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ALMOST AT TIMES, A FOOL— WE WISH . . . HUMANITARIAN CLOWNING: THE WISE FOOL AND OTHER WISDOM ROLES   THE POETRY SLOW DOWN RADIO MONTEREY.COM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes July 6, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 livestreamed … Continue reading →

Updated 7/2/16 I WAS MADE 4 SUNNY DAYS (Thank you, The Weepies)—Doesn’t this sound just like you? Of course you were made for sunny days—except Sophia who was made for rainy days. What better way to invoke the star in … Continue reading →

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”― Thornton Wilder “Wonderful to be here”—Walt Whitman POEMS PRESENT PRESENCE AS GIFT–Dedicated to the Pacific Grove Poetry Collective, a treasure—A SHOW … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN Founder and Host Dr. Barbara Mossberg June 8, 2013 LEADERS READ. THEY ALWAYS HAVE. THE MOST BRAVE AND BOLD AND IMAGINATIVE LEADERSHIP TO TRY TO SAVE THE WORLD IS FOUNDED ON POETRY. THAT’S RIGHT! HERE’S CHAPTER … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes May 4, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 TELL US HOW YOU LISTEN! WE NEED TO KNOW! Visit barbaramossberg.com Call us at 831-531-8306 Email drb@barbaramossberg.com TODAY I WAS HAPPY … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes April 27, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH . . . STIRRING DULL ROOTS OUT OF THE SPRING RAIN  . .THAT APRIL! LOCK THE … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN Live on KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Hal Ginsberg Podcast Produced by Sara Hughes at BarbaraMossberg.com April 20, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 NOON-1 PM SUNDAY PST The only news I know Is bulletins all … Continue reading →

POETRY SLOW DOWN   KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes April 13, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014   GET YOUR GLOVES ON—NO, NO, NOT BOXING, IT’S AN ENGAGEMENT OF THE MIND, TIME TO GET ON YOUR KNEES AND … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540 AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes April 6, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 THE HEART IS A SPONDEE (Charles Wright, Journal in the Year of the Ox): AND SPEAKING “POEMS THAT MAKE GROWN MEN … Continue reading →

POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes March 30, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 BUDS: PAEANS FOR THIS MESSY TIME OF YEAR AS WINTER TURNS INTO SPRING, LOVE AND FISHIN AND WHAT EARTH IS UP TO … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes March 23, 2014 c Barbara Mossberg 2014 “Be joyful because it is humanly possible.” ― Wendell Berry THE IMPEDED STREAM IS THE ONE THAT SINGS, AND WINE … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes February 9, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 THE SHENANIGANS OF DESIRE: LOVE’S PLAY BOOK, A COOK BOOK FOR FEASTING ON YOUR LIFE (IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes February 2, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 HAMMER, BELL, SONG, AND OTHER POETRY IN THE NEWS: A CASE OF MURDER IN DISPUTE OVER POETRY/PROSE; THOUGHTS OF PETE … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes January 26, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE PLAY ON (THE BARD)—AND IF POETRY BE LOVE OF FOOD, AS POETS PLAY … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes January 19, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 VOICES OF FIERCE MODESTY AND MAJESTY: “A MAN’S A MAN FOR A’ THAT;” “THIS MESSAGE WE SMUGGLE OUT IN ITS … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes January 12, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg 2014 Starting off January right, the news we need, the news we heed, the news without which “men die miserably every day—“ … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Podcast BarbaraMossberg.com Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes January 5, 2014 © Barbara Mossberg Music Feeling Good, Nina Simone You Make Me Feel Brand New, Stylistics Start Me Up, The Rolling Stones Save Me, … Continue reading →

THE POETRY SLOW DOWN KRXA 540AM Dr. Barbara Mossberg Produced by Sara Hughes December 28, 2013 © Barbara Mossberg We alchemists look for talent that can heat up and change. Lukewarm won’t do. Halfhearted holding back, well-enough getting by? Not here.—Rumi … Continue reading →

“I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against darkness”—e.e. cummings   Will you come said the sun? Soon said the moon. How far said the star. I’m … Continue reading →

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