The PoJo Show

Poetry and Spoken Word on The PoJo Show #7 - Punk Poetry

PoJo is short for poetry jockey, and we play sets of short poem recordings, some with music, some with sound, and some just naked words. Each episode of the PoJo show will center around a theme, and in #7, it is “Beyond & Back: Punk Poetry featuring Exene Cervenka.”

The PoJo Show Episode 5 - The Poetry of Fortitude and Renewal

Includes poems by Dylan Thomas, Mary Oliver, Charles Bukowski, Ron Whitehead, Audre Lord, William Carlos Williams, Wanda Coleman, Ed Sanders, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, CP Cavafy, and Carl Sandburg. Fifth of five shows focusing on the coronavirus and lockdown, this episode explores poets' thoughts on fortitude, survival, and renewal. To learn more about our show, go to jedediahsmith.net.

The PoJo Show Episode 4 - The Poetry of Death

Includes poems by Edgar Lee Masters, Kenneth Rexroth, W.H. Auden, Allen Ginsberg, Langston Hughes, Mary Oliver, Garcia Lorca, Philip Larkin, Emily Dickinson, and more. Fourth of five shows focusing on the coronavirus and lockdown, this episode explores poets' thoughts on death: elegies, epitaphs, meditations, and even some humor. To learn more about our show, go to jedediahsmith.net.

The PoJo Show Episode 3 - Poetry and Isolation

Includes poems by Kenneth Patchen, Robert Pinsky, Maya Angelou, Nazim Hikmet, Roque Dalton, Amiri Baraka, more. Third of five shows focusing on the coronavirus and lockdown, this episode explores poets' thoughts on isolation: loneliness, being stir-crazy, getting a little weird with isolation but also more serious poems about imprisonment and oppression. To learn more about our show, go to jedediahsmith.net.

The PoJo Show Episode 2 - Poetry about Illness

Includes poems by Sharon Olds, James Dickey, Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kevin Young, Brian Russell, Donald Hall, and Jane Kenyon. This is the second episode of the PoJo show, a collection of audio poetry, fiction, drama, and spoken word combined with music and sound produced by Jedediah Smith and Batty Royale. Future shows will continue to explore this as well as other topics. To learn more about us and our show, go to our web site jedediahsmith.net.