erev Shabbt broadcast featuring poems from the 36 anthology contributors. A Poet’s Siddur: Shabbat Evening features 36 poets from all over the world who reinterpreted the Jewish Friday evening liturgy. Contributors include beloved Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen, Danny Maseng, and many other poets. This event promises to be part poetry reading and part alternative Shabbat service. Join as we create an all “left side of the page” Shabbat experience.

PSH Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday, October 8, 2017
We announced the winners of our 2017 summer poetry contest in this special PSH Live event first. Listen to the archived edition to hear a little bit from our judges, find out who scored in the top 10 positions, and, of course, who won! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

September 2017 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Thanks to our poets from Ft. Washington, Maryland, Tucson, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, Belfast, Maine and San Francisco, California who called in and read their poetry on Today’s show which also featured a spoken word track from Stephen Mead. As always, hosted by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)

August 2017 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, August 20, 2017 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Thanks to our poets from Canada, Jerusalem, Israel, Tuscon, Arizona, and Birmingham, Alabama who called in to share poems today. Listen to the whole show in the archive! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)

Conversation with 2017 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday, July 23, 2017
We had a great conversation with out poetry contest judges J.P. Grasser, Jo Angela Edwins and Ben Britton (who joined us in the chatroom). If you’re at all considering entering our poetry contest (details HERE) it’s well worth listening to our judges offer insights into what they’re looking for as they read your poems (as well as to them reading poetry themselves!

June 2017 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Fantastic Fathers Day edition of our open poetry reading today which featured poets from Washington, D.C., Covington, Louisiana, Sault-St. Maria, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, Tuscon, Arizona, and St. Louis, Missourri all calling in and reading their poems! Hosted as always by Poetry Super Highway‘s Rick Lupert author of 20 books of poetry, most recenty Professor Clown on Parade, Romancing the Blarney Stone, and Donut Famine. (Rothco Press, December 2016.)

May 2017 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Thanks to our callers from Salt St. Marie, Canada (which I’m sure I’m misspelling), Tuscon, Arizona, Bimingham, Alabama, and Santa Barbara, California for sharing poems with us. This month’s show also featured a spoken word track from Bill Yarrow from the Chicago area of Illinois. Listen to the entire show in our archive!

April 2017 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Join Poetry Super Highway’s monthly online open poetry reading. Tune in to listen to poets from all over the world read their poetry. Better yet, plan on calling in to read a poem live on the air. No content or style restrictions. Use it as an opportunity to promote your new poetry book or project and let us know what’s happening in your local poetry world! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

March 2017 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, March 26, 2017
An impromptu conversation about self publishing versus small press versus traditional publishing ensued over many callers, plus poems read by poets calling in from Austin, Texas, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sacramento, California, Birmingham, Alabama, and Chapel Hill, North Carolino. As always, M.C.’d by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

February 2017 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, February 26, 2017
A fun show this month with poets from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Lynchburg, Virginia, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and Birmingham, Alabama, all calling in and reading poems, along with a new spoken word track from host Rick Lupert and an old one from Southern California poet Jerry Garcia.

January 2017 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Our 20th anniversary show with poets from all over calling to read their poetry and offer nice words on the occasion of our anniversary. Thanks to poets from Springfield, MO, Washington, DC, Los Olivos, CA, Boston, MA, Pasadena, CA, and Sioux St. Marie, Candada who called in and shared poetry today.

December 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Thanks to poets from Springfield, MO, Grenwhich, CT, Pittsburgh, PA, Los Olivos, CA, Redondo Beach, CA, and Birmingham, AL for calling in and sharing their poetry on this edition of Poetry Super Highway Live which also featured a spoken word track from host Rick Lupert’s Spoken Word CD “Rick Lupert Live and Dead.”

November 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Packed show full of poetry today with poets calling and reading their poems, from Springfield, MO, Upper Marlboro, MD, Sioux St Marie, Canada, Belfast, ME, Bringham, AL, Covington, LA, Pittsburgh, PA, Capitol Heights, MD and Smiths Grove, KY. We also played a spoken word track from Los Olivos, CA poet Steve Braff.

PSH Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday, October 16, 2016
We announced the winners of our 2016 summer poetry contest in this special PSH Live event. The show began with 2 of our contest judges, Trish Hopkinson and Helen Townsend, sharing their experiences of judging this year’s contest. Then we rolled through the top 10 scoring positions. A few of our top ten scoring poets were listening and called in to read their poems, including our 2nd place winner Jo Angela Edwins from Florence, South Carolina. Click here to see all the winners, what they won, and read the winning poems.

September 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, September 11, 2016
What a great and packed show full-o-poetry we had today with callers from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama, Los Olivos, California, San Jose, California, Outside of Chicago, Illinois. Pico Rivera, California, Los Angeles, California, Belfast, Maine, and Anderson, South Carolina…great poetry and a spoken word track from Ellyn and Robbie from their spoken word album “Skywriting With Glitter.” Check out the full show in the archive and Ellyn and Robbie’s album here.

Conversation with 2016 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday, August 14, 2016
We had a great conversation with out poetry contest judges M. Brett Gaffney, Trish Hopkinson and Helen Townsend. If you’re at all considering entering our poetry contest (details HERE) it’s well worth listening to our judges offer insights into what they’re looking for as they read your poems (as well as to them reading poetry themselves!

July 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Great and packed show of poetry with poets calling in from Los Olivos, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Birmingham, Alabama, Topanga, California, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Belfast, Maine and Westerville, Ohio. Listen in to hear their poems as well as a conversation about whether or not you should get discouraged receiving rejection letters after you submit your work (from an editor’s perspective.)

June 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, June 12, 2016 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Thanks to the poets who called in this month, including Raquel from Montebello, California (who was so intoxicating we had to have her do 2 poems), Alex from Sioux St. Marie Canada (a regular on PSH Live), and Trish from Smiths Grive Kentucky (who lives in the state of Bourbon, but in a dry country infested with dry lightning.) We also heard spoken word tracks from Scott Charles and Jerry Garcy. Check it all out in this archived edition of Poetry Super Highway Live.

May 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, May 15, 2016
We opened up this week’s poetry show with featured guest Michael Judkins from Allentown, Pennsylvania telling us about and reading from his book “Interlude to Sentimental Me” (AOIS21 publishing, May 2016) and followed with open readers from, the Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario Canada, Connecticut, Birmhingham, Alabama, and Palm Springs California. The show also featured the spoken word track “A Poem of Thanks” from Rick Lupert’s spoken word album “Rick Lupert Live and Dead.” Check it out here.

April 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, April 17, 2016 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
We had a spoken word track-centric edition of Poetry Super Highway Live this month, though we did find time to host Michael from Birmingham, Alabama, Victor from Montana, and Steve from Palm Springs, California as well as spoken word poetry tracks from Philip Levine, Wanda Coleman, Jerry Garcia, Brendan Constantine (remixed) and yours truly, Rick Lupert, playing a couple of tracks from my spoken word album “Rick Lupert Live and Dead.”

March 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, March 20, 2016
This month’s Poetry Super Highway Live Open Poetry Reading featured poets calling in and reading their work from Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Chicago, Illinois, Topanga, California, Smiths Grove, KY, Berkeley, CA, Sunland, CA and Oxnard CA. (Heavy on the California today!) We also heard the spoken word track “News of a Strange Thing” from Rick Lupert’s spoken word album “Rick Lupert Live and Dead” forthcoming to digital music venues everywhere!

February 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Another packed show full of poetry this month featuring callers from Tacoma, WA, Merrick, NY, Glenridge, NJ, Westerville, OH, Los Angeles, CA, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Hayward, CA, Smiths Grove, KY and Elkins Park, PA! (And we didn’t get to everyone.) Also check out, at the half hour mark, a remix of Brendan Constantine’s spoken word version of “The Needs of the Many”, the original, non-remixed version of which was featured in the Academy of American Poet’s “Poem a Day” project here.

January 2016 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, January 24, 2016 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Packed show of poetry today with callers from Alabama, Sioux St. Marie, Canadam Westerville, Ohio, Dallas, Texas, Sun City Center, Florida, Birmingham, Alabama, Smiths Grove Kentucky, Orange County, California and Bangor Maine. Listen to the show in the archive to hear a ton of poetry which will hopefully inspire you to write something and call in next month to read YOUR poem on the air.

December 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, December 20, 2015
We closed out our 2015 open poetry reading with callers from Pelham, Alabama (a rousing rendition of the spoken word song “Man Tits” that your life may not be complete without hearing), Elkins Park, Pennsylvanie, Laguna Niguel, Calfornia, Evanston, Illinois, Topanga, California, and Birmingham, Alabama. We also had a new spoken word track from California poet Scott Charles. Check it all out in the archived edition of Poetry Super Highway Live!

November 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Thanks to poets from Canada, Birmingham, Alabama (and environs) and Smiths Grove Kentucky who called in to poetry Super Highway Live to read their poems. Several people used the opportunity to respond, poetically, to the Paris terrorist attacks which occurred just two days before today’s broadcast. The show closed with Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert reading the poem “I’d Rather Be in France” from his book “Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman” (Rothco Press, May, 2015). Check out the book here.

PSH Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday, October 18, 2015
We announced the winners of our 2015 Poetry Super Contest here. The show began with comments from one of our contest judges, Lisette Alonso and included the revealing of the top 10 scoring positions of entered poems. (As well as announcing who won!) Listen to the archived edition to hear a few of the folks from those top 10 spots read their poems!

September 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, September 20, 2015
The monthly Poetry Super Highway open reading, MC’d by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert, featured callers from Canada, Australis, Chicago, Montclair, New Jersey, Camarillo, California, Evanston Illinois, Kansas City, Missouri, and Birmingham, Alabama. We also closed out the show with a rebroadcast of Rick Lupert’s interview by Daniel Lisi on the IndiFeed Podcast, in which Rick read a poem from his new book “Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman” from Rotho Press.

August 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Check out poets from Canada, Topanga Canyon, California, Bangor, Maine, Lake Forrest, California and Birmingham, Alabama reading their poetry on the August archived edition of our show which also featured a spoken word track from Scott Charles, a dissertation on how our sister website Haikuniverse widely interpets what a haiku is, and the show closed out with Rick Lupert reading his poem “Heat” from his new book “Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman“.

Conversation with 2015 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Tune in to the archived edition of Rick Lupert’s conversation with Poetry Super Highway’s 2015 poetry contest judge Richard Widerkher. Richard read a couple of poems of his own, and one that he loves from another poet and spoke about what he’s looking for when he reads your contest entries. Consider entering the contest (All the info on how to do that is here: https://poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/2015-poetry-contest/ ) And I do apologize for the connection issues we were having during the show (but tune in we did make it all the way to the end…perhaps you’ll enjoy the awkward silences in the middle?)

July 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, July 12, 2015
We had a poetry packed show with callers from Birmingham, Alabama, Los Angeles, California, Ontario, Canada, Belfast, Maine, New York City, New York, Bellingham, Washington, and Topanga Canyon, California. We also played a spoken word track from Ojai poet Scott Charles. (Featuring music from Woolfy.) So pour yourself a beverage of your choice and listen to an hour of poetry! (And plan on calling in next month to read!)

June 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, June 14
Poetry from all over the world in this show, including poets from Australia, Canada, Westerville, OH, Birmingham, AL, Merrick, NY, Harrman, TN, and Bellingham, WA, plus the spoken word track “News of a Strange Thing” from host Rick Lupert

May 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
An east-coast-centric (mostly) version of Poetry Super Highway Live this month with callers, reading their poems, from Topanga Canyon, California, Glenridge, New Jersey, Birminham, Alabama, Merrick, New Jersey and Newburg, New York. A lot of great poems we’re read, plus we heard the spoken word track version of Rick Lupert’s poem “Making Love to the 50 Ft. Woman”, the title poem from his new book out on Rothco press. Check it all out in this archived edition of Poetry Super Highway Live!

April 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Great National Poetry Month edition of Poetry Super Higwhay Live this month which featured poets calling in to read their poems from Stubenville, Ohio, Canada, Long Island, New York, Bangor Maine, Birmingham, Alabama, New York City, New York and Redondo Beach, California. We also celebrated International Haiku Day and gave a shoutout to our annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day Issue!)

March 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Had a great time talking with poets, sharing their poetry, from all over the world, including Ontario, Canada, Ballarat, Australia, Glenridge, New Jersey, Provo, Utah, Brookline, Masachussetts, Bangor, Maine, Westerville, Ohio, and Birmingham, Alabama. Thanks everyone for calling in and sharing your poetry. Tune in to next month’s open poetry reading on April 19th, 2015, a special haiku edition of the show!

February 2015 Worldwide Open Poetry Reading
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Phew! Not enough time to get to all of our callers during this show (which is a great problem to have!) Thanks to our callers from Merrick, NY, Bangor, Maine, Casper, Wyoming, Hollywood, CA, Australia, Ireland, Richmand, IN and Brookline, MA for making this a super-packed show. We also played an audio clip from Philip Levine who passed away today, reading his poem “The Mercy.”

January 2015 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Had a great time talking to and listening to poetry from all over the world, including poets from, Glennridge, NJ, Sioux St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Birmingham, Alavama, Australia, Topanga Canyon, CA, Los Angeles, CA and Bangor Maine. Click on the show title to listen to the show in the archive!

December 2014 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Fun poetry filled show today with callers from Provo, Utah, Hollywood, California, Australia (!!), Alabama (Birmingham and environs) and Platja de Gandia, Spain! Holiday poems were read and a good time was had by all! Hosted by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

The Gettysburg Undress, Undressed: Constantine Interviews Lupert
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Listen to Los Angeles poet Brendan Constantine’s conversation with Poetry Super Highway proprieter Rick Lupert about his new collection “The Gettysburg Undress” – Poems written in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Washington, DC, Richmond and Fredericksburg, Virginia, Baltimore Maryland, and, of course, Allentown, Pennsylvania. “The Gettysburg Undres” is newly out as the first title in Rothco Press’ Caffeine Poetry Series. Poetry from the collection was read out-loud and questions were asked and answered and the concept of writing poems in the bathrooms of famous buildings was delved into as these two old friends chatted about craft, the experience of writing the book and more.  Learn more about the book here: https://poetrysuperhighway.com//rick/about/gettysburg-undress/

November 2014 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, November 9, 2014)
Check out this month’s show which included a live caller from Birmingham, Alabama, many spoken word tracks, a few poems from Rick Lupert’s book The Gettysburg Undress (Rothco Press) read live by show-host Rick Lupert, along with a poem from a Swedish poet read by Rick as it was too late in Sweden for the poet to call in!

2014 Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday, October 19, 2014
We announces the winners of our 2014 Poetry Contest here first! Tune in to hear who scored in the top 10 positions, as well as who the top three winners are. A few people who scored in the top 10 positions also called in and read their high scoring poems!Click here for all the details on the 2014 contest and to see the complete prize list.

September 2014 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Crazy packed show full of poetry from all over the world today! Mostly the U.S. but we did have poems from Australia and Canada too. Thanks to everyone else from Alabama (also well represented with three poets today), Merick, Long Island, Brooklyn and Queens, New York, Topanga, California, Los Angeles, California and Glenridge, New Jersey. If you want to hear a lot of poetry…check out this show!

August 2014 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Nothing but quality poetry in our August 2014 PSH Live Open Reading, including work read by poets from Glenridge, NJ, Birmingham, AL, Waterton, MA and Topanga Canyon and Northridge, California. In addition I played the bonus track version of my new spoken word track “The Eating of the Jews”. (The original of which is being released as part of the Jewels of Elul Vol. 4 Music Sampler Collection.) Check out the show in the archive!)

Conversation with 2014 PSH Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday, July 27, 2014
A great conversation with two of the 2014 Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest judges Douglas Richardson and Hannah Dow! Listen in to hear what they had to say about poetry and the process they’re using when reading your poems…then enter the contest here!

June 2014 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, June 22, 2014
It was truly the international edition of Poetry Super Highway Live this month with callers early in from Australia and Singapore In addition to folks representing the good old U.S.A. from Herreman, TN, Sun City and Los Angeles, CA, Merrick, NY and Glenridge, New Jersey. We also played a spoken word track from Dee Sunshine from the wilds of Europe.

May 2014 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Great poetry show this month with callers from Ballarat, Australia, Westerville, Ohio, Topanga, California, Los Angeles, California, Birmingham Alabama and a spoken word track from Dee Sunshine from Glasgow Scotland. Check it out in the archives!

April 2014 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, April 27, 2014
A fine show this month featuring poets reading their poetry from Hollywood (or “Hollywood Babylon”), California, New Britain, Connecticut, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Birmingham, Alabama and Westerville, Ohio. (A fine poem from a forthcoming “Letters From the Amish” collection.) Check it out in the archive!

April (but really late March) 2014 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Great show this month which opened with legendary L.A. poet and Carma Bum S.A. Griffin who read a poem and told us all about his Poetry Bomb project. We also had poetry from Lake Forest, CA, Birmingham, Alabamaa, Westerville, Ohio and Los Angeles, California. We closed with a spoken word track from beloved and missed poet Wanda Coleman. Check out the whole show in the archive!

March 2014 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, March 2, 2014
This month we welcomed callers reading poetry from New York City and Merrick, Long Island, New York, a second call from Australia, Westerville, Ohio and Birmingham, Alabama…it turned into our “Oscars” edition for some crazy reason. Check it out in the archive.

February 2014 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, February 2, 2014
This month’s show began with a brief tribute to Philip Seymour Halfman (PSH!!) and featured our first ever caller from Australia! We also had poets read work from Washington, DC, New York City, NY, Birmingham, AL, Plainsfield, NJ and Westerville, OH. Click on the show title to hear it in the archive!

January 2014 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, January 12, 2014
A fiercely good show brimming with poetry including poets from New York City, Houston, Texas, Binghamton, NY, Northridge, Oakland and Los Angeles, California and Richmond Indiana. Check out the full episode in the archive!

December 2013 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Check out the special spoken word mp3 edition of Poetry Super Highway Live where we played a number of spoken word tracks from poets all over the world, including a new one from Maroula Blades from Berlin, Germany. We also had live callers reading poems from Downtown, Los Angeles, Richmond, Indiana and Birmingham Alabama. Check out the full show in our archive.

November 2013 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, November 24, 2013
We began this month’s show with a special tribute to recently departed L.A. poet Wanda Coleman (as well as playing a recording of one of her poems at the half hour mark.) Also, big thanks to our callers from New Brunswick, Candada, Lyndbrook, New York, Birmingham, Alabama, and Racho Santa Margarita and Los Angeles, California. Listen to the complete show in the archive!

2013 Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday, October 20, 2013
We announced the winners of the 2013 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest here in this special PSH Live broadcast! Several of the poets who scored in the top 10 positions were on hand to read their poems (including second place winner Aaron Gardner!) And we were lucky enough to hear from 2 of our contest judges as well about their experiences judging this year’s contest. Check out the contest details here.

October 2013 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, October 13, 2013
California was in force during this month’s show as we welcomed poets reading poems from, Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Luis Obispo and the South Bay all in California, along with a few poets from Flagstaff, Arizona, Newark, New Jersey and Birmingham Alabama.

Ekphrastia Gone Wild Virtual Publication Party
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Listen to the online publication reading for Ekphrastia Gone Wild emceed by Los Angeles poet Rick Lupert and including readings by poets from all over the world reading their poems from the recently releases collection Ekphrastia Gone Wild – Poems Inspired by Art (Ain’t Got No press, August 2013) featuring work from Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska as well as Brendan Constantine, Suzanne Lummis, Laurel Ann Bogen, Gerald Locklin and many more. Check out Ekphrastia Gone Wild here: http://www.staging2.poetrysuperhighway.com/egw

August 2013 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Great set of poets reading poetry on this month’s show including callers from Los Angeles, California, Columbus, Ohio, Ottawa, Canada, Sonoma, California, Chatsworth, California and Birmingham, Alabama. Check out the solid poems and readers in the archive.

Conversation with 2013 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday, July 28, 2013
What a great conversation with the three PSH Poetry Contest Judges, Maggie Westland, Lisette Alonso and William Doreski. This is essential listening if you’re considering entering the contest as all three judges gave great insights into what they’re looking for when they are reading the contest entries (AKA your poems)! Enjoy!

July 2013 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, July 14, 2013
This month we saw the beginnings of a Canadian invasion with poets calling in and reading from Ottowa and Ontario, Canada as well as Colombus, OH, Lake Forest, California, Los Angeles, California, Birmingham, Alabama and Westerville, Ohio. Plus learn about the newly invited poem form, the lang-ku.

June 2013 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Thanks to our callers from Topnga Canyon, CA Westerville, OH, North East, TN, Huntington Beach, CA Ames Lake, WA, Birmingham, AL and Northidge, CA for sharing poetery this month! (Also there was a mention of Alpacas.) Check it out in the archive.

May 2013 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Another packed show with callers from Egg Harbor, New Jersey, Sonoma, California, Miami, Florida, Limestone, Tennesee, The San Fernando Valley, CA, Shortsville, NY, Nova Scotia, Canada, West Seattle, Washington, Rochester, NY and Philadelphia, PA. Lots of great work but especially look for Stephanie Jones piece written for her hopeful love she met in a Subway Restaurant. Are you out there? She needs you.

Nothing in New England Is New: Palacio Interviews Lupert
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Listen to an archived conversation with veteran Orange County poet and poetry producer Jaimes Palacio (KPFK, Penguins Hooked on Macaronics, The Gypsy Den) as he spoke with Rick Lupert about his new collection “Nothing in New England Is New” – poems written in New England, America. Reading, interview, conversation, travel tips poetry! Check out more poems from the book and get your own copy here: https://poetrysuperhighway.com//rick/about/nothing-in-new-england-is-new/

April 2013 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, April 7, 2013
This month’s show featured the “epic haiku conversation” as well as callers from Sonoma County, California, Birmingham, Alabama and Brooklyn, New York! Check it out in the archive!

March 2013 PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday, March 10, 2013
A packed show this month with callers from Northridge, Los Angeles, Topanga Canyon, Holllywood and Santa Ana, California, along with Buffalo, NY, Austin, TX, Cincinnati, OH, New York City, NY and JAMAICA!!! Check it out in the archive!

February 2013 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Great conversation this month about poetry craft and the fine line between spoken word and “paper poetry” as well as poetry, of course from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, Altadena, Sonoma and Los Angeles, California and Birmingha, Alabama.

January 2013 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Great show with poets calling in from all over North America including Egg Harbor, NJ, Birmingham, AL, Los Angeles, Sonoma and Northridge, CA, Rockville, MD and an Alpaca Farm somewhere in Washington State!

December 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Great show this month with callers from Cincinnati, OH, Athens, Alabama, Taunton, MA and Sherman Oaks, CA along with conversation about starting poetry readings and a reading of a poem by Wislawa Szymborska by host Rick Lupert. Check it out in the archive!

November 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, November 11, 2012
This month, in additon to the excitement of my sound cutting in and out, we had poets call in with poems from Northridge, CA, Huntington Beach, CA, Northern California, Fall City, Washington, Los Angeles, CA, Raleigh, North Carolina, Athens, Alabama and Sonoma California.

2012 PSH Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday, October 14, 2012
We announced the winners of the 2012 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest here first! We also listed the names of the top 10 scoring poets and we’re delighted that several of them were tuned in and able to call in and share their poems. Check out the contest details here.

September 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Our September 2012 show featured callers from Dallas, TX, Fall City, WA, Raleigh, NC, Sedona, AZ, Santa Clarita, CA and Cincinnati, OH plus a rebroadcast of a recent Indiefeed: Performance Poetry podcast featuring an interview with Rick Lupert and reading of his poem “Postcard to Myself, Syracuse, New York, 1979

August 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Our August 2012 show featured callers from Philadelphia, PA, Sonoma, CA, Ashland Virginia, Laguna Niguel, CA, Binghamton, NY and the great Pacific Northwest plus a spoken word track from Maggie Westland. (And more information than you could ever need about the Binghimaton, NY Poetry scene!)

Conversation with 2012 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Listen in to our conversation with the 2012 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. They shared valuable insights and read some of their own work as well as work that they enjoy. Check out the contest details here.

June 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, June 10, 2012
A packed show this month which featured poets from Newark, NJ, Kelowna, BC, Canada, Pasadena, CA, Sonoma, CA, Rochester, NY, Northridge, CA, Sherman Oaks, CA and Birmingham, AL, all reading a poem and answering the prompt from Fern G.Z. Carr about a formative, inspirational poetry experience. We also heard another spoken word track from Jerry Garcia.

May 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Our May 2012 show featured callers from Raleigh, NC, Newark, NJ, New York City, NY, Sacramento, CA and Birmhingham, AL…along with a spoken word track from Jerry Garcia in Los Angeles and great conversation with many callers about print versus electronic publication.

April 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Our April 2012, reading featured poets from Westerville, OH, Raleigh, NC, Los Angeles, CA, Birmingham, AL, Cincinnati, OH and Houston, TX, along with a spoken word track from Jerry Garcia and some interesting conversation about how to go about getting published.

Through-lines with Brendan Constantine and Rick Lupert
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Listen to Brendan Constantine and Rick Lupert read from their new books “Calamity Joe” (Red Hen Press, March 2012) and “Death of a Mauve Bat” (Ain’t Got No Press, January 2012) and discuss the concepts of the Novel in Verse, Independent publishing and shining light on the spectacle hidden in the mundane.

March 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Our March, 2012 show featured callers from Sonoma, CA, Newark, NJ, Cincinnati, OH, Austin, TX, Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL, Athens, AL and right here in the San Fernando Valley. Great poetry and conversation along with a couple of first time callers and a spoken word track from Rick Lupert’s Stolen Mummies!

February 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Congrats to Taylor from New Orleans who called in to this week’s show with the correct answer to the question asking where the title of my new book “Death of a Mauve Bat” came from! Thanks also to all our callers from, Seattle, WA, Hollywood, CA, Sonoma, CA, Westerville, OH, Birmingham, CA, Santa Monica, CA, Portland, OR and Mericine, Alberta, CA. Great show this month!

January 2012 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, January 8, 2012
This month’s show featured callers from Woodland Hills, California, Jerusalem Israel (our first open reader caller form the middle east!), Newark, New Jersey, North Hollywood, CA, Harlam, New York City, Ny and Birmhingham, AL and a spoken word track from your host Rick Lupert. Check it out!

December 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, December 11, 2011
The December 2011 show was packed with poets from Disputante, VA, Newark, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Desert Hot Springs, CA Allentown, PA, Sonoma, CA, Woodland Hills, CA Cornell, CA, Birmingham, AL and Portland, OR. Check out the archived edition to hear great poetry, conversation, and information about local poetry communities all over the U.S.A!

November 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, November 13, 2011)
Our November 2011 featured callers from Newark, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Cincinnati, OH, Nova Scotia, Canada, Columbus, OH, Ontario, Canada and one more caller from Southern California. 🙂 Great poetry and conversation including a look at “Fanmail” a book of poems for Marvel Comics characters. Check it out!

2011 Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday, October 16, 2011
We announced the winners of the 2011 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest here firs! A few of our top ten scoring poets were on hand to read their poems and the show began with comments from our contest judges. Read the poems online at http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/PoetLinks.html and listen to this archived broadcast to hear the announcement and some of the top scoring poems read live including our first place winner Amber Decker!

September 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, September 4, 2011
This month’s show featured callers from Picture Rock, AZ, Newark, NJ (of course), Ashland, VA, Sonoma, CA nad San Pedro, CA. Also a spoken word track from recently departed poet Scott Wannberg and a couple of interesting conversations about whether or not poets should be paid.

August 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Super packed show of poetry from all over the U.S.A. including poets from Newark, NJ, San Francisco, CA, Picture Rock, AZ, Washington, DC, West Hollywood, CA Cincinnati, OH, Berkeley, CA, Cushing, OK and Central Florida. Listen anytime in the archive!

Conversation with 2011 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday July 24, 2011
Listen in to our conversation with the 2011 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. They shared valuable insights and read some of their own work as well as work that they enjoy. Check out the contest details here.

June 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday June 12, 2011
Especially wonderful show which featured callers from San Gabriel, Los Angeles, Pasadena and Los Angeles, CA, Evanston, IL, Harpersville and New York, NY, Columbus, OH and Birmingham, AL…also a throat-singing demonstration from Sid Yiddish (!) and the debut of a new spoken word track from Rick Lupert.

May 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday May 15, 2011
This month’s show featured a spoken word track from Joey Alkes of D.J. Monkey, along with open readers from Los Angeles, Laguna Hills, Temecula, Northridge and Oakland, California, Raleigh, North Carolina, Birmingham, Alabama, New York City, New York and, of course, Newark, New Jersey. A couple of poets who had poems in the Poetry Super Highway’s recent Holocaust Remembrance Day issue also called in to read their work.

April 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday April 10, 2011
Our April, 2011 open reading featured callers from Lake Wells, FL, Sonoma, CA, Temecula, CA, Birmingham, AL, Northern, AZ, Newark, NJ, Studio City, CA and Rochester NY…also debuted “The Mega F.” spoken word track featuring Brendan Constantine and Elizabeth Iannaci.

March 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday March 6, 2011
Our March, 2011 open reading featured the debut of my spoken word track “An Israeli Breakfast” along with readers who called in from San Clemente, CA, Newark, NJ, Rochester, NY, Tucson, AZ, Desert Hot Springs, CA and Phoenix, AZ.

February 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday February 6, 2011
Our February 2011 Open Reading featured callers from Newark, NJ, Rochester, NY, Sonoma, CA, Birmingham, AL, Milwaukee, WI, and Los Angeles. Check out Los Angeles poet Sheb’s reading at the end of the show!

January 2011 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday January 9, 2011
Our January 2011 open reading featured the Birmingham trifecta – callers from Birmingham, UK, Birmingham, AL and Birmingham High School (alum)…also Southern California, Dallas, TX, Newark, NJ, Lake Wells, FL and Ventura, CA.

December 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday December 12, 2010
Our December 2010 open reading featured fewer callers but good conversations with poets from Birmingam, Alabama, Newark, New Jersey and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There was also a long awkward stretch of time after the halfway mark where I talked out of my ass for a while waiting for people to call in. It was quite entertaining.

November 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday November 14, 2010
Our November 2010 open reading featured callers from Syracuse, NY, Newark, NJ, Columbus, OH, Lake Wells, FL, Calabasas, CA, Studio City, CA, Birmingham, AL, Long Beach, CA and Seattle, WA…including 2 of the winners of the 2010 Poetry Super Highway Contest. Check it out in the archive!

2010 Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday October 17, 2010
We announcec the winners of the 2010 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest in this live broadcast! It was a suspense-filled show which included a discussion of the Bahn Mi sandwich as well as words from our contest judges and 2 of the poets who scored in the top 10 positions called in live to read their poems.

September 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday September 26th, 2010
Our September, 2010 Open reading consisted of callers from West Hollywood, Sonoma, Los Angeles and Santa Clarita, California, as well as Lake Wells Florida and Rockaway and Newark New Jersey. We had a great conversation with Gwen Beyer about the difference (or sameness of music and poetry) and even heard one of Rick Lupert’s spoken word tracks at the end of the show. Check it out.

August 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday August 22nd, 2010
Listen to the eclectic mix of poets from our August open reading which featured callers from Newark, NJ, Milwaukee, WI, Woodland Hills, Laguna Hills, Desert Hot Springs and the rest of Southern Califonira, as well as Elkins Park, PA, Huntersville, NIC and the St. Louis Area of Illinois.

Chat with 2010 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday July 18th, 2010
Listen in to our conversation with the 2010 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was on hand filling in the details regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc. If you’re considering entering the contest, this is a great opportunity for you to learn directly from the contest judges valuable insights to help you do well in the contest!

June 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday June 13th, 2010
Great show this month featured callers from Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sonoma, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Newark, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Columbos, OH and Valley Center, OH. Lots of information about Russian dogs in space as well.

May 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday May 16th, 2010
Our May 2010 show featured callers from Lake Wells, FL, Newark, NJ, Columbus, OH, British Columbia, Canada, Desert Hot Springs, CA, South East, Idaho and Central Florida.

April 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday April 11th, 2010
The April 2010 PSH Live Open Reading featured poets from Canada, Washington, DC, Newark, NJ (of course), Desert Hot Springs, CA, Long Beach, CA and Los Angeles, CA, along with a spoken word track from Columbus, OH in absentia. Click the link above to listen!

March 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday March 7th, 2010
The March 2010 PSH Live Open Reading begin with an impromptu poem from Dracula from beyond this mortal world, as well as callers from Laguna Hills, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Valley Center, CA, Columbus, OH, Newark, NJ, and Elkins Park, PA. We won’t blame you if you tune out after the impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger from one of our callers. (listen)

February 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday February 7th, 2010
The February 2010 PSH Live Open Reading featured poets from Newark, NJ, Desert Hot Springs, CA Colombus, OH, Lake Wells, FL, Santa Barbara, CA, Valley Center, CA, Birmingham, AL, North Hollywood, CA and Sonoma, CA. (listen)

January 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday January 10th, 2010
Our January 2010 Show featured poets from Newark, NJ, Eska, MN and Portland Oregon, plus a lot of crazy talk about the weather. (listen)

December 2009 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday December 6th, 2009
Our December 2009 Show featured poets from Orange County, CA, Newark, NJ, Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Columbus, OH, Columbia, SC, New South Wales, Australia, Santa Monica, CA, Birmingham, AL and Saskatchewan, Canada. (listen)

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday November 1, 2009
The November 2009 open reading featured Jim Knowles from Andover, MA reading his poem that won the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest and a non-stop lineup of callers from Colombus, OH, Newark, NJ, Laguna Hills, CA, Orlando, FL, Birmingham, AL, Daytona Beach, FL, Santa Monica, CA and Woodland Hills, CA.

2009 Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday October 4th, 2009
We announced the winners of the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest in this live broadcast first! A few of our top ten scoring poets were on hand to read their poems and the show began with comments from all three contest judges. Read the poems online at http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/PoetLinks.html and listen to this archived broadcast to hear the announcement and some of the top scoring poems read live.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday September 6, 2009
Ignore the couple of minutes of silence at the beginning of the show while I Was realizing my microphone wasn’t properly plugged in and enjoy the poetry from Columbus, OH, Newark, NJ, Lake Wells, FL, Valley Center, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Sonoma, CA and a new caller from Philadelphia, PA.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday August 9, 2009
Our August 2009 open reading featured poets from Newark, NJ, Columbus, OH, Valley Center, CA, Maywood, CA, Orange County, CA West Hollywood, CA and Birmingham, Alabama.

Chat with 2009 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday July 12, 2009
Listen in to a conversation with the 2009 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was also on hand to answer any questions regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday June 14, 2009
Our June 2009 open reading featured poets from Colombus, OH, Poland,OH, Seattle, WA, Newark, NJ, Valley Center, CA, Trayfee, CA, West Hollywood, CA and Ardmore, PA and a fascinating section of silence when I briefly disconnected myself from the broadcast. Otherwise a very packed show with lots of good poetry.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday May 17, 2009
Our May 2009 open reading featured poets from Hudson Valley, NY and Lake Wells Florida, including a lengthy conversation with Michael Bernard from Montgomery, NY about self publishing, art and almost everything related to poetry under the sun.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday April 19, 2009
Our April 2009 open reading featured many poets reading from our annual Yom Hashoah issue (available online here) as well as others. A packed one hour of poetry including our first every caller from a listener in Sweden! (As well as, California, Maine, Ohio, Florida and New York.)

A Poet’s Virtual Seder (Parts 1 and 2)
Sunday March 22, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)!
Join Rick Lupert and poets from “A Poet’s Haggadah” as original work is used to reinterpret the the themes from the traditional Passover Haggadah in this unique, virtual Passover Event. This is a 2 part show. Visit http://www.poetseder.com/ for more information about the “A Poet’s Haggadah” anthology.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday March 8, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our March 2009 open reading featured poets from Santa Monica, CA, Valley City, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Seattle, WA, Florence, OR, Sonoma, CA and Colombus, OH.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday February 1, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our February 2009 open reading featured poets from The Bronx and New York City, NY, Valley Center and Arroyo Grande, CA, Brimingham, AL, Columbos, OH and Pughkeepsie, NY. We also heard information about The California Poets in the Schools Program, the Poets on the Hudson group and the Columbos, Ohio poetry scene. Listen to this show in the archive!

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday January 4, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our January 2009 open reading featured a spoken word track from Richard Lynch and live callers from Oakland, CA, Washington, DC, Calabasas, CA, Sonoma, CA, Toluca Lake, CA and Poughkeepsie, NY.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday December 7, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our December 2008 open reading featured poets from Columbus, OH, Arroyo Grande, CA, East Hampton, CT, Albuquerque, NM, Delray Beach, FL, Valley Center, CA and Birmingham, AL. Listen to the archived edition for some great poetry and in depth conversation with our callers.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday November 9, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our November 2008 open reading featured poets from London, England (almost), Calabasas, CA, Colombus, OH, Albuquerque, NM, Cambria, CA, Dallas, TX, Birmingham, AL, Studio City, CA Valley Center, CA, Canoga Park, CA Los Alamitos, CA. A Callifornia centric show. Represent!

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday October 12, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our October 2008 open reading featured poets from Boston, MA, Santa Monica, CA, Birmingham, AL, Sonoma, CA and Delrey Beach, FL. Here them all read poetry as well as a more in depth conversation with Doug Holder from Ibbetson Street Press and a good 15 minutes of Rick vamping at the end while he attempted to get the elusive caller from the 205 area code on the air.

PSH Contest Winners Special
Sunday, October 5, 2008, 2:00 pm (pacific)
We announced the winners of the eleventh annual Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest in this special PSH Live event. Several of the top 10 scoring poets were listening and called in to read their poems including first and third place! Listen to L.A. local John Epstein provide the live dramatic drum rolls over the phone as well.

Worldwide Open Reading –
Sunday September 14, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our September 2008 open reading featured poets from Delrey Beach, FL, The Central Coast of California, Columbos, Ohio, Hokitika, New Zealand, Sioux St. Marie and Ontario Canada. Listen in to hear great poetry and various comments on aging and the new atom smasher that will soon create black holes that will suck as all in. (Perhaps to a better place.)

Worldwide Open Reading –
Sunday August 10, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Listen to our August, 2008 open reading featuring poets from Calabasas, CA, Encino, CA, Delray Beach, FL, Columbus, OH, Pipersville, PA, Burbank, CA, Sonoma, CA and Atlanta, GA. Also hear the fascination at the beginning of the show as Rick discovers the buttons to put people on the air weren’t working. 😉

2008 Poetry Contest Conversation With the Contest Judges
Sunday July 13, 2:00 pm (pacific)
Listen in to a conversation with the 2008 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was also on hand to answer any questions regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.

Worldwide Open Reading –
Sunday July 6, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The July, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from Greenville, South Carolina, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Redlands, California, Selah Washington and Shamesburg, Pennsylvania.

Worldwide Open Reading –
Sunday June 8, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The June, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from East Canton, Ohio, Washington, DC, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Delray Beach, Florida, Ontaro, Canada, Calabasas, California, Tacoma Park, Maryland, Seattle, Washington, Hunterton County, New Jersey, Evenston, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.

Worldwide Open Reading –
Sunday May 4, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The May, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from Cambrilla, CA, Princeton, West Virginia, Augusta, Maine, Calabasas, CA, Birmingham, AL, Long Beach, CA, British Columbia, Canada, Barrington, New Jersey and Del Rey Florida. This show also included several callers whose work appeared in the Poetry Super Highway’s Holocaust Remembrance Day issue reading their poems that appeared in that issue. Listen to the show in our archive!

Worldwide Open Reading –
Sunday April 6, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The April, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from Dallas, Austin and Katie, Texas, Los Angeles, Augusta, Maine, Tempe, Arizone, Portland Oregon, Kansas City, Encinitas, California, and Birmingham Alabama. Listen to the show in our archive!

Worldwide Open Reading –
Sunday March 9, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The March edition of our open reading featured readers from Santa Monica, CA, Valley Center, CA, North Carolina, Augusta, Maine and Portland Oregon. Listen to the show in our archive!

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday January 13, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The January edition of our open reading featured callers from Tacoma Park, Maryland, Sioux City, IA (Our first call in regular!), a slew of callers from North Carolina, Valley Center, California and Virginia (D.C. area.) Listen to the show in our archive!

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday December 16, 2:00 pm (pacific)
Hear poets from Lawrencville, NJ, Sioux City, IA, Birmingham, AL, Chicago, IL and the poet laureate of New Hampshire from Walpo, New Hampshire in the archived edition of our open reading from December of 2007

Poet Violet Monday Interview and Reading
Friday December 14, 3:30 pm (pacific)
Violet Monday will share some insights about her writing and poetry, read some of her published work, and answer caller questions. Cynthia, a journalist and a friend of Violet’s, would facilitate Violet’s interview.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday November 18, 2:00 pm (pacific)
The November, 2007 edition of our monthly open reading which featured readers from Glendale, California; Ontario, Canad; Covales, New Mexico; Eagle Rock, California; and Orlando, Florida.

2007 Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday October 7, 2:00 pm (pacific)
We announceed the winners here first in the 10th annual Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest. Listen to hear all the statistics…how many people entered, average scores, and all the names of the poets who scored in the top 10 positions. We also had several poets who scored in the top 10 spots call in and share their winning poems after their names were announced. (Also we apologize for the Chorizo story.)

World-Wide Open Reading
Sunday September 23, 2:00 pm (pacific)
An open reading broadcast throughout the universe. Call in and read your poetry. No content or style restrictions. MC’d by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday August 5, 2:00 pm (pacific)
Tune in to our first live world-wide open reading. Call in and share a poem or two as well as hear work from recent Poetry Super Highway Poets of the Week. No content or style restrictions. MC’d by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert.

2007 Poetry Contest Conversation With the Contest Judges
Aired: Sunday July 15, 2:00 pm (pacific)
Listen in to a conversation with the 2007 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was also on hand to answer any questions regarding how the contest was run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.

Got a show idea?

Poetry Super Highway Live would love to host your reading, interview, contest promotion or other poetry/writing related show. Please e-mail your show idea to Rick@PoetrySuperHighway.com, and we’ll take it from there.