Bay Poets
Mondays at 7:19 am and 3:48 pm, Saturdays at 6:04 am
A weekly poetry segment featuring Bay Area poets reading their own poems in their own voices. Launched in February 2022, the segment was created and produced by KALW News Editor Shia Levitt. Since January 2023, the segment has been produced and hosted by veteran local poet Josiah Luis Alderete, who is also the co-owner of Medicine For Nightmares book shop and event space in San Francisco's Mission District.
Latest Episodes
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Hilary Cruz Meija reads their poem "Hablemos del amor." They are a queer Guatemalan poeta callejeando en las esquinas de la bay area. -
K.R. Morrison is a Bay Area poet, drummer, and educator who since the pandemic, splits her time between San Francisco and Southern California. Her first chapbook, "Cauldrons" was published by PaperPress Books, and her poetry can be found in a variety of publications. -
Today's tiny poem is from Rebeca Abidail Flores she is a Salvadorena and Mexican American artist from Fresno, California now living in La Area Bahia. Have a listen to Rebecca's piece "[insert trip to Homeland here]." -
James Cagney reads his poem "What Remains Eternal." James says he wrote this poem "for the house where he grew up in and for memories he can't prove ever happened." -
Here's poet Maria Guerrero reading us an excerpt from her poem "Chile de Árbol" -
Today's poem is tiny but it's got food, ancestors, land, liberation, love, mamas and abuellas in it. Have a listen to Muteado Silencio reads us his powerful piece titled "Purple Corn." -
We are going to hear an excerpt from a poem by AfroLatinx poet and horror enthusiast MK Chavez titled "I Was A Mixed Race Zombie." -
Poet Larry Dorsey Jr. offers us a serious rumination regarding all those images of us that are out there in social media land. -
"Beauty" is the opening poem of Susana's second full-length collection of poetry: "Return Against the Flow" slated to be published by Black Lawrence Press in early 2024. -
Guy Biederman is a former peace corps volunteer, creative writing college instructor, and author of six books. He lives on a houseboat and walks the planks daily.
